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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



Moore's Concord. Refs. 18, 22, 49, 61, 73, 74, 89, 91, 



93, 121, 214, 236, 238, 241, 243, 278, 328, 329, 



370, 404, 405, 407, 408, 411, 414, 422, 423, 430, 



435, 441, 456, 487, 503, 507, 508, 510, 511, 512, 



514, 515, 516, 517, 532, 535, 536, 537, 538, 544. 



Syns. Concord, Early Concord, Early Concord 



Sugar, Early Moore's Concord, Early Moore's 



Concord Sweet, Extra Early Concord Sugar, 



Late Concord, Moore's Early, Moore's Late 



Concord. 



The following is quoted directly from the report 



of the Committee on Vegetables for 1870, published 



in Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural 



Society for 1867-71: 



" To Capt. John B. Moore of Concord, Mass., 

 belongs the honor of originating this fine corn. It is a 

 cross between Crosby's Early and Burr's Improved, 

 two well known sorts ; the former the most popular early, 

 and the latter considered the best late variety. It was 

 first crossed in 1865 and again in 1867. Stalks strong, 

 stocky and vigorous, from seven to seven and a half 

 feet in height. Ears set rather low on the stalk, and 

 having from twelve to sixteen, usually, and occasionally 

 twenty rows on each ear. Color, when fit for the table, 

 very white and handsome. Quality superior, not sur- 

 passed by any other variety, being exceedingly tender 

 and sweet. Size of ears, large, considerably larger than 

 the Early Crosby, and superior to any other either for 

 market or for family use, and very productive. It also 

 matures earlier than any other variety of sweet corn 

 of equal size, which will undoubtedly make it a very 

 desirable sort for the market gardener. 



" Mr. Moore exhibited specimens of this Corn from 

 his field planted in the open ground, well filled and in 

 the best possible condition for the table, on the same day 

 (July 23) as the Darling's Early was shown, a small 

 eight-rowed variety heretofore considered the earliest 

 Sweet Corn; the latter variety having the benefit of a [ 

 start in pots in a frame or greenhouse, before planting 

 out in the open ground. The first exhibition of Crosby's 

 Early was made, July 30, by Josiah Crosby and Daniel 

 Clark, so it will be seen that on the score of earliness 

 Moore's Early Sweet Corn takes the lead. It was 

 also shown by Mr. Moore at every subsequent exhibition 

 during the season and at the Annual in September, in 

 fine condition, and attracted more than usual attention. 



" Your Committee, deeming it a duty they owe to 

 the public to obtain all the information in their power 

 with regard to every new candidate for public favor, 

 visited the grounds of Mr. Moore, and after going through 

 his fine field, and making a careful examination of the 

 same, would say that they returned more fully convinced 

 than before of its value. The Society's Silver Medal 

 was awarded Mr. Moore by your Committee." 



Needless to say, Moore's Concord became a very 

 popular variety and was widely grown until soon after 

 the turn of the century when other prize winners crowded 

 out those older sorts. 



Moonarchie. Refs. 184, 241, 386, 483, 533. 



I. N. Simon & Son, Philadelphia, gives the place 

 of origin of this variety in a section called Moonarchie, 

 Essex County, New Jersey. The exact date of its 

 introduction is not known, although the earliest data 

 are that recorded by Tracy in 1902. J. F. Noll and 

 Company of Newark, New Jersey, listed it at least 

 since 1908 and continued it throughout the life of the 

 company. The successors, Alexander Forbes and Com- 

 pany, listed it for 1 year, discontinuing it in 1919. 

 It was a late sweet corn, ready for eating about the 

 same time as Stowell's Evergreen. It was reported to 

 be a fine yielder, producing large well-filled ears 9 to 10 

 inches long with 14 to 16 rows. 



Morning Dew. Ref. 543. Syns. Early Morning Dew, 

 Vick's Morning Dew. 

 This variety was introduced by James Vick's Sons 

 of Rochester, New York, in 1920 as one of the largest 

 extra early white sorts. At the time of its introduction 

 and for a few years later the stock was apparently one 

 that produced plants somewhat smaller than ether 

 varieties producing large ears. In recent years, how- 

 ever, our trials at Geneva indicated that present stocks 

 of this variety are so nearly like those of Whipple's 

 Early White that the two are inseparable. This is in 

 agreement with data that show plant height and vigor, 

 ear size and shape, together with time of maturity of 

 the two named varieties to be practically, if not entirely, 

 identical. 



Narragansett. Refs. 13, 14, 22, 52, 61, 73, 89, 91, 93, 

 126, 168, 214, 236, 240, 309, 397, 404, 407, 408, 

 411, 422, 423, 424, 429, 503, 507, 508, 535, 536, 

 537, 538, 544. Syns. Early Narragansett, Early 

 Dwarf Narragansett, Early Red Narragansett, 

 Extra Early Narragansett, Extra Early Narra- 

 gansett Sugar. 

 Narragansett appeared in the catalogs as a named 

 variety about 1860, a new type of cultivated sweet corn 

 with reddish to red kernels and red cob. Earliness in 

 sweet corn was the chief character sought by seedsmen at 

 that time. This variety was handicapped by several 

 unfavorable characteristics; rather unattractive ears, 

 having a strong tendency to openness between pairs of 

 rows, flat kernels of varying color, and worse yet, when 

 the ears were a trifle old or improperly cooked, the color 

 of the cooked corn was quite dark. 



No clue as to its origin has been unearthed, unless a 

 reference to a variety grown by the Mandan Indians 

 with somewhat similar characteristics might indicate a 

 relationship. This variety had seed red brown when 

 hard and dry and a white cob with a red ring about the 

 edge of the pith, but when picked at the roasting stage 

 the kernels were a light amber. 



Plant moderately short 4'2-5 feet, stalks slender. Tillers 

 few, hardly half as tall as central stalk. Ears borne low, 16-20 

 inches from the ground, 6-7 '_> x 1'_>-1 : 's inches; nearly cylindrical 

 with tip distinctly tapering; rows 8, distinctly paired, regular and 

 straight: furrows deep and often rather broad. Dry kernels light 

 flesh-tinge to dark red, rather large, broader than deep, 103 seeds 

 per oz. '; crown rounded: surface wrinkled: set tightly on red cob. 



