REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST, 



135 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



spring, disc-harrowed and harrowed twice with the smoothing harrow. The corn 

 was planted on May 26, in hills three feet apart each way, the places having been pre- 

 viously marked by a corn-marker. About six kernels were planted in a hill. After 

 germination had taken place and danger from cut-worms was over, the number of 

 plants in a hill was reduced to four. Twelve hills of each variety were used for com- 

 parison. The corn was kept thoroughly cultivated during the summer, and when 

 growth had ceased in the autumn it was cut and the ears removed and counted. 



Owing to part of the soil being somewhat colder than the other, some varieties 

 which were among the earliest to be fit for use in 1899 were later this year. On this 

 account, the arrangement of early, second early, intermediate, and late sorts in the 

 table was not changed and is the same as in 1899. 



EARLY VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Extra Early Beverly . . 



Extra Early Corv 



Mitchell's Extra Early 



Early Marblehead 



Telephone Sweet 



Early Cory 



Mammoth White Cory 



Burbank's Early Maine 



Lackey's Early Sweet 



Early Fordhook 



Quincy Market 



Ford's Early 



First of All 



Early Landreth Market 



Bur.pee's Earliest Sheffield . . . 



Adam's Extra Early 



Henderson's Metropolitan . . . 



White Cory 



Manhattan Sugar 



Moore's Early 



Seedsman. 



Landreth 

 Steele . . . 

 Darch a 

 Hunter 

 Steele . . . 

 Salzer . . . 

 Bruce . . . 

 Gregory . 

 .1. & Stoke 

 Gregory . 

 Burpee . . 

 Gregory . 

 Ewnig . . 

 Salzer . . . 

 Landreth 

 Burpee... 

 RenniB . . 

 Henderson 

 Thorburn 



Vick 



Kind. 



Hybrid 

 Sweet . . 



Flint . 



Sweet 



Hybrid 

 Flint . 



Sweet 



Fit 



for use, 



1899. 



Aug. 12. 



„ 15. 



„ 15. 



M 15. 



„ 15. 



„ 15. 



1. 15. 



„ 16. 



„ 17. 



„ 17. 



,- 17. 



M 17. 



.. 1.7. 



- 18. 



M 19. 



M 19. 



., 19. 



„ 21. 



Fit 



for use, 



1900. 



Aug. 9. 

 M 11. 



„ 13. 



„ 12. 



„ 10. 



„ 11. 



„ 10. 



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„ 11. 



.. 10. 



M 12, 



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M 25 

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SECOND EARLY VARIETIES. 



Kendall's Early Giant 



Maule's XX Sugar... 

 Champion Sweet 



Crosby's Extra Early . 



Early Minnesota 



Early Market 



Early Giant Sweet . . . 



Low's Perfection 



ChiWs Honey Dew . . . 



M-elrose 



Boston Market 



New Champion 



Pee and Kay 



Shaker's Early 



Darch and 

 Hunter. . . 



Maule V 



D a rch and 

 Hunter. . . 



Steele 



Rennie 



Steele 



Rennie 



Childs 



Thorburn . . ." 

 Darch and 



Hunter. . . 

 Salzer . . . 

 Darch and 



Hunter 



6 

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