‘ 
824 
Pop. Flint. Dent. Soft. Sweet. Starchy-sweet. Totals. 
Pee ACR se es — 7 I ca Sener az 3 
We Dias ce es ea rag I 2 — ae 8 
cacy: A ae —-- = 6 — 6 
« France, "ee 2 2 I — 14 
mm Pero, te sca ee 2 os ae 2 
«Mexican Indian, = 8 13 a 3 28 
ae Venesieles oe 2 Sie aces 2 pee at — — 
fee Se inawmo oe — 6 mee 17 . Ae ad 
« U. S. Cultivation, 1884, 
Mess es ae 13 46 45 = my we 
Tole, So 9 St ep 46 as 3 243 
The hour at which first germination was noted at various tem- 
peratures, for each species, is given in the following table, the 
temperatures being the extremes during the trials : 
419-43.70 F. 45.30-50.70 F. 48.50-585°F 
Zea everta.—Dwarf Golden, .... 498 228 141 
White Peath, i Ss 378 228 141 
Amber Rice, Ses aeo 228 141 
Zea indurata,—Waushakum, .. . 331 228 | 142 
_Eight-rowed White, . . 331 216 159 
Zea indentata.—Adam’s Early, Loe 233 180 142 
Chester Co. Mammoth, . 233 168 142 
Zea amylacea.—Tuscarora, . . .. . 378 228 161 
Zuni Blue, . . ate 431 228 185 
Zea saccharata.—Stowell’s Evergreen,. 452 288 195 
Narragansett, .. . . . 498 300 id 
II. 
Zea everta, the Pop Corns. N. Y. Ex. Sta. 1884, 183; Lag 
59, fig. . | 
The kernel split laterally shows the chit and corneous 
enveloping. In some cases a fine starchy line. The small size of 
kernel and the property of « popping” makes identification certa!” 
Zea curagua Molin. Bonafous, Mais, 1836, 29. (A pearl por) 
Zea Mays Lam. Ill. 1823, 4. 749, fig.f. (A twelve-rowed Be 
Zea hirta Bonaf. |. c. ¢. 4. (A pearl pop). 
Zea rostrata Bonaf. |. c. 32. (A rice pop.) 
Zea Mays precox Bonaf.1.c. (A golden pop.) 
Zea Mays minima Bonaf.\.c. (A dwarf-golden pop): eo 
Zea canina Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 26: 161. (A rice pop.) - 
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