3SG NKW .IKK'SKV AC UK lI/i'L liAL COLLEGE 



uiih its iMMi- c-.n. iifiiihlMpr, an earlier maturing cross planted sev- 

 i-nti«t'n (lavs earlier. The jdants were large and stout, bearing 

 gre<-n tass'els aiul silks f<.ll«.\ve(l by large, broad ears borne high 

 u|M.n the stalks. 'I'he cross retained much of the "Evergreen" type 

 thruu-hniit an.! the grains had nearly the length of those of 

 "Sfuweirs." and there is hope that this will make an acceptable 

 mid-s«'as..ii variety. One ear had a preponderance of dark grains, 

 !«ugi;esting that the attempt to eliminate the "black blood" failed 

 ill one instance, and, as a result, all the ears showed a small per- 

 centage of dark grains. 



"Mexican-Sfnimi Evergreen" (99/27). — This is a peculiar 

 cniss'lKvause the "Evergreen" has a color character that is deeper- 

 seated than the grain, that i^, the ears vary in the amount of red 

 markings and are units in this respect. Sometimes an ear is solid 

 red. inclnding the ct>b, while another is of the ordinary white typo, 

 while others iiave all the grains alike, striped. The block of forty- 

 tive hills, irrown the jiresent season, was from white grains of the 

 cross ami from an ear with a white cob. Of the fifty-eight ears 

 harveste<l, fonr were with a majority of the grains black, showing 

 that the >L'L'd> planted carrieil the dark blood of the "Mexican;" 

 one ear was solid red and one with all its grains striped. It is 

 interesting to note that two grains, neither of them showing any of 

 the rcfl cdldi-, ileveloped ])lants, one of which produced a solid rod 

 ear and tlu.' other one that cond)ined the red and white to make the 

 .ircniiine striped type. It was also observed that two ears were with 

 ili<-ir grains nninifestly zigzag. It is, of course, possible that this 

 may have resulted from a mixing with the previous season with 

 SOUK' of the zigzag sorts. 



''Mrxlcan-MetropolUau'' (00/50). — This was a block purposely 

 Itlanted late, but reaching maturity and making a large groAvth of 

 stalks ;ind ears of a desirable tyi)e, usually twelve-rowed, and 

 ,irraiiis of fiiir leii-ili. There was a small percentage of dark 

 V'rains, ..wing to the presence of a kernel in the seed that evidently 

 was not j)ure white. 



■-Mr.rirnn-l'rrri/'s H ,/hrl,1" ( 00/00) .—IFerc, again, the plant- 

 in-: was hife (.Inne^Oth), but the long season permitted the cro]> 

 to nnitnre. Of the thirty ears gathered for seed September 12th, 

 one sh..\v<-.j ihiit th.iv was dark blood in the grain planted and 

 all the others sliowe.l some black kernels. The ears are of fiir 

 size and of han.Unnie shape, l.eing tw(dve-rowed, with the grains 

 of iiodd .lepih. ( )m.- ear had \^mk\A\ kernels and cob. 



