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30 SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

FARMERS' RELIANCE CORN.

A GRAND NOVELTY in field corn, introduced by the Iowa Seed Company, and it is by far the earliest dent corn in existence, and also the largest
eared early corn. It Is earlier than Pride of tbe North and a much ~tter cropper. Tbls new variety of corn Is tbe result of a scientific hy'
brldlzatlon made fifteen years ago by a practical seed com grower, and this has be4in followed by carllfnl selection each year since, the object
being to obtain tbe earliest corn In the world. The corn Is of a very strong, vigorous character, growing more rapidly than any other variety
from tbe day It Is planted. Its quick growth really surprises one with the speed with Which It hurries on to make ears. The stalks usually have
from nine to eleven blades, while most ordinary corn has thirteen blades. These leaves are quite broad, of a dark emerald green, healthy color.
This corn has been planted as late as June 26th and yielded a splendid crop, earlier than Pride of the North, which was p:anted at tbe same time.
We claim tbat It wl\l mature any year In elgbty to elghty·five days. The ears are mucb larger than Pride of the North, not as rOllgh or haclded, thus
making It easier to handle, and the yield Is 25 to 35 per cent more than Pride of the North under the same conditions. An average bushel of seventy
pounds wl\l make sixty pounds of shelled corn. It has for years been selected from stalks which set the ears three feet or less from the ground and
this has a IAndilncy to make It earlier. Fully 40 per cent of·the stalks produce two good ears. It Is the farmers' reliance every year. The originator
has taken the first prize for early yellow corn at every fair at which It has been exhibited. Don't fall to plant at least a small quantity and thus
obtain your seed for another season. Per lb. 25c, 3lbs. 6Oc, postpaid; by freight or express, pk. 6Oc, bu. $1.75, 2 bu. or more @$1.60.

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Last year I purchased some of your Farmers' Reliance com and was
very much pleased with the splendid crop, a~ It yielded 400 bushels of
ears from three acres of ,ground. Your corn Is al1 that you recommend
It to be.-H. Brown, AshtabuLa county, Ohio.

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Your Farmers' Reliance Is the earliest corn I have ever seen or grown,
maturing In eighty days, being ten days to two weeks earlier than Pride
<If the North and yields double as much per acre.-H. H . Oonnell, Powesheilc county, Iowa .

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There Is no telling wben we.wl1l have a sbort season and early killing frost In.,the :f,all, and In sucb a case farmers who bave tbelr fields planted wltb
an early maturing variety are truly fortunate. j The trouble with most extra ea~l y sorts, however, Is that they are too small and "nubblny," but tbls
new variety Is of unusual length, our illustration showing an ear 151ncbes long, but the average Is about 12 Inches. Its peculfar shape, wblch Is
different from any other sort, suggests tbe name. It matures fully as early as Pride of the 'North, Is double the size and yield's a far larger crop,
which Is ripe and hard before there Is a tbought of frost, thus making a variety that It will pay to "tie to." Stalks are of medium height, strong and
not easily blown down. Grain Is not as deep as soIDe of our otber varieties. but It Is the corn of corns for selling on the marl,et, as a wagon load of It
Is as pretty as a picture. We recommend It hlgh~ to customers In Nortbern Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas and other nortbern states, feeling sure
tbat It will please everyone. Order early, &i there Is sure to be a great demand. Per )lkt. 5c, lb. 25c, a Ibs. 6Oc, postpaid. By freight per pk. 65c,
bushel $200, 2 busbels or more @ $1.75.

"I planted the Longfellow Dent Corn May 5tb on good bottom land. I had a gOOdl Tbe seed corn I bougbt of you last spring was tbe best Instand and It was out of danger from frost Sept. 1st. I just now measured an ear lay. vestment I ever made. It t>roduced fully double as much as
inches long with sixteen rows. Many are 12 Incbes, few less than 11 Inches long. A that of my neighbors and It Is of the finest quaUty.-W. O.
good business corn. As president of the first Corn Club organized In Iowa and a life- McHenry, Crawford county, Iowa.
lonl( corn grower, I venture the opinion that this long eared corn is for the farmer a
better and more satisfactory type than any of the show corns."- W. P . Dawson, Oherokee county, Iowa.
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HICKORY KING.

A white fieM corn which bas the largest grains with the smallest cob of any white corn
ever Introduced. So large are the grains and so extremely small Is tbe cob tbat on an
ear broken In half a single grain will almost cover the cob section completely . It is of
strong, vigorous growth and yields splenJld crops on IIgbt soil, and Is a desirable variety
wbere tbe season is long enough to matnre It, but we do not recommend It nortb of
Southern Iowa, although It produced a good crop last year forty miles north of DAs
Moines. This variety matures In about one bundred and tblrty-flve days. Per pkt. 5c,
lb. 25c, 3lbs. 6Oc, postpaid; bV frelgbt, pk. 65c, bu. $2.00, 2 bu. or more @ $1.85; 10 uu. @

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"On tbls estate, comprising about 22,000 ac:re$, tbere was grown this year nearly 10,000 acres of corn, Ineiudlng almost all known standard sorts. suited to this latitude, and
we consider that of the white varieties the low A Sn.vER MINE Is the purest and In all
respects the mOot satisfactory of all."- W. A. Bichet, Manager.
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~ farmer wbo wants more corn will do well to study tbe first method before be ~
decides on the latter. Good seed Is the first essential to a bigger yield of better
~ corn, therefore plant tbe Iowa Seed Company's Improved varieties and add 20 ~
~I to 50 per cent to your crop.
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POP CORN IS A VERY PROFITABLE CROP.

I purcbased from you 10 bushels of Pride of the N.orth corn
forplsntlng and am very mnch pleased with the variety and
Its yield.-S. W. Oallanan, Kossuth county, Iowa.

BETTER PLANT A FEW ACRES TlUS YEAR.