588 MISCELLANEOUS VEGETABLES. 



warm seasons. In field culture, it is either planted on hills 

 three feet apart, or in drills three feet apart, and eighteen 

 inches apart in the drills. The product per acre is usually 

 about the same number of bushels of ears that the same land 

 would yield of shelled corn of the ordinary field varieties. 



Increase of size is a sure indication of deterioration. The 

 cultivator should aim to keep the variety as pure as possible 

 by selecting slender and small-sized, but well-filled, ears for 

 seed, and in no case to plant such as may have yellow or any 

 foreign sort intermixed. The value of a crop will be dimin- 

 ished nearly in a relative proportion to the increase of the 

 size of the ears. 



Parching A yellow variety of the preceding. It retains 



Corn 

 (Yellow). its color to some extent after being parched ; and 



this is considered an objection. It is tender, but not so mild 

 flavored as the white, and is little cultivated. The size and 

 form of the ears are the same, and it is equally productive. 



Ked-cob Ears about eight inches in length by a diam- 



eter of two inches, usually twelve, but some- 

 times fourteen, rowed ; kernels roundish, flattened, white 

 when suitable for boiling ; shrivelled, and of a dull, semi- 

 transparent white when ripe ; the cob is red, which may be 

 called its distinguishing characteristic. Quality good, the 

 kernel being tender and sweet. It remains long in good 

 condition for the table, and is recommended for general cul- 

 tivation. Season intermediate. 



Bhode Island So named from its origin on the grounds of 

 Asylum. 



Am. Agr. this institution. The plant is of medium size, 

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producing one or two ears ; foliage abundant. 



The ears are rather large, and eight or ten rowed ; kernel 

 yellowish-white at maturity, shrivelled and indented. 



