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ring, as well as its capability for large production. When plant- 

 ed early, will arrive in condition to sow the same ground with 

 late turnips -, length of ears 8 to 9 inches. 



" Large eight rowed ?^ 

 Grain dull yellow, lines deep and four broad, ears eleven to 

 thirteen inches, seldom produces more than one apex ; height 

 of plants eight to nine feet j foliage dense ; ripe in five months ; 

 an excellent and productive variety. 



" Medium eight rowed.'*'' 

 A good variety, and extensively cultivated ; differs from the 

 preceding in the reduced size of the entire production, and ripens 

 in a shorter season. 



" Early Canada or Canadian Yellow Flint.'''' 

 Plants five and a half to six feet ; ears six to eight inches, 

 fully six to four stalks, and under favorable circumstances, a 

 larger yield ; rows, eight regular, and extending over the summit ; 

 ripe in fourteen weeks, and well adapted to cultivation in the 

 northern States. 



Not extensively cultivated in this section, generally considered 

 unimportant in consequence of the reduced length of ears, but 

 with thorough cultivation, will produce largely. The moderate 

 heighth attained by the plants with corresponding foliage, it 

 admits of close planting, and have been informed that on the 

 well conducted farm of Dr. Crispel, of Ulster county, N. Y., it 

 has, when planted in hills two and a half feet apart, and the cul- 

 tivator kept actively employed, produced one hundred and 

 twelve bushels of shelled corn to the acre. 



^^Slender Yellotv Flint?^ 

 A handsome eight-rowed variety, growing seven to seven and 

 a half feet high, producing one and two slender tapering ears, 

 ten to twelve inches long, much attenuated towards the summit ; 

 rows regular, and well tilled out ; grain deep orange ; ripe in 

 fourteen weeks. 



