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The question is often asked, "What is the best variety 

 to plant?" The table of yields shows that the leading 

 variety one year may not be the next year, because the 

 weather conditions favorable to it may not prevail. 

 However, those varieties like Mosby, Marlboro, Has- 

 tings, Alexander Prolific, Sanders, etc., that have led or 

 been among the leaders many times can be recom- 

 mended. 



Among the most productive varieties of each of 

 the eleven years covered by the above table, Hastings 

 and Mosby each were included six times; Sanders and 

 Alexander Prolific each five times; Unimproved Henry 

 Grady three times; Weekley, Garric, and Improved 

 Henry Grady each two times (tested against a larger 

 number of varieties than Unimproved Henry Grady 

 was) ; and Stone, Shaw, Davis Poor Land, Jackson 

 Red Cob, Coker E-1, and McGregor each one time. 



Marlboro variety occurred each year in the test with 

 from fourteen to twenty varieties, and made an av- 

 erage of 108; that is, averaged 8 percent above the av- 

 erage of all varieties. 



It is a prolific variety; the stalk is medium in size; 

 the cob is white; and the kernels are hard and fairly 

 deep. 



Mosby occurred ten times and made an average of 

 109 and a ranking of 4.1. It is one of the most produc- 

 tive prolific varieties. Its ears are medium size; its 

 kernels medium hard; it has a white cob. 



Sanders appears nine times in the table and makes 

 an average of 111. The ears of this variety are short, 

 though larger in diameter than Mosby or Marlboro, 

 The kernels are deep, rather soft and subject to injury 

 by weevils. Its cob is white. 



Jackson Red Cob is a typical non-prolific variety. It 

 requires 124 ears and nubbins to shell a bushel. The 

 average yield for nine years is 94, or 6 percent below 

 the average of all varieties for those years tested. Its 

 kernels are deep and medium hard. It has a red cob. 



