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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



consistently. The variety is one of the lesser known 

 sorts which has potential possibilities as a valuable 

 main crop market garden sort. 



Plant tall, 7-8 feet; stalks heavy and straight; nodes 12-14, 

 slightly exposed, not very prominent. Erace roots present, heavy, 

 useful, and complete whorl on one node. Tillers few, slightly 

 shorter than central stalk. Leaves long and medium broad, 

 36-38 x 3 1 £-4 inches; sheath equal to and slightly shorter than 

 internode. Tassel moderately long and heavy, 18-20 inches, 

 coarse; terminal spike slightly drooping; lateral spikelets horizontal 

 to slightly drooping, moderately many and rather crowded; bracts 

 green, very slight to no red stripe present; anthers variable in color; 

 70-72 days to anthesis. 



Ears borne at 5th and 6th nodes, one and very often two 

 ears per stalk. Shank variable in length, rather slender, often 

 pendant. Husks many, rather heavy, short, tightly wrapped and 

 difficult to remove. Husked ear moderately long and medium 

 plump, 8-9 x 1 •' s -l ~ s inches; slightly tapering; base slightly enlarged 

 and compressed; tip abruptly conical and slightly exposed to 

 occasionally capped; rows 12, straight, occasionally somewhat 

 irregular at base and medial, crowded around the cob. 



Kernels at milk stage white, medium width and moderately 

 deep; at dry stage distinctly whitened, opaque, medium size, slightly 

 longer than broad, rather thin, 1.15 x .1 x .35 cm. (100 seeds per 

 oz. i; triangular; crown nearly straight; surface abundantly and 

 rather deeply wrinkled; set rather loosely on cob. 



New Early. Refs. 184, 185, 387. Syns. Forbes Early, 

 Forbes New Early. 

 Introduced in 1912 by J. F. Noll and Company 

 of Newark, New Jersey, this large second early is 

 still distributed by Alexander Forbes and Company 

 of the same city. Edible ears were produced in 83 

 days, 2 to 3 days later than Vanguard and Whipple's 

 Early White. As grown at Geneva it proved to be 

 one of the most vigorous of its class. The plants 

 were about 1 foct shorter than these of Vanguard 

 and Whipple's Early White with shorter leaves and 

 equal minimum tendency to tiller. The husked ears 

 were the same size as those of Whipple's Early White 

 with less tendency to taper. 



Plant medium tall, 5 to 6 feet; tillers few, considerably shorter 

 than central stalk. Ears borne at 4th and 5th nodes, usually but 

 one ear, occasionally an additional nubbin. Husked ear medium 

 long and moderately plump, 7-8 x l"s-2 inches; slightly tapering; 

 rows 12-16, straight and regular. Kernels at milk stage white, 

 rather narrow and medium deep; at dry stage dull amber white; 

 small, short and thick. Surface rather coarsely and shallowly 

 wrinkled; set tightly on cob. 



New Queen. Refs. 22, 274, 367, 368, 509. Syns. New 

 Queen Sweet, Queen. 



Fortunately, an account cf this rather unique 

 variety was included in the Annual Report of this 

 Station for 1889. Although nothing is known regard- 

 ing the origin and consequent introduction, J. A. Everitt 

 of Indianapolis was one of the earliest houses to carry 

 it. Verification of this must necessarily fall to R. L. 

 Taft of the Michigan Experiment Station, who indi- 

 cated the above source in his report of the variety. 



C. E. Hunn of this Station described New Queen 

 in his account of the variety as a very dwarf grower, 

 producing stalks about 4 feet tall, tinged with red. The 

 ears were 5 to 6 inches long and possessed 8 rows of large 

 white kernels which reached edible maturity in 79 days. 

 This suggests the possibility of New Queen being the 



precursor of our present day Midget, a variety whose 

 origin is uncertain. The descriptions as well as season 

 strongly indicate at least a surprising likeness. 



New Snowflake. Refs. 159, 287. Syns. Early Snow- 

 flake, New Early Snowflake, White Snowflake. 



S. M. Isbell and Company of Jackson, Michigan, 

 introduced this sweet corn in 1923. Information con- 

 cerning its origin is unknown. Although the name 

 Snowflake has been used previously, it has always 

 referred to a field corn. 



At Geneva edible ears were produced in about 80 

 days. The plants were about 4 1 ■> feet tall, slender, 

 moderately inclined to tiller, and produced ears at the 

 fourth and fifth nodes. The husked ears were medium 

 long and moderately slender, 7 to 8 x 1} o to 1"' g inches, 

 possessing 10 to 12 rows of medium sized white kernels. 



New Wonder. Ref. 337. 



This is a new variety which was introduced in 1930 

 by J. M. McCullough's Sons Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 The originator, W. W. Kessler of Madison, Indiana, had 

 experimented with this stock for 35 years. The variety 

 as represented in our trials presented several characters 

 which differed markedly in comparison with the same 

 characters of other varieties. The size of ear in relation 

 to lateness of season and height of plant and the number 

 of ears on a stalk and their high position on the stalk were 

 outstanding and distinct. 



Ninety-seven days were required for New Wonder 

 to produce edible ears at Geneva. This was 1 day 

 earlier than Egyptian and Stowell's Evergreen and 2 days 

 later than Henderson. The plants most resemble 

 those of Egyptian but are slightly more slender. Both 

 varieties produce the ears high, but New Wonder often 

 produces three and four ears, some of them small, two and 

 three nodes higher than those of Egyptian. The husks 

 are slightly shorter but just as tightly wrapped and as 

 difficult to remove. The husked ears are about the 

 same length as those of Egyptian but decidedly more 

 slender. In the dry stage the kernels are set tighter 

 on the cob. The variety is little known, but coming 

 as late as it does it provides a delicate, small, and tender 

 kerneled sweet corn for the late home garden. 



Plant tall, 7 1 : >-8 feet; stalks moderately heavy and straight; 

 nodes 14-15, usually covered, not prominent. Brace roots present, 

 moderately heavy, whorl complete on two nodes and partly on the 

 third, useful. Tillers few to none, much shorter than central 

 stalk. Leaves long and medium width, 34-35 x 3^1 inches; sheath 

 longer than internode. Tassel medium long, 16-18 inches, heavy 

 and rather coarse, occasionally streaked with red at the base; 

 terminal spike erect; lateral spikelets nearly horizontal, medium 

 long, many present, multi-branched and crowded; bracts green, 

 very slightly striped with pale red, often entirely lacking: anthers 

 buff I deep colonial buff); 75-76 days to anthesis. 



Ears borne at 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th nodes, two ears with an 

 additional nubbin or two often present; shank short and slender, 

 2-3 inches. Husk leaves variable in number, light and very short; 

 husks medium in number, rather short, tightly wrapped and rather 

 difficult to remove. Husked ear moderately long and slender, 

 8-9 x l'j-l's inches, moderately tapering; base compressed; tip 

 long, conical and exposed; rows 12, moderately straight, slightly 

 irregular at the base, crowded around the cob. 



Kernels at milk stage white, small, narrow and medium depth; 



