NOTES ON VARIETIES 45 



3. The Extra Early Varieties were : Eastman's Early, 

 Extra Early Beverly, Mammoth White Cory, First of All (No. 

 30), Early Fordhook, Cory's Early, and White Cob. These 

 are named in order of productiveness. 



4. The Early Varieties were : Crosby's Early, Telephone, 

 Perry's Hybrid, First of All (No. 15), Melrose, Kendel's Early 

 Market, New England Sweet, Adams's Extra Early, Early 

 Essex, Early Minnesota, and Early Orange. Named in order 

 of earliness. 



5. Those ripening Mediu?n Early were : First Crop, Best 

 of All, New Champion, Asylum Sugar, Squantum, and Moore's 

 Concord. 



6. The Late Varieties were : Henderson, Country Gentle- 

 man, Hance's Early, Triumph Sugar, Cross, Stowell's Ever- 

 green, Early Mammoth, Egyptian, Zigzag, Mammoth, and 

 Columbus Market. Named in order of earliness. 



7. The date of planting this season was May 32 ; and the 

 average number of days required to mature each class was : 

 Extra Early 88, Standard Early 95, Medium Early io3, and 

 Late 1 10 or more. 



8. The following varieties were oi poor quality : Cory's Early, 

 Perry's Hybrid, Melrose, Telephone, Adams's Extra Early, 

 Mammoth White Cory. 



9. For sweetness Hance's Early, Squantum, and Asylum 

 Sugar were pronounced. 



10. Two varieties of interest were : Improved Ruby and 

 Early Orange. The stalks and husks of the former were scarlet 

 and the white kernels set in red hulls. The latter was a deep 

 orange-colored ear, accompanied with a peculiar though not 

 objectionable flavor. 



ir. A distinct type of extra early sweet corn is found in the 

 four varieties: Eastman's Early, First of All (No. 30), Early 

 Fordhook, and White Cob. These are all very early, sweet, 

 eight rowed, well filled, and of fair size. 



12. The Extra Early Beverly was the only extra early 10-12 

 row variety of good quality. 



13. Crosby's Early, although not as early as the earliest by a 

 few days, still remains tbe standard early variety. 



14. The best results from growing sweet corn with commer- 



