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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



rows of good sized deep grains. The plants were 5 to 6 

 feet tall, often producing two ears per stalk. 



Ford's Early. Refs. 22, 90, 91, 188, 328, 329, 345, 350, 

 412, 427, 450, 454, 507, 508, 510, 512, 518, 533, 



537, 538. Syns. Ford's, Ford's Early Sweet. 

 Ford's Early was first sent out for trial by Frank 



Ford & Son, Ravenna, Ohio, in 1881. It was also listed 

 by Vaughan and by Goodell in 1883. Some growers and 

 seedsmen considered it as a synonym of Early Minnesota, 

 but as grown in our trials it showed certain characteristics 

 which would tend to place it as a separate variety. 

 When first introduced it probably was more like Minne- 

 sota since it reputedly arose through selection and not as 

 the result of a cross. 



Eighty-five days were required for ears to reach 

 edible maturity at Geneva; which proved to be 3 days 

 later than Fordhook Early, about the same season as 

 Kendel's Early Giant, and 2 days earlier than Crosby. 

 The plants are the same height as those of Fordhook 

 but somewhat heavier and straighter with the few 

 tillers much taller in proportion to the central stalk. 

 The ears are borne about the same position but are 

 attached to shanks that are considerably shorter. The 

 husks are more loosely wapped and easier to remove. 

 The husked ears are slightly longer, more consistently 

 8 -rowed, and contain kernels which in the dry stage are 

 not as noticeably broad as those of Fordhook. This 

 old variety has been used for the market garden in the 

 Middle West for many years and has enjoyed an enviable 

 reputation for consistent performance. 



Plant medium tall, 5^-6 feet; stalks moderately heavy and 

 slightly zigzag; nodes 7-8, exposed, prominent; internodes dis- 

 tinctly long. Brace roots present, slender, whorl complete and 

 moderately useful. Tillers few, slightly shorter than central stalk. 

 Leaves short and medium broad, 20-25 x 3j^-4 inches; sheath 

 shorter than internode. Tassel medium long and slender, 15-18 

 inches; terminal spike erect; lateral spikelets drooping, many present, 

 crowded and multi-branched; bracts green, moderately striped with 

 red; anthers usually some variation of reddish bronze (terra cotta 

 to vinaceous russet); 62-64 days to anthesis. 



Ears borne at 3rd and 4th nodes, one and very often two ears 

 per stalk, one nubbin usually present. Shank medium long and 

 heavy, 4-5 inches. Husks moderately many, heavy, rather short 

 and loosely wrapped, easily removed. Husked ear moderately 

 long and moderately slender, 7—9 x 1 J 8 — 1 j> j inches, slightly tapering 

 and partly cylindrical; base slightly enlarged and expanded; tip 

 abruptly conical, slightly exposed and occasionally capped; rows 8, 

 occasionally paired, straight, usually crowded around cob, paired 

 rows with furrows deep and narrow. 



Kernels at milk stage white, medium size, broad, rather shallow 

 and thick; at dry stage dull white, broader than long; .90 x 1.16 x .41 

 cm. (100 seeds per oz.); short broad oval in shape; crown semi- 

 circular; surface sparsely and very shallowly wrinkled; set tightly 

 on cob. 



Genesee. Refs. 22, 430, 434, 443, 507, 508, 533, 537, 



538. Syns. Crosman's Genesee, Genesee Early, 

 Genesee Early Sugar. 



This sort is supposed to have originated as a cross 

 involving Minnesota Early and Amber Cream and 

 according to Sturtevant was introduced to the trade 

 in 1883. Indications are that it was never widely 

 cataloged, although apparently was in existence for 

 30 years or more, having appeared in the 1913 catalog 



of the Philip-Thompson Co. of Wilmington, Delaware. 

 This organization apparently considered it a variety 

 of some consequence, as they say " Genesee Early 

 Sugar produces larger ears than other varieties of 

 early sugar corn, in fact, nearly as large as the late 

 varieties. It is very hardy, and may be planted almost 

 as early as the Adams and other like varieties, while it 

 surpasses them so far in quality that they are unsalable 

 as soon as the Genesee Early comes on the market." 

 The description to follow is based largely on Sturte- 

 vant 's description of the dry ears. No more recent 

 data are available. 



Plant medium tall, 5-6 feet, with ears borne about 10 inches 

 from the ground. Dry ears 6-7 x 1 ' _. inches, nearly cylindrical but 

 tapering near the tip; base compressed; rows 12, moderately straight, 

 crowded around the cob; kernels at dry stage whitish amber, blunt, 

 wedge-shaped; crown slightly rounded, diverging; surface rather 

 deeply wrinkled; set tightly on cob. 



Governor Gilman. Ref. 283. 



The Iowa Seed Company of Des Moines, Iowa, 

 introduced this sort in 1913. It originated with Gilman 

 of Minnesota as the result of a cross between Golden 

 Bantam and an unknown larger early white variety. 

 Although the variety produced both white and yellow 

 kernels, it was reputed as possessing unexcelled quality. 

 As far as can be determined, the variety was only 

 carried by the one organization and was discontinued 

 by that one in 1920. No specific data are available, 

 although a catalog illustration indicates it to be a 

 12- to 14-rowed ear about 6 to 7 inches long. 



Granite State. Refs. 182, 195. 



Little information is at hand concerning this variety. 

 It was introduced by Fottler, Fiske and Rawson in 1911, 

 and with the exception of 1914 and 1915, carried until 

 1924 when the firm was reorganized as the Fiske Seed 

 Company. This organization listed the stock one year 

 and then dropped it. 



The variety was reputed to be similar to that of 

 Moore's Concord, but apparently earlier. The plants 

 were about 5 feet high, bearing their " large ears for 

 early corn " well down on the stalk. The husked ears 

 were 7 to 9 inches long and had 12 to 14 rows of kernels 

 well filled at the tip. 



Guarantee. Refs. 290, 368, 510. 



Introduced about 1892 by Johnson and Stokes; this 

 variety was procured from a market gardener of Chester 

 County, Pennsylvania. Nothing further is known of the 

 stock from which it was derived. It was apparently very 

 popular with the customers, since the introducers 

 remark, " We have seen his supply of this corn sold out 

 before 8 o'clock in the morning, long before the market 

 was half over, notwithstanding the fact his price was 

 always 10 cents per dozen above his competitors." 



Although never grown at Geneva, the Michigan 

 Station reported it to be about in season and general 

 appearance with Everbearing. The plants were 5 feet 

 tall, produced ears 8 inches long which were slender, 

 very sweet, and with a white cob. 



