410 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



EGYPTIAN CORN. 



" The subscriber offers to farmers tbroughout the country, the Egyptian 

 corn, which, upon trial last year, was found to ripen-, planted even the first 

 of July. It is estimated, from its very prolific qualities, to yield two 

 hundred bushels per acre, and weighs, by sealed measure, sixty-five pounds 

 to the bushel. This corn was produced from some procured direct from 

 Mr. Jones, our Consular Agent, directly on his return from Egypt. It 

 requires no difi"erent culture from that of other varieties, and in the south 

 two crops can be raised in one season on the same ground. It grows in the 

 form of a tree, and twenty-two ears have grown upon one stalk, and will 

 average from five to fifteen; For domestic use it is unparalleled. When 

 ground and properly bolted, it is equal in color and fineness to whcaten 

 flour. As a forage crop, by sowing in drills, or broadcast, for early feed, 

 there is no kind of corn so well adapted to milch cows, and none that will 

 yield half the value in stalks or corn. 



" It can be successfully grown in any state of the Union, from Maine to 

 Texas. I can give the most satisfactory reference that the corn is, in every 

 respect, what I represent it to be, and further, I am the only person 

 throughout the country, who has this variety of corn. Having secured a 

 quantity I am now able to fill all orders for those desirous of testing it. 



" To any person who will inclose in a letter SI, in stamps or currency, 

 directed to me, I will send, postage paid, sufficient corn to produce enough 

 to plant, the following year, from twenty to thirty acres ; also directions 

 for planting and cultivation." 



There is some truth in this advertisement. This Egyptian corn can be 

 grown in any State, and has been for many years in most of them, and the 

 seed is almost as valuable as that of broom-corn, and the stalks and leaves 

 for forage not as much so. 



Prof. Mapes. — We have had an Egyptian corn here in cultivation many 

 years, and it is highly probable that it is the same thing mentioned. It is 

 not a desirable plant for cultivation. It will yield about sixty bushels of 

 seed per acre, which pigs and chickens will eat, but the grain is unfit for 

 human food, and valueless in comparison with our common cereals. 



Mr. Carpenter sf^id he grew the Egyptian corn last season, but does not 

 deem it a desirable plant for a crop. It is somewhat ornamental, and that 

 is its greatest value. It is nothing new. 



PEARS ON QUINCE STOCKS. 



Solon Robinson. — A letter from Ruth Lynde, of New Bedford, says: 

 " There is a large pear orchard in the neighborhood of our city, con- 

 taining the choicest fruit, grafted on pear and quince stocks. The latter 

 were planted thickly, supposing they would discontinue to bear as the 

 former increased. But to the owners surprise they increased in size and 

 vigor, so that he had to remove many of them, and to his astonishment the 

 pear grafts had put out roots at the junction with the quince, and the trees 

 were healthy and vigorous, and he sold them at high prices. 



