ber of cobs assigned to this race was only 82, about one 
percent of the total identified cobs. 
Although not common in Mexico today, Harinoso is 
important as one of the progenitors of a number of races. 
According to Wellhausen et al. (1952) Harinoso de Ocho 
has given rise directly to the widely grown race Tablon- 
cillo and indirectly to Jala, Bolita, Celaya, and Cénico 
Norteno and is also related to Olotillo of southwestern 
Mexico. Evidence presented by Galinat and Gunnerson 
(1963) indicates that Harinoso de Ocho is the progenitor 
of the eight-rowed flour corn of the upper Mississippi 
and the eight-rowed flint corn of New England. This in 
turn makes it one of the ancestors of Corn Belt dent 
corn of the United States. It may also be, as suggested 
above, one of the progenitors of Breve de Padilla which 
became the predominating race of Romero’s Cave be- 
tween A.D. 1450-1800. 
Nal- Tel. (Plate X, B). A total of 40 cobs were as- 
signed to the race Nal-Tel which is the eastern low- 
land counterpart of Chapalote and was the predominating 
race in La Perra Cave in eastern ‘lamaulipas. Its low 
frequency in Infiernillo Canyon compared to the high 
frequency of Chapalote indicates that there was little 
interchange of cultivated corn varieties between the 
peoples represented by these two caves which are physi- 
cally only about 75 miles apart. 
Palomero Jalisciense. (Plate IX, B). A total of 37 
cobs were assigned to this race which is described by 
Wellhausen et a/.(1952) as a subrace of Palomero Tolu- 
queno, one of the Ancient Indigenous races of Mexico. 
The subrace differs from the ancestral race in having 
thicker cobs and a higher kernel-row number. Among 
the living races of Mexico, it has been collected only in 
southern Jalisco at elevations of 2600 to 2700 meters. 
In comparison to Palomero ‘Toluqueno, it is slightly 
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