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Kars five to six and one-half inches long. One podded ear, five red sweet ears, 
five white sweet ears. The podded ear apparently a sweet corn. Unpodded ears 
very attractive, ear stalk small, ear tapering, rounding strongly at butt, a little 
pointed toward tip. The red ears had, red cob, the white ears white cob, 18 to 
20-rowed. Kernels Jong, narrow, squarish, deep, a sulcus between the rows. 
* Some red dent kernels on the red ears, and white dent kernels on the white 
ears ; some white sweet kernels, striped slightly with purple. 
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1843. Narragansett, very dark red (Station). 
Ears five to seven inches long, of Narragansett type. 
* Red flint kernels, some white shaded, others much deeper red than the sweet 
reds, may be called brownish red. 
1844. Sweet pop from amber ear of New England pop type, but nearly a flint 
variety (Station), . 
-Ears five to seven inches long. Ear stalk medium to small; ears cylindrical, 
scarcely rounded at butt, a little pointed toward the tip. Kernels crimped, a 
little oval. Color, white; cob, white. Six ears 8-rowed, thirteen ears 10-rowed. 
* Some white, yellow and purple flint kernels, and a few black sweet kernels. | 
1845, White sweet kernels from ear of Black Mexican (Station), 
Hars three to seven inches long. Some ears a reddish sweet, resembling very 
closely the Amber Cream, and 12-rowed. The balance of the ears white kernelled, 
but slightly tapering, scarcely rounded at butt, well filled at tip, and apparently 
of the 8 and 10-rowed Black Mexican types, but white. Three ears 8-rowed, six 
ears 10-rowed, two ears 12-rowed. 
* Black, purple, spotted yellow and white flint kernels, and a few black sweet 
kernels on both types. 
1846. White Sweet Pop, grown from dark red, sweet kernels, taken from a red 
pearl pop ear (Station). 
Ears five to seven inches long. Har stalk small; ear tapering ; rounded at 
butt. Of two sorts, one resembling the rice pop, the other the pearl pop, but the 
kernels sweet in both; the kernels of different sizes. Color, white ; cob,white. 
Hight ears 12-rowed, seven ears 14-rowed, one ear 16-rowed. 
*The large kernelled ears have yellow, slate and white flint kernels; the 
small kernelled ears white, yellow and slate pearl pop, and white, yellow and 
slate pearl pop kernels, and both sorts have some purple and blackish, sweet 
kernels, 
FLINTS. 
1847. Blue corn (Hanover, N. H.). 
Seed sent as a survival of the apparently obsolete Blue corn, formerly grown 
in New England, but mixed. 
Ears five to nine and one-half inches long. Lar cylindrica] in the 8-rowed, and 
tapering in the 12-rowed, thus presenting the not uncommon circumstance of two 
‘kinds of corn grown customarily as one variety in the same field. The 8-rowed 
is of the type of No. 1852; the 12-rowed of the type of Early Dutton. Color,. 
copper-yellow ; cob white. Hight ears 8-rowed, seven ears 10-rowed, three ears 
12-rowed. 
*Some blue and slate flint kernels, and very many flint kernels strived with 
red. . 
1848. Canada (from P. Q.): 
Ears six to eight inches long. lEar-stalk medium to largish; ear tapering, 
scarcely rounded at tip, pointed at tip, which is thoroughly filled. Color, golden 
yellow ; cob, white. Two ears 8-rowed, six ears 10-rowed, nine ears 12-rowed, 
but the 8-rowed are of the Early Canada, cylindrical type. 
* Some slate-colored flint kernels. 
Identical with No. 1856. 
1849. Chinese Golden (Gregory) : 
Ears four to six inches long. EHar-stalk small, ear very strongly and evenly 
tapering, rounding completely to stalk and butt, and rather pointed toward 
tip; kernels very roundish. Color, golden yellow; cob, white. Four ears 12- 
rowed, six ears 14-rowed, nine ears 16-rowed, one ear 18-rowed. 
