airs, twelve to sixteen rowed, eleven to thirteen inches
long, broadest at the base, and tapering gradually towards the tip,
which is bluntly rounded; kernel bright-yellow, long and narrow, or
tooth-formed, paler at the outer end, but not indented; cob white.

The variety ripens perfectly in the Middle States, but is not suited to
the climate of New England.

ILLINOIS WHITE.

Western White.

Similar in its general character to the Illinois Yellow. Kernel
rice-white; cob generally white, but sometimes red.

KING PHILIP, OR BROWN.

Improved King Philip.

Ears ten to twelve inches in length, uniformly eight-rowed when the
variety is pure or unmixed; kernel copper-red, rather large, somewhat
broader than deep, smooth and glossy; cob comparatively small,
pinkish-white; stalk six feet in height, producing one or two ears,
about two feet and a half from the ground.

In warm seasons, it is sometimes fully ripened in ninety days from the
time of planting; and may be considered as a week or ten days earlier
than the Common New-England Eight-rowed, of which it is apparently an
improved variety.

Very productive, and recommended as one of the best field sorts now in
cultivation. In good soil and favorable seasons, the yield per acre is
from seventy-five to ninety bushels; although crops are recorded of a
hundred and ten, and even of a hundred and twenty bushels.

As grown in different localities, and even in the product of the same
field, there is often a marked variation in the depth of color, arising
either from the selection of paler seed, or from the natural tendency of
the variety toward the clear yellow of the New-England Eight-rowed. A
change of color from yellowish-red to paler red or yellow should be
regarded as indicative of degeneracy.

Said to have originated on one of the islands in Lake Winnipiseogee,
N.H.

NEW-ENGLAND EIGHT-ROWED.

Stalk six or seven feet high, producing one or two ears, which are from
ten to eleven inches long, and uniformly eight-rowed; kernel broader
than deep, bright-yellow, smooth and glossy; cob comparatively small,
white.

The variety is generally grown in hills three feet and a half apart in
each direction, and five or six plants allowed to a hill; the yield
varying from fifty to seventy bushels to the acre, according to season,
soil, and cultivation. It is a few days later than the King Philip, but
ripens perfectly in the Middle States and throughout New England;
ex