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In this section it is not much cultivated, notwithstanding it is 

 elegant and productive, and recommends itself to our attention 

 by maturing in a shorter season than is required by its lighter 

 colored representatives. 



It attains the height of nine to nine and a half feet, and like 

 all the other large varieties produces usually but one well form- 

 ed ear; rows twelve, in some examples fourteen, firmly set on a 

 red tapering cob, with the apex .generally naked. Length of ears 



eleven to thirteen inches. 



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" Medium eight rowedy 

 Height of plants seven and a half to eight feet ; ears one and 

 two ; rows well filled out ; length of ears ten to eleven inches. 



" iS'>7ia// eight rowedy 



Distinguished on the field by its reduced size and assuming at 

 an earlier period the autumnal hue ; grows six to six and a half 

 feet high ; ears seven to eight inches long, fully six to four plants ; 

 ripe in fourteen weeks. 



" Hematite Sweet Corn?'' 



A good variety but not so desirable as the twelve rowed, out- 

 striping it in growth, attaining under similar treatment eight and 

 a half to nine feet ; average produce six ears, six to eight inches 

 long and twelve to sixteen rows to four plants ; cob red ; grain 

 faintly marked with the same color, which no doubt is fully de- 

 veloped when pure ; not possessing so highly the sweet flavor of 

 the former it is not cultivated for general use. 



"Rice Corn:' 

 This as well as the " Mandan" and " Nonpareil" is the proto- 

 type, excepting color, of the white varieties previously described 

 and grown under similar treatment. 



Blue Corn — " JVonpareiP' and Flint. 

 Of these, familiarly known as " Pigeon Corn," we have noth- 

 ing excepting color to especially notice. It is usually mixed on 

 the ear with white grains, and unless grown as a matter of fancy 

 is not cultivated. 



