Keywords: Beckert's garden field and flower seeds (16560161772).jpg CORN Sweet or Sugar <br> This delicious vegetable may be enjoyed from early summer until frost if the proper varieties are selected and planted for succession at <br> intervals of every two weeks until the middle of July ' If the seed is planted too early before the ground becomes warm it is liable to decay <br> Plant in hills 3 to 4 feet apart each way 5 or 6 kernels to a hill; or in rows 4 or 5 feet apart scattering the seeds thinly in the rows The <br> taller-growing the variety the richer should be the soil and the wider the space allowed for development One quart will plant 200 hills <br> If to be sent by mail add 10 cts per quart for postage 10-cent packets of all kinds sent postpaid <br> y EXTRA-EARLY ADAMS Not a Sugar Corn but grown for <br> table use because of its earliness Plants dwarf; ears short Pkt <br> 10 cts pt 10 cts qt 20 cts 4 qts 60 cts pk 1 <br> \ FIRST OF ALL The earliest Sugar Corn; stalks short; ears set <br> quite low of fair size and well filled with large reddish grains <br> Pkt 10 cts pt 13 cts qt 25 cts 4 qts 75 cts pk 1 25 <br> / WHITE CORY Similar to the preceding except that the kernels <br> re white Pkt 10 cts pt 10 cts qt 20 cts 4 qts 60 cts pk 1 <br> EARLY MINNESOTA Dwarf and earlv next to Cory; quality <br> good Pkt 10 cts pt 10 cts qt 20 cts 4 qts 60 cts pk 1 – _ <br> MAMMOTH WHITE CORY Ears 12-rowed; nearly as early as <br> the preceding and twice as large; cobs and corn white grains large <br> and of good quality Pkt 10c pt 13c qt 25c 4 qts 75c pk 1 25 <br> v METROPOLITAN Several days later than Cory; ears larger <br> Pkt 10 cts pt 15 cts qt 30 cts 4 qts 1 pk 1 75 <br> EARLY VERMONT Nearly as early as Cory but larger; of <br> superior quality; pure white grains and cob Pkt 10 cts pt 10 cts <br> qt 20 cts 4 qts 60 cts pk 1 <br> KENDEL'S EARLY GIANT A week later than Cory and much <br> larger Pkt 10 cts pt 13 cts qt 25 cts 4 qts 75 cts pk 1 25 <br> MELROSE As earlv as Perrv's Hvbrid and has larger ears <br> Pkt 10 cts pt 15 cts qt 30 cts 4 qts 1 pk 1 75 <br> V EARLY CHAMPION Ears size of Concord but earlier; 10- to <br> 12-rowed Pkt 10 cts pt 13 cts qt 25 cts 4 qts 75 cts pk 1 25 <br> PERRY'S HYBRID Valuable early market variety Earslargeand <br> ¢ready for use quite early Pkt 10c pt 10c qt 20c 4 qts 60c pk 1 <br> «/ MOORE'S CONCORD Come <br> excellent Pkt 10 cts pt 10 cts qt 20 cts 4 qts 60 cts pk 1 <br> /SHAKER'S Pkt 10c pt 10 cts qt 20 cts 4 qts 60 cts <br> V RUSSELL'S PROLIFIC Extensively grown and almost as early <br> as Concord Ears are large well-shaped and filled and of the best <br> quality Pkt 10 cts pt 13 cts qt 25 cts 4 qts 75 cts pk 1 25 <br> V SQUANTUM or EXCELSIOR Very popular in the New York <br> markets Medium early; ears 12-rowed and deep in the grain; very <br> sweet and tender Pkt 10c pt 10c qt 20 cts 4 qts 60 cts pk 1 <br> OLD COLONY A little earlier than Evergreen The ears are <br> quite large and always well filled containing from 16 to 20 rows of <br> deep sugary grains Pkt 10c pt 10c qt 20 cts 4 qts 60 cts pk 1 <br> ZICZAC EVERGREEN Ears similar in size and shape to Ever- <br> green but earlier and the rows run zigzag Quality the very best <br> Pkt 10 cts- pt 13 cts qt 25 cts 4 qts 75 cts pk 1 25 <br> /COUNTRY GENTLEMAN Ears of good size well filled to the <br> tip with deep white grains of delicious quality Cobs small Of <br> superior quality Pkt 10c pt 10c qt 20 cts 4 qts 60 cts pk 1 <br> \J EARLY MAMMOTH Two weeks earlier than Late Mammoth <br> with ears fully as long but larger at the stem and tapering more <br> towards the tip Pkt 10c pt 10c qt 20 cts 4 qts 60 cts pk 1 <br> ROSLYN HYBRID A medium late large-eared variety of very <br> superior quality; fine for canning Pkt 10 cts pt 10 cts qt 20 cts <br> 4 qts 60 cts pk 1 <br> - HICKOX Ears large and pure white; grains full sweet tender <br> Pkt 10 cts pt 10 cts qt 20 cts 4 qts 60 cts pk 1 <br> t STOWELL EVERGREEN Grown more than any other sort <br> Ears large with deep sugarv grains; remains fit for use a long <br> time Pkt 10 cts pt 10 cts qt 20 cts 4 qts 60 cts pk 1 <br> _ »EGYPTIAN Ears remarkable for size sweetness and richness <br> after Perry's Hybrid Quality Pkt 10c pt 10c qt 20 cts 4 qts 60 cts pk 1 <br> 4 / LATE MAMMOTH Among the best of the large-eared sorts <br> pk Pkt 10c pt 10 cts qt 20 cts 4 qts 60 cts pk 1 43294112 138660 69754 Page 6 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43294112 1901 10 5962/bhl title 69754 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Wm C Beckert Firm NameFound Medium NameConfirmed Medium NameBankID 4904049 Biodiversity Heritage Library Beckert's garden field and flower seeds 1900 Garden Stories Bulbs Plants Catalogs Commercial catalogs Flowers Fruit Garden tools Seeds Vegetables U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43294112 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43294112 Wm C Beckert bhlGardenStories Corn BHLinbloom bulbs plants u s department of agriculture national agricultural library wm c beckert bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-02-17 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16560161772 2015-08-24 23 53 14 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Beckert's garden field and flower seeds Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |