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ear per stalk and smaller yields per acre than the two-eared varieties. 

 It is medium early in maturity. 



Marlboro Prolific, from South Carolina-grown seed, from Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, ranked thirteenth in 1903, second in 1904, eleventh 

 in 1905, eighth in 1906 and eighteenth in 1907 at the Edgecombe 

 farm; third in 1903, twelfth in 1905, sixth in 1906 and seventh in 

 1907 at Iredell ; and seventh in 1906 at Transylvania. From South 

 Carolina-grown seed, from Excelsior Seed Farm, Marlboro Prolific 

 ranked fourth in 1907 at the Edgecombe farm. This variety has an 

 ear a little larger in size than Cocke's Prolific, and has a decidedly 

 strong tendency to bear more than one ear to each stalk. 



Iowa Silver Mine, from Illinois seed, ranked fourteenth at both 

 Edgecombe and Iredell farms in both 1903 and 1904, twenty-fourth 

 at both in 1905, twenty-first in 1906, and twenty-third in 1907 at 

 Edgecombe, and twenty-sixth in 1906, twenty-fifth in 1907 at Ire- 

 dell; and thirty-first in 1906 at Transylvania. This is a white, 

 large-eared corn that has a smaller percentage of cob to grain than 

 Cocke's Prolific. Its grains are well shaped, showing the effect of 

 prolonged and intelligent breeding and selection. This is one of the 

 earliest varieties which the Department has tested. 



Mosby's Prolific, from Mississippi-grown seed, ranked fifth in 

 1900, twelfth in 1903, eighteenth in 1904, twenty-second in 1905, 

 seventeenth in 1906 and twenty-ninth in 1907 at Edgecombe; third 

 in 1900 at Red Springs; seventh in 1903, eighteenth in 1904, thirty- 

 first in 1905, twenty-sixth in 1906 and thirteenth in 1907 at Iredell; 

 and twenty-seventh in 1906 at Transylvania. It has a large propor- 

 tion of stalk to ear, as it has a large istalk. 



Williams' ranked in 1904 fourth and fifteenth, in 1905 twenty- 

 first and fifth, in 1906 twelfth and fourth, and in 1907 fourteenth 

 and twenty-sixth at Edgecombe and Iredell, respectively; and thir- 

 teenth in 1906 at Transylvania. This variety has a large, tall stalk 

 and large ears that contain a medium high percentage of cob, espe- 

 cially when grown at Iredell. It seems better suited to bottom than 

 up land. 



Boone County Special stood ninth and sixteenth in 1904, sixteenth 

 and fifteenth in 1905, twenty-seventh and twenty-seventh in 1906, 

 and twenty-fifth and thirteenth in 1907, respectively, at the Edge- 

 combe and Iredell farms; and thirteenth in 1906 at Transylvania. 

 The ears are rather below the medium in size. 



McMachins Gourd Seed ranked nineteenth, fifteenth, fifth and 

 twenty-second at Edgecombe; twentieth, twenty-eighth, twenty-fifth 

 and eighteenth at Iredell in 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907, respectively, 

 and eighth in 1906 at Transylvania. Medium in date of maturity. 



Currituck, which is grown rather extensively in some sections of 

 the Piedmont Plateau of North Carolina, ranked twenty-second in 

 1904, eleventh in 1905 and twenty-second in 1906 at Edgecombe; 



