Aug. 2, 1920.] Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 587 



Early Fordhook. — This is an extra early variety, which has small ears 

 with about eight rows of broad white grain. It has yielded very poorly in 

 comparative tests in this State and was also found to be of rather poor 

 flavour. 



Mammoth White Cory. — -This particular variety is not to be confused with 

 White Cob or Bed Cob Cory. The Mammoth White Cory is catalogued by 

 only a few seed firms in America, and, although early, it has larger ears than 

 the original Cory varieties. There also appears to be a greater number of 

 rows of grain on the ears of the Mammoth variety, and the flavour is quite as 

 good as any. In this trial at Ourimbah, it excelled all others in yield and 

 produced good sized marketable cobs which were remarkable for their 

 uniformity in size and time of maturity — nearly the whole of the crop being 

 harvested at one picking. 



Metropolitan. — This is an early variety of good flavour with fair sized ears, 

 but not as productive as Cosmopolitan, with which it is likely to be confused 

 owing to the similarity of name. 



Pee}} o'Day. — A very early variety with small eai's, and not worth growing 

 on account of its unproductiveness as compared with other varieties of equal 

 earliness in maturity. 



Ruby. — A variety not yet sufficiently tested in this State under 

 comparative conditions, but from private reports considered to be a very 

 productive early variety with large ears ; grain of good quality and of a 

 deep red colour when fully mature, but with a slight tinge of colour when at 

 the eating stage. Probably one of the best varieties for the home garden. 



Golden Rod. — Supposed to be the result of a cross between Stowell's 

 Evergreen and Golden Bantam ; an early very poor yielding variety which 

 has the further objection of yellow grain. 



KendaVs Early Giant. — A variety not yet tried in New South Wales, but 

 catalogued by several American seedsmen. It is stated to have fairly large 

 ears with about ten or twelve rows of large gi'ain, and to mature a few days 

 earlier than Crosby. 



Early Mammoth. — A variety with fairly large ears, with broad white 

 grain. It ripens at about the same time as Crosby, but the flavour is only 

 second rate, and it does not yield nearly as well as Late Mammoth. 



Early Crosby. — This variety has yielded well wherever it has been tried 

 in this State, being the most productive early sort in at least two tests and 

 well up in order of merit in three or four other trials. Although beaten in 

 yield by other varieties in the experiment plot last season at Ourimbah, its 

 evenness in type, size of ears, and time of maturity make it i-eadily 

 commendable to any who try it. It is one of the varieties most largely 

 grown for canning in America. The growth of stalk is usually only about 

 5J or 6 feet, and marketable cobs are produced in about twelve weeks from 

 planting. The cobs are about 7 inches in length and carry a fairly lai-ge 

 number of rows — twelve to sixteen. The grain is somewhat narrower than 

 most other varieties, but very even and regular on the cob and white in colour. 

 The flavour is not quite up to some of the best, but quite good for sweet corn. 



