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1806. Burr’s Improved (Hovey): 
Kars three to eight inches long. Ear-stalks very small; ear tapering, rounded 
strongly at butt, bluntly rounded at tip which is well filled. Color, white; cob, 
white. Twelve to 20-rowed. | 
But one perfect ear; very late;-in edible condition October 6. | 
* No indication of hybridization. 
1807. Clark’s Old Colony (Breck): 
Ears three to seven inches long. LHar-stalk medium small; ears strongly taper- | 
ing, rounded at butt, well filled at rather pointed tip. Color, white; cob, white. 
Fourteen to 20-rowed, or more. 
* A very few yellow, dent kernels; a very few light purple, sweet. 
This is Fig. 857, Rural New Yorker, September 13, 1884. 
1808. Crosby’s Early (Gregory): 
Ears four to seven and one-half inches long. LEar-stalk medium to large; ear 
nearly cylindrical, rounded very slightly at butt, tips not well filed. One ear 
8-rowed, one ear 10-rowed, six ears 12-rowed, three ears 14-rowed, five ears 16- 
rowed. 
* Some few black sweet, and a very few yellow flint kernels. 
1809. Dolly Dutton (Landreth): 
Ears three to five inches long. Ear-stalk medium; ear cylindrical, or slightly 
tapering through crowding, scarcely rounded at butt, a little pointed toward tip. 
Color, white; cob, white. Seventeen ears 8-rowed, four ears 10-rowed, one ear ~ 
» 12-rowed. 
-* A few black sweet kernels, and white flint kernels. 
1810. Early Dwarf (Thorburn): 
Kars four to five and one-half inches long. Ear-stalk medium; ear cylindrical, 
rounding a little at butt, well filled at tip. Color, white; cob, white. Eight ears 
8-rowed, one ear 10-rowed. 
* A very few black sweet, yellow flint and white flint kernels; some few sweet 
kernels, purple-striped. 
1811. Hight-Rowed Early (Station %). 
Ears five toten inches long. Ear-stalks small; ear cylindrical, scarcely rounded 
at butt, well filled at tip. Color, white; cob, white. Nineteen ears 8-rowed, two 
rs 10-rowed. 
Quite variable in different plants in respect to earliness. October 6, some ears 
e, others just past edible; yet others not yet at edible stage. 
* A very few black sweet kernels; many yellow and white flint kernels. 
1812. Early Genesee (Benson, Maule & Co.): 
Kars four to seven inches long. Har-stalk medium; ear tapering, rounded but 
little at butt, a little pointed at tip, which is not well filled. Color, white; cob, 
white. Five ears 8-rowed, four éars 10-rowed, four ears 12-rowed., 
* Some ears nearly all flint-kernelled ; some few purple and slate, sweet kernels, 
1818. Early Marblehead (Gregory): 
Ears four to six inches long. EHar-stalk medium to small; ears rather cylindri- 
cal, rounding a little at butt and tip, which fills well. Some ears white-kernelled 
and white-cobbed, and other ears red-kernelled and red-cobbed. Ten ears 8- 
rowed; tl®ee ears 10-rowed. 
* Some few black sweet on both red and white ears; some white and yellow 
flint on white ears. 
1814. Early Minnesota (Gregory): 
Hars four to seven and three-quarter inches long. Ear-stalk small; ear cylin- 
drical, rounding little at butt, rather pointed toward tip, which is well filled. 
Color, white; cob, white. Thirteen ears 8-rowed, one ear 10-rowed. 
* Some few black sweet kernels; very many white and yellow flint kernels, 
and some few kernels which are flint on the chit face, and sweet on the opposite. 
1815. Harly Narragansett (Gregory): 
_ Kars three to six and three-quarter inches long. THar-stalk medium, ear cylin-. 
