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plish-red or blood-red kernels. The ears are of the same 

 size and form. Its quality, though inferior to the White, is 

 much superior to the Yellow. Productiveness, and season 

 of maturity, the same. The varieties of Rice Corn rapidly 

 intermix, and rapidly degenerate, especially when grown in 

 the vicinity of common field corn. 



Bice ("White Stalk six feet or more in height ; ears five 



or six inches long, an inch and a half in di- 

 ameter, broadest at the base, and tapering to the top, which 

 is often more or less sharply pointed ; the cob is white ; the 

 kernels are long and slender, angular, sharply pointed at 

 the outward extremity, as well as, to some extent, at the 

 opposite, and extremely hard and flinty. They are not 

 formed at right angles on the cob, as in most varieties of 

 corn, but point upward, and rest, in an imbricated manner, 

 one over the other. 



The variety is hardy and prolific, and, though not late, 

 should have the benefit of the whole season. For parching, 

 it is inferior to the common Parching Corn before described, 

 though it yields as much bulk in proportion to the size of 

 the kernel, and is equally as white ; but the sharp points 

 often remain sound ; and it is, consequently, less crisp and 

 tender. 



Kice (Yellow Another sub-variety of the White Rice, 



the ear and kernel being of the same form 

 and size. It is equally productive, and matures as early, 

 but, when parched, is inferior to the White both in crispness 

 and flavor. 



stoweU's Stalk from six to seven feet in height ; 



Evergreen. . , . , 



STOWELL'S e &rs of a conical form, six or seven inches 



EVERGREEN , i . i ^ T 



SWEET. long, and two inches and a quarter in diam- 



eter at the base ; kernels long, or deep, pure white when 

 suitable for boiling, of a dull yellowish- white, and much 



