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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



SUEET CORX, 1900. 



NOTKS BY C. W. HAVKX. 



TAHLK OF VARIKTIES OF COUX, laOO. 



Varieties. 



Concord 



Country Gentleman.. 



Don 



Early Evergreen 



Early Mammoth . . . 

 Kansas Sunflower. 



Mammoth 



Minnesota 



New Com No. 

 Peep of Day.. 

 Portland.. .'. . . 



Seedsmen. 



Ferry 



Ferry 



Weeber & Don. 

 Ferry 



Weeber & Don. 



Barteldes 



Ferry 



Ferry 



Sampson Early A. J. Brown Co 



Mills 



Northrup, King & Co, 

 Northrup, King & Co. 



Stabler Early Dreer 



Stowell Ferry 



Trucker's Favorite Wood & Sons . 



White Cory (JIam.) I Ferry 



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affected with smut. Is low 

 both ends. Kernels are of "ood 



size, 



producing 

 tender and 



Concord. — Tliis variety was badly 

 good-seized ears, fairly well tilled at 

 milky. The quality is medium. 



Country Gentleman. — Very nearly free from smut. Is an attractive grower, pro- 

 ducing medium-sized, well-tilled ears. Kernels are not ananged in rows, are small, 

 round, of good length, tender, milky, and very sweet. 



Don. — This is a dwarf early sort and was badly a Heeled with smut. Ears are 

 large, but not well filled. Kernels are large, deep, milky, but tough. As to quality, 

 this variety does not rank very high, not being very sweet. 



Early Evergreen. — This variety is of medium height and had but little smut. Ears 

 are large, fairly well filled. Kernels are small, deep, tender, milky and very sweet. 

 This is one of the older sorts and is to be recommended as a medium sort. 



Early iJammoth. — Stalks are of large size and nearly free from snuit. Ears are 

 very large, but not well filled. Kernels are large, milky, tough, and of medium 

 quality. The name might lead one to thiiik it was an early variety, but it required 

 one hundred four days from planting to maturity, or two days more than any other 

 variety tested. 



Kansas Sunflower. — This variety is a very rank grower, stalks being of large size; 

 nearly free from smut. Ears are large, well filled. Kernels are of medium size, tender 

 but not sweet. This variety has the appearance of field corn, both as to size of stalks 

 and as to quality. 



Mammoth. — As the name indicates, this is a large variety: has some smut. Ears 

 are very long and fairly well filled. Kernels are of good size, deep, tender, milky, and 

 of good quality. 



Minnesota. — This is a dwarf grower and was badly smutted. Ears are of medium 

 size and well filled. Kernels are large, flat, milky, tough and not sweet. 



New No. 7. — A large variety and free from smut. Ears are of good size and 

 fairly well filled. Kernels are of good size, flat, milky, fairly tender, and medium in 

 quality. 



