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located On East 6th Street 11 AM. - 2 PM.
100% FARMER OWNED,
PRODUCED & OPERATED
Includes:
• VERTA + ALFALFA
• NC +7507 116-120 Days 2590 GDU’s
• Exceptional grain stover ratio makes this one of the best high tonnage silage corns.
• Very tall, leafy plants with high ear placement.
• As a grain corn harvest early to avoid excessive lodging.
• NC +6BBl 114-118 Days 2580 GDU’s
• Medium tall plants with medium ear placement have semi-erect leaves.
• Strong stalks and root strength for easy harvesting.
• Outstanding yields for its maturity on irrigated and non-irrigated land.
• Top hybrid in the 1986 NCGA Pennsylvania non-irrigated corn yield contest.
• NC +6414 NEW 114-118 Days 2580 GDU’S
• A new mid to full season single cross with very high yield potential.
• Relatively tall healthy plants - good tolerance to CLN.
• Excellent stalk quality, ear retention and drouth tolerance.
• A plant population of 24-26,000 for optimum conditions is recommended - 16-18,000 where
stress may occur.
• NC +4650 108-110 Days
• A tall, relatively high eared hybrid.
• Works for grain or silage production medium plant populations are recommended for
grain production.
• Performs well on lower fertility soils.
• A good picking corn for ear harvest.
• NC +4131 105-108 Days 2410 GDU’s
• A competitive, very high yielding, early to mid season single cross hybrid
• Medium tall plants produce a slender ear type.
• Excellent gram quality and fast gram dry down.
• Sturdy stalk, strong root system, plus good ear retention provides good combine or ear
harvestability.
• NC +3884 104-107 Days 2400 GDU’s
• Rated high in tolerance to moisture stress, yield for maturity and stalk quality.
• Has good eye appeal light green leaf canopy during the growing season
• Tall plants have lower ear placement and unique ears both long and girthy
• Offers a slightly later harvest alternative to 3440 and 3653.
• Good choice for silage in short season areas, and for growers who prefer medium plant
populations.
• NC +3653 104-106 Days
• A very popular early-mid season single cross hybrid
• Exceptional plant health and top yield for its maturity
• Medium plant height, short ear shank and medium size ears.
• Excellent stalk quality, root strength and good drouth tolerance.
• Good choice as an early maturing corn in a fuller season area
• Responds to higher plant populations under dryland and irrigated conditions
• NC +2747 102-105 Days 2295 GDU’s
• An established performance leader for its maturity under both irrigated and non-irngated
conditions.
• Sound agronomic characteristics with excellent drouth tolerance and ear retention.
• High test weight gram.
• Medium height plants with medium low placement of long slender ears.
• Excellent fall stay green and harvestability.
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2410 GDU’s
2385 GDU’s
ELVIN M. HURSH FARM
310 Woodcorner Rd. Lititz, PA 17543
- (Across from Zimmerman’s Hardware)
Lunch And Tent Provided
STOP BY AND SEE OUR TRIAL PLOT,
INCLUDING:
• VERTA +
• Shows excellent resistance to Anthracnose, Bacterial wilt, Fusanum wilt, Phytophthora
root rot and Verticillium wilt.
• Good winterhardiness, fast recovery and high yield potential.
• Produced yields of 8% above the average of 62 varieties in 1986 Penn State/USDA alfalfa
trials at Rock Springs and Hershey, PA.
• Yielded 7.6% above average yields of 71 varieties in lowa State University tests, and 8%
more than the average of a 65 variety University of Illinois-Urbana 1986 test.
• NC +X5250 109-112 Days
• Exceptional yield potential in a mid season maturity
• NC +5595 110-114 Days
• An eye catcher Fast dry down and strong yield potential
• NC.+6190 114-116 Days
• Premier hybrid in the mid to full season corn lineup
• Overall sound agronomic traits
• Tall plants with medium to high ear placement have excellent plant health
• A stable, widely adapted hybrid strongly recommended in all 115 day maturity zones
• Impressive yield performance at populations of 24-26,000 on irrigated or productive non
irrigated land
• NC +X7318 116-118 Days
• Excellent plant health. Good food corn prospect
• NC +X7986 118-122 Days
\ • Potential yield leader. Good CLN tolerance
• NC +XBOBS 116-120 Days
• Good tolerance to Downy Mildew. High yield for maturity
• NC + FULL SEASON SILAGE BLEND
• NC +5990 112-116 Days
• Our most popular, high demand hybrid.
• Rates excellent in ear retention, stalk and root strength.
• Recognized as a food corn due to its high quality gram characteristics
• Excellent standability and fast gram dry down.
• Yields very well at moderate to high plant populations under conditions of drouth and
heat stress.
• Excellent companion with earlier or fuller season hybrids
• Very well adapted to all environments and one every corn grower should plant if maturity fits
• NC +5891 112-116 Days 2480 GDU’s
• Superior agronomic ratings for root strength, stalk quality and ear retention
• Superior plant health with good resistance to many leaf and stalk diseases prevalent in high
moisture, humid environments
• Produces high yields under stress or ideal conditions when population and management
are matched to growing conditions.
• Best choice of any 114 day hybrid planted from Nebraska, east into the central corn belt and
’eastern states.
• NC + FULL SEASON SILAGE BLEND
• NC +6414 •NC +
FOR FIELD DAY INFORMATION,
CALL ELVIN HURSH
(717) 733-3538
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August is, 1987-A37
At The
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881 • NC +7507
CORN
2500 GDU’s
2425 GDU’s