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Fig. 3. — Two Michigan grown ears of Ried's Yellow Dent. 



Fig. 4. — ^A. study of kernels. 



The upper three kernels are well proportioned and occupy completely the space between the cir- 

 cumference of the ear and the circumference of the cob. 



The upper right hand two kernels are poorly shaped and leave a lot of unoccupied space. 



The lower right hand two kernels show how tne white rice popcorn kernels occupy the space. 



The lower two kernels are of the shoe-peg type. 



The left two kernels show the relative snape and position of flint kernels as compared with the 

 upper three dent kernels. 



