CORN. 695 



Ears ten to twelve inches in length, uniformly King Philip, 



or Brown, 

 eight-rowed when the variety is pure or un- IMPROVED KINO 



mixed ; kernel copper-red, rather large, some- 

 what broader than deep, smooth and glossy ; cob compar- 

 atively small, pinkish-white ; stalk six feet in height, pro- 

 ducing one or two ears, about two feet and a 

 half from the ground. 



In warm seasons, it is sometimes fully 

 ripened in ninety days from the time of plant- 

 ing, and may be considered as a week or ten 

 days earlier than the Common New England 

 Eight-rowed, of which it is apparently an 

 improved variety. 



Very productive, and recommended as one 

 of the best field sorts now in cultivation. In 

 good soil and favorable seasons, the yield per 

 acre is from seventy-five to ninety bushels, al- 

 though crops are recorded of a hundred and 

 ten, and even of a hundred and twenty 

 bushels. 



As grown in different localities, and even 

 in the product of the same field, there is often 

 a marked variation in the depth of color, aris- 

 ing either from the selection of paler seed, or 

 from the natural tendency of the variety 

 towards the clear yellow of the New England 

 Eight-rowed. A change of color from yel- King Philip Corn * 

 lowish red to paler red or yellow should be regarded as 

 indicative of degeneracy. 



Said to have originated on one of the islands in Lake Win- 

 nipiseogee, N. H. 



Stalk six or seven feet hiffh, producing one New Eng- 

 land Eight- 

 or two ears, which are from ten to eleven inches rowed. 



