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frequently takes place. Like the Cuban it may be considered almost 
as intermediate between Flint and Dent. 
42. Gotpen YeEttow, Kan. Agr. Coll. Ear nine to ten inches 
long and about one and three-quarters to one and seven-eighths inches 
in diameter at the center of the ear, a little pointed toward tip which 
is bare; 12-rowed. Kernels regularly oval, yellow above, orange 
below, indented slightly through the thinness of the corneous matter 
at summit. It may be considered as almost intermediate to the 
Flints and Dents. 
ttt+ Ear fusiform, or tapering to both extremities. Cob, 
white. ° 
* Colored kernels. 
43. Torpover. An undistributed variety which has been orgi- 
nated in Nantucket, Mass., and so anomalous as to scarcely come in 
any of our descriptions. The ears seven to nine inches long and » 
about one and one-quarter inches in diameter, nearly cylindrical, and 
rounding equally at butt and tip, or quite fusiform in many samples: 
8-rowed, the ear stalk not as large as a pipe stem, and so buried in 
the surrounding kernels that on a casual exXmination, it is difficult 
to say which is the butt or the tip end. Kernels rounded evenly and 
strongly, broader than deep, very compactly set on the very small 
cob. Color golden orange. Plant six feet high, bearing its ears 
about eighteen inches from the ground. 
I have placed it in thig division provisionally, on account of the 
very small ear stalk, and the often tapering habit of the ears, taper- 
ing from the center to either extremity. 
44. JAPANESE Srripep, Vaughan. Lars about three inches long, 
and one and one-quarter inches in diameter, fusiform, or tapering 
from a point one third down the ear to both extremities ; twelve to 
16-rowed. lar stalk set in a cup formed by the projecting kernels. 
Kernel deeper than broad, golden orange. Plant about four feet tall, 
suckering much, the first four leaves green, the rest beautifully 
striped with silvery white, or with rose-tinted stripes. Very late 
and very ornamental. 
In the Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1866, p. 145, this variety is said to 
have been brought to New York from Japan, in 1864, but in the 
same paper of date March 23, 1861, a firm advertises sixteen var- 
ieties of ornamental maize, many of which seem to include this style 
of plant.: : 
The Fruyr Corns form a very well defined group, in general, but 
there are a few cases where the structure of the kernel seems to offer 
a passage way to the Dents. It is unfortunate that I do not have 
access to larger collections. This attempt at classification includes 
the varieties offered by our leading seedsmen, and a few from farm- 
ers, but very many others are probably cultivated, and I cannot but 
‘regret the absence of numerous specimens from the great South and 
West. When the height of plant is given, and the distance of the 
ear from the ground, the figures refer to the climate of Geneva, N. Y., 
and the height of plant is quite variable even in the same garden in 
different seasons. 
