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The blew is commonly ripe before the others a month.” In 1629, 
Rey. Higginson says of the corn of Massachusetts, “ varieties of 
colors, as red, blew and yellow,” and in 1620, when the explorers of ~ 
the Pilgrims unearthed a deposit of Indian grain they found “ some 
six and thirty goodly ears of corn, some yellow, and some red, and 
others mixt with blue.” 
2. Canava. Synonym —Harly Canada, Vaughan, Ferry, Hender- 
son. Lars six to eight inches long, and about one and one-quarter 
inches in diameter, bluntly rounded at tip; mostly 8-rowed ; kernels 
rather large, of a deep golden orange color ; cob small; plant five 
and one-half to six and one-half feet tall, and bearing its ears from 
3 eighteen to twenty inches above the ground. A northern form, to 
%3 which many local varieties can be referred. 3 
3. Cuapwick, Vaughan. Answers to the Canada in all respects, 
except color, which is a duller orange yellow. 
4. Large YELLow Canapa, Henderson. Synonyms — Pierce's 
Columbia, Breck ; Pierce’s Lmproved Canada, Vanghan. Differs 
from the Canada only in its slightly larger kernel, andin the greater 
frequency of the taper in the lower third of ear. 
5. Wausuaxum. Ears eight and one-half to nine inches long, and 
about one and one-half inches in diameter, filling completely and 
roundly at tip. Kernel rather large, rather flatly rounded, very 
close set, of a deep golden orange color ; mostly 8-rowed ; cob small. 
Plant seven to nine feet tall, leafy, and bears its ears about twenty 
inches from the ground ; grop very uniformly on type. 
Originated with Sturtevant Bros., Waushakum farm, Framingham, 
Mass.. The originals two quite stable varieties of a mixed Canada 
and New England 8-rowed type, which were allowed to hybridize 
in 1875, and the ears resulting selected to the desired type. In 1877 
and 1878, at the period of bloom, all the tassels from stalks not 
showing one large ear, and from all imperfect or off-type plants were 
removed, thus insuring the fertilization of the ears from prolific and 
typal plants. 
6. Oranee Frint, Thorburn. Ears eight to nine and one-half 
inches long, and about one and seven-eighths inches in diameter, 
usually tapering slightly in lower third, and filling bluntly and well 
at tip; mostly 8-rowed; kernels larger than Waushakum, which 
«* variety it closely resembles; color golden orange ; plant about seven 
and one-half feet tall, and bears its ears about twenty-four inches 
from the ground. 
7. GotpEN Drew Drop, Thorburn, Henderson. Lars nine to ten 
inches long, and one and one-half to one and five-eighths inches in 
diameter, tapering at lower third very distinctly, filling well at tip ; 
mostly 8-rowed; kernels large, well rounded, rich golden orange ; 
cob medium small; plant about seven feet tall, bearing its ears about 
twenty inches from the ground; resembles Waushakum quite 
closely, but the larger cob, and slightly larger average ear and ker- 
nel distinguish it. | 
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