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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



There are few published descriptions, but that given 

 in Price and Drinkard (403) published in 1908 should 

 be that of the variety as introduced. 



Plant short, 3 1 _>-4 feet: stalk slender and straight; nodes 7-8, 

 slightly exposed. Ears borne at 2nd and 3rd nodes, short and 

 slender 6-7 x 1 " <-l J _. inches, slightly tapering; rows 8-10, rather 

 uneven. Kernels at milk stage white, broad and shallow; at dry 

 stage amber white, broader than long and moderately wrinkled over 

 the surface of the crown. 



White Sunrise. Ref. 317. 



This is a companion variety or twin to Golden 

 Sunrise, both having come through the same parent- 

 age, a cross between Golden Bantam and Long Island 

 Beauty. The cross was made by H. S. Mills in 1925 

 on the Long Island Vegetable Research Farm at River- 

 head, New York. Selection for type was made in 

 1926 and continuously thereafter, until 1928 when 

 Mr. Mills was employed by the D. Landreth Seed 

 Co. By permission of Cornell University the stock 

 seed was moved to Bristol, Pennsylvania, where further 

 selection work was carried out culminating in the 

 introduction of the variety by Landreth in 1932. 



At Geneva 90 days were required to produce edible 

 ears. This was 2 days earlier than Metropolitan, in 

 season with Mimm's Hybrid, and 2 days later than 

 Howling Mob. Mill's White Sunrise produced plants 

 about 1 foot taller than those of Mimm's Hybrid, 

 decidedly heavier, and with tassels 4 to 6 inches shorter. 

 The husked ears are slightly shorter, of equal plumpness, 

 and distinctly more tapering and exposed at the tip. 

 This is one of the more recently introduced varieties 

 and as such cannot be adequately judged at this time. 

 Its vigor and size of ear indicate possibilities as a desirable 

 main-season sweet corn. 



Plant tall, 7-7?^' feet; stalks heavy and straight; nodes 11-12, 

 exposed and prominent, internodes streaked with red on exposed 

 surfaces. Brace roots present, heavy and useful, whorl complete 

 on one and often two nodes. Tillers moderately many, slightly 

 shorter than central stalk. Leaves medium long and medium 

 broad, 30-32 x 3J^-4J^ inches; sheath shorter than internode. 

 Tassel moderately long and heavy, 18-20 inches, rather coarse, 

 slightly streaked with red at the base, terminal spike moderately 

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

 moderately long, multi-branched and rather crowded; bracts green, 

 sparsely striped with rather pale red; anthers usually buff (warm 



buff to chamois) but occasionally pale reddish bronze (terra cotta); 

 65-70 days to anthesis. 



Ears borne at 4th and 5th nodes, one and occasionally two 

 ears per stalk, one occasionally a nubbin. Shank moderately 

 short and slender, 2-4 inches. Husks moderately many, heavy, 

 short and tightly wrapped. Husked ear moderately long and 

 moderately plump, 8-9 x l?-jj-2 inches, slightly tapering; base 

 slightly enlarged and compressed; tip conical and exposed; rows 

 12-14, moderately straight, slightly irregular at the base and 

 crowded around the cob. 



Kernels at milk stage white, medium size, moderately narrow 

 and rather deep; at dry stage dull white, 1.09 x .94 x .39 cm. (128 

 seeds per oz.); somewhat triangular in shape; crown slightly rounded; 

 surface abundantly and rather deeply wrinkled; set moderately 

 loose on cob. 



Wonder of the Market. Ref. 322. 



No information concerning the origin of this sort is 

 available. It had its beginning with C. J. Lindholm of 

 Minneapolis, Minnesota, who also introduced it sometime 

 prior to 1922. As grown at Geneva the plants were very 

 small, averaging 3 to 3} o feet in height, very slender, and 

 nearly devoid of tillers. The ears were borne at the 

 third and fourth nodes, one and occasionally two being 

 present. These were short and plump, 5 1 o to 6 x 1" g to 

 1?4 inches, possessing 12 to 14 rows of rather broad, 

 thick kernels. In some respects this resembled Early 

 Market, being smaller in both plants and ears as well 

 as slightly later in season. Inasmuch as the variety 

 was discontinued in 1930, only one season's notes of 

 value were obtained. 



Zig Zag Evergreen. Refs. 90, 97, 238, 328, 329, 350, 

 382, 403, 404, 533. Syn. Shoe Peg Evergreen. 



This broken-row type of Evergreen corn was intro- 

 duced in 1893 by Northrup, Braslan 8b Goodwin Co., 

 Minneapolis, Minnesota. Gregory of Marblehead, Mas- 

 sachusetts, also offered it in 1896 as a novelty distinguish- 

 able by " the kernels which usually run zigzag down the 

 cob, whence its name." Its resemblance to Country 

 Gentleman was noted in early descriptions, the ears being 

 larger, sweeter, earlier, and maturing over a longer period. 



Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., Cambridge, New York, 

 list Zig Zag Evergreen today as a selection from Stowell's 

 Evergreen with ears densely covered with narrower, 

 deep, sweet, white grain, without rows. The size of 

 ear and season are the same as Stowell's Evergreen; 

 the quality is fine. 



THE YELLOW-KERNELED VARIETIES OF SWEET CORN 



The varieties included in the group of yellow- 

 kerneled sweet corns are united by the one character, 

 color of kernel, otherwise there is no distinct or constant 

 character which is common to the group. Up to the 

 time the kernels on the ear begin to show this color 

 differentiation, white or yellow, there does not seem to 

 be any single character or correlated group of characters 

 which allow even a preliminary separation into the 

 white-kerneled or yellow-kerneled groups. 



For 70 years after sweet corn was considered as a 

 valuable food plant for the garden, the white-kerneled 

 varieties predominated. At the beginning of the 

 present century there were a few yellow varieties known, 



Gold Nugget and Gold Coin being listed in the catalogs 

 of most seed houses. However, the majority of those 

 who considered themselves good judges as to what 

 constituted the best quality sweet corn placed the 

 yellow-seeded sorts in the category with horse corn or 

 chicken corn. But in 1902 W. Atlee Burpee named and 

 introduced Golden Bantam. Its use made friends, and 

 consumer preference for yellow varieties began at that 

 time. 



Golden Bantam helped to break down prejudice 

 against any yellow corn. As a result there has been a 

 steady increase in yellow varieties comparable to the 

 earlier increase in the white varieties. In some sections 



