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drical, scarcely rounded at butt, pointed toward tip, which is covered. Some ears 
' very red, others pale red, but colors not mixed on same ear; cob, red, Twelve 
ears 8-rowed, three ears 10-rowed, one ear 12-rowed. 
* Some few black, sweet kernels on pale red ears; few to many red flint ker- 
nels on all the ears, of same color as the sweet. 
1816. Early Narragansett (Landreth): 
Ears four to eight inches long. Description same as in 1815. Eleven ears 
8-rowed, four ears 10-rowed, two ears 12-rowed. 
* Red flint kernels in small numbers. 
1817. Early Orange (Sibley): 
Ears four to seven inches long. Ear-stalk small; ears cylindrical, rather open 
at butt, scarcely rounded at butt, rounded at tip, which is well filled. Some ears 
white, with white cobs; other ears slightly red, tinged with reddish cobs. 
+ Many white flint kernels on the white ears ; white and white and red-striped 
on the red-tinged ears, and some kernels flint on the chit side and sweet on the 
reverse. 
This does not seem to be Fig. 350 of Rural New Yorker, September 6, 1884. 
1818. Egyptian Sweet (Gregory): 
Ears three to six inches long. LHar-stalks medium; ear tapering, rounding 
evenly at butt, rather abruptly at tip, which is not well filled. Color, white; cob, 
white, Twelve-rowed mostly. 
* Very many white and yellow kernels,not indented, but dent in atraehes: a 
few dented kernels. 
1819. Egyptian Sweet (Ferry): 
Ears four to seven inches long. Ear-stalk medium small; ear cylindrical, 
rounding very slightly at butt, well filled at tip. Color, white; cob, white. 
Twenty-one ears 8-rowed, three ears 10-rowed. 
* Yellow and white flint kernels very numerous; a few black sweet kernels. 
' This is identical with Eight-rowed Harly, No. 1811. 
1820. Ford’s Early (Gregory): 
Ears three to six inches long. THar-stalk small; ear cylindrical, or but slightly 
tapering, rounded a little at butt, rather abruptly at tip. Color, white, with 
white cob in most ears; just a suspicion of red tinge on other ears, and a reddish 
cob. Seventeen ears 8-rowed, four ears 10-rowed. 
-* Some few black sweet kernels; quite a number of whites and yellow flint 
kernels. 
1821. Golden Sweet (Gregory): 
Ears four to six inches long. EHar-stalk smallish; ears quite variable, the 
8-rowed cylindrical, the 10 and 12-rowed slightly to much tapering. Color, 
golden-yellow; cob, white. Nine ears 8-rowed ; five ears 10-rowed, 4 ears 12- 
rowed. 
* Yellow and white flint kernels numerous; the corneous matter very thin on 
the top of the flint kernels in the 12-rowed, 
1822. Hickox (Thorburn): 
Ears three to seven inches long. ar-stalk medium; ear tapering, rounded at 
butt, rather abruptly at tip. Color, white; cob, white. Mostly 12-rowed. 
* A few yellow sweet kernels; some white flint kernels. 
1828. Landreth’s Sugar (Landreth): 
Ears three to seven inches long. THar-stalk small medium; ear tapering, 
rounding strongly at butt; in section often oval. Color, white; cob, white. 
Many-rowed. 
* Some yellow and white dent kernels. 
1824. Mammoth (Sibley): 
Ears seven inches long, but one ripening. Ear-stalk medium; ear tapering, 
rounded at butt; tip not covered. Color, white; cob, white. Sixteen-rowed. 
* Some few white flint kernels. 


