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Stalks grow about 10 to 11 feet high on rich 
soils. A favorite variety for silage, but is too 
late to mature seed properly in the North 
where early frosts occur. 
Chester Co. Mammoth: Ears 7 to 11 inches 
long, 24 to 2% inches in diameter; smooth; 
slightly tapering, rounded evenly at butt and 
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K1G. 5.—CHESTER CO. MAMMOTH. 
tip; 18 to 30 rowed; cob red, large. Kernels 
yellow, deep, narrow, thick, crease dented. 
Plants tall. Matures late. Mr. E. 8. Carman 
says:* “We have never raised larger ears of 
Chester County Mammoth corn than during the 
past season. We have lots of ears 11 inches 
*Rural New Yorker, Dec, 13, 1884, p. 8382. 
