FIELD VARIETIES. 



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or in a latitude much warmer than that of the Canadas, 

 the plant increases in size, the ears ' and kernels grow 

 larger, and it is slower in coming to ma- 

 turity. 



Button. 



EAKLV DuiTOK. 



Ears nine or ten inches long, 

 broadest at the base, tapering 

 slightly towards the tip, ten or twelve rowed, 

 and rarely found with the broad clefts or lon- 

 gitudinal spaces which often mark the divis- 

 ions into double rows in the eight-rowed vari- 

 eties, the outline being almost invariably 

 smooth and regular ; kernel as broad as deep, 

 smooth, and of a rich, clear, glossy, yellow 

 color ; cob large, white ; stalk of medium 

 height and strength, producing one or two 

 ears. 



It is one of the handsomest of the field 

 varieties, nearly as early as the King Philip, 

 and remarkable for the uniformly perfect man- 

 ner in which, in good seasons, the ears are 

 tipped out, or filled out. In point of produc- 

 tiveness, it compares favorably with the com- 

 mon New-England Eight-rowed ; the yield per* acre varying 

 from fifty to seventy bushels, according to soil, culture, and 

 season. 



It is also much prized for mealing, both on account of its 

 quality, and its peculiar, bright, rich color. In cultivation, 

 the hills are made three feet and a half apart in each direc- 

 tion, and five or six plants allowed to a hill. 



A sub-variety, known as the Early Dutton, is common to 

 many localities. The ears are ten or twelve rowed, well 

 filled at the tips, and the kernel has the bright color of the 

 common Dutton. The plant, however, is less stocky, the 

 ears are smaller, and the yield, particularly in strong 

 soil, generally less. On light land, it succeeds better 



Dutton Corn. 



