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Yellow Corn. — The colors of the varieties coming under this 

 head, as before observed, are dependent mainly on the shades of 

 the oil, as seen through the transparent epidermis or hull. 



1. Golden Sioux or JYorthern Yellow Flint-Corn, derived from 

 the Sioux Indians, in Canada, having a large cob, rather short as to 

 length, with twelve rows of moderately-sized grains, abounding in 

 oil, and is regarded as one of the best varieties for fattening animals, 

 or for human food. By skilful tillage, 130 bushels have been raised 

 to an acre, weighing 9,216 lbs. in the ear. When dry, 75 lbs. of 

 ears gave a bushel when shelled. Several valuable hybrid varieties 

 have been produced between the Sioux and the King Philip, the 

 gourd-seed and the Sioux, &c. 



2. King Philip or Eight-rowed Yellow Corn; so called after the 

 celebrated chief of the Wampanoags, of that name, from which tribe 

 the seed was originally obtained. The ears, which contain only 

 eight rows, are longer, the cob smaller, and the grains larger than 

 those of the golden Sioux, and it will yield about the same quantity 

 of oil. It is a hardy plant, much esteemed in New England as ,a 

 substantial article of food, where it has been cultivated from limes 

 anterior to the landing of the Pilgrims. From this variety, a num- 

 ber of superb kinds have been obtained, among which, are a 

 beautiful ten and twelved-rowed hybrid from which the golden Sioux, 

 and the well known Browne Corn, improved by my brother, Mr. 

 John Browne, of Long Island, in Lake Winnipissiogee. The latter 

 variety was produced by cultivating selected ears for a succession of 

 years, of the King Philip corn, with small but-ends, the second ripe, 

 in the field, and taken from stalks which bore more than two ears 

 each. The grains of this corn are large, the cob small, and the ears 

 usually from ten to thirteen inches in length, with only eight rows. 

 It ripens a little later than the golden Sioux, and is very prolific, 

 the greatest crop, per acre, that has yet been raised, being 336 

 bushels, weighing, in the ear, 9,520 lbs., or 70 lbs. to the bushel, 

 and 59 lbs., when shelled. 



Canada Corn or Eight-rowed Yellow. — This corn, which is 

 smaller, earlier, and more solid than any of the precedmg, contains 

 more oil than any other variety, except the rice corn, and the pop 

 corn, properly so called. It is highly valued for fattening poultry, 

 swine, (Sec, and is grown by many, in gardens, for early boiling or roast- 

 ing, when green. Notwithstanding it is very prolific in ears, it is 



