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CHAPTER VII. 

 CORN. 



Zea mays. 

 GARDEN AND TABLE VARIETIES. 



DISTINCT and well-marked table Adams's 



-^ . , , . , Early "White, 



variety, .bars seven to eight inches 



in length, two inches in diameter, twelve or fourteen rowed, 

 and rather abruptly contracted at the tips ; kernel white, 

 rounded, somewhat deeper than broad, and indented at the 

 exterior end, which is whiter and less transparent than the 

 interior or opposite extremity. The depth and solidity of 

 the kernel give great comparative weight to the ear ; and, 

 as the cob is of small size, the proportion of product is un- 

 usually large. 



In its general appearance, the ear is not unlike some de- 

 scriptions of Southern or Western field-corn, from which, 

 aside from its smaller dimensions, it would hardly be distin- 

 guishable. In quality it cannot be considered equal to some 

 of the shrivelled-kernelled, sweet descriptions, but will prove 

 acceptable to those to whom the peculiar sugary character 

 of these may be objectionable. It is a good garden variety, 

 though not so early as the Jefferson or Darling's Early. 



Much grown for the market in the Middle States, but less 

 generally known or cultivated in New England. 



Plant, in height and general habit, similar Black Sweet, 



or Mexican. 



SLATE SWEET. 



to Darling's Early ; ears six to eight inches or M exiean. 



in length, uniformly eight-rowed ; kernels 



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