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near Bordeaux, but superior. No. 6 of these is a free-growing 
and valuable table-maize. 
Nos. 9 and 10 are pink corn. The first of these is a remarkably 
fine specimen ; and this variety is earlier than the pure white, 
is delicate in flavour, and more valuable than No. 10. 
No. 11 is the Giant Eed, the largest of all, excellent, and a 
mid-season sort. 
No. 12 differs from this in having smooth grains. 
No. 13. Jaune G-ros, from Vilmorin. This is much grown in 
the Touraine, and is the cheapest of all, but rather too coarse. 
No. 14. A striped yellow, originally from Pau, and raised from 
seed from plants grown in Yorkshire. A hardy and valuable 
kind. 
No. 15. True Yellow Pop Corn, from America. A very ex- 
cellent kind, prolific and early, will be very useful for forage also. 
No. 16. Jaune d'Auxonne, early, and good for grinding-pur- 
poses. 
No. 17. Improved Common Yellow. An excellent kind raised 
here, and larger than the common one. 
No. 18. A small, late, yellow maize. 
No. 19. A handsome and heavy spotted maize, raised here this 
season in some quantity. 
Nos. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25 are hybrids of various shades, 
easy to retain pure. An opinion as to the best would be valuable. 
No. 26. A short corn, spiky. 
No. 27. A new African maize from Italy, very hardy and pro- 
lific, likely to be very useful. 
No. 28. Handsome hybrid of this year, mid-season. 
No. 29. Darkest ear ever raised here. 
No. 30. Blue Corn ; very difficult to ripen. One more hand- 
some has disappeared from culture here. Another has magnifi- 
cent gold-striped leaves, with dark hirsute stem ; equals the 
Japanese variegated maize for gardens, and is 9 feet high. Of 
this valuable kind only a few seeds exist here, and no ear. 
No. 31. Early White Pop Corn. Dwarf and curious, not being 
so profitable for a sweet meal as No. 15. 
No. 32. Boston Ten-weeks' Maize. It excels the French 
Ten-weeks somewhat, but both are too small. 
No. 33. Small-seeded red. Curious, and difficult to ripen. 
No. 34. A similar variety, generally of the present size. 
No. 35. Large pale red. 
