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Its chief merit is its rapid advancement to maturity. I have 

 had it suitable for the table in seven weeks after planting, and 

 am of opinion it can be brought forward in time to justify the 

 propriety of its extended name. 



Its growth is four to four and a half feet ; stalks very slender, 

 tapering to a whip like form, supporting at six inches from the 

 ground one and two ears, eight rowed, from five to seven inches 

 long. 



JVonpareU. 



The pearl, or chicken corn as it is more generally termed, is 

 the smallest variety known. Its cultivation is confined to gar- 

 dens, and is grown for ornament. It appears in various shades of 

 color, and is one of the varieties annually sent to England, where 

 it is exhibited in the windows of the seedsmen and florists, and 

 admired as a vegetable curiosity. 



Growth four to five feet, ears three to five, and have known 

 thirteen perfect ears produced on a single plant ; grain hard and 

 firmly set in regular rows on a slender cob from four to five in- 

 ches long ; ripens in four months. 



VARIETIES OF YELLOW CORN. 



" Golden Sioux." 



This, the richest and most elegant of the yellow corn, will, in 

 good soil, attain the height of nine and a half to ten feet, pro- 

 ducing, usually, one splendid twelve rowed ear from 12 to 14 

 inches long. 



Grain* bright yellow, lighter on the crown ; corneous portion 

 predominating, forming distinct furrows entire length of ear j 

 apex well covered ; ripens in five months ; requires thorough cul- 

 tivation, of which it is highly deserving. 



« Dutton." 



Height of plants seven to eight feet, ears one and two, rows 

 twelve to eighteen ; when well grown the apex is completely cov- 

 ered J ripe in fourteen to fifteen weeks ; a well known variety, 

 much esteemed on account of the short season required for matu- 



