
iene. Nigs [ ASSEMBLY 
8. LonerEetow, Gregory, Ferry, Sibley, C. O. Ellms. Synonym — 
Elim’s Early Yellow Field, Parker & Gannett. . Ears nine to ten 
and one-half.inches long, with a tendency towards expansion at butt, 
and a decided taper at the lower third, and a rather pointed, but 
filled tip; mostly 6-rowed. Kernel rather large, well rounded, 
aes elicar orange. Plant about seven feet tall, bearing its ears 
about twenty inches from the ground. Crop rarely uniform ; other 
types of ears appearing in the crop usually of the New England 
EKight-rowed type. : 
9, Ergur-RrowEp Yrtiow, Thornburn. Synonym — Long Yellow 
Ferry. Ears ten to eleven inches long, and about one and a half 
inches in diameter ; slender, slightly tapering in lower third ; mostly 
8-rowed. Kernel not large, deep golden orange. Resembles Wau- 
shakum somewhat, but the kernels less deep, and a téndency to in- 
serted kernels; at butt quite strong. Not well bred. | 
10. FLesa-cotorrep, Thorburn. Ears nine to ten inches long, 
about one and a half inches in diameter. Subject to openness be- 
tween pairs of rows toward butt, and tapering also in lower third, 
towards the not well filled tip; mostly 8-rowed. Kernel rather 
large, of a brownish-yellow. Cob, medium to large. Plant about 
seven fet tall, and bearing its ears about thirty inches from the 
ground. 
11. Kine Pump, Vaughan. Synonyms — /mproved King Philyp, 
Sibley ; Light-rowed Brown, Gold ; Light-rowed Copper-colored of 
various regions. (Described ears from tavelve different sources, in- 
sluding Henderson, Vaughan, Sibley, Professor Beale and Secretary 
Gold.) Ears eight to ten inches long, and about one and a half 
inches in diameter, resembling Canada in all other respects except 
color, which is a characteristic copper red. ‘As originally sent out, 
1852, the plant was short ; it is now from five and one-half to eight feet 
tall, and bears its ears eighteen to twenty inches from the ground. 
Originated by John Brown, Long Island, Lake Winnipigseogee, N. 
H., and extensively distributed from the United States patent office 
in 1852 and afterward. It is probably an old Indian form as it occas- 
sionally appears as a sport in the crop from the purest obtainable 
seed of Canada. 
12. Eiaut-rowEp Brown. Resembles the Canada in every re- 
spect but color, which is a dark purple brown. It furnishes the 
red ear connected with husking customs, both by the Indians and 
by Americans in the regions where the Canada corn is grown. It 
is occasionally grown by itself by a few folks, from fancy, and soon: 
eomes to be remarkably true in type and color. 3 
: ** Kernels, white; some tinged. ne 
13. Etant-rowEepD Rep-auazep, Sibley. ars ten to eleven inches 
long, and about one and a half inches in diameter, a decided taper 
toward lower third; mostly 8-rowed. Resembles Lackawaxen in 
all but color, which is white in the upper portion of the ear, and 
white more or less purple tinged in the lower portion. Kernels 
rather large. Cob, small. Plant about six to seven feet tall. 
**% Kernels white. 

