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local names. It answers to the general char- 

 acter of the Canada variety. Enfield says:* 

 "From this corn the King Philip and some 

 other improved sorts have probably been de- 

 rived." 



Rhode Island White Flint: Ears 5 to 6 inches 

 long and about 1^ inch in diameter, well cov- 

 ered at tip, eight rowed, small cob, often red 

 tinged in the interior. Kernels white, very 

 large and hard. Plants about 7 feet high. 



Rural Thoroughbred Flint: Ears 11 to 12 

 inches long and about 2 inches in diameter, al- 

 ways tapering owing to the space between the . 

 pairs of rows toward the butt; mostly eight 

 rowed; cob large. Kernels dingy white, large. 

 Plant 7 to 8 feet high and a vigorous grower. 

 A very late variety, the chief merit of which is 

 in its production of green forage. Introduced 

 by E. S. Carman, editor Rural New-Yorker. 



Waushakum: Ears 8| to 9 inches long, 1| inch 

 in diameter, filling completely and roundly at 

 tip; cob small, white; mostly eight rowed. 

 Kernels deep golden orange, rather large^ 

 flatly rounded, very close set, plants 7 to 9 

 feet high, leafy, very productive. Originated 

 by Sturtevant Bros., South Framifigham, Mass. 

 "The originals were quite staple varieties of a 

 mixed Canada and New England Eight Rowed 



* Indian Corn. New York, 1866, p. 61. 



