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size. It, with Boone County White (Tenn.), Iowa Silver Mine, 

 Learning Yellow and Riley's Favorite, were the earliest maturing 

 varieties at the Iredell farm this year. 



McMackins Gourd Seed, in shelled corn, was nineteenth, fif- 

 teenth, and fifth at Edgecombe ; twentieth, twenty-eighth, and twenty- 

 fifth at Iredell in 1904, 1905, and 1906, respectively; eighteenth, 

 seventh, and twentieth in 1904, 1905, and 1906 at Experiment Sta- 

 tion; and eighth in 1906 at Transylvania. Medium in date of matu- 

 rity. 



Currituck, which is grown rather extensively in some sections of 

 the Piedmont Plateau of ISTorth Carolina, ranked in 1904, 1905, and 

 1906 twenty-second, twenty-third, eleventh, and eleventh, twenty- 

 second, eighteenth at the Edgecombe and Iredell farms, respectively ; 

 in 1906 ninth at Experiment Station; and in 1906 seventeenth at 

 Transylvania. Its ears are large and contain a medium high percent- 

 age of cob to grain. The results at the Iredell farm this year indicate 

 it to be a rather late maturing variety. . 



Shellems Prolific ranked at Iredell seventeenth in 1904, tenth in 

 1905, and twelfth in 1906; at Edgecombe, nineteenth in 1905, and 

 fourteenth in 1906 ; at Experiment Station, sixteenth in 1905, and 

 eighth in 1906; and fifteenth at Transylvania in 1906. It has a 

 small ear and is early when gi'own in Western JSTorth Carolina. 



Eureka ranked twelfth in 1905, and seventh in 1906, at Edge- 

 combe; twenty-sixth in 1905, and_ twenty-third in 1906, at Iredell; 

 nineteenth in 1905 and twenty-first in 1906 at Experiment Station; 

 and fourth in 1906 at Transylvania. This variety has a white ear 

 with a comparatively high percentage of cob to grain. 



Hickory King, from Tennessee-grown seed, ranlvcd ninth in 1901, 

 sixth in 1903 and 1905, and eleventh in 1906, at Edgecombe; thir- 

 teenth in 1903, sixth in 1905, and eighth in 1906, at Iredell; eighth 

 in 1901 at Red Springs; eleventh in 1903, sixth in 1905, and second 

 in 1906, at Experiment Station'; and first in 1906 at Transylvania. 

 From Virginia-grown seed it stood tenth in 1905 and twenty-sixth 

 in 1906 at Edgecombe; eleventh in 1905 at Iredell; eleventh in 1905 

 at Experiment Station; and twenty-first in 1906 at Transylvania. 

 This is a prolific variety with small ears and broad and shallow 



gi'ams. 



Tliomas' Improved ranked fourteenth in 1904, fourth in 1905, and 

 eleventh in 1906, at Iredell; third in 1905 and thirtieth in 1906 at 

 Edgecombe; second in 1905 at Experiment Station; and fourteenth 

 in 1906 at Transylvania. This is a vigorous rank-growing variety 

 that matures rather late. 



Peele's Prolific stood eighteenth in 1905 and nineteenth in 1906 at 

 Edgecombe ; seventeenth in 1905 and 1906 at Iredell ; seventh in 1905 

 and twenty-second in 1906 at Experiment Station; and ninth in 1906 

 at Transylvania. 



