DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES 



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Narrow Grained Evergreen. Refs. 89, 91, 93, 124, 

 316, 318, 344, 367, 368, 535, 536, 562. Syns. 

 Improved Narrow Grain Evergreen, Long Nar- 

 row Grained Evergreen, Maine Style Evergreen. 

 Ulus. 25, 52. 

 This sweet corn, developed by the Everett B. 

 Clarke Seed Company, Milford, Connecticut, and 

 introduced in 1904, soon established itself as a splendid 

 high-quality Evergreen. Of all the Evergreen family 

 this stock, which was bred from Stowell's Evergreen, 

 has the narrowest, deepest kernels with nearly twice 

 the number of rows. In some sections it is known 

 as Evergreen, Maine Style, deriving the name because 

 of its use by Maine canners. A very similar or identical 

 stock was worked up by S. F. Leonard at the La Grange, 

 Illinois, farm of the Leonard Seed Company of Chicago. 

 This strain is known today as Leonard's Narrow Grain 

 Evergreen. 



Ninety-eight days were required for this variety to 

 reach edible maturity at Geneva. This was in season 

 with Stowell's Evergreen, 4 days later than Improved 

 Giant, and 2 days earlier than Mammoth. Plants are 

 much like those of Stowell's Evergreen, possibly slightly 

 heavier, with less tendency to tiller and with somewhat 

 lighter tassel. The husked ears are the same size, more 

 tapering, and contain 6 to 8 more rows of kernels. 

 Kernels are decidedly more narrow and usually more 

 regular in appearance. In the dry stage they lack the 

 converging crown of Stowell's Evergreen, and as a 

 whole, are more uniformly arranged. The variety is 

 used extensively by the canning industry and has 

 brought much favorable comment because of its uni- 

 formity and attractiveness of the fine kerneled ears. 

 Within recent years this has been one of the varieties 

 with which considerable progress has been made in 

 breeding hybrid-inbred strains. 



Plant tall, 7 1 _>-8 1 2 feet; stalks heavy and straight: nodes 

 12-14, covered, not prominent. Brace roots present on 1st and 

 2nd nodes, heavy, first whorl complete and useful. Tillers very 

 few, slightly shorter than central stalk. Leaves long and moder- 

 ately broad, 32-34 x 3j£-4 inches; sheath equal to and longer than 

 internode. Tassel long and very heavy, 20-22 inches; terminal 

 spike erect; lateral spikelets horizontal to slightly drooping, many, 

 long, and rather crowded; bracts green, rather sparsely streaked with 

 red; anthers variable in color; 72-74 days to anthesis. 



Ears borne at 6th and 7th nodes, two ears per stalk with an 

 occasional nubbin present. Husks moderately many, heavy, 

 moderately short and loosely WTapped. Silk moderately long and 

 abundant, pale red to amber. Husked ear moderately long and 

 plump, 8-9 x 2 J.j-2 1 j inches, decidedly tapering, base enlarged and 

 compressed; tip conical and exposed; rows 18-24, usually regular, 

 straight, very crowded around the cob. 



Kernels at milk stage white; small, very narrow and deep; 

 at dry stage, opalescent white, very narrow, long and thin, 1.41 x 

 .60 x .23 cm. 216 seeds per oz.i; long triangular in shape; crown 

 usually straight across; surface rough, usually deeply creased, 

 otherwise very coarsely but deeply wrinkled and pitted; set very 

 loose on cob. 



Ne Plus Ultra. Refs. 22, 23, 65, 73, 74. 75, 78, 90, 91, 

 94, 95, 96, 97, 121, 126, 164, 188, 218, 221, 238, 

 241, 275, 290, 293, 328, 329, 335, 350, 367, 368, 

 382, 397, 404, 405, 406, 411, 419, 445, 447, 448, 

 449, 453, 455, 498, 503, 507, 508, 510, 511, 512, | 



513, 514, 518, 532, 533, 535, 536, 537, 538, 545. 

 Syns. Banana, Epicure, Hawaii, Improved Ne 

 Plus Ultra, Little Gem, Mammoth Early Epicure, 

 Pure Improved Ne Plus Ultra, Quaker, Quaker 

 Sweet, " Shoe Peg," Zig Zag. Illus. 53. 

 The original seed of this variety is said to have 

 been grown by a family in New Jersey and held closely 

 by them for many years prior to 1882, at which time 

 Burpee secured part of the stock and named it Ne 

 Plus Ultra. In a catalog issued by Gregory in 1876 

 a variety called Quaker Sweet Corn was listed under 

 the new or rare vegetables. This variety was described 

 as late, " the sweetest white variety I have yet found. 

 Kernels resemble closely Stowell's Evergreen." The 

 latter listing by Gregory was not repeated until 1890 

 when he says in connection with Ne Plus Ultra (Quaker 

 Sweet Corn) " Under this latter name I introduced to the 

 public, a number of years ago, a variety of sweet corn, 

 since called ' Ne Plus Ultra ' which Latin name trans- 

 lated into English would read ' The unsurpassable corn.' " 

 The original source of this first " broken row " 

 variety must for the present remain unknown. The 

 writers have been unable to find an Indian corn which 

 might have been the foundation stock. It is most 

 probable that the type resulted as a chance sport or 

 natural cross between two unknown varieties. 



Edible ears were produced at Geneva in 95 days, 

 2 days earlier than Country Gentleman and 8 days 

 earlier than Cincinnati Market. The plants were 

 slightly shorter than those of Country Gentleman, 

 tassels somewhat shorter both in terminal and lateral 

 spikelets. The husked ears were 2 to 3 inches shorter 

 and somewhat more slender, otherwise they were very 

 similar. 



Plant tall, 6-7 feet; stalks slender, pale green foliage; tassel 

 short and bushy; lateral spikelets numerous, short and stiff. 



Ears borne rather low, 18-20 inches from the ground; husked 

 ears moderately short and medium plump at the base, 6-7 x l 3 4-lj^ 

 inches, tapers decidedly to a point at the tip; rows entirely lacking. 

 Silk abundant and long, difficult to remove. Kernels at milk stage 

 white, small, narrow; at dry stage pale whitish amber, very thin 

 and translucent, small, much longer than wide (215 seeds per oz.); 

 cuneate; crown straight; surface wrinkled, often dimpled; set 

 loosely on cob. 



Nectar. Refs. 190, 345, 502. 



This new " early " sweet corn was offered to the 

 customers of the Ford Seed Company of Ravenna, Ohio, 

 in 1907 for the first time. Nectar was originated by 

 Hamilton De Graw of New York and was developed as 

 the result of a cross between Malakhoff and White Ever- 

 green. Nectar is of good quality and is a long standing 

 sort, a character which it probably retained from its 

 Evergreen parent. 



At Geneva Nectar came into production in 94 days, 

 4 days earlier than Favorite and Stowell's Evergreen 

 and 6 days later than White Cory. The variety most 

 resembles Favorite, being of equal height, but retaining 

 much less tendency to tiller. The ears are borne lower 

 on the stalk and are inclined to be decidedly more pend- 

 ant. The husked ears are 1 to 2 inches shorter, more 

 cylindrical and more plump, containing 12 rows rather 



