DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES 



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Early Golden Wonder. Ref. 321. 



A selection from a cross between Extra Early Goose 

 and Golden Bantam was offered in 1922 by C. J. Lind- 

 holm, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The variety evidently 

 was not well fixed in type nor well adapted for market 

 use, for after several years it disappeared from all 

 listings. 



Plant moderately short, 4 1 _>-5 feet; stalks slender and straight. 

 Tillers many. Tassels long, lateral spikelets many, medium long 

 and crowded. Ears borne at 4th and 5th nodes, one and occasion- 

 ally two ears per stalk. Husks many, medium heavy and long; silk 

 long and abundant, red. Husked ear moderately short and moder- 

 ately slender, 6-7 x l'o-l's inches, slightly tapering; rows 10-12 

 regular, straight and crowded around the cob. 



Kernels at milk stage yellow, narrow and shallow; at dry 

 stage dull yellow, very small, somewhat triangular. 



Early Orange. Refs. 22, 89, 91, 290, 405, 432, 482, 

 507, 508, 537, 538. Syns. Brighton Orange, 

 Early Orange Sugar, Orange. 

 The method commonly used by growers for nearly a 

 hundred years to produce new varieties of sweet corn 

 was to cross those available and by careful observa- 

 tions select the outstanding progeny. In 1883, Hiram 

 Sibley of Rochester, New York, introduced a new 

 hybrid resulting from a cross between Narragansett 

 and Moore's Early Concord. About 5 years had been 

 used in segregating this sweet corn of an entirely new 

 color. We are placing it in the yellow group partially 

 because of the name and also because in some of the 

 early descriptions the kernel is given as a light flesh red 

 with a slight perceptible orange tint. The two parents 

 are discussed in the white sweet corn section where it is 

 well to note that each parent resulted from crossing types 

 that were very distinct in ear characters. Comparing 

 the kernels of this with the present Golden Orange, we 

 find the modern strain with rather narrow deep kernels 

 whereas the older type had kernels as broad as deep. 



Plant moderately tall, 6 feet. Ears borne 30 inches from the 

 ground; husked ear moderately short and moderately plump, 

 6-7 x l 3 4~ljs inches, moderately tapering; tip abruptly conical to 

 rounded; rows 12—14. 



Kernels dull yellow; at dry stage light flesh red with a slight 

 orange tint; as broad as deep; crown slightly rounded; surface 

 finely wrinkled. 



Early Yellow Sensation. Ref. 566. 



This comparatively new variety, originated and 

 introduced in 1931 by F. H. Woodruff & Sons of Milford, 

 Connecticut, came from a cross between Extra Early 

 Yellow and Golden Bantam. During the last 10 years 

 there has been a large number of new yellow varieties 

 introduced, most of which have originated from crosses 

 using Golden Bantam as one parent. The object of 

 the various crosses has been to produce changes in two 

 directions, viz., earliness and ear size. This variety 

 as noted below may have both earliness and size; at 

 least the variety is on probation before its rightful 

 place can be assumed. 



Edible ears were produced at Geneva in 72 days, 

 6 days earlier than Golden Bantam, in season with 

 Burpee and 4 days later than Golden Early Market. 

 The plants most resemble those of Golden Early Market, 



but the husked edible ears are slightly longer and 

 decidedly more tapering. In the dry stage the ears 

 most resemble Burpee both in color and narrowness of 

 grains as well as in ear conformation. 



Plant medium tall, 5-5'j feet; stalks rather coarse and 

 decidedly zigzag; nodes 8-9, exposed, very prominent, exposed por- 

 tions of internodes usually solid dark red. Tillers few, much shorter 

 than the central stalk. Leaves short and moderately narrow, 24-26 

 x 3-3 ! 2 inches; sheath much shorter than internode. Tassel moder- 

 ately short and slender, 15-16 inches; terminal spike erect; lateral 

 spikelets nearly erect, many, short and crowded; bracts dark green, 

 moderately striped with light red; anthers variable in color; 54-55 

 days to anthesis. 



Ears borne at 3rd and 4th nodes, one ear per stalk with an 

 additional nubbin usually present. Husk leaves moderately many, 

 short and distinctly pendant; husks short, moderately heavy, 

 wrapped loosely but easily removed. Husked ear medium long 

 and moderately plump, 7-8 x 1 3 t — 1 ~ ^ inches, tapering, tip sharply 

 conical; rows 12-16, usually regular but occasionally somewhat 

 twisted at the base, crowded around the cob. 



Kernels at milk stage light yellow, medium size; at dry stage 

 distinctly pale amber yellow, medium wide and long, 1.06 x .90 x 

 .36 cm. (108 seeds per oz.); definitely triangular in shape; crown 

 rounded; surface quite deeply ridged and wrinkled; embryo dis- 

 tinctly long, broad and prominent; tightly set on cob. 



Giant Golden Sweet, Carpenter's. Ref. 225. Syn. 

 Carpenter's Golden Sweet. 



For several years after the introduction of Golden 

 Bantam a seed house offered other yellow varieties 

 only with some sort of an apology. Gregory in 1911 

 said, " The demand we have had for the Golden Bantam 

 and the Golden Honey during the past two years shows 

 us that the Golden sweet varieties are meeting with 

 popular approval. We feel justified in presenting to 

 our friends this season the Carpenter's Golden Sweet, 

 which came to us from a party in Pennsylvania bearing 

 that name. As a special feature of its high quality the 

 variety supposedly does not have that mealy taste so 

 characteristic of the yellow varieties." Thus, we see 

 that 9 years after the yellow Golden Bantam was 

 introduced there were still certain prejudices against 

 yellow corn in general that had not been abated. 



Edible ears were produced at Geneva in 81 days, 

 3 days later than Golden Bantam, 6 days after Sweet 

 Orange, and 2 days earlier than Golden Giant. The 

 plants are much taller than Golden Giant and possess 

 foliage that is lighter green in color, much broader, 

 and more abundant. In comparison to Sweet Orange, 

 the variety it most resembles, plants are about 1 foot 

 taller and decidedly heavier. The ears are very similar, 

 altho Sweet Orange tends to be somewhat more slender 

 with two to four less rows and with kernels that in the 

 milk stage are a deeper orange color, although in later 

 stages the two varieties are less distinct in this respect. 



Plant tall, 6-6'_> feet; stalks moderately heavy and straight; 

 nodes 10-12, usually covered, not prominent. Brace roots present, 

 moderately heavy and useful, whorl complete on one node. Tillers 

 usually many present. Leaves long and broad, 32-34 x 4-4J ■> inches; 

 sheath usually equal to but occasionally longer than internode. 

 Tassel moderately long, 18-20 inches, solid dark green at the base; 

 terminal spike moderately erect; lateral spikelets drooping, moder- 

 ately long, many, rather crowded, but evenly distributed; bracts 

 green, sparsely striped with red; anthers buff color (chamois to 

 deep colonial buff); 64-65 days to anthesis. 



