170 CORN. 



and valuable for cooking, or feeding stock, than the fine, 

 white, floury appearance of the kernel, when cut or broken, 

 would seem to indicate. 



Twelve- A large, late variety. Stalk seven feet 



rowed Sweet. 



high ; the ears are from ten to fourteen 



rowed, seven to nine inches long, often two inches and a 

 half in diameter in the green state, and taper slightly 

 towards the top, which is bluntly rounded ; cob white ; the 

 kernels are large, round, or circular, sometimes tooth- 

 shaped, pure white when suitable for the table, dull white 

 and shrivelled when ripe. 



The variety is hardy, yields a certain crop, and is sweet, 

 tender, and of good quality. It is the parent of one or two 

 varieties of superior size and excellence, to which it is now 

 gradually giving place. 



FIELD VARIETIES. 

 Canada Yellow. Ear seven inches in length, symmetrical, 



EARLY CANADA. , .-, , . , 



broadest at the base, and tapering to the 

 tip, uniformly eight-rowed, in four double rows ; kernel 

 roundish, smooth, and of a rich, glossy, orange-yellow 

 color ; cob small, white ; stalk four to five feet high, 

 slender ; the leaves are not abundant, and the ears, of 

 which the plant rarely produces more than two, near the 

 ground. 



On account of the small size of the ear, the yield per acre 

 is much less than that of almost any other field variety ; 

 twenty-five or thirty bushels being an average crop. The 

 dwarfish character of the plants, however, admits of close 

 culture, three feet in one direction by two or two and a 

 half in the opposite affording ample space for their full de- 

 velopment ; four plants being allowed to a hill. 



Its chief merit is its early maturity. In ordinary sea- 

 sons, the crop will be fully ripened in August. If culti- 

 vated for a series of years in the Eastern or Middle States, 



