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Kernels white, wrinkled, narrow and deep, 

 loose, shedding readily from the dry ear. Plants 

 7| to 8 feet tall, bearing ears about 30 inches 

 above ground. Foliage abundant. Late. Very 

 tender and sugary, a standard of first quality. 

 At Polk's cannery, at Greenwood, Ind., the 

 largest establishment of its kind in the United 



^size 



Fig. 14.— STOWBLIi'S EVEBGKEEN. 



States, no other variety of sweet corn is used. 

 Has been grown many years, and is referred to 

 by Burr in 1865." 



Squantum: Ears 6 to 7 inches long, about 2 

 inches in diameter at the butt, strongly taper- 

 ing to a tip that is seldom well filled, 12 to 14 

 rowed; cob white. Kernels white, large, 

 crimped, nearly as broad as deep, not crowded. 



* Field and Garden Vegetables. 



