VARIETIES AND THEIR ADAPTATION. 



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periment station reports, and the bulletins of 

 the Illinois agricultural experiment station. 

 The references of varieties to the several States 

 is as a result of the tests made by the various 

 agricultural experiment stations, unless other- 

 wise specified. 



Tested varieties. — The following varieties 

 have been well-tested in this country, some of 

 them for many years, and it is believed that 

 from this list one can make a most satisfactory 

 selection for almost any part of the United 

 States or Canada. The reader is here re- 

 minded that some of the varieties, if grown in 

 the West or South, may be larger* than is here 

 indicated in the descriptions. 



Dent varieties. — Adams' Early: Ears six to 



Fig. 4.— Adams' 



seven inches long, about If inches in diameter, 

 slightly or strongly tapering, rounding at the 

 butt; 12 to 16 rowed, the rows often slightly 



