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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



tiveness, they outrank all others, for their size permits them to be 

 planted closer, while the stalks have never less than two and frequently 

 three or four well developed ears. Malakof is the earliest and one of 

 the best of the dwarf varieties, having been introduced from Kussia a 

 few years ago by Prof. N. E. Hansen of the South Dakota Experiment 

 Station. White Mexican is somewhat larger and ripens early. The 

 kernels are cream colored and sweet. Earhj June is smaller, of good 

 quality and ripens as early. Peep O'Day followed next. Its quality is 

 ])ractically as good and the ears ripened better than they did during 

 the preceding season. Golden Bantam is the latest of the dwarfs. The 

 kernels are small, golden yellow and very sweet. Queen of Earlies was 

 the earliest of the large varieties. The kernels are very large, cream 

 color but not very sweet.- Oakvieio Early Market ripened as early and 

 the quality is much better. Approximately one-third of the ears of 

 Early Dakota and of Croshy's Early became of edible size and only 

 about ten per cent of Banana Cream. All three are of good quality 

 but too late for profitable planting except under more favorable condi- 

 tions than those which prevail at the station. 



A further description of the varieties is given in the following table: 



• Varieties. 



Time of 

 planting. 



Malakof May 25- 



White Me.xican i May 2.5. 



Earlv.Iune 1 May 25- 



PeepO'Day.. ' May 25. 



Golden Bantam May 25- 



ijueen of Earlies May 2.5- 



Crosby's Early May 28. 



Oakview Early Market May 28- 



Early Dakota May 25. 



Banana Cream May 25- 



Time of 

 tasseling. 



Julv 26.. 

 July 28. . 

 July 26.. 

 July 27. . 

 Aug. 7.. 

 July 28. . 



Aug. 4. ; 



July 30. . 

 Aug. 10. . 

 Aug. 17. . 



When 

 edible. 



Aug. 28. 

 Aug. 30. 

 Aug. 31. 

 Sept. 2. 

 Sept. 12. 

 Aug. 30. 

 Sept. 20. 

 Aug. 31. 

 Sept. 25. 

 Oct. 4. 



Height 

 of stalks 

 in feet. 



Length 



of ears 



in inches. 



4 



4 



4 



4 



4^ 



5 



6 



5 



6 



ei 



5 



6 



5 



5 



6i 



7 



6i 



7 



8 



7i 



Number 



of rows of 



kernels 



per ear 



8 10 



8-12 



8 



8 



8 



8-10 

 12 

 10 

 12 

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SWEET CORN IN 1906. 



Lack of room permitted the testing of onl}' five of the varieties which 

 ripened during the j)receding season, and to these was added the variety 

 hereafter described. Those from home-grown seed were Malakof, Oak- 

 view, White Mexican, Queen of Earlies and Peep 0'J)ay. They Avere 

 l)lanted May 29, or one to four days later, while the tasseling and sub- 

 sequent stages of develoi)nient ranged from one to eight days earlier. 

 As in the case of the field varieties, the ears ripened better and earlier. 

 Holden, a conventional name for the variety tested for the first time, is 

 from seed kindly donated by L. C. Holden, of Sault Ste. Marie. This 

 is a medium early variety, the season being about the same as Oakview. 

 The stalks were 5^2 feet, the ears (> inches and eight rowed. Tasseled 

 July 30, silked August G and was edible August 27. The kernels are 

 golden yellow, very tender and sugary with a rich creamy flavor. The 

 ears are fairly large and the kernels when ripe are deep amber color. 

 About one-tliird of the un]»icked ears failed to rii)en ])ro])erly, and here 

 again Avas emi)hasized tlie importance of using homegrown seed, for 

 ordinarily these smaller ears should have ripened quicker than the much 



