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* Some slate-colored flint kernels; one kernel appears to be a Dent in"structure, 
but not dented. A line of corneous matter at side barely discriminates from a 
Soft. | 
Resembles No. 1910 very closely, and probably identical. 
1850. Compton’s Early (Ferry): 
Ears seven to nine inches long. TEar-stalk medium large; ear tapering, round- 
ing but slightly at butt, but swollen toward butt and rounded at tip; kernels 
small. Color, golden yellow; cob, white, large. One ear 10-rowed, eight ears 
12-rowed, three ears 14-rowed. 
* Many slate-colored flint kernels. 
1851. Connecticut White (J. Gallup, Ct.): 
Ears six to eight inches long. Ear-stalk medium to small; ear cylindrical, ta- 
pering at lower fourth, a little rounded at tip; tip bluntly rounded, well capped; 
kernels large, shallow. One white ear, sixteen ears mostly yellow; cob, white. 
Sixteen ears 8-rowed, one ear 12-rowed. . 
* Some slate-flint kernels; very many yellow kernels. 
1852. Choice Eight-rowed Yellow (Thorburn): 
Ears six to nine inches long. Ear-stalk small; ear cylindrical, but tapering at 
the lower third, and swollen at butt by the addition of irregular kernels; slen- 
der. Color, bright golden yellow; white cob. Seventeen ears 8-rowed, two ears 
10-rowed. 
* No hybridization observable. 
1853. Forty Days Early (Gregory) : 
Ears four to six and one-half inches long. Ear-stalk small; ear cylindrical, 
but liable to taper through openness between pairs of rows toward butt. Color, 
white ; cob, white. Sixteen ears 8-rowed, one ear 10-rowed, one ear 12-rowed. 
* Many yellow flint, a few slate, blackish and pink-striped flint kernels. 
1854.. Improved Harly Canada (Gregory): 
Ears six to eight and one-half inches long. TEar-stalk small to medium; ear 
cylindrical, rounded, compressed at butt, bluntly rounded at tip, a little pointed 
at lower fourth. Golden yellow; cob, small, white. Thirteen ears 8-rowed, one 
ear 10-rowed. 
* No appearance of hybridization. 
Answers exactly to the Waushakum, No. 1865. 
1855. King Phillip (Vaughan): 
Ears six and one-half to nine and one-half inches long. Color, copper yellow, 
and ears answering in every other respect to 1854. Sixteen ears 8-rowed, one ear 
10-rowed, two ears 12-rowed. 
* No appearance of hybridization. 
1856. Landreth’s Earliest Yellow (Landreth) : 
Kars seven to ten and one-half inches long. Identical with No. 1848. Hight 
ears 8-rowed, four ears 10-rowed, two ears 12-rowed. 
* No appearance of hybridization. 
1857. Longfellow (Gregory): 
Ears six to nine inches long. LEar-stalk medium small; ear rather open at 
butt, which gives a slight tapering, otherwise the description the same as of the 
Waushakum, No. 1865, except a slightly larger ear. Fifteen ears, all 8-rowed. ~ 
* No appearance of hybridization. 
1858. Orange Flint (Thorburn): 
Ears four to nine and one-half inches long. Except a slightly larger kernel, 
similar to Waushakum, No. 1865, and seems to be the same as Golden Dew-drop 
(Thorb.), as grown on station plats. Fifteen ears 8-rowed. 
* No appearance of hybridization. 
1859. Rhode Island White Cap (J. Gallup, Ct.) 
Ears four to six inches long. Ear-stalk small; ear cylindrical; rounded 
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