VARIETIES AND THEIR ADAPTATION. 



Pop varieties. — Egyptian; also White Bice: 

 Ears 4 to 7 inches long and 1^ to 1| inch in 

 diameter, strongly tapering, many rowed; cob 

 white. Kernel white, large, of rice form. Plant 

 about 5 feet high, bearing ears about 30 inches 

 above ground. Productive, 



Dwarf Golden is the smallest variety of corn 

 grown, the plant usually being about 18 inches 

 high. Sometimes individual 

 plants produce five tiny per- 

 fect ears to a stalk. 



New England; also Non- 

 pareil: Ear 6 to 8 inches 

 long, about one inch in di- Fio.ie.-DwARPGoLDiEs. 

 ameter, eight rowed ; cob white. Kernels glossy, 

 rounded, white or yellow according to variety. 

 Plants 5 to 6 feet high, bearing ears about 16 

 inches above ground. A standard variety, ri- 

 pening in good season and productive. 



Pearl: Ears 4 to 5 

 inches long and f to 1 

 inch in diameter, near- 

 ly cylindrical, 14 to 18 

 ro^ed; cob white. Va- 

 rieties occur which are 

 white, lemon, red or 

 viG.v.-vimT^VEAKL. puiipie. Kernels flat, 



much compressed, deeper than broad, triangu- 

 lar, very flinty. A standard, productive variety 

 which has been known for many years. 



