GARDEN AND T^ABLE VARIETIES. 



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but not so mild flavored as the White, and is little cultivated. 

 The size and form of the ears are the same, and it is equally 

 productive. 



Ears about eight inches in length by a Bed-cob Sweet, 

 diameter of two inches, usually twelve, 

 but sometimes fourteen, rowed ; kernels roundish, flattened, 

 white when suitable for boiling, shrivelled, and of a dull, 

 semi-transparent white, when ripe ; the cob is red, which may 

 be called its distinguishing characteristic. Quality good, 

 the kernel being tender and sweet. It remains long in good 

 condition for the table, and is recommended for general cul- 

 tivation. Season intermediate. 



So named from its origin Rhode-Island 



. Asylum, 



on the grounds of this insti- Am> Agr , 



tution. The plant is of me- ^th Figure. 

 dium size, producing one or two ears ; foliage 

 abundant ; the ears are rather large, and 

 eight or ten rowed ; kernel yellowish-white 

 at maturity, shrivelled and indented. 



The variety is not early, but is recom- 

 mended for productiveness, and for the ten- 

 der, sugary character of the kernel. 



Like most of the later and larger de- 

 scriptions of sugar-corn, the plants attain a 

 greater size, the ears are more fully de- 

 veloped, and the sweet, succulent char- 

 acter of the kernel is greatly increased, 

 when grown in soil under a high state of 

 cultivation. 



A sub- variety occurs with eight rows, the 

 form and size of the ear and kernel resem- 

 bling Darling's Early. 



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This is a variety of the 

 White Rice, with deep pur- 



Bice (Bed 

 Kernel). 



Rhode-Island Asylum 

 Cora. 



