266 NEW JERSEY STATE AGRICULTURAL 



Reports from Testers of "Melamo." 



"Stalk about four and a half feet high. The quality is all 

 right." "Early but not very large, quality good for an early 

 corn, averaged two ears to the stalk. Plant four to four and 

 a half feet high, rapid and thrifty grower. Planted the 25th of 

 May, picked first corn last week in July, which is very good con- 

 sidering the lot of cold weather we had." "Very early, good 

 flavor." "Planted the same day as 'Minnesota' in adjoining row ; 

 the 'Malamo' is much the stronger grower, and apparently more 

 productive. Certainly a fine corn ; I find it a fine grower." 

 "Eared well, quality good." "The best eating corn I ever tasted ; 

 grows mostly two ears to a stalk ; the suckered corn does not 

 have so many ears, but is nicer." "Corn was fine, will say that 

 it is the earliest and sweetest corn I ever raised, had fine table 

 ears in sixty-six days." "I had first corn yesterday; it was fine, 

 nice deep grains well formed, small stalks, ears six inches long." 

 " 'Malamo' is doing well, have had several messes from it and 

 quality is excellent." "Ears solid, sweet, sound, perfect, two on 

 each plant; a few have their length, five and a half inches. A 

 good vigorous early sweet corn, and very desirable." "Sweet, 

 free habit, ears borne at bottom of stalk." "Quality is very 

 good for so early a variety. It is about a week earlier than my 

 best early corn which I have been growing for four or five years." 

 "This corn was a success, it matured in seventy-eight days. The 

 stalks were very short and the ears of good size and well filled and 

 •of good flavor." "This is an early sweet corn, is four to four aiid 

 a half feet high, the ear was well filled. Grains perfect size, seven 

 to eight inches long." "The sample of sweet corn received was 

 very sweet and tender, the ears mostly perfect." "Came up 

 very well with strong stalks and large ears." "Season early, 

 stalks short, ears medium, quite a number two ears to one stalk ; 

 grains plump and ears filled to the tip with kernels. I consider 

 it a great improvement over the 'Cory.' " "We have used some 

 of the 'Malamo,' and the quality seems to be good, the ears are 

 about six inches long and most of them have about twelve rows." 

 "Grain firm, sweet, full and very meaty." "Strong growing, 

 good-sized ears, often two on stalk, improvement on 'Golden 

 Bantam,' as it is larger and stronger growing; improvement on 

 'Country Gentleman,' as it is better quality. I consider 'Golden 

 Bantam' best quality sweet corn, but this cross seems to be as 

 good with larger better ears and not much later." "Germinated 

 extra well, plant medium size, gathered for table use early in 



