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Tom Thumb (A). Produced some ears of Minnesota sweet 
-{A). Some flints and some some soft kernels in the crop. 
Dwarf Early (A). Produced some ears of Eight-rowed Early 
Sweet (A), and some ears of Crosby’s Early sweet (B). Some 
flint kernels j in the crop. 
Landreth’s Sugar (C). Produced some ears of Long Yellow 
flint (A). Sweet kernels and dent kernels in the crop. 
! Marblehead Mammoth (B). Produced some ears of Genesee 
_ Sweet (B). Some flint and many dent kernels in the crop. 
Amber Cream (B). Produced some ears of Crosby’s Early 
Sweet (B). Some flint kernels in the crop. . 
Black Mexican (A). Produced some ears of Black Sugar 
_ Sweet (B). Some flint, some soft and some dent kernels in the 
crop. : 
Squantum (C). Produced some ears of Genesee sweet (B). 
Some flint, some dent and some soft kernels in the crop. 
Egyptian sweet (C). “Produced some ears of Crosby’s Early | 
Sweet (B). Some flint and some dent kernels in the crop. 
The number of plantings that,.produced off and named ears 
__ and off kernels in their crop, according to their sai are sum- 
_ marized in the following table: : 
| 7 
_|| Pop. |} Flint. |) Dent. Soft. || Sweet 
No. of | : 
sr 5 a nm | wn | RB 1 
plantings. “an 3 : 3 c 3 : Fe ale : 
BSS SES tes 8 | & 
jl fc | andl | La ll | nl Pal | el Bl 
Zea everta, ate (gee ro  |}—/—liolafio!ollololio|t 
Lea indurate,.. | ) Is | 5 ||—|—l} 4] 4]]0|0]] 2] 
Zea iar aking Me eS II 1/1}}6/6};—|—|| oo] oj; of 3 
Zea amylacea, ‘ 3 |}Olo} 2| 2]; 0} o}}—|—]/ 0} 0 
Zea Saccharata,.... . , 28 ;jo;oy 8 28}//1/} 8], 0} 5 |} —j}— 
_ This phenomena of atavism, as the outcome of the crossing 
_ Of corn, has apparently escaped the notice of writers, and the tes- 
_ timony here furnished is in evidence of its frequent occurrence. 
In 1882 seed of Waushakum flint was planted alongside _ 
A many other varieties, and exposed to crossings of many sorts. _ 
No peel of other eee was: 3 observed i in the Fes dn Motes - 
