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early as the King Philip, and remarkable for the uniformly- 

 perfect manner in which, in good seasons, the ears are tipped, 

 or filled out. In point of productiveness, it compares favor- 

 ably with the common New England Eight-rowed ; the yield 

 per acre varying from fifty to seventy bushels, according to 

 soil, culture, and season. 



It is also much prized for mealing, both on account of its 

 quality and its peculiar, bright, rich color. In cultivation, 

 the hills are made three feet and a half apart in each direc- 

 tion, and five or six plants allowed to a hill. 



A sub-variety, known as the Early Button, 

 is ' common to many localities. The ears are 

 ten or twelve rowed, well filled at the tips, and 

 the kernel has the bright color of the common 

 Dutton. The plant, however, is less stocky, 

 the ears are smaller, and the yield, partic- 

 larly in strong soil, generally less. On light 

 land it succeeds better than the old variety, 

 compared with which it is also about two 

 weeks earlier. 



Stalk six feet or more in height, Hill, 

 moderately strong at the ground, VvV^litT'sMui-' 



but comparatively slender above T COU> I "/ I PKII > 



tii. 



the ear ; foliage not abundant ; 

 the ears are produced low on the stalk, often 

 in pairs, are uniformly eight-rowed, well filled 

 at the tips, and, when fully grown, ten or 

 eleven inches in length ; cob white, and com- 

 paratively small ; kernel dusky, transparent-white, large and 

 broad, but not deep. 



The Hill Corn is nearly of the season of the common 

 New England Eight-rowed, and is, unquestionably, the most 

 productive of all field varieties. In Plymouth County, 

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