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Pride of the North. — One of the earliest and apparently 

 most satisfactory yellow dent varieties for Massachusetts. It 

 does not usually make as large a growth as the Learning, but 

 in an average season will reach maturity. 



Rustler Minnesota Dent. — A white dent corn believed to 

 have been first raised in Massachusetts, on the Agricultural 

 College farm, from seed procured in Minnesota. It has given 

 uniformly good results and can be considered a satisfactory dent 

 variety in spite of the fact that the ears do not usually develop 

 well at the tip. It is believed that this corn can be greatly 

 improved by careful breeding. 



Learning. — Yellow dent. Somewhat like the Pride of the 

 Xorth, but makes a larger growth and matures a little later. 

 It is extensively grown for silage in Massachusetts, and, unless 

 the season is unusually backward, will mature sufficiently for 

 this purpose. 



Brewer's. — Yellow dent. This is believed to be a western 

 dent variety improved by IST. H. Brewer of Hockanum, Conn. 

 Mr. Brewer has raised enormous crops by following an inten- 

 sive system of fertilization and cultivation. We have not been 

 successful in ripening it on the station farm. At the time of 

 cutting (September 15) the ears were hardly in milk, and 

 consequently not suitable to harvest for grain. It evidently 

 needs a somewhat longer growing season than is usually ex- 

 perienced in the vicinity of Amherst. 



Early Mastodon. — Yellow dent. Bred by C. S. Clark of 

 Ohio. A large growing variety evidently rather too late for 

 grain in Massachusetts. 



Klondike. — Yellow dent. Quite like the Early Mastodon in 

 appearance, but noticeably later and unsuited to New England 

 conditions. 



Red Cob Silage. — White dent. Medium late. 



White Cap Yellow Dent. — Resembles Learning in size, but 

 matures rather later. Fairly satisfactory for silage. 



Wing's Improved White Cap. — Originated by J. E. Wing of 

 Ohio. Some of the stalks bore two ears. It would probably 

 form a very satisfactory variety in the middle western States, 

 but the season is not sufficiently long to enable it to reach matu- 

 rity in New England. 



