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it must \\ii\c been grown in a high Northern L-ititude, probably 

 at tlie extreme limit of the corn crop. When our most North- 

 ern sections are tilled, this variety Avill have a commercial val- 

 ue. Of the varieties of sweet corn following the extreme early 

 sorts, Crosby's Early, originated by that sterling market gar- 

 dener, Josiah Crosby, of Arlington, gives good satisfaction. 

 It is from 10 to 14 rowed, the ears of good size and filled out 

 on the end with remarkable imiformity ; in quality it is sw^eet 

 and tender. Crosby's corn has largely replaced that old stand- 

 ard eight-rowed sort. Darling's Early, which always had the 

 demerit of not being reliable for filling out on the end. Of 

 the later varieties Stowell's Evergreen is the inost extensively 

 cultivated ; this has some excellent characteristics ; the ears 

 are of a very large size, very well filled ovit, and the kernels 

 are of the horse-tooth shape, giving them great length ; in 

 quality it is very sweet, while it remains a long while in the 

 milk. The color of this variety when gathered just past the 

 milk and dried for seed purposes, is of a remarkably rich tint. 

 The Marblehead Mammoth Sweet is an improvement in size 

 -on Burr's Sweet, being in this respect at the head of the Sweet 

 Corn group. It is late in maturing and of excellent quality. 

 I have had siuijle ears o'recn in the husk that weiijhed three 

 pounds. As this variety grows very stout, and succeeds re- 

 markably, it is of great value for green fodder. Olcott's and 

 Trimble's Sweet corn with me are rather poor croppers, and 

 the ears are of small size ; the quality of seed of these is very 

 good, but I cannot rank them with Mexican Sweet which I 

 have raised for a dozen years or more, and prefer to all others 

 in sweetness and tenderness. The Mexican is medium early, 

 ■ears of medium size, growing quite near the ground, usually 

 two on a stalk. The color is dark purple when dried, but 

 nearly white M'hen in the milk. 



Our "Southern friends, and many in the West, prefer the 

 field varieties when in the milk, to our sweet corn, and I have 

 reason to believe that their field corn when in the milk is some- 

 -what sweeter than ours while in the same condition. There 



