VARIETIES ANB THEIR ADAPTATION. 



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10 to 11 inches long, about 1| inch in diameter, 

 slender, slightly tapering, mostly eight rowed. 

 Kertiels not large, deep golden orange. 



King Philip; also Improved King Philip, 

 Eight Boived Brown, Eight Rowed Copper Col- 

 ored, Eight Rowed Yellow: Ears 8 to 10 inches 

 long, about 1^ inch in diameter, resembling 

 Canada in all other respects except color. 



Fia. 9.— KiHQ Philip. 



which is copper red. Plant 8 to 9 feet high. 

 Named after the celebrated Indian chief of the 

 Wampanoags, from which tribe it is said* the 

 seeds were obtained. Sturtevant, however, 

 says that this variety was originated by Mr. 

 John Brown, Long Island, Lake Winnipiseogee, 



* Transactions New York State agricultural society, 1853, 

 p. 333. 



