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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



Plant tall, TMr&Vi. feet; stalks medium heavy and straight; 

 nodes 14-16, nearly covered, not very prominent. Brace roots 

 present, heavy, whorl complete and useful on two nodes. Tillers 

 absent. Leaves long and broad, 38-40 x 5-6 inches; sheath equal 

 to internode and occasionally longer. Tassels moderately long and 

 heavy, 18-20 inches; terminal spike slightly drooping; lateral 

 spikelets nearly horizontal, many present, moderately long and 

 very crowded; bracts pale green, slightly striped with red; anthers 

 buff l.deep colonial buff to chamois) ; 88-90 days to anthesis. 



Ears borne at 9th to 11th nodes, often two ears per stalk, 

 with an occasional nubbin present. Husks many, thick and very 

 tightly wrapped. Husked ears moderately long and plump, 

 8-9 x 2-2 ! 4 inches; moderately tapering; base compressed, tip 

 conical and nearly capped; rows 12-16, straight, very crowded 

 around the cob and in the row. 



Kernels at milk stage white, medium width and deep; at dry 

 stage pale creamy white, longer than wide, distinctly thin, 1.15 x .98 

 x .29 cm. (132 seeds per oz.); nearly rectangular; crown rounded, 

 nearly semicircular; surface very slightly dented, often nearly 

 smooth; set very tight on cob. 



Norfolk Market. Refs. 403, 521, 533. 



This was introduced by George Tait and Sons of 

 Norfolk, Virginia, in 1897 and has been continued by that 

 company to the present time. It was advanced as 

 superior to Adams Early and purported to be a valuable 

 addition to the group. At Geneva 99 days were required 

 for the ears of Norfolk Market to reach edible maturity. 

 This was 5 days later than Truckers Favorite and 5 days 

 earlier than Mexican June. 



Plant tall, 8-8 1 _> feet; stalks straight and moderately heavy. 

 Tillers absent. Brace roots rather heavy, whorl complete and 

 useful on one node. Leaves long and broad; sheath longer than 

 internode. Ears borne at 7th and 8th nodes; shanks very long and 

 heavy; husked ears moderately long and medium plump, 8-9 x l?^— 

 1 J g inches, nearly cylindrical; rows 14—18, regular, well filled at the 

 tip. Kernels in milk stage snow white, thin, medium width; 

 at dry stage pale amber white, small, nearly round; crown semi- 

 circular; surface dented; set tightly on white cob. 



Sioux Squaw. Ref. 212. Illus. 25. 



This variety may be used to represent a type of 

 Indian corn which was very common among many 

 Indian tribes. The diversity of dry kernel colors present 

 on any one ear was apparently an attractive feature of 

 this sort. In later years Oscar H. Will was instrumental 

 in making various selections from the native squaw 

 corn and thereby developed greater uniformity of color. 



Sioux Squaw produced edible ears in 76 days at 

 Geneva, 6 days earlier than Early Adams, about the 

 same season as Alpha, and 10 days later than Assiniboine. 

 The plants were much the same as those of Assiniboine, 

 although the ears were slightly shorter and decidedly 

 less uniform in color. The various kernel colors in the 

 dry stage suggest the novelty, and it is used occasionally 

 by private gardeners for that purpose. 



Plant moderately short, 4— 4 1 ■> feet, stalks straight and slender. 

 Tillers few, much shorter than central stalk. Tassel short and 

 moderately slender, 12-15 inches, variable in bract and anther 

 colors. Ears moderately long and medium plump, 7-8 x 1 ' _■ 1 T g 

 inches, slightly tapering; rows 10-12, slightly curved. Kernels at 

 milk stage white, medium size, rather shallow; at dry stage, variously 

 colored, white, blue, pink, red, etc., broader than long, crown 

 rounded, surface smooth; set tightly on cob. 



Truckers Favorite. Refs. 21, 403, 516, 533. 



Introduced by T. W. Wood and Sons of Richmond, 

 Virginia, about 1899, this variety has proved to be one 



of the most popular of its kind. No information con- 

 cerning its origin by the introducer is available although 

 the George Tait and Sons Seed Company suggests that 

 it developed as a selection from Early White Dent. 

 Truckers Favorite produced edible ears in 94 days, 

 4 days later than Large Adams and 4 days earlier than 

 Stowell's Evergreen. The plants are slightly taller than 

 those of Large Adams and have more prominent brace 

 roots and heavier tassels with more laterals. The 

 ear shanks are shorter and more slender, while the 

 husked ears are slightly longer, more cylindrical, and 

 much more rounded at the tip. The kernels in the dry 

 stage are slightly longer in proportion to the width and 

 have a rough instead of a smooth crown surface. The 

 variety is used widely in the southern states where it is 

 grown in the place of true sweet corn. 



Plant tall, 8-8 ! 2 feet; stalks slightly zigzag and heavy; nodes 

 13-15, covered, not prominent. Brace roots present, heavy, useful 

 and whorl complete on 1st and 2nd nodes. Tillers absent. Leaves 

 moderately long and medium broad, 32-34 x 3 ' j— 4 ' L ' inches; 

 sheath longer than internode. Tassel moderately long and heavy, 

 18-20 inches; terminal spike erect; lateral spikelets horizontal, 

 long, many present, crowded and multi-branched at the base; 

 bracts green, sparsely striped with pale red and usually ringed 

 with red at the base; anthers light reddish bronze (terra cotta); 

 72-74 days to anthesis. 



Ears borne at 7th and 8th nodes, one and two ears per stalk, 

 shank short and slender, 2-3 inches occasionally much longer, result- 

 ing in pendant ears. Husk leaves few to none, very short and 

 light when present. Husks many, short, heavy, very tightly 

 wrapped and difficult to remove. Husked ear long and moderately 

 plump, 8-10 x lJs - 2 inches, partly cylindrical and slightly tapering; 

 base enlarged but compressed; tip rounded and capped; rows 

 14—18, very crowded around the cob. 



Kernels at milk stage white, large and deep; at dry stage 

 starchy white at crown with the remainder rather flinty, much 

 longer than broad, 1.25 x .86 x .4 cm. (88 seeds per oz."); nearly 

 rectangular in shape; crown slightly rounded; surface crease-dented 

 and jagged, often beaked; set very tightly on cob. 



Silver King (522) is a white dent corn that can be 

 used for early " roasting ears " or as an early field crop. 

 At Geneva it was similar to Truckers Favorite. 



Tusearora. Refs. 87, 423, 507. Syns. Early Tuscarora, 

 Large Tuscarora, Turkey Wheat. 



Concerning this flour corn variety, Sturtevant wrote 

 in the New York Agricultural Experiment Station Report 

 for 1884, " This variety was brought to New York by the 

 Tuscarora Indians in 1712, when they emigrated from 

 North Carolina, and it is supposed to be the variety under 

 Indian culture at the time of the settlement." It was 

 also recorded by Bonafous as growing on the banks 

 of the Missouri River and was given the name Zea 

 orylhrolepsis. 



Early reports indicate that Tuscarora was well 

 liked by the Indians and later by the white man. Burr 

 states " When ground in the ripe state, it was much less 

 farinaceous and valuable for cooking or feeding stock 

 than the fine, white, floury appearance of the kernel when 

 cut or broken, would seem to indicate." It was listed 

 at least as early as 1838 by Breck and Thorburn. 



Plant tall, 6-7 feet; moderately strong and vigorous. Ears 

 borne 18-24 inches from the ground, 8-10 inches long, 1 3 4-2 inches 

 in diameter at the base, tapering; 8-rowed, usually distinctly fur- 



