22 The Bulletin. 



notes on varieties op corn tested in 1907. 1 



Cocke's Prolific, from Edgeconibe-grown seed, ranked second in 

 1900, 1901 and 1904, first in 1902, 1903, 1905 and 1906, and 

 eleventh in 1907, at the Edgecombe farm; at Red Springs it stood 

 fifth in 1900 and third in 1901 ; at Iredell, from Edgecombe-grown 

 seed, sixth in 1904, first in 1905, seventh in 1906, and sixth in 1907 ; 

 at Transylvania, second in 1906. The yield from Tennessee-grown 

 seed of this variety at Edgecombe was seventh in 1903, twelfth in 

 1904, fourteenth in 1905, ninth in 1906, and second in 1907 ; four- 

 teenth in 1904, tenth in 1905, twenty-first in 1906, and fifteenth in 

 1907 at Iredell; twenty-eighth in 1906 at Transylvania. From 

 Experiment Station-grown seed, originally from Edgecombe farm, 

 Cocke's Prolific ranked twenty-fourth in 1906 at Transylvania. The 

 results of comparative varietal tests conducted during the past eight 

 years on the test farms indicate this to be a most substantial and 

 reliable variety; in fact, one of the best varieties thus far tested for 

 growth on the sandy loam soils of the esatern portion of the State. 

 One defect, however, with this variety is that the grains are too short. 



Weekley's Improved is a very good variety, having ranked first and 

 second at the Iredell and Edgecombe farms as an average of four and 

 seven years' trials, respectively. It is fairly early in maturity, and 

 can be grown with more safety than most of the other varieties when 

 only a short growing season is afforded. At the Edgecombe farm it 

 ranked in 1900 third, in 1901 first, in 1902, 1905 and 1906 second, 

 but in 1903 and 1904 it fell down to tenth and thirteenth places, 

 respectively, and in 1907 ranked third. In 1901 it was first at Red 

 Springs ; in 1903 sixth, in 1904 tenth, in 1905 second, in 1906 first, 

 and in 1907 fifteenth at Iredell ; and in 1906 fifth at Transylvania. 

 This variety has a little smaller ear and cob than Cocke's Prolific. 



Sanders' Improved, from Georgia-grown seed, ranked fourth in 

 1900, third in 1901, fourth in 1902 and in 1906, seventeenth in 



1903, third in 1904, fourth in 1905, and eighteenth in 1907 at the 

 Edgecombe farm; sixth in 1901 at Red Springs; and tenth in 1903, 

 ninth in 1904, thirteenth in 1905, fifteenth in 1906, and sixteenth in 

 1907 at Iredell; and third in 1906 at Transylvania. This variety 

 produces an ear about the size of Cocke's Prolific, but contains a 

 smaller cob by about three to six per cent, and consequently requires 

 about three to five pounds less of corn on the ear, as shown by an 

 average of the result of the past eight years, to shell a bushel of corn. 



Holt's Strawberry occupied first place in 1900, sixth in 1901, 1902 

 and 1906, fifteenth in 1903, twenty-fifth in 1904, seventh in 1905, 

 and twenty-second in 1907 at the Edgecombe farm; ninth in 1900 

 and second in 1901 at Red Springs; eighth in 1903, sixteenth in 



1904, nineteenth in 1905 and 1907, and twenty-fourth in 1906 at 



1 The basis of rank in these notes is according to the yield of bushels cf shelled 

 corn per acre. 



