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21, New Enevanp Ercut-rowrp. Synonyms — Canada, of many ; 
Larly Canada, Gregory, Sibley; Larly Light-rowed, Sibley. Ears 
eight to nine and one-half inches long, and about one and three-eighths 
inches in diameter, pointed at tip; mostly 8-rowed. Cob small. 
Kernels rather large, of a golden orange color. Usually an open- 
ness between some of the pairs of rows at butt. ar stalk large for 
its type. Plant about seven feet tall, and bearing its ears about 
Awenty-four inches from the ground. It has many local varieties, 
differing more in impurity of seed than in any other respect. ~ 
22. Kittam, Gregory. Lars ten to eleven inches long, otherwise 
answers to the New England Hight-rowed. 
23. Lone YxEuiow, Landreth. Ears ten to eleven inches long 
and about one and one-fourth inches in diameter, and at once dis- 
tinguished from the New England Eight-rowed by this slenderness 
of ear, and by a dingier color. ee 
94. PENNSYLVANIA YELLOW, Landreth. Same as the New 
England Hight-rowed, except the color is brownish yellow, and it 
does not fill well at tip, and also has a tendency toward openness 
_ between pairs of rows. ; 
25. Improvep Kine Putri, Ferry. This is the New England 
Hight-rowed, with a copper yellow kernel. 
** Yellow kernels, red tinged. ; 
26. Rep Brazen, Sibley. A sub-variety of the New England 
Hight-rowed, differing only in having the kernels on the lower por- 
tion only more or less tinged with red. 
: *** W hite kernels. 
27. Waite Fruint, Ferry, Thorburn, many farmers. Ears about 
nine to eleven inches long and one and one-half inches in diameter, 
usually tapering very decidedly in lower third to a not well filled 
tip; mostly 8-rowed. Cob medium small. Kernels of medium 
size, of a rather dingy white. Plant six to seven feet tall. A white 
form of the New England Hight-rowed. 
. Race B. Ear stalk medium to large. Ear tapering, kernels not 
rounded over butt, rounded, as deep as broad; usually 12-rowed. 
Color various, 
+ Ear strictly taperin 
* Colored kernels. 
28. Brum TweLve-rowep. ‘Resembles the Early Dutton in every 
- respect except the one of: color, which is a yellow red striped with 
blue kernels intermixed. 
29. CanapA TwetLvE-rowep. Synonym—Landreth’s Earliest 
Yellow, Landreth. Ears seven to ten inches long by one and three- 
eighths to one and one-half inches in diameter, rounded at the well 
g, not swollen at butt. Cob white. 
filled tip; mostly 12-rowed - Cob largish. Kernels small medium, ~ 
of a golden orange color. Plant six and one-half to seven feet tall, 
bearing its ears eighteen to twenty inches above the ground. Re- 
sembles Compton’s Surprise, but smaller in ear and kernel. A more 
slender cob and a brighter color. 
Certainly a very oldvariety, In 1535, Cartier found at Hochelega, 
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