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saltpetre water. The last planted Dutton corn was 

 decidedly the earliest of the seven sorts in coining 

 to maturity, and was at least two weeks earlier than 

 the main crop, planted from three to six days sooner. 

 Its maturity may have been in some measure accel- 

 erated by the porosity of the soil, compared with 

 that of the main field, which was highly manured 

 with unfermented dung ; yet we think it not improb- 

 able that it was principally owing to the seed having 

 remained saturated for 96 hours in the nitrous solu- 

 tion. 



Having referred to our specimen plat, we will add, 

 that it consisted of the following varieties of com : 



1. Dutton; 2 and 3. Lake Superior and Squaw 

 from Lake Michigan ; 4. Early white, not recollect- 

 ed where from ; 5. Early Canada, from Poughkeep- 

 sie; 6. Red Blaze, from Elmira; 7. Early yellow, 

 from Vermont. These varieties were all planted 

 the same day, two rows of each, with intervals be- 

 tween the different kinds of 20 or 30 feet. On ex- 

 amining them to-day, August 28, we find No. 1 

 mostly ripe, the husks dry and separating from the 

 grain ; No. 2, Lake Superior, an eight-rowed yellow, 

 growing 4 1-2 feet high, but very prolific in suckers 

 and ears, next to the Dutton in maturity. The early 

 white is an eight-rowed corn, 5 1-2 feet high, and is 

 third in ripeness. The Vermont is a yellow, eight- 

 rowed corn, grows six feet high, and is next in ripe- 

 ness to the early white. The Squaw, No. 3, is an 

 eight-rowed coloured grain, grows six feet high, and 

 is fifth in forwardness. The Red Blaze comes next, 

 and the Early Canada is the latest. Both are eight- 

 rowed, and, like the Dutton, they grow seven and 

 eight feet high. As to number of ears on a stock, 

 they are about alike, except the Lake Superior, which 

 is far the most prolific in suckers and ears, though 

 they are very small. As to size of ears, the Dutton 

 has a manifest superiority ; but in length, those of 

 the early Canada and the Red Blaze eight-rowed 



