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ground, and are uniformly eight-rowed. They are about six 

 inches long, and comparatively slender, in their general 

 form resembling Darling's Early, though of smaller size ; 

 the kernels are white before maturity, dull yellowish-white 

 and much shrivelled when ripe. 



Like Darling's Early, it is a valuable sort for early use, 

 and also for planting for a succession. The kernel is sweet 

 and tender, and, with others of the class known as " Sugar " 

 varieties, is slow in ripening, and thus for a long season con- 

 tinues in good condition for table use. 



Stalk five to six feet high, producing one or Early 



Jefferson. 

 two ears, which are of small size, eight-rowed, 



and measure six or eight inches in length, and about an inch 

 and a half in diameter at the largest part ; cob white ; ker- 

 nel white, roundish, flattened, the surface of a portion of 

 the ear, especially near its tip, often tinged with a delicate 

 shade of rose red. The kernel retains its color, and never 

 shrivels or wrinkles, in ripening. 



The variety is hardy and productive, but is principally 

 cultivated on account of its early maturity, though, in this 

 respect, it is little, if at all, in advance of Darling's. The 

 quality is tender and good, but much less sugary than the 

 common shrivelled varieties, on which account, however, it 

 is preferred by some palates. It remains but a short time 

 tender and in good condition for boiling, soon becoming hard, 

 glazed, and unfit for use. 



Stalk and general habit similar to Darling's 

 Early ; ears six to eight inches long, an inch GOLDEN SUOAB. 

 and a half or an inch and three fourths in di- 

 ameter, regularly eight-rowed ; the kernel, when ripe, is 

 semi-transparent yellow. 



The variety is apparently a hybrid between the Common 



