3S2 NEW JERSEY AGEICULTUBAL COLLEGE 



one-fourth sweet and wrinkled. The difference is so marked that 

 it is showTi in the various ears as seen in the plate. A student 

 counted the shelled grains from ten. average ears, with the result 

 that 3,267 were flint and 1,103 wrinkled, thus giving 7-1.8 per 

 cent, of flints, or within two-tenths of a per cent, of the theoretical 

 amount. The range of percentages among the ears was from 68.4 

 to 78.1. The flint and wrinkled grains (4,370) of the above ten 

 ears were very thoroughly mixed together and divided into ten 

 practically equal lots. These, when separated into the two types, 

 showed a range of from 70.0 to 78.8. In other words, the mixing 

 in nature approximated that done intentionally by man. Accord- 

 ing to theory, the sweet grains (when jDlanted in isolation) will 

 produce ears with the grains all sweet, and, therefore, it is in- 

 tended thus to plant a block upon the Home Grounds and offer 

 packets for testing to those who may be pleased to grow it. It is 

 hoped to get, in this way, a sweet corn with much of the vigor of 

 the '^Adams" combined with the fine qualities of the "Crosby." 



THE "MEXICAN-GENTLEMAN" CROSSES. 



The crosses here considered were made in 1903, have been 

 grown for the last three years, and a record for each successive 

 season has been given in previous reports. 



Of the cross of "Country Gentleman." upon "Black Mexican" 

 (19/99) the grains selected for the last season were fro'm straight- 

 rowed ears and they made an even block of plants, above the 

 average in height, bearing the medium-sized ears high from the 

 ground. The yield was not large but the quality was fine. At 

 harvest time thirty-six good ears were secured, thirty-one of which 

 Avere straight-rowed and only five partially zigzag, the irregularly 

 IDlaced grains being in the upper half of the ear. The ears were all 

 solid white, so that, in this case, the dark "blood" of the cross 

 probably is not present. 



The reciprocal of the above, namely, the "Mexican" upon the 

 "Country Gentleman" (99/19), also three years from the cross 

 was likewise grown in a block of thirty hills and produced plants 

 of the same ty^DC. White grains only were planted and the crop 

 was entirely free from dark grains. The ears were medium-sized 

 and borne high upon the stalks, and of the twenty-six, gathered 



