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VARIETIES OF WHITE CORN. 



" Long Island or Douglass?' 



Of all the varieties of White Flint, I prefer this for general 

 use. It grows eight and a half to nine and a half feet high, 

 producing five to six ears to the hill of four plants, and ripens 

 in four and a half months. Ears ten to twelve inches long 5 

 rows, eight. Introduced to Long Island by Mr. Douglass, whence 

 its name. 



" Elmgated White Flint.''' 

 This is an elegant variety, highly deserving of cultivation, and 

 by some considered superior. It requires five months to mature 

 in ; stands ten to ten and a half feet high ; produces one eight- 

 rowed ear, (seldom more,) thirteen to sixteen inches long, and I 

 have occasionally seen them eighteen inches. 



" Twelve-rowed Jersey White Flints 

 Grows nine and a half to ten feet high ; ears usually eleven 

 to twelve inches long -, rows regular, and well filled out ; ripe in 

 five months. A rich variety, requiring good soil, and thorough 

 cultivation. 



" Slender White Flint. ''^ 



The growth of this variety, remarkable for its slender ear, is 

 eight and a half to nine feet. The grain is of medium size, 

 closely set in eight rows, on ears eleven to thirteen inches long, 

 which taper slightly towards the apex, terminating in an abrupt 

 point. It ripens in sixteen weeks, and is well adapted to tke 

 northern States. 



^^ Rhode Island Cap." 

 This variety much cultivated in the northern and eastern 

 States is, I am induced to believe, identical with "Canada Cap,'' 

 and freely grown in Canada, w^here it is greatly esteemed on ac- 

 count of its early advancement to maturity, happily answering 

 the requirements of the short corn-growing season in that coun- 

 try. 



