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 by August 1st; strong grower; two good ears on most stalks; 

 quality excellent at its best stage." The ears sent to the Experi- 

 ment Station were fine and showed the usual percentage of whito 

 gTains. Some of the kernels showed some excess of starch, but 

 probably not due to mixture in the field. 



"Mexican-Boslyn Hybrid" (09/75). Black grains. Mr. F. B. 

 Kilmer reports upon this cross as follows : "This corn grew well ; 

 abaut fiA^e and one-half feet high, about two ears to each stalk and 

 was of excellent quality for eating — in fact, those who used it 

 state that it was the best sweet corn which had ever been pro- 

 duced." The package of ears brought in showed that the cross 

 was far from fixed, and that there was much hope, by selection, 

 of securing a desirable sort. 



Mr. A. R. Lewis grew the same cross and color of seed grains, 

 and "used twelve ears for the table and the corn gave entire satis- 

 faction." Six ears were sent to the Experiment Station, and of 

 these three were solid black and the other three showed a small 

 percentage of white, and, in addition, one of the last-named had 

 an admixture of yellow dent that, it is inferred, came from some 

 field corn growing in the neighborhood. This last ear is particu- 

 larly interesting, because it shows the blending of the dark and 

 yellow color in all the dark flint grains. In other words, these 

 grains carry the starch and the sugar characteristics — the latter 

 hidden or recessive, and two colors, both in sight — and furnish a 

 stock for breeding and selection. 



'^Mexican-Garwood" (99/94). Black grains. Mr. Henry R. 

 Jones reports upon his test of this cross as follows : "Yield was 

 very good and it was fit to eat about the same time as other corn 

 that was planted two w^eeks earlier ; very much pleased with the 

 corn; a very delicious table corn." 



The same cross from white grains was grown upon the Home 

 Grounds and showed much of promise. It is mentioned elsewhere. 



"Golden Bmitam-Alarblehead" (34/51). This cross was groAm 

 by M]'. W. B. Cook, who sent a very attractive ear — almost ideal, 

 barring, perhaps, a taper that some growers and experts object to. 

 All the crop was accidentally destroyed excepting this single ear, 

 and therefore another generation will need to be grown before 

 seed can be offered for testing. Mr. Cook writes : "We tested it 

 on the table and it was very good." This is a promising cross. 



