98 INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 
Earliest Yellow: Ears 7 to 10 inches long, about 
14 inch in diameter, tip well filled; cob medium 
to large. Kernels small to medium, golden 
orange in color. Plants attain 64 to 7 feet. A 
very old variety adapted to the northern line 
of the corn belt, as is also Canada. 
Compton’s Karly; also Compton’s Surprise: 
Ears 9 to 91 inches long and about 12 inch in 
diameter, pointed at tip; cob large, white. 
Kernels medium size, light golden orange color. 
Plants about seven feet tall. A productive, 
good variety, widely grown. 
Dutton: Ears 9 to 10 inches long and about 
13 inch in diameter, with rounded tip; cob 
small, 12 rowed. Kernels large, golden orange. 
Plants 6 to 7 feet high. Was first brought into 
notice by Mr. Salmon Dutton, Cavendish, Vt., 
about 1818. “The ears of corn from which it 
was originally selected on an average were from 
8 to 12 inches long and contained from 12 to 18 
rows.”* A very productive and popular variety 
in the Northeast. A form of this known as 
Early Dutton has been extensively grown. 58. 
W. Jewett sayst it is “descended from seed I 
obtained from Jesse Buel, selecting it myself 
from his corn crib, at Albany, about 1859.” 
Hight Rowed Yellow; also Long Yellow: Kars 
* Transactions New York State Agricultural Society, 
1853, p. 334. 
{+ Country Gentleman, May 8, 1884, 
