FIELD VARIETIES. 175 



size, form, and color of the kernel, and also in the season 

 of maturity. The Dutton, Early Canada, King Philip, and 

 numerous other less important sorts, are but improved 

 forms of the New-England Eight-rowed. 



Stalk twelve feet or more in height, with White 

 large, luxuriant foliage; ears single, often ^H E "* W ^ T ' B> 

 in pairs, short and very thick, sixteen to 

 twenty-two rowed ; kernel remarkably large, milk-white, 

 wedge-formed, indented at the outer end ; cob red. 



Plant similar to that of the White Horse- Yellow Horse- 

 tooth. 



SOUTHERN YELLOW. 



tooth ; kernel very large, bright yellow, tooth. 



indented ; cob red. 



Extensively cultivated throughout the Southern States, 

 but not adapted to the climate of the Middle or Northern. 

 Other varieties of the Horse-tooth Corn occur, differing 

 principally in color. One of these is of the copper-red 

 peculiar to the King Philip ; and there is also a variety with 

 the bright blood-red, found occasionally in the New-England 

 Eight-rowed. 



An improved variety of the White Gourd-seed. Baden. 

 The plant often produces five or six, and some- 

 times seven or eight ears. 



Ears frequently fourteen inches in length, Lomj White 

 very slender, and uniformly eight-rowed ; ker- 

 nel nearly as deep as broad, rice white ; cob white. 



Succeeds well in the Middle States, but not suited for cul- 

 tivation at the North. 



Stalk ten feet and upwards in height ; foliage White 

 . , , , ,. . , ... Gourd-seed, 



abundant ; ears short and thick, containing 



from eighteen to thirty-two rows ; kernal long and narrow, 

 indented at the end. 



