172 CORN. 



than the old variety, compared with which, it is also 

 about two weeks earlier. 



Hill. Stalk six feet or more in 



height, moderately strong at 



WHITE. OLD- the ground, but slender above 



WEBSTER. SMCTTT 



WHITE. OLD- 

 COLONY PREMIUM. 



the ear ; foliage not abundant ; 

 the ears are produced low on the stalk, often 

 in pairs, are uniformly eight-rowed, well filled 

 at the tips, and, when fully grown, ten or 

 eleven inches in length ; cob white and small ; 

 kernel dusky, transparent- white, large and 

 broad, but not deep. 



The Hill Corn is nearly of the season of 

 the common New-England Eight-rowed, and 

 is, unquestionably, the most productive of all 

 field varieties. In Plymouth County, Mass., 

 numerous crops have been raised of a hun- 

 dred and fifteen bushels and upwards to the 

 acre ; and, in two instances, the product ex- 

 ceeded a hundred and forty. 



This extraordinary yield is in a degree at- 

 mii com. tributable to the small size of the plant and 

 the relative large size of the ear. The largest crops were 

 obtained by planting three kernels together, in rows three 

 feet asunder, and from fifteen to eighteen inches apart in 

 the rows. 



No variety is better adapted for cultivation for farm con- 

 sumption ; but for market, whether in the kernel or in the 

 form of meal, its dull-white color is unattractive ; and it 

 commands a less price than the Yellow descriptions. 



From the most reliable authority, the variety was origi- 

 nated by Mr. Leonard Hill, of East Bridgewater, Plymouth 

 County, Mass. ; and was introduced to public notice in 

 1825-6. Though at present almost universally known as 

 " The Whitman," it appears to have been originally recog- 



