. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . ngland for this variety,as it will mature in about one hundred and twentydays. It is quite generally grown in southern NewEngland, both for the grain and for silage. The Early Mastodon is a large-eared variety ofwhite dent corn requiring a little longer season thanthe Learning. The ears are about nine inches in lengthand two and five-tenths
. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . ngland for this variety,as it will mature in about one hundred and twentydays. It is quite generally grown in southern NewEngland, both for the grain and for silage. The Early Mastodon is a large-eared variety ofwhite dent corn requiring a little longer season thanthe Learning. The ears are about nine inches in lengthand two and five-tenths inches in diameter at the butt;kernels orange yellow with light yellow cap and ratherloose on the cob; fourteen to eighteen rows ; season onehundred and twenty-five to one hundred and thirtydays. The growth of stalks is somewhat heavier than BOTANY AND VARIETIES 31 for the Learning. This variety is one of the best forsilage in southern New England. The Pride of the North is a dent variety that hasbeen introduced from the west and has been grownover quite a territory in New York and southern NewEngland. This variety has smaller stalks and ears thanthe Learning. The ears are yellow; kernels ratherloose; length of ears six to eight inches; diameter at. 3*6 3X7 318 Fig 11—Large, Medium and Small Cob, Boone County White the butt one and eight-tenths inches; season one hun-dred and twenty to one hundred and thirty days. Benton corn is a long-eared, eight-rowed dentvariety which has been so modified that it is now nearlyof the flint type. As far as can be learned this varietywas taken from Pennsylvania to Guilford, Connecticut,by a member of the Hubbard family, while a soldier ofthe American revolution. It is claimed that the ccrn 32 THE BOOK OF CORN has been grown on the same farm by this family eversince it was first taken to Connecticut. The color iseither cream yellow, or, in some instances, copper kernels are of the flint type, except that they areslightly indented, al
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