The Bulletin. 



MEDIUM MATURING VARIETIES. 



Biggs' Prolific, Craig's Prolific White, Cocke's Prolific, and Craig's 

 Prolific Strawberry mature at a medium date in the fall, and some 

 of these are our most prolific varieties. All these will mature on the 

 difterent types of soil of the State, if planted before July 1. 



LATE MATURING VARIETIES. 



It has been found that Holt's Strawberry, Sanders' Improved, 

 Weekley's Improved and Mosby's Prolific, in the order named, are 

 the latest maturing varieties tested during the past three years. 

 These varieties generally produce a large and tall stalk when grown 

 under conditions as represented by the Statesville Farm, i. e., the 

 results of the past three years' tests at that place indicate as much. 



VARIETIES ADAPTED TO THE EAST. 



A study of the results of the variety tests conducted at the Edge- 

 combe Farm during the past six years indicates that the varieties of 

 corn best suited to the fine loamy soils of the eastern and southwestern 

 parts of the State are Cocke's Prolific, Biggs' Seven Ear, Weekley's 

 Improved, Marlboro Prolific, Craig's Prolific Strawberry, Sanders' 

 Improved, and Holt's Strawberry, in about the order in which they 

 are arranged. Cocke's Prolific and Biggs' Seven Ear have proven 

 exceedingly promising varieties. All these varieties, except Holt's 

 Strawberry and Craig's Prolific Strawberry, are white and prolific, 

 and produce medium to small ears. 



VARIETIES ADAPTED TO PIEDMONT AND WEST. 



It has been found from a testing of thirty-eight varieties during 

 the past three years at the Iredell Farm located in the piedmont sec- 

 tion that Weekley's Improved, Biggs' Seven Ear, Craig's Prolific 

 White, Cocke's Prolific, Sanders' Improved, and Boone County White 

 are the largest yielders of shelled corn per acre of all the varieties 

 thus far tested. These, too, are all white varieties and are medium 

 to medium-late in maturity. The best of the varieties tested at the 

 western farm are almost the same as for the east, but the order of 

 prolificacy is somewhat different. 



METHODS OF IMPROVEMENT. 



At present there are three methods in common practice for the 

 improvement of corn by seed selection, viz. : (1) importation or buy- 

 ing of improved seed; (2) field selection of the best home-grown 

 seed; and (3) home field selection and gi'owing of corn for seed pur- 

 poses in an isolated field. 



