DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES 



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quite similar, are consistently rounded at the tip instead 

 of conical. 



Plant tall, 7-7' _> feet; stalks heavy and straight: nodes 10-12, 

 slightly exposed, not very prominent; internodes streaked with red 

 at the base of the nodes. Brace roots present, heavy, whorl com- 

 plete on one node, useful. Tillers moderately many, nearly as 

 tall as central stalk. Leaves long, moderately broad, 33-35 x 4 1 .-5 

 inches: sheath equal to and often slightly shorter than the internode. 

 Tassels moderately long, 18-20 inches, moderately heavy and coarse, 

 occasionally streaked with red at the base: bracts and anthers 

 variable in color; 65-66 days to anthesis. 



Ears borne at 5th and 6th nodes, one and occasionally two 

 ears per stalk, one usually a nubbin. Shank short and heavy, 2-3 

 inches. Husk leaves few, very short and light. Husks many, 

 rather heavy, medium long, rather tightly wrapped but not very 

 difficult to remove. Silk long and abundant, variable in color. 

 Husked ear moderately long and medium plump, 8-9 x 1;^-1 . 

 inches, slightly tapering: base compressed, tip abruptly conical 

 and nearly capped; rows 14-16, straight, occasionally somewhat 

 irregular at the base. 



Kernels at milk stage white, rather narrow and medium depth: 

 at dry stage amber white, rather small, broad as long, .97 x .92 x .36 

 cm. (120 seeds per oz. i; nearly square; crown slightly rounded: 

 surface abundantly but very shallowly wrinkled; set slightly loose 

 on cob. 



Connecticut Beauty. Ref. 294. 



The Johnson Seed Company of Philadelphia intro- 

 duced Connecticut Beauty in 1913 as an early variety 

 of extra fine quality. The ear was from 6 to 7 inches 

 long and 12 -rowed. 



Cook's Special. Ref. 413. 



The Vineland Station, Ontario, Canada, in 1918 

 considered this a very promising variety. Seed for 

 trial was received from G. S. Peart of Burlington who 

 secured seed from the originator, a gardener at Kingston, 

 Ontario. It matured about the same season as Early 

 Malcolm and produced an ear of 8 to 10 rows of deep 

 kernels. 



Cory. Refs. 16, 22, 28, 61, 67, 74, 89, 90, 91, 93, 120, 

 121, 123, 125, 126, 188, 207, 208, 214, 217, 238, 

 240, 241, 278, 298, 328, 329, 335, 338, 345, 348, 

 350, 367, 368, 397, 403, 405, 411, 441, 444, 478, 

 487, 503, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 514, 518, 525, 

 533, 535, 536, 537, 538, 546. Syns. Cory Early 

 Sugar, Cory Sugar, Earliest of All, Earliest Rock- 

 ford Market, Early Cory, Early Red Cory, Early 

 Red Cob Cory, Early Rockford Market, Early 

 Sweet Cory, Extra Early Cory, Extra Early Red 

 Cory, First of All, La Crosse Early, La Crosse 

 Sweet, Pink, Pink Cob Cory, Red Cob Cory, 

 Red Cory, Salzer No. 48, Sweet Cory. Illus. 25. 

 Arising to prominence chiefly through the medium 

 of earliness, Cory has, since its introduction in 1885, 

 been perhaps the most widely used of all the small 

 eared white varieties. The introduction of this variety 

 was due solely to the great interest of James J. H. 

 Gregory in producing new things. A review of his 

 early catalogs cannot help but impress one with the 

 keenness and diligence with which Mr. Gregory searched 

 for and tried out every new vegetable which came to 

 his attention. 



Mr. Gregory gave the story of Cory in his catalog 



of 1885. " Having been told by a friend (Henry C. 

 Anthony^ who marketed largely in Fall River and 

 Providence, that the market men in his vicinity had 

 found an earlier sweet corn of market size than the 

 Early Marblehead, I took a journey to his vicinity 

 (about 50 miles i to call around among his neighbors, and 

 learn directly from their lips what they had to say about 

 it. I saw several of them and from others who were 

 not at home when I called I received statements after 

 I returned. It appears that a Mr. Wm. Cory for years 

 had a monopoly of the early market in early sweet corn : 

 that in the course of time he gave a little to two or three 

 of his friends, and it became known as the Cory corn." 



This little cluster of marketmen who raised the 

 Cory corn included some of the pioneer market gardeners 

 of the country, among them being Chas. J. Talman, 

 Wm. Lisson, John F. Chace, Chas. N. Dyer, and M. B. 

 Sylvin. All united in testifying to the earliness of the 

 variety, when grown in comparison with Early Marble- 

 head. In general appearance it resembled Marble- 

 head; and Gregory had no doubt but that the new Corj- 

 came from Marblehead. For the next 10 years this was 

 the leading variety of sweet corn grown. It was one of 

 those varieties with a name which seemed to have an 

 exceedingly popular appeal and was undeniably the 

 earliest sort that could be grown. Its decline in use 

 came only when the desire for earliness was followed by 

 a preference for the newer varieties with larger ears. 

 Cory must stand out as the most popular variety 

 developed in the period previous to 1890. 



Cory required 85 days to produce edible ears at 

 Geneva. This was 3 days earlier than White Cory, 

 about the same season as Kendel's Early Giant, and 

 over two weeks later than Etighton. The plants are 

 about 1 foot shorter than those of White Cory, less 

 consistently tillered and have slightly shorter tassels 

 which are red at the base instead of green. The husked 

 ears are slightly shorter and more tapering, showing an 

 occasional 10-rowed ear instead of being uniformly 8. 

 The variety is little grown at the present time, having 

 been largely replaced by the strain having a white cob 

 and larger kernel. 



Plant medium tall, 4 3 4 -5' i feet; stalks slender and straight to 

 slightly zigzag; nodes 8-9, slightly exposed, not very prominent; 

 internodes streaked with red on exposed surfaces. Brace roots 

 present on one node but not complete nor very useful. Tillers few 

 to occasionally many, nearly as tall as central stalk. Leaves medium 

 long and medium broad, 30-32 x 3 ' j-A inches; sheath usually shorter 

 than but occasionally equal to internode. Tassel medium long and 

 slender, 16—18 inches, occasionally streaked with red at the base; 

 terminal spike erect; lateral spikelets many, horizontal to slightly 

 drooping, short and crowded; bracts green, sparsely striped with 

 light red; anthers variable in color; 62-64 days to anthesis. 



Ears borne at 3rd. 4th and 5th nodes, often two ears per stalk, 

 one occasionally a nubbin. Shank variable in length, 3-8 inches. 

 Husk leaves moderately many, long and heavy. Husks heavy, 

 short and tightly wrapped. Husked ear moderately short and 

 slender, 6-7 x l'^-l'^ inches, moderately tapering; base slightly 

 expanded and open; tip long conical and slightly exposed: rows 

 8-10, usually regular but often paired, somewhat irregular at the 

 base; crowded around cob: otherwise furrows deep and narrow. 



Kernels at milk stage white, often pale red at the stylar attach- 

 ment; wide, shallow and medium thickness; at dry stage pale reddish 



