DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES 



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Ears borne 2nd and 3rd nodes, one ear per stalk with an 

 additional nubbin usually present. Husks thick, short, rather 

 tightly wrapped, easily removed. Husked ear moderately short and 

 moderately plump, 6-7 x 1 ;! 4~2 inches; moderately tapering; base 

 slightly enlarged and compressed; tip abruptly conical and slightly 

 exposed; rows 10-12, moderately straight, occasionally somewhat 

 irregular near the apex, crowded around cob. 



Kernels at milk stage white, moderately large, wide and thick; 

 at dry stage dull creamy white, medium size, short, medium wide 

 and thick, .87 x 1.0 x .40 cm. (120 seeds per oz.); short oval to 

 somewhat triangular in shape; crown moderately rounded; surface 

 very sparsely and coarsely wrinkled; set tightly on cob. 



Sweetheart. Ref. 266. 



This sort was introduced in 1918 by the Holmes 

 Seed Co. of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Although the 

 name had been used in 1912 by the Germaine Seed 

 and Plant Company of Los Angeles, it was used with 

 reference to another variety, the name of which they 

 saw fit to change to Sweetheart. Holmes' Sweetheart 

 is " the outcome of a selection from both Evergreen 

 and Country Gentleman, and then crossed again with 

 a variety named French Honey, retaining the sweet- 

 ness of the latter and the depth and breadth of kernel of 

 the former varieties." 



The plants were reputed to grow 7 to 9 feet and 

 produce two, three, and occasionally four ears per plant. 

 The ears were 8 to 9 inches long and possessed 12 rows 

 of broad deep kernels. The variety was short lived, 

 having been discontinued prior to 1923. 



Sweet Squaw. Ref. 335. 



Sweet Squaw resulted from a cross made by Arthur 

 J. Logsdail at the Central Experimental Farm at Ottawa, 

 Canada, in 1913 between White Squaw, a flint corn as 

 grown by the Mandan Indians of Dakota and Manitoba, 

 and Early Malakhoff. After selections from this cross had 

 been made and given a rather thorough trial, the best was 

 named Sweet Squaw in 1917. The variety has become 

 popular in some of the prairie provinces of Canada. The 

 average length of ears is 6 inches with 12 rows to the ear. 

 Tom Thumb. Refs. 14, 22, 61, 89, 90, 91, 122, 214, 

 407, 507, 508, 535, 537, 538. Syns. Early Tom 

 Thumb, Extra Early Tom Thumb. 



Tom Thumb first became known about 1865 when 

 it was used locally in New Jersey as the earliest sort that 

 could be grown for the New York market. As then 

 known, it represented an improvement in size of ear over 

 Darling's Early, long the standard early sweet corn. Price 

 of Albany in 1874 was one of the first to list Tom Thumb, 

 and although this listing was followed by others, it never 

 became a variety of first importance. 



Plant moderately short, 3'_.-5 feet; stalks slender. Foliage 

 scanty. Tassel slender, laterals few, slender and drooping. Ears 

 borne low, 10-12 inches from the ground. Dry ear short and 

 slender, 4 J j-6 x l^-l'o inches; nearly cylindrical; tip abruptly 

 tapering to rounded; rows 8, regular, pairs only distinct at the base; 

 cob white. Kernel at dry state whitish amber, wider than long 

 116 seeds per oz. I ; crown rounded ; surface rather heavily wrinkled. 



Triumph. Refs. 15, 22, 61, 73, 74, 89, 91, 93, 121, 126, i 

 168, 214, 238, 241, 403, 405, 411, 423, 428, 435, 

 503, 507, 508, 509, 515, 517, 533, 535, 536, 537, 

 538, 545. Syns. Improved Triumph, New 



Triumph, Triumph Sugar, Triumph Sweet. 



This sweet corn was first brought out by D. C. 

 Voorhees of Blawenburg, New Jersey. A single trial 

 ground test made by the Rural New-Yorker in 1874 

 was so favorable that the agnomen " tip-top " sug- 

 gested itself to the editor for his report. No definite 

 record is available of the origin of Triumph, and since 

 at the time of its introduction no other sweet corn 

 even closely resembled it, it was said to have come 

 into existence as the result of chance crossing. The 

 variety became the precursor of the many slender long- 

 eared varieties which, although never of first importance, 

 have been known fcr their sweetness and for the attrac- 

 tive appearance of the ear. 



Plant tall, 6-7 feet; stalks heavy and vigorous. Tillers few. 

 Tassels heavy. Ears borne 24-30 inches from the ground, one and 

 often two ears per stalk. Husk leaves many, medium long. Dry 

 ears moderately long and moderately slender, 8-9 x V/z~\% inches, 

 distinctly tapering; base enlarged and often open; tip usually 

 rounded; rows 8-10, often distinctly paired at the base, straight, 

 regular. Kernels at dry stage whitish amber, short, thick, broader 

 than long (107 seeds per oz.); crown nearly flattened; surface 

 moderately wrinkled. 



Vanguard. Refs. 335, 344, 348, 496. Syn. Earliest 

 Ever. Illus. 66. 



Always on the alert to find or develop an earlier sweet 

 corn, Arthur L. Richie, in 1917, planted alternate rows of 

 his new Sunny slope Special with Dreer's Aristocrat, 

 detasseling one row to insure crossing. By saving seed 

 from this row and planting it the next year, he obtained a 

 mixture of white, pinkish, and red seeds. The white 

 seeds only were saved for future planting, and in a few 

 years a pure strain became fixed which proved to be 

 superior to the parent variety Sunnyslope Special. This 

 was followed by careful ear-to-row selection, and as a 

 reward for his perseverance he eventually developed 

 another winner. Richie sold seed of this locally under 

 the name Earliest Ever which name Francis C. Stokes 

 & Co., Inc., changed to Vanguard at the time of its 

 introduction in 1926. 



At Geneva, 81 days were necessary to produce edible 

 ears of this variety, which was a week earlier than Howl- 

 ing Mob, about the same season as Whipple's Early, 

 and 5 days later than Alpha. Vanguard produces 

 plants the same height as those of Howling Mob, has 

 much less tendency to tiller, and is usually without the 

 red streaking present on the latter. The ears are borne 

 much farther away from the stalk and at a more obtuse 

 angle than those of Howling Mob and have husk leaves 

 that are distinctly shorter and lighter. The husked ears 

 are of equal length, about the same thickness and have 

 two to four less rows and correspondingly wider kernels 

 than those of Howling Mob. The variety has achieved 

 greatest importance as a home and market garden sort. 



Plant moderately tall, 6-7 feet; stalk moderately heavy, 

 slightly zigzag; nodes 10-11, somewhat exposed, moderately promi- 

 nent. Brace roots present, moderately heavy, whorl complete 

 on one node, useful. Tillers few present, much shorter than central 

 stalk. Leaves medium long and medium broad, 30—32 x 4?^-4 , 2 

 inches; sheath slightly shorter than internode. Tassel medium 

 long, 16-18 inches, rather coarse and occasionally colored at the 

 base; terminal spike erect; lateral spikelets slightly drooping, 

 moderately many, crowded and moderately long; bracts green, 



