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quite black, or yellow. Plant various; ear various; maturity various 
as in other agricultural species. 
Race A. Kar stalk medium small, ear cylindrical, kernels not 
rounded over butt of ear, ear usually pointed towards tip, kernel more 
or less rounded, broader than deep, usually 8-rowed. Color various. 
Plant small to medium; season early to medium late. 
+ Red cob and whitish kernels. 
J. Prart’s Karty. Ears about 5 inches long, about one and one 
quarter in diameter, usually tapering somewhat through irregularly 
added kernels toward butt; almost entirely 8-rowed, but occasionally 
10-rowed ears. Kernels crinkled, strongly rounded. Plant about 
four and’one-half feet tall, bearing its ears about 9 inches from the 
ground. 
Introduced by Gregory and in his catalogue of 1881. 
++ Red cob and reddish kernels. 
2. Marpiennap. Synonyms— Harly Marblehead; Hxtra Early 
Marblehead. Ears six to six and one-half inches long, usually larger 
toward but; about one and three-eighths inches in diameter ; almost 
always 8-rowed in the larger part of the length, yet often 10-rowed 
toward but; kernels broadly rounded, crinkled to crimped, red- 
tinged to reddish flesh colored. Plant about four and one-half feet 
tall, bearing ears eight to nine inches from the ground. Suckers 
considerably. . The kernels, when fit for use, often tinged with 
urple. 
EMecdaasd about 1878, and gained by selection from the Narra- 
gansett. Distributed from, but not originated in, Marblehead, Mass. 
38. Narracanserr. Synonym — “arly Narragansett. Ears six 
to seven inches long, and about one and three-eight inches in diam- 
eter, strictly cylindrical, but tapering strongly in the tip fourth, and 
a strong tendency to openness between the pairs of rows; 8-rowed in 
general ; kernels rather flatly rounded, closely set, crimped, the color 
varying from a light flesh tinge to a quite dark red, as distributed 
by seedsmen. Plant about five feet tall, bearing its ears about eight 
to fourteen inches from the ground, according as the’seed is light 
or dark colored. When a little too old, tgp oiling corn shows 
its color. . | 
This variety was exhibited in 1878, perhaps introduced some years 
earlier, or between 1863 and 1866, as Burr describes a Narragansett 
without stating the color of the kernels, but which corresponds with 
this in other respects. 
4. Rep River. Ears about four inches long, by one and one-quar- 
ter to one and one-half inches in diameter, strictly cylindrical, bluntly 
rounded at apex; 8-rowed in general; kernel large, flatly rounded, 
rather deep, crinkled, closely set, of a reddish flesh color. Adver- 
tised by the North Star Seed Farms as “the earliest good sweet 
corn known.” : 
A sub-variety of the Narragansett, which originated in Minnesota, 
and was known as early as 1878. 
+++ White cob and whitish kernels. 
