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haematite, to the swelling ears of the big white, and 

 yellow gourd-seed of the South. The principal varieties 

 cultivated in the United States, which may be distin- 

 guished by the number of rows of grains on the cob, 

 and the colour, shape, or size of the kernels, may be 

 classified and described as follows : 



YELLOW CORN. The colours of the varieties coming 

 under this head, as before observed, are dependent 

 mainly on the shades of the oil, as seen through the 

 transparent epidermis or hull. 



1. Golden Sioux or Northern Yellow Flint-Corn, 

 derived from the Sioux Indians, in Canada, having a 

 large cob, rather short as to length, with twelve rows 

 of moderately-sized grains, abounding in oil, and is 

 regarded as one of the best varieties for fattening 

 animals, or for human food. By skilful tillage, 130 

 bushels have been raised to an acre, weighing 9,216 Ibs. 

 in the ear. When dry, 75 Ibs. of ears gave a bushel 

 when shelled. Several valuable hybrid varieties have 

 been produced between the Sioux and the King Philip, 

 the gourd-seed and the Sioux, &c. 



2. King Philip or Eu/ht-rowed Yellow Corn; so 

 called after the celebrated chief of the Wampanoags, 

 of that name, from which tribe the seed was originally 

 obtained. The ears, which contain only eight rows, 

 are longer, the cob smaller, and the grains larger than 

 those of the golden Sioux, and it will yield about the 

 same quantity of oil. It is a hardy plant, much 

 esteemed in New England as a substantial article of 

 food, where it has been cultivated from times anterior 

 to the landing of the Pilgrims. From this variety, a 

 number of superb kinds have beon obtained, among 

 which, are a beautiful ten and twelve-rowed hybrid 

 from the golden Sioux, and the well known Browne 

 Corn, improved by my brother, Mr. John Browne, of 

 Long Island, in Lake Winnipissiogce. The latter 

 variety was produced by cultivating selected ears for a 

 succession of years, of the King Philip corn, with small 

 but-ends, the second ripe, in the field, and taken from 

 gtalks which bore more than two ears each. The grains 



