II.] AND SORTS OF CORN. 



some early corn from New York. I sold the 

 greater part of it, and reserved a little to plant 

 in my field. It is now (twenty-ninth of Oc- 

 tober) not very far from being ripe in some 

 instances, notwithstanding the badness of the 

 summer. I believe that if these early sorts of 

 American Corn were planted in good ground, 

 tilled very carefully, and planted as early as the 

 nature of the plant would admit, that the corn 

 would ripen three times out of four. I planted 

 it year after year, for ten years, in Hampshire, 

 and ahvays planted from seed of my own saving, 

 I thought that it came more and more early, and 

 adapted itself more and more to the climate ; 

 though this is contrary to the general rules relative 

 to seeds. 



27. But, though these sorts of American Corn 

 are very grand to look at, they are not sure as to 

 ripening; they want all the heat that we have in 

 our best summers, and as little of our wet as may 

 be. The only corn that can be cultivated here, 

 that I know any thing of, is the sort of corn which 

 I have now cultivated with such success. It is in 

 quality nearly as good as the American Corn, and 

 as to quantity, it produces a great deal more; of 

 which however, 1 shall have to produce a proof by- 

 and-bye. Two ears of this corn were brought to 

 England, early in the year 1826, by Mr. William 

 Cobbett, my eldest son, who obtained them from 

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