DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES 



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anthers reddish bronze (terra cotta to vinaceous russet); 68-70 

 days to anthesis. 



Ears borne at 5th, 6th and 7th nodes, usually two ears per stalk 

 with an additional nubbin occasionally present. Shank moderately 

 long, 5 6 inches, medium heavy. Husk leaves moderately few, 

 short and light. Husks moderately many, long and tightly wrapped, 

 rather difficult to remove. Silk abundant, long and easily removed. 

 Husked ears moderately long and moderately plump, 8-9 x 1 , 2 

 inches: slightly tapering; base moderately compressed to slightly 

 open; tip conical, slightly exposed and occasionally capped; rows 

 12-14, straight, occasionally curved, crowded around the cob. 



Kernels at milk stage white, medium size, distinctly thick; 

 at dry stage opalescent white, slightly longer than wide, 1.1 x .95 

 x .42 cm. (100 seeds per oz.); triangular in shape; crown rounded; 

 surface abundantly and rather deeply wrinkled; set loosely on cob. 



Dighton. Refs. 185, 300, 335, 345, 348, 478, 485, 563. 

 Syns. Early Buffalo, Early Dighton, " Early 

 Wonder -Woodruff," Extra Early Dighton, Portu- 

 guese, Wayahead. Illus. 25. 

 This very early white variety was a selection from 

 either Extra Early Dawn or Red Cob Cory and was intro- 

 duced in 1922 by S. D. Woodruff & Sons, Orange, 

 Connecticut. The selection was named for the town of 

 Dighton, Massachusetts, where it was first used. For 

 several years following its introduction it was the earliest 

 corn appearing on the Boston Market, but had little 

 except earliness to commend it. The name Portuguese 

 was sometimes used in connection with the variety but 

 this apparently has little significance. 



Edible maturity was obtained at Geneva in 69 days, 

 and proved to be. with the exception of Pickaninny, 

 which came in 67 days, the earliest of all sweet corn 

 varieties. This was 6 days earlier than Alpha and 

 16 days earlier than Red Cory. The plants have a 

 decidedly greater tendency to tiller and a tassel that is 

 considerably more heavily marked with red. The ears 

 are of similar size and shape with furrows more promi- 

 nent and kernels in the dry state more uniform and 

 deeper reddish brown in color. Its chief attribute is 

 earliness, and as such is used to a considerable extent by 

 home gardeners. 



Plant short, 3J£— 4j^ feet; stalk slender, slightly zigzag; nodes 

 7-8, exposed, prominent; exposed portions of internodes slightly 

 streaked with light red. Brace roots usually not present; tillers 

 usually numerous, somewhat shorter than central stalk. Leaves 

 short and moderately narrow, 20-25 x 3-3 ' ■> inches; sheath shorter 

 than internode. Tassel short and slender, 14—15 inches; base 

 heavily streaked to solid dark red; terminal spike erect; lateral 

 spikelets nearly erect, few, simple, decidedly short and scattered; 

 bracts green, quite heavily striped with dark red, occasionally 

 ringed with red at the base; anthers bronze red (terra cotta to 

 vinaceous russet); 55-57 days to anthesis. 



Ears borne at 3rd and 4th nodes, one and two ears per stalk 

 with one usually a nubbin. Shank medium long, 3-5 inches, 

 slender, brittle. Husks few, thick, easily removed, short, rather 

 tightly wTapped. Husk leaves few and short. Husked ear medium 

 long and moderately slender, 6-8 x l'_.-l s s inches; moderately to 

 decidedly tapering; base somewhat expanded and open; tip conical 

 and exposed; rows 8—10, noticeably paired, straight, not crowded 

 around cob; furrows moderately deep and occasionally rather wide. 



Kernels at milk stage creamy white, moderately narrow, thin 

 and shallow, not very uniform; at dry stage deep brownish red 

 (hay's russet), with the base much lighter in color; medium size, 

 short and medium wide, .92 x 1.18 x .40 cm. (96 seeds per oz. ); 

 short, broad oval in shape; crown rounded; surface coarsely and 

 shallowly wrinkled; set tight on red cob. 



Dolly Dutton. Refs. 22, 87, 89, 91, 340, 397, 411, 426, 

 427, 507, 508, 535, 536, 537. Syns. Early Dutton, 

 Dutton. 

 The group of early varieties to which Dolly Dut- 

 ton belonged was characterized by the smallness of 

 the plant and ear, as well as by earliness of season. 

 Introduced about 1878, it was described by Sturtevant 

 in 1884 and offered by most seed houses of the period 

 as an extra early. One grower reported that he was 

 highly pleased with it as a variety for the amateur 

 gardener, but that it was entirely unsuited for a market 

 corn. 



Plant short, 3^1 feet; stalks slender. Ears borne low, shank 

 short and slender. Dry ear short and slender, 4-6 x 1 ' £— 1 ' § inches; 

 nearly cylindrical to slightly tapering; rows 8, straight, regular, 

 usually somewhat paired at the base, showing rather wide fur- 

 rows. Cob often tinged with red in the center. Kernels at dry 

 stage whitish amber, wider than long; (121 seeds per oz. i; crown 

 distinctly rounded; surface rather heavily wrinkled. 



Double-Barrelled Best. Ref. 499. Syn. Best Double- 

 Barrelled. 



Arthur L. Richie of Riverton, New Jersey, was 

 the originator of this sweet corn which was intro- 

 duced in 1913 by Walter P. Stokes of Philadelphia. 

 Mr. Richie, who was one of the leading sweet corn 

 growers of Burlington County, had been a student at 

 Cornell University and was much interested in plant 

 breeding and variety improvement work. In 1906 on one 

 field which was planted half to Stowell's Evergreen and 

 half to a variety known locally as " Government Corn," 

 he began the work which led to a new corn which was 

 called Best Double-Barrelled. This name had been a 

 slang expression of a farmer for whom Mr. Richie had 

 once worked, and was used because of the large number 

 of plants with two ears. 



The two parent varieties differed in size and thick- 

 ness of ear but both were of the same maturity. The 

 first season, 1906, just before cutting for market a 

 large number of plants having two ears were topped, and 

 saved for seed. Since sugar corn was always sold in 

 the husk, Mr. Richie paid more attention to the exterior 

 appearance of the ear. The field selections, however, 

 were carefully culled at husking time. After seven 

 years' work of selection toward uniformity of ear and 

 two-eared stalks the variety was taken up by Mr. Stokes 

 who reversed the name and introduced it as Double- 

 Barrelled Best. During the decade following it became 

 one of the most popular corns on the Philadelphia 

 market. After 1926 it was not offered, the place it once 

 occupied being taken by Sunnyslope Special. 



Durkee. Refs. 22, 90, 91, 274, 367, 368, 508, 509, 510. 

 Syn. Durkee Sweet. 

 Introduced by James J. H. Gregory in 1889, 

 this variety was originated by Thomas C. Durkee 

 of West Peabody, Massachusetts. It was a selec- 

 tion from Crosby and had considerable local demand 

 since it was like the parent in quality but a few days 

 later in season. After 1893 it was dropped from listings 

 as it differed but little from Crosby. 



