. 
Experiment Station reports in 1888 on the Leaming dent,. seed 
from four sources, as below: 
Height of Height of ear No, of:blades Days 
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plant. from ground toastalk. — maturing. 
Leaming (from Gregory) 9% ft. 33% ft. 12 110 <% 
* (from Livingston) 9% ft. 334 ft. 13 135% 
“ (from Maule) 10% ft. 4% ft. 14 125 2 
«(from Johnson & Stokes) 10% ft. = 5 ft. 15. 128days. 
Further particulars from the State station reports are: 
Leaming, Illinois, 1888, 11 lf ft., tall. Season 135 days. — 
“ Connecticut, 8 ft. tall. ae 
“3 Ottawa, Can., 1889, 8 to 9 ft. tall. 
- - «1890. - 7 to io ft. tall. 
Further illustrations are: 
Iowa, Illinois, New York, Ottawa, 
feet, ~ feet. . feet. feet. 
Adams’ Early dent, | —. 414 to6% 5% 6 to 8 
Minnesota Sweet, 4% tos . ee 4% to 5 y 6 to ye 
The height of the same corn «in different years and planted : at 
intervals of one week is given for Burr’ s White dent in the Ilinois 
reports. a 
1891, Eight plantings, 78 to 8% ft., Average 8 ft. 
1602," " 74 to 9 ft., Average 875 ft. 
1893, Seven plantings, 5y75 to 724 ft, Average 634 ft. 
Two well known varieties of sweet corn are Crosby’s Early aang 
: Stowell’s Evergreen, both largely grown and hee for canni 
Purpres. 
Crosby’s Early,  Stowell’s Evergreen, 
Height in feet. ‘ Height in feet. 
Michigan, 4 
Illinois, 5% to7 
New York, 5% to6 
Pennsylvania, © 6 
N. W. Territory, Can., 4% 
Manitoba, 7 
- Ottawa, 1889, | 6% to7 
ba 1890, aos 4% to 5 
si Would it be safe, then, to generalize from. these fi | 
hern climate increased eee, and decreased siz 
