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Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Primitive Corn.
Pride of the North.
Long Flint.
Early Mastodon.
Lenocher's Homestead.
Early Longfellow Dent.

Pride of the North.--(See cut No. 1.) This variety has been grown and improved in the extreme northern part of Iowa. The ears are 8 to 10 inches long with small cob and kernel; seventy pounds of ears will make sixty pounds of shelled corn; color bright orange, and very uniform. Will ripen in ninety days and matures in this latitude when planted in June. Per pk. 50c, bu. $1.40, 2 bu. or more @ $1.20.

Longfellow Flint.--(See cut No. 2.) An eight-rowed yellow flint variety, with ears from 10 to 15 inches long, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches in diameter, and are well filled out to extreme end of cob. The cob is small and the kernel large and broad, ripens in 85 to 90 days. This corn is well adapted to the northwest, and is said to produce 200 bushels of ears to the acre in Massachusetts. In ordering, be sure and put in the word flint, to distinguish from our Longfellow Dent. Per pk. 75c, bu. $2.00, 2 bushels or more @ $1.75.

Clark's Early Mastodon.--(See cut No. 3.) Very popular in some sections of the country owing to its large size and record of enormous yields. In the celebrated American Agriculturist corn contest in 1889, the Early Mastodon outyielded every other yellow corn in America, Mr. Alfred Rose, of New York state, raising 213 bushels of shelled corn to the acre. It is hardy, of strong, rank growth, ears of good size. Matures in 120 days. Pk. 50c, bu. $1.50, 2 bu. or more @ $1.25.

Lenocher's Homestead.--(See cut No. 4.) Well known in Iowa from its having won the Iowa Homestead prize of $100.00 as the largest producer in the state. In 1891 this variety yielded 345 bushels on three acres with ordinary culture. It was also awarded a diploma at the World's Fair. This variety originated with Mr. G. F. Lenocher, one of the most practical farmers and corn growers in the state. Color dark red with light colored cap; grain deep and hackled. Ear somewhat above the average size; cob small and dries out rapidly, so that it has has never been caught by frost. We believe it to be a safe corn to plant in any part of Iowa. It shells readily and the grain is so soft that it makes an excellent corn for feeding, although its color is objectionable for marketing. Our seed was grown for us by the originator and has been carefully selected by him for seed purposes. Per pk. 50c, bu. $1.50, 2 bu. or more @ $1.25.

Iowa Yellow Dent.--We always advise farmers to buy the best named varieties in buying seed corn, and believe it pays them in the long run. This is a cheaper corn, however, and quite popular some years. Ask for special price in lots of 25 bus. or more. Per pk. 40c, bu. $1.00, 2 bus. or more @ 75c.

Primitive or Husk Corn.--It is from this wild variety that all of our cultivated kinds have sprung. The ears are of fair size and each individual kernel or grain is covered with a husk and all enclosed in an outer husk like common corn. In some of the wild and uncultivated parts of Mexico the Primitive or natural corn can still be found growing wild. It is quite curious and valuable for exhibition purposes and attracts great attention wherever seen. Some stalks bear as many as twenty ears. Large pkt. 10c, lb. 50c, postpaid.

Early Longfellow Dent.--(See cut No. 5.) For several years one of our growers has been at work originating this new sort, the object being to obtain a variety fully as early as Pride of the North with much larger ear. He succeeded so well that we take pleasure in introducing it. The accompanying engraving was accurately made from an ear of the corn and well shows its shape, which is different from any other sort in existence and suggested the name. We recommend it highly to our many customers in northern Iowa and Minnesota as the best early corn offered. The grower who has had it for several years claim it yields as well as any of the large sorts. Stalks of medium height, strong and not easily blown down. Ears have 12 rows, and are 10 to 14 inches in length, kernel rather shallow. Per pk. 50c, bu. $1.50, 2 bus. or more @ $1.25.

Hickory King.--A white field corn, which has the largest grains, with the smallest cob, of any white corn ever introduced. So large are the grains and so extremely small the cob that on an ear broken in half a single grain will almost completely cover the cob section. Of strong vigorous growth, and yields splendid crops on light soil, and is undoubtedly the most productive white field corn for the south. We do not, however, consider it a safe crop for this state. Per pk. 75c, bu. $2.00, 2 bus. or more @ $1.75.