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DESCRIPTION OF PLATE IV. 



Fig. 1. — Hybrid and parents: Hill in center, a first generation hybrid of GiLman 

 Flint 9 X Hickory King $ , grown from one kernel (experiment 5a); hill on right, 

 Gilman Flint, the mother parent; hill on left, Hickory King, the father parent. 



Fig. 2. — Ear of sweet corn, the smooth kernels of which show xenia from crossing 

 with pollen of a yellow dent race. Natural size. (See p. 24. ) 



Fig. 3. — Ear of Gilman Flint, the wrinkled kernels of which show xenia from 

 crossing with Stowell's Evergreen. Natural size. (See p. 29.) 



