184 [ ASSEMBLY 
Race A. Ear stalk medium. Lar cylindrical, not rounded at butt. 
Kernel broader than deep, rounded. A fine line of visible starch 
often observable about the chit. 
* Cob white. 
1. New Enoetanp. Synonym— Wonpareil, Gregory. Ear six- 
to eight inches long, and about one inch in diameter; 8-rowed. Ker- 
nel glossy, rounded. Plant five to six feet tall, bearing its ears 
about sixteen inches from the ground. 
A white and a yellow variety occurs, but in general yellow and 
white kernels on the same ear; a deep purple form is also sometimes 
found grown, but the cob more or less red tinged. 
Race B. Ear stalk medium. Lar tapering more or less strongly, but 
usually nearly cylindricalin upper portion. Kernel as deep as broad. 
* Cob white. 7 
2. Strver-Lacep, Gregory. ars five to six inches long, and 
about one inch in diameter, rather evenly tapering ; mostly 12-rowed. 
The line of starch about the chit very fine, and in most cases absent. 
Color a translucent whitish. 
A yellow and a purple kernelled variety is sometimes found, the 
latter with a red tinged cob. 
3. Common Twetve-Rowrep. Synonym — Small White, Salis- 
bury. Ears six to seven inches long, and about one and one-eighth 
inches in diameter, but little tapering; mostly 12-rowed. The ker- 
nels have usually a light line of starch about the chit. Color a trans- 
lucent whitish. : 
A yellow form also occurs. . 
Race C. Ear stalk small, cupped. ars tapering, often very 
strongly. Kernel deeper than broad (with few exceptions.) 
+ Ear of ova] form. 
* Cob white. 
4, Dwarr Gotven. Ears three-quarters to two and one-half 
inches long and five-eighths to three-quarters of an inch in diameter, 
very oval in outline through the even rounding at butt and tip, and 
cylindrical in central portion; twelve to 14-rowed. Rows often 
irregular or spirally arranged. Kernels nearly round, of a bright, 
golden yellow. Plant about eighteen inches tall, bearing its ears - 
about two inches from the ground, and very early. 
This seems to be the Jas a poulet of Vilmorin. 
5. GoLpEN, Gregory. Synonyms — Quarantino, of Europe; Cob- 
bett’s Corn, of England. Lars three and one-half to four inches long 
and about one to one and one-eighth inches in diameter, tapering 
very slightly, and bluntly rounding at butt and tip, of ovoid form, 
but less oval than in the Dwarf Golden; twelve to 14-rowed. 
Kernels deeper than broad, rather flat on surface, bright golden ° 
orange. Plant about three and one-half feet tall, bearing its ears 
about twelve inches from the ground. Early, but not as early as 
Dwarf Golden. A little variable in size of ear. A form with black 
kernels is also found, called Black Pop. | 
++ ‘Ears very slightly tapering. 
* Cob white. 
