CORN. 587 



" It is a hybrid, as any one can readily perceive by inspec- 

 tion, between the Southern White and the Common Sweet 

 Corn of New England, and exhibits certain characteristics 

 of the two varieties, combining the size of the ear and ker- 

 nel and productiveness of the Southern with the sweetness 

 and tenderness of the Northern parent." 



The stalks are from ten to twelve feet in height, and of 

 corresponding circumference. The ears are from five to 

 seven inches in length, and the number of rows varies from 

 twelve to twenty ; the kernels are very long, or deep ; and 

 the cob, which is always white, is quite small compared with 

 the size of the ear. When ripe, the kernels are of a dull, 

 semi-transparent, yellowish-white, and much shrivelled. The 

 ears are produced on the stalk, four or five feet from the 

 ground. Very productive, but late. 



For cultivation in the Southern States and tropical cli- 

 mates, it has been found to be peculiarly adapted, as it not 

 only possesses there the sweetness and excellence that distin- 

 guish the Sweet Corn of the temperate and cooler sections, 

 but does not deteriorate by long cultivation, as other sweet 

 varieties almost invariably are found to do. 



Stalk six feet high, usually producing two Parching 



ears, which are from six to ei^ht inches Ions, ("White 



Kernel), 

 quite slender, and uniformly eight-rowed ; cob POP-COBN. 



white ; kernel roundish, flattened, glossy, flinty, or rice-like, 

 and of a dull, semi-transparent, white color. When parched, 

 it is of pure snowy whiteness, very brittle, tender, and well 

 flavored, and generally considered the best of all the sorts 

 used for this purpose. 



In many parts of New England the variety is somewhat 

 extensively cultivated for commercial purposes. Its peculiar 

 properties seem to be most perfectly developed in dry, grav- 

 elly, or silicious soils, and under the influence of short and 



