A NEW SERIES OF HYBRIDS BETWEEN DIVERSE TYPES. 25 



HYBRID DH 6, BROWNSVILLE BY CHINESE. 



Female 'parent. — A many-eared variety of white dent from Browns- 

 ville, Tex. The most striking peculiarity of this variety is the length 

 of the husks, which extend far beyond the tip of the ear and arc 

 tightly closed. Although the ear from which these plants were 

 grown was cross-pollinated, 9 seedlings out of 48 were albinos. The 

 yield of this variety would have been slightly higher if the growing 

 season had been longer, lower ears on many of the stalks being 

 immature. The plants were rather weak rooted and fell badly 

 before high winds. Average height, 9 feet 9 inches. The 15 plants 

 grown produced 25 ears and 8 nubbins, weighing 11.6 pounds. 



Male 'parent. — White Chinese similar to the male parent of hybrid 

 Dhl. 



Hybrid. — The plants showed few traces of the Chinese characters. 

 The ears were not lacking in uniformity. Husk characters similar to 

 the female parent. The full yielding power of this hybrid was not 

 shown on account of early frosts. No abnormalities. Average 

 height, 9 feet 6 inches. The 16 plants grown produced 35 ears and 

 17 nubbins, weighing 18.6 pounds. 



HYBRID EH 1, HOPI BY ALGERIAN POP. 



Female parent. — Same as the male parent of hybrid Ah3. 



Male parent. — A type from Algeria with beaked grains that must 

 be classed as pop corn. Its most pronounced peculiarities are the 

 position of the ears, which are only 2 or 3 nodes from the top of the 

 plant, and the nature of the pericarp, which is semiopaque but not 

 colored. No abnormalities. Average height, 5 feet. The 16 plants 

 grown produced 20 ears and 6 nubbins, weighing 5.5 pounds. 



Hybrid. — Plants uniform and intermediate. The ears produced 

 were quite unlike either parent, as large or larger than those of the 

 female parent, but with very small grains. The only abnormalities 

 were the production of ears at the base of the tassel on a few of the 

 suckers, two "bears' foot" ears, and one branched ear. Average 

 height, 9 feet 6 inches. The 15 plants grown produced 21 ears and 5 

 nubbins, weighing 13.6 pounds. 



HYBRID GH 2, TOM THUMB BY QUEZALTENANGO BLACK. 



Female parent. — A very small variety of pop corn. The plants are 

 from 8 inches to 2 feet in height and bear diminutive ears about 2 or 

 3 inches long. No abnormalities. The 6 plants grown produced 7 

 ears, weighing O.G pound. 



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