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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



removed. Silk scanty, short and easily removed. Husked ear 

 medium long and medium plump, 7-8 x l J 'i-l 3 4 inches, slightly 

 tapering and partly cylindrical: base flat and compressed; tip 

 abruptly conical to rounded, distinctly capped; rows 16-20, straight, 

 regular, very attractive, crowded around the cob. 



Kernels at milk stage white; small, narrow and medium 

 depth; at dry stage white, much longer than wide, thick, .93 x .68 x 

 .42 cm. (152 seeds per oz.); roughly triangular in shape; crown 

 straight, surface abundantly and finely wrinkled; set tightly on cob. 



Red Cob Evergreen. Refs. 89, 91, 207, 208, 238, 256, 

 290, 322, 403, 411, 527, 535, 537. Syns. Early 

 Red Cob Evergreen, Livingston's Evergreen, 

 Livingston's Red Cob, New Red Cob Evergreen, 

 Ohio Evergreen Red Cob, Pink Cob Evergreen. 

 Although the presence of red cobs among sweet 

 corns was largely confined to the dwarf-growing, small, 

 slender, 8-rowed varieties, an occasional large-eared sort 

 came into existence. Such a variety was Livingston's 

 Red Cob Evergreen. A. W. Livingston of Columbus, 

 Ohio, relates in his 1892 catalog that he had introduced 

 the variety over 30 years earlier as originating as a sport 

 from Stowell's Evergreen. This would suggest the 

 time of origin to be about 1860. About 1897 the intro- 

 ducer selected a white-cobbed strain. He continued to 

 list both sorts under the name Livingston Evergreen 

 until 1922 at which time a regular strain of Stowell's 

 Evergreen was offered. 



Plant tall, 7-8} Z feet, stalks heavy, tillers many; tassel 

 slender, with lateral spikelets drooping. Ears borne 2 ' £-3 feet 

 from the ground, generally cylindrical, tip abruptly conical to 

 rounded, 8-9 inches long, l s ' 5 inches in diameter, rows 10-12, 

 regular, sometimes spirally arranged. Kernels white; as deep as 

 broad, rather thick; wrinkled; set loosely on red cob. 



Red Cob Sweet. Refs. 14, 87, 89, 91, 215, 272, 397, j 

 404, 432, 507, 508, 511, 512, 518, 537. Syns. 

 Early Red Cob, Red Cob, Red Cob Early Sweet. 

 Red Cob Sugar, Red Sweet. 

 Hovey and Company, in 1859, and James J. H. 

 Gregory, in his retail catalog for 1862 and 1863, listed 

 Early Red Cob Sweet as an early and excellent variety of 

 Indian corn. This was probably the same corn described 

 by Burr in 1863 as Red-cob Sweet. Two types were 

 described, one " usually twelve but sometimes fourteen 

 rowed " and the other called a sub-variety with 8 rows. 

 The kernels were roundish flattened, white when suitable 

 for boiling, shrivelled, and of a dull, semi-transparent 

 white when ripe. The red cob was called its most dis- 

 tinguishing characteristic. 



The Early Red Cob Sweet of Gregory was listed 

 for only 2 years, then in 1867 Large Red Cob Sweet 

 was cataloged as very superior, coming in after the 

 early varieties, with ear of large size, tender and sweet. 

 This might have been the large 12- to 14-rowed type of 

 Burr. In 1870 a Red Sweet corn appears which was 

 considered similar to Sweet Mexican in quality but with 

 no description given as to size, color of kernel or cob. 

 Sturtevant in 1884 described a variety with red cob and 

 whitish kernel having 12 rows. All of these variations 

 in name referred to either an 8- or 12 -rowed corn with 

 red cob and whitish kernel. These could easily have 

 furnished the stock that later became Marblehead and 

 Cory. 



Red Evergreen. Refs. 412, 415, 511, 512. Syn. Pink 

 Evergreen. 



John Lewis Childs of Floral Park, New York, 

 introduced this variety about 1892 as a sport from 

 the " common Evergreen." Because of its unique 

 red kernels in the edible stage, it apparently was used 

 by some growers interested in such novelties. It 

 was rather short lived, however, having been dis- 

 continued in 1897 by the introducer. Reports indicate 

 that it was a valuable late variety with dark red kernels, 

 differing from Evergreen in only this respect. 



In 1926 the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment 

 Station sent out for trial a variety called at the time 

 Red Leaved White Evergreen (Ref. 118 . It had its 

 origin with the Department of Genetics under the 

 direction of Dr. D. F. Jones and was developed as " a 

 first generation hybrid of inbred strains of Evergreen 

 and another variety of miscellaneous origin." It 

 represented one of the first attempts to breed sweet 

 corn varieties by the use of inbred strains to attain greater 

 vigor and uniformity. The variety name was first 

 shortened to Red Evergreen and eventually to Redgreen 

 under which name it is dispensed today by the Associated 

 Seed Growers of New Haven, Connecticut. 



The use of the name Red Evergreen is rather com- 

 mon in certain canning crop producing areas to refer 

 to the hybrid inbred strain. It should not be confused 

 with the variety discussed above, as there is no relation- 

 ship of a varietal nature. 



Redgreen produced plants 6 1 2 to 7 feet tall, rather 

 slender and straight, with a considerable tendency to 

 tiller. The foliage was prominently marked with red 

 along the midrib and margins as well as on the sheaths 

 and exposed portions of the internodes. The tassels 

 were very heavily shaded with red and possessed uni- 

 formly colored (warm buff) anthers. The husked ears 

 were 7 to 8 inches long. Is to 1 3 4 inches in diameter, 

 and possessed 12 to 14 rows of rather small, moderately 

 narrow white kernels which reached edible maturity at 

 Geneva in 90 days. In all characters a remarkable 

 uniformity was in evidence and a definite demand created 

 among growers and canners. 



Red River. Refs. 430, 507, 508. 



This variety, which originated in Minnesota where it 

 was first known in 1878, was described by Sturtevant in 

 1884 as a sub-variety of Narragansett. The ears were 

 about 4 inches long, cylindrical, bluntly rounded at apex; 

 8-rowed in general: kernel large, flatly rounded, crinkled, 

 closely set, of a reddish flesh color. 



Roslyn Hybrid. Refs. 22, 61. 74. 90. 91, 92, 95. 96, 

 214, 238, 328, 368, 405, 491. 503, 508. 514. 533, 

 535, 537. Syns. Roslyn, Roslyn Hybrid Sugar, 

 Roslyn Hybrid Sweet. 

 Henry Stabler of Roslyn Farm in Montgomery 

 County. Maryland, commenced growing and working 

 with sweet corn about 1844. As a result of his great 

 interest and knowledge of sweet corn he and his son. 

 Dr. Augustus Stabler, were responsible for the intro- 

 duction of 3 important varieties of sweet corn. Roslyn 



