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1834. Squantum (Gregory): 
Ears three to seven inches long. -Ear-stalk small to medium; ear tapering 
strongly, a little rounding at butt. Color, white, but more amber than most ; cob, 
white. Fourteen to 16-rowed. 
* Yellow and white dent kernels quite abundant. 
1835. Stowell’s Evergreen (Gregory): 
Kars four to seven inches long. JEar-stalk small; ear tapering ; rounded at 
butt, well filled at tip. Kernelsloose. Color, white; cob, white. 
* Some few yellow sweet kernels; quite anumber of yellow and white dent 
kernels. 
1836. Tom Thumb (Sibley): 
Ears four to six inches long. Har-stalk medium or largish ; ear cylindrical, not 
rounding at butt; abruptly rounding at tip. Color, white; cob, white. Sixteen _ 
ears 8-rowed ; six ears 10-rowed ; one ear 12-rowed. : 
* Quite anumber of black and slate colored sweet kernels, some light purple, 
white and yellow soft kernels, a very few white flint kernels, 
1837. Triumph (Thorburn): 
Kars four to six inches long, Ear-stalk small ; ear cylindrical, but often taper- 
ing through added rows toward butt ; a little rounded at butt; rather pointed at 
tip, which is not well filled Color, white; cob, white. Thirteen ears 8-rowed ; 
seven ears 10-rowed ; one ear 12-rowed. 
* Black and slate colored sweet kernels ; white and yellow flint kernels. 
1888. Black kernels from ear of Crosby’s Early (Station) ; 
Ears five to eight inches long. The majority of the ears of the Black Mexican 
type, other ears of Crosby’s Early type. Kernels black and white about equally 
mixed on the ears. Quality and form of ears very firm. Highteen ears 8-rowed ; 
nine ears 10-rowed ; eight ears 12-rowed. 
* Black sweet, white sweet, blackish flint and slate colored flint kernels, also 
white flint and yellow flint kernels, but unfortunately the occurrence or absence 
on the different types not noted at harvest. 
1889. Sweet kernels from red-tinged sweet ear grown from pod seed (Station) : 
Kars four to eight inches long. All ears of one type. LEar-stalk small ; ear 
tapering strongly at the tip, which is pointed; rounding at the butt; rows 
straight, kernels loose, crimped almost and quite wrinkled. Color almost orange 
tinged white ; cob, red. Fourteen to 16-rowed. 
* A few white dent kernels. 
1840. Sweet kernels from Red Dent, unhusked ear of pod corn (Station) : 
Ears three to five and one-half inches long. Ear-stalk small. Ear tapering, 
rounding strongly at butt; a little pointed toward tip; kernels crinkled and 
wrinkled very deeply, rather square ; a sulcus between rows. Seven red, with red 
cob, and three white ears, with red cob. Sixteen to 22-rowed. 
* Red ears all uniformly kernelled ; white ears with a few purple sweet and 
yellow sweet kernels, and yellow dent kernels. 
1841. Red Sweet Pop, taken from a red rice pop ear (Station): 
Kars four to six inches long. Ear-stalk small. Ears tapering ; rounded 
strongly at butt; rather pointed toward tip. Ten ears were red sweet pop, with 
red cobs; nine ears white sweet ears, with white cob ; and nine ears were white 
rice pop with white cob. The kernels all of the rice type. 
* The red sweet pop ears had a few red rice pop kernels. 
The white sweet pop had some purple and slate and blackish sweet kernels, and 
purple, yellow, white and blackish rice pop kernels. 
The white rice pop had blackish and slate-colored sweet and yellow, purple and 
‘blackish rice pop kernels. 
1842. Sweet kernels from a White dent ear, raised from a red unhusked ear 
of pod corn. Same crop as 1840, but a different selection (Station). 
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