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1825. Marblehead Mammoth (Gregory): 
Hars five to seven inches long. LEar-stalk large; ear slightly tapering, round- 
ing little at butt; kernels loose. Color, white; cob, white. One ear 10-rowed, 
one ear 14-rowed, three ears 16-rowed, three ears 18-rowed, one ear 22-roweé, 
* Many white and yellow flint kernels; some few yellow sweet kernels. 
Harlier then No, 1824, The ear much larger diameter. 
1826. Moore’s Early Concord (Gregory): 
Hars five to six and one-half inches long. Ear-stalk medium; ear slightly ta- 
pering, rather rounded at butt, rather pointed at tip. Color, white; cob, white. 
One ear 10-rowed, four ears 12-rowed, two ears 14-rowed, one ear 16-rowed. 
* Some white and yellow flint kernels, and a few yellow sweet kernels. 
1827. Ne Plus Ultra (Station): 
Ears six to seven inches long. Ear stalk small; ear strongly tapering, rounded 
strongly at base, pointed toward tip. Color, white; cob, white. Many-rowed, 
but the rows irregular and confused. 
* White and yellow dent kernels quite numerous. 
1828. Old Colony Sweet, Clark’s (Parker & Gannett): 
Hars three and one-half to six inches long. Ear-stalk medium ; ear slightly 
tapering. ‘Two types of ears, one clearly the Early Narragansett, the other re- : 
sembling Orange Sweet, No. 1829. Cob, red on the reddish ears, white on the 
white ears. Five ears 8-rowed, seven ears 10-rowed, four ears 12-rowed. 
* White and yellow flint kernels on white ears, flesh-colored flint kernels on 
reddish ears. . ; 
Not Clark’s Old Colony Sweet, No. 1807, but Orange Sweet of Rural New 
Yorker, September 6, 1884. 
1829. Orange Sweet (Parker & Gannett). 
Ears four to six and one-half inches long.. Ear-stalk medium; ear tapering, 
rows not very regular, rounded a little at butt, evenly pointed at tip, which is 
well filled. Color, white; cob, white. Three ears 12-rowed, seven ears 14-rowed, 
two ears 16-rowed, two ears 18-rowed. 
* White and yellow flint kernels. 
This is identical with Clark’s Old Colony Sweet, No. 1807. 
It is possible that 1828 and 1829 were wrongly labelled, the correct labels being 
reversed, I can scarcely imagine a mistake in planting on our part. 
18380. Potter’s Excelsior (Gregory): 
Ears four to five and one-half inches long, EHar-stalk medium small; ear 
slightly tapering, a little rounded at butt, rather irregularly rowed ; kernels not 
loose. Color, white; cob, white. Ten to 12-rowed. 
* A few purple sweet kernels; a number of yellow and white flint kernels; a 
very few soft kernels. 
1831. Potter’s Excelsior (Sibley): 
Ears three to six inches long. LEar-stalk and ears similar to 1830, but some ears 
with a reddish cob and a different style of kernel. Color, white; cob, white, with 
exceptions as noted, Ten to 12-rowed. 
1882. Pratt’s Early (Gregory): 
Ears three and one-half to five and one-half inches long, EHar-stalk small, or 
medium; ear cylindrical, or tapering in the lower third, scarcely rounded at butt, 
where it is usually irregularly kernelled, top well filled. Kernels crinkled, dis- 
tinctly rounded on summit and on sides. Color, white; cob, reddish. Twenty- 
six ears 8-rowed, two ears 10-rowed. 
* A few black sweet kernels, a number of yellow and white flint; a few ker- 
nels, both flint and sweet, that were not striped. 
1838. Rochester (Sibley): . 
Ears four to six and one-half inches long.- Har-stalk small to medium; ear 
cylindrical and scarcely rounded at tip; well filled at tip. Color, white; cob, 
white. Twelve ears 8-rowed, two ears 10-rowed, one ear 12-rowed. Same as 
Early Eight-rowed, No. 1811. 
* A few yellow and white flint kernels. 
