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At the close of the paper Dr. Britton stated that a species of 
Maize or Indian Corn had been discovered growing in the 
wild state in Central America, and that the cultivated plant was 
undeniably a production of the Americas, where it has 
been under cultivation from remote antiquity and was found 
a staple article of food by the early discoverers, 
Dr. Hubbard contributed the following notes: 
Inp1an Cory. 
Lawson, Joun.—A new voyage to Carolina, 1709, Lond. p. 75 
‘The Indian Corn or Maize proves the most useful grain in the 
world and had it not been for the fruitfulness of this species it 
would have proved very difficult to have settled some of the 
plantations in America, 
It is the most nourishing for a man to subsist on without 
any other victuals.’’ 
Dr. Dwight (Pres. Yale Col. 1795) Travels Vol. 2. p.'312 “ The 
Sweet or Shrivelled Corn so called because when ripe the kennels 
are remarkably shrivelled (white, one variety grows) and the 
‘Long Island Sweet’ (white 2 varieties —8 rows Sweet—12 rows 
insipid) which is large and comparatively late, is when in the 
Milk, the most delicious of all culinary Vegetables. 
The “Sweet” may be planted so early as to furnish seed for a 
second crop which will come to perfection the same season in 
New Haven. Travels Vol. 1. p. 49. At New Haven the Sweet 
Corn may be had in full perfection for the table by successive 
plantings from the middle of July to the middle of November, I 
commonly plant at twelve different periods in the season. 
Dr. Dwight at the same time cultivated Tomatoes for the table. 
Dec. 1. 1884, at a meeting of the Academy I asked Col. Ely 
S. Parker about ‘‘Sweet Corn.’’ He replied “Whena boy I asked 
my Father, a Seneca Indian, ‘Where the Indians got Sweet 
Corn? and he said with emphasis. ‘‘ The Indians always had 
Sweet Corn aud the Cree corn of the Rocky Mountains which 
grows only 2% ft. high and very nice’ 
He scouted the statment of Mr. John B. McMaster ‘‘ That 
Sweet Corn was unknown in 1784.”’ 
