INDIAN CORN. 



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Here are the names of seventeen varieties grown there : 



No. 1. Dutton corn. 



2. Eight-rowed yellow. 



3. Sweet corn. 



4. Eight-rowed white. 



5. Bed blaze. 



6. Sixteen-rowed Dutton. 



7. Twelve-rowed red. 



8. Sixteen-rowed red. 



9. Early Canada. 



No. 10, Eed pop. 



11. Blue pop. 



12. White pop. 



13. Yellow pop. 



14. Mixed pop. 



15. Eight-rowed yellow. 



16. Ohio flint. 



17. Eocky Mountain corn. 



Two hundred varieties of Indian corn were shown at the London 

 Exhibition of 1862, from the Modena Royal Botanical Gardens, col- 

 lected by the late Professor Giovanni Brignoli, and thirty-five varieties 

 by Professor Parlatore of Turin. 



Common preference, as well as chemical analysis, proves that the 

 round northern yellow variety contains the most nutriment, and is in 

 all respects best adapted for the consumption of people living in high 

 latitudes. The white variety, by its resemblance to wheaten flour 

 when manufactured, meets with a ready sale where the difference is 

 not known, or where appearance is alone consulted. There are a 

 great number of varieties of corn in cultivation, and these have 

 become considerably intermingled. The principal ones, which may 

 be distinguished by the number of rows or grains on the cob, and 

 the colour, shape, or size of the kernels, may be classified and 

 described as follows : 



1. Yellow Com. — Golden Sioux, or northern flint corn, having a 

 large cob with twelve rows of moderate-sized grains; very oily. 

 This is regarded as one of the best varieties for fattening animals, 

 or for human food. By skilful tillage, 130 bushels have been raised 

 to the acre, weighing 9216 lbs. in the ear ; when dry, 75 lbs. of ear 

 gave a bushel of corn shelled. 



2. King Philip, or the eight-rowed yellow corn. Its ears, which 

 contain only eight rows, are longer than those of the Golden Sioux, 

 and it will yield about the same quantity of oil. It is a hardy plant 

 which belongs to a high latitude ; grows to about nine feet in height ; 

 stalks small ; ears from ten to fourteen inches in length. 



3. Canada Corn, or eighteen-rowed yellow corn, which is smaller, 

 earlier, and more solid than any of the preceding, contains more oil 

 than any other variety, except the rice corn and the pop corn. It is 

 exceedingly valuable for fattening poultry, swine, &c., and is grown 

 by many in gardens for early boiling. 



4. Button Corn. — The cob sometimes grows to a length of fourteen 

 or fifteen inches, but the grain is so compact on it, that two bushels 

 of small ears have yielded five pecks of shelled corn, weighing 62 lbs. 

 to the bushel. With proper management, an acre of ground will 

 yield one hundred to one hundred and twenty bushels to the acre. 

 As it is very Oily, gives a good yield, and ripens early, it has always 

 been a favourite variety for culture in the North. 



5. Southern Big Yellow Corn. — The cob of this corn is thick and 

 long, the grain much wider than it is deep, and the rows unite with 



