Northwestern Dent Corn
The earliest variety of dent corn. Northwestern Dent, also known as Pony Dent and Smoky Dent, is grown farther north than any other sort. It will mature regularly in Northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota in normal seasons. In southern Michigan, it is usually ready to cut by the middle of August. It is a good yielder and a good feeding sort. The ears average 7 to 8 inches long and usually have 12 to 14 rows of kernels with a very small cob. The color is a deep red with bright yellow caps making it very attractive. It is often used for hogging down early in the fall before other sorts are mature.
Originally listed in: 1935 Isbell's Seeds
The earliest variety of dent corn. Northwestern Dent, also known as Pony Dent and Smoky Dent, is grown farther north than any other sort. It will mature regularly in Northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota in normal seasons. In southern Michigan, it is usually ready to cut by the middle of August. It is a good yielder and a good feeding sort. The ears average 7 to 8 inches long and usually have 12 to 14 rows of kernels with a very small cob. The color is a deep red with bright yellow caps making it very attractive. It is often used for hogging down early in the fall before other sorts are mature.
Originally listed in: 1935 Isbell's Seeds
Northwestern Dent Corn
The earliest dent corn grown; it can be depended upon to mature as far North as North Dakota and Manitoba; but it is also quite largely used in other states for early feeding, and for late planting when other corn has been destroyed by frost or drouth, and if planted as late as July it will generally mature before frost; it is also planted largely in drouth stricken sections of the Western States, where it is often the only kind that will mature. It grow 6 ½ feet high, the ears are 7 to 10 inches long; setting 3 feet above the ground, they can be cut with the corn harvester; they have 10 to 14 rows of large, red kernels with a yellow cap. This corn matures in 75 to 85 days and is very productive yielding on an average 70 to 75 bushels per acre. Postpaid, lb. 30C; 3 lbs. 85c.
Originally listed in: Great Northern Seed Co. 1918
The earliest dent corn grown; it can be depended upon to mature as far North as North Dakota and Manitoba; but it is also quite largely used in other states for early feeding, and for late planting when other corn has been destroyed by frost or drouth, and if planted as late as July it will generally mature before frost; it is also planted largely in drouth stricken sections of the Western States, where it is often the only kind that will mature. It grow 6 ½ feet high, the ears are 7 to 10 inches long; setting 3 feet above the ground, they can be cut with the corn harvester; they have 10 to 14 rows of large, red kernels with a yellow cap. This corn matures in 75 to 85 days and is very productive yielding on an average 70 to 75 bushels per acre. Postpaid, lb. 30C; 3 lbs. 85c.
Originally listed in: Great Northern Seed Co. 1918