VARIETIES AND THEIR ADAPTATION. 99 
10 to 11 inches long, about 14 inch in diameter, 
slender, slightly tapering, mostly eight rowed. 
Kernels not large, deep golden orange. 
King Philip; also Improved King Philip, 
Hight Rowed Brown, Fight Rowed Copper Col- 
ored, Hight Rowed Yellow: Ears 8 to 10 inches 
long, about 14 inch in diameter, resembling 
Canada in all other respects except color, 
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which is copper red. Plant 8 to 9 feet high. 
Named after the celebrated Indian chief of the 
Wampanoags, from which tribe it is said* the 
seeds were obtained. Sturtevant, however, 
says that this variety was originated by Mr. 
John Brown, Long Island, Lake Winnipiseogee, 
* Transactions New York State agricultural society, 1853, 
p. 333. 
