SWEET CORN. 



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Variety. 



Source of Seed. 



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Best of All 



Cory (White) .... 



Crosby's Early.. 



Early Dawn 



Early Sweet 



Early Sunrise ... 



Early Vermont . 



Eastman's Early 



Hance's Early... 



Henderson Sugar 



Hickox Hybrid 



Honej T 



Lackey's Early 



Sweet 



New England 



Perry's Hybrid 



Quincy Market 



Shaker's Early 



Stabler' s Early 



Melrose 



XX Sugar 



Livingston's Ever- 

 green 



Acme Evergreen .... 



Burlington Hybrid . 



Country Gentleman, 



Early Large Eight- 

 rowed 



H. W. Buckbee 



J. M. Thorburn & Co 



J. M. Thorourn & Co 



Jounson & Stokes 



D. M.Ferry & Co 



Iowa Seed Company — 

 A. W. Livingston's Sons, 

 Eastman Seed Company 

 A. W. Livingston's Sons, 

 Peter Henderson & Co.. 



D. M.Ferry & Co 



Johnson & Stokes 



J. J. H. Gregory & Son. . 



D. M. Ferry & Co 



J. M. Thorburn & Co 

 J.J. H.Gregory & Co ... 

 A. W. Livingston's Sons, 

 J. J. H. Gregory* Son.. 



J. M. Thorburn & Co 



W. H. Maule 



July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July- 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 



A. W. Livingston's Sons, 

 Iowa Seed Company — 

 A. W. Livingston's Sons. 

 Johnson & Stokes 



A. W. Livingston's Sons. 



July 12 

 July 15 

 July 20 

 July 15 

 July 24 

 July 29 

 July 26 

 July 24 



July 24 

 July 29 

 July 29 

 July 30 



July 27 



Aug. 



1 



July 



24 



Aug. 



5 



Aug. 



7 



Aug. 



7 



July 



20 



Julv 26 



July 



26 



Aug. 



lu 



Aug. 



1 



Aug. 



7 



Aug. 



10 



July 



26 



Aug. 



1 



Aug. 



i) 



July 



30 



Aug. 



8 



Aug. 



Aug. 



7 



Aug. 



10 



Aug. 



19 



Aug. 



7 



Aug. 



17 



Aug. 



10 



Sept. 2. 

 Aug. 17. 

 Sept. 2. 

 Sept. 7. 

 Sept. 11. 

 Aug. 17. 

 Aug. 24. 

 Aug. 17. 

 Sept. 11. 

 Sept. 7. 

 Sept. 7. 

 Sept. 7. 



Aug. 17. 

 Aug. 31. 

 Sept. 7. 

 t \ug. 26. 

 Sept. 11. 

 Sept. 11. 

 Sept. 5. 

 Sept. 11. 



Sept. 15. 



Did not 

 reach 

 edible 

 matu- 

 rity. 



108 



7.0 

 4.5 

 6.0 

 6.5 

 7.5 

 6.0 

 4.0 

 4.0 

 6.5 

 8.0 

 7.0 

 8.0 



5.0 

 6.0 

 6.5 

 5.0 

 6.5 

 7.5 

 5.0 

 5.5 



8.0 



The varieties named above were all planted the last of May. 

 The first killing frost was about the middle of September, so that 

 in addition to the varieties which failed to reach edible maturity 

 those which matured on or after September 11, of which there 

 were several, were of but very little value for table use, as the 

 date of edible maturity given in column five refers to the day on 

 which the first ear was found which had reached an edible con- 

 dition; this date, in most cases, was several days before enough 

 ears could be picked to test the varieties. 



For several years past the Cory has been the standard of earli- 

 ness, but in quality it is far from perfection. As may be 

 observed by referring to the table, several varieties were grown 

 the past season which came to edible maturity on the same date 

 as Cory — 79 days from date of planting. The variety — Early 



