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TABLE CV.—Average Results with 8 Varieties of Flint Corn at Grand Rapids, Minn. 


No. of |Probability of 

Color NAME ees ts ever Rows of | Ripening at 
i Kernels |Grand Rapids 
A | ft Inches 
White and! . en ae = = : 
Blk Mix’d SOME NI fecosen 6 55, coos00000000" 3% 7 8 Ripe 
White Nortb Dakota White.... 4l4 8 8 Ripe 
x . Gehn or | , RAG : 
Yellow { North Dak. Yellow, | 41% 8 8-12 Ripe 
Yellow WUE Sits coocedabcoooodesnsacce 6 9 12 Glazed 
Yellow SMIWEWOS er ercesee er cseese sos 6 12 8-12 Glazed 
Yellow ADA BU Te oy ols oceoocbonncccoubsone 6 10 12-14. Glazed 
Red Kein oP biliipieescase-ssescens-c 7 10 8 Dough 
Yellow Wonptollonaescseteeceseects 7 10 8 Dough 






The squaw corn will ripen anywhere in the state, and 
planted about two feet apart, is fairly productive. The ears 
spring from the stalk near the base, which is troublesome in 
cutting. 
North Dakota white flint is squaw corn, selected and im- 
proved as the table shows, and is preferable to the former. 
Gehn or North Dakota yellow corn is the earliest yellow 
flint of any size. This type forms the basis of many strains 
of early yellow flint that are being ripened at the Wadena, 
Crookston and other points. There are several names for 
this kind of flint, and considerable difference between the 
strains, but the short stalk seldom growing over 5 feet high, 
with ears seldom more than 8 inches long, may be safely 
taken as an index of its earliness in every case. 
The Mercer, with a slightly improved modification, (the 
Triumph), represents the next type of flint. Thestalk reaches 
Six, Sometimes seven feet in length and the ears are 9 to 12 
inches long. To this class the Smutnose belongs. These flints 
are not safe in this latitude, seldom reaching morethan glaz- 
ing stage before frost. The red King Philip and the yellow 
Longfellow, 8 rowed flints, with stalks 7 feet high and ears 
10 to 12 inches long, are still later types and do not get 
beyond the dough stage. 
Dent is not considered as early or reliable as flint for pio- 
neer localities. Table CVI gives 18 varieties, grown from 
two to seven years, selected as types from the 30 kinds tried. 
As with flint, the size and height of stalk are the best indica- 
tion of earliness. The Palousecorn obtained from Washing- 
