DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES 



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to be a cross between Late Mammoth and Stowell's 

 Evergreen. 



Ninety-nine days were required for Long Island 

 Beauty to produce edible ears at Geneva. This was in 

 season with Oregon Evergreen, 2 days later than Stowell's 

 Evergreen and Squantum, and 4 days earlier than 

 Cincinnati Market. The plants are equal in height and 

 vigor to those of Mammoth Sugar, have a longer but 

 less coarse appearing tassel, and the anthers are con- 

 sistently more uniform in color. The ears are borne 

 higher on the stalks and attached to longer shanks. 

 The husked ears are of equal length but slightly more 

 plump and less tapering. 



Plant tall, 7-8 feet; stalks moderately heavy, straight; nodes 

 12-14, covered, not prominent. Brace roots present, heavy, whorl 

 complete on one node, useful. Tillers few, slightly shorter than 

 central stalk. Leaves very long and medium broad, 36^10 x 3) £-4 

 inches; sheath longer than internode. Tassel long, rather heavy 

 and coarse, 20-22 inches; terminal spike somewhat drooping, 

 lateral spikelets slightly drooping, many present, moderately long 

 and crowded; bracts green, sparsely striped with pale red; anthers 

 light to buff yellow (pinard yellow to deep colonial buff); 74-76 

 days to anthesis. 



Ears borne at 6th and 7th nodes, one and occasionally two 

 ears per stalk. Shank long, very heavy and touch, 5-6 inches. 

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

 rather long, somewhat loosely wrapped and rather easily removed. 

 Husked ear long and plump, 9-10 x 2 a s — 2} 2 inches; moderately 

 tapering; base slightly enlarged and compressed; tip conical and 

 slightly exposed; rows 14-16, regular, moderately straight, crowded 

 around cob. 



Kernels at milk stage white, fairly broad, closely set and 

 moderately deep; at dry stage dull white; moderately large, long, 

 medium width and thin, 1.15 x .87 x .38 cm. (104 seeds per oz.); 

 triangular in shape; crown slightly rounded; surface often abundantly 

 and finely wrinkled; set moderately loose. 



Lyman's Pride. Ref. 250. Syn. Stay Green. 



Correspondence with the Charles C. Hart Seed Com- 

 pany of Wethersfield, Connecticut, indicates this variety 

 to be of unknown parentage, originating with a private 

 gardener, Mr. D. A. Lyman of Columbus, Connecticut, 

 who had grown it for a number of years. It was intro- 

 duced by Hart in 1927 as a high-quality midseason 

 variety. 



At Geneva 91 days were required for this variety 

 to produce edible ears. This was 7 days later than 

 Early Minnesota, 3 days later than Howling Mob, and 

 3 days earlier than Nectar. The plants are about the 

 same height as those of Early Minnesota, but decidedly 

 more heavily and uniformly shaded with red at the base 

 of the nodes, on the margins of the leaves, and more 

 consistently red-streaked on the sheaths. The tassels 

 are similar in height, but those of Lyman's Pride have 

 laterals decidedly drooping and much more heavily 

 striped with red on the bracts. The tassel and foliage 

 coloring more closely resembles that of Midget and 

 Honey Dew. The husked ears are very similar in shape 

 and size to those of Early Minnesota with the dry kernels 

 in both instances broader than long. The variety is 

 little known in other than certain localized areas, such 

 as Eastern Connecticut where it has been reported to 

 be very popular. Its chief value is said to be due to 

 its ability to stay tender and milky " often remaining 



as tender 10 days after ripening as it was when just 

 ready to eat." 



Plant moderately short, 4} 2-5 feet; stalks straight and slender; 

 nodes 8-9, covered, not prominent, shaded with red at the base. 

 Brace roots absent. Tillers moderately many, somewhat shorter 

 than central stalk. Leaves medium long and moderately narrow, 

 30-32 x 2 s . 1-3) 2 inches, uniformly red along the margin; sheath 

 longer than internode, moderately striped with dark red on the 

 outer surface. Tassel moderately long and slender, 18-20 inches, 

 very slow in spreading, streaked with dark red at the base; terminal 

 spike drooping; lateral spikelets moderately drooping, moderately 

 many, long and rather crowded, usually branched at the base; 

 bracts dark green, very heavily striped with dark red, often entirely 

 red; anthers uniformly reddish bronze (terra cotta), 70-72 days to 

 anthesis. 



Ears borne at 3rd and 4th nodes, one and occasionally two 

 ears per stalk, one usually a nubbin. Shank variable in length, 

 slender and brittle. Husk leaves few and usually short. Husks 

 moderately few, rather heavy, long, tightly wrapped but easily 

 removed; exposed portions heavily streaked with red. Husked 

 ear medium long and moderately slender, 7-8 x 1 ? jj— 1 5 £ inches, 

 nearly cylindrical, slightly tapering; occasionally base somewhat 

 open; tip conical and slightly exposed; rows 8, occasionally 10, 

 moderately paired, straight, occasionally irregular at the base, not 

 crowded around the cob; furrows deep and very narrow. 



Kernels at milk stage white, medium size, very short and 

 moderately thick; at dry stage dull white, much broader than long, 

 1.03 x 1.29 x .44 cm. (76 seeds per oz.); short broad oval in shape; 

 crown rounded; surface abundantly and rather finely wrinkled; 

 set moderately tight on cob. 



Malakhoff. Refs. 190, 237, 238, 241, 335, 462, 465, 

 518, 533. Syns. Amber Malakhoff, Early Malak- 

 hoff, White Malakhoff. 



The varieties of sweet corn unlike those of most 

 other food crops known and cultivated as vegetables 

 have almost without exception arisen without recourse 

 to any sorts or forms not native to this continent. 

 Malakhoff is the single exception as far as the informa- 

 tion at hand indicates. 



Seed of this variety was distributed by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture in the spring of 1898. 

 Prof. N. E. Hansen of South Dakota State College made 

 a trip to Russia as agricultural explorer and his recollec- 

 tion of this corn is contained in correspondence of recent 

 date, as follows: " The Malakhoff sweet corn, as I 

 remember it, was secured from Immer & Son Seed Com- 

 pany at Moscow, Russia, in my 1897-8 tour. It dates 

 from southern Russia but that is as far as I can trace it." 

 There are two introductions from Russia on record at 

 the Foreign Plant Introduction Office in Washington, 

 as follows: S. P. I. No. 13 Zca Mays. From Moscow, 

 Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, Feb. 

 1898 (6 packages). Earliest sweet corn from Malachows. 

 F. P. I. No. 2799 from Russia (gov't of Tula) under the 

 name Malakhoff through M. A. Carleton. A wax model 

 of an ear of Malakhoff was shown in the exhibit of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture at the Uni- 

 versal Exposition at St. Louis in 1904 as the " earliest 

 sweet corn." 



After trial in this country it appeared that in Russia 

 this variety had been selected for earliness rather than 

 uniformity of color, the color of the mature kernel 

 varying from white to pale yellow or amber. It was the 

 intention to breed this variety true for color, but as 



