3!)0 NEW JEESEY AGRICULTUEAL COLLEGE 



produced mueli larger ears, that, at the same time, exhibited a 

 remarkable variety of forms. Room for only four of these vras- 

 found in the engraving. The contrast, for examj)le, between the 

 ears at 2 and. 5 is indeed striking, but not unexpected, for the 

 former adheres closely to the ''Bantam'' type, while the other is 

 that of the ''Banana," with its long, angular grains, irregularly 

 disposed. An ear like the one at 4 is of unusually fine form and 

 size, and may be considered a blend of the two parental types, 

 and the one at 3 is similar, but much smaller, and possibly less 

 desirable, unless two were generally produced upon the same plant. 



"Golden Bantam-Rnhy" (34/76). — The "Ruby" differs from 

 the ordinary varieties of corn in having the jilants purple gener- 

 ally throughout, with the exception of the grains and the leaves ;. 

 in the latter, however, the midrib is purple, and the expansion 

 from it somewhat of the same color. In the husks and cobs the 

 purple is quite intense, as also in the tassel and silk. It is seen 

 that the plants, as a whole, have an unusual color character aside 

 from the grains. In the latter there are interesting variations, 

 some ears having the kernels of the ordinary white kind, while 

 others show the discoloration of the purple in certain localities,, 

 and reminding one of the similar shade of red that is found in the 

 ''blood" orange. 



As gi'own for the past three years, the ''Ruby" has shown itself 

 to be a tall, stout-stemmed, late sort, with large, well-shaped, 

 usually twelve-rowed ears, and grains broad and fairly deep. A 

 cross with a smaller and earlier variety, as the ''Golden Bantam,"^ 

 is seen to be justifiable, and the peculiarities above noted add not 

 a little to the interest one might take in such a combination. From 

 an early stage the crossed plants showed much variability, some of 

 them coming into bloom Avhile others were pushing on to nearly 

 the double heiglit of their neighbors. By the middle of July, it 

 was observed that some stalks were green while others showed the 

 purple color, and, later on, the former produced straw-colored or 

 pinkish tassels and silks while the main portion of the thirty hills 

 showed conspicnous purple tassels and silks. A count was made 

 of the plants and ninety-six were of the pui-ple type, some of them 

 showing this color even in the blade of the leaf, while but eighteen 

 were of the green type. It was found that the size of the plant 

 above considered was not associated with either color type. If 

 the purple is a dominant character of the Mendelian order, theo- 



