36 INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 



rowed; cob reddish. Kernels vary in color 

 from light flesh to dark red. Plants grow about" 

 five feet tall, bearing ears 8 to 14 inches above 

 ground. A standard, early, sweet, desirable 

 variety that has been grown many years, being 

 described by Burr in 1865.* 



Ne Plus Ultra: Ears 6 to 7 inches long, about 

 If inch in diameter towards butt where it is 

 strongly rounded, and from near which it nota- 

 bly tapers to the tip; irregularly 12 to 14 rowed; 

 cob white. Kernels white, very narrow at base, 

 crimped and wrinkled, thin and translucent, 

 separating readily from the cob. Plants 5 to 6 

 feet high, bearing ears 18 to 20 inches above 

 ground. Late, but of excellent quality. Intro- 

 duced about 1882. 



Pee and Kay; also Western Queen, Maule's 

 XX Sugar: Ears 6 to 8 inches long. If to 2 

 inches in diameter, cob white. Kernels white, 

 flatly rounded over the top, crinkled or crimped, 

 thick, nearly as deep as broad, very sweet. 

 Plants 5 to 6 feet high, ears 16 to 18 inches 

 above ground. Second early. Popular with 

 farmers and market gardeners. 



Stowell's Evergreen: Ears 7 to 8 inches long, 

 about 2J inches in greatest diameter, often 

 sharply tapering, and then again nearly cylin- 

 drical, rarely filled at tip, 16 rowed; cob white. 



*The Field and Garden Vegetables of America, 1865, p. 

 586. 



