Compton's Early Corn
Stalks about ten feet high; ears bright yellow, ten to twelve inches long, often two on a stalk. It has matured in seventy six days from planting and yielded one hundred and eighty-one bushels shelled corn per acre. A case of ears was placed on exhibition at the Centennial, and a field was entered for the premiums offered by Mr. Conrad Wilson, of New York, and two prizes awarded it.
Originally listed in: 1881 D.M. Ferry Catalog
Stalks about ten feet high; ears bright yellow, ten to twelve inches long, often two on a stalk. It has matured in seventy six days from planting and yielded one hundred and eighty-one bushels shelled corn per acre. A case of ears was placed on exhibition at the Centennial, and a field was entered for the premiums offered by Mr. Conrad Wilson, of New York, and two prizes awarded it.
Originally listed in: 1881 D.M. Ferry Catalog