CORN. 215 
ton, is very early but so small as to be worthless except asa 
curiosity. The Station has no seed. The mixed dent known 
as Bergs, comes the nearest to ripening of any kind tried so 
far. 
The ordinary dents, advertised as early by seedmen, will 
not ripen here. Illustrations are, Northwestern, Queen, 
Pride of the North, Early Butler, and others. The necessity 
for adaptation of varieties to locality is well shown in the 
table by the Whitecap dent. Seed which was raised at Prince- 
ton gave a stalk 8 feet high and did not form fullsized ker- 
nels Lefore frost. The same variety, which had been raised 
for a few years at Aitkin, grew 6 feet high and gave kernels 
which were well dented by fall. The Berg’s dent is a mixed 
strain of this yariety grown at Mentor in Polk Co., and this 
reaches a height of about five feet, and in that locality ripens 
every year. These areall Whitecap dent. Namesare useless 
in determining the kind of corn to plant. One must for his 
TABLE CVI.—Average Result with 18 Varieties of Dent Corn at Grand Rapids, 
Minn. 


No. of |Probability of 



Se ave we ee SE Rae 
fie: inches 
White PAlIOUSC cre scsesteesses ecco 2% 6 12-14 Ripe 
Mixed B.rg’s, (Polk County).. 5 | 8 12-16 Ripe 
NWVibibecaip:| PATtkit.ccscececesscasescscesess: 6 8-9 12-16 Dented 
White Sia A SHOVE orserecce osaoaseoeed 3) 8 10-14 Dented 
Yellow Western King, (Aitkin) 6 8 12-16 Dented 
Yellow Early Michigan............ 7 bes 16 Late Dough 
Yellow Early Yellow Canada... 64 9 16 Dough 
Whitecp Minnesota King........... 7 | bs) 8-12 Dough 
Yellow HATO ecetsretscsscueseasies es {/ 8 12-18 Late Milk 
Red Strp’d| Northwestern............... i 8-9 10-16 Late Milk 
Yellow Dakota Oveenti.-.----.--- ver | 8 12-20 Late Milk 
Yellow | Dakota Ycllow............. red 8 16 Milk 
Yellow Queen of the Prairie..... 8 8 16 Milk 
Yellow eaiialivs ell Uletsesrccccsesccecss 8 | 7-8 16 Milk 
Yellow Pride of the North........ re. | 8 12-16 Milk 
White Rastlers.---. neccocasscessogac: Of | 8 12-16 Milk 
WWihitecaip)| sErincetot.--.-s.1..-..------ 8 | 8-10 12-16 Immature 
BVElLON vam ON Opel a te.cneeneestencnc==nceerse 8 | 8-10 12-16 Immature 



