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Some of the commercial varieties of sweet com show this type 

 of grain, as, for example, the "Kendel's Early Giant" (44), of 

 which it was stated, in the report for 1904, "it is easily distin- 

 guished ^ * * by the peculiar appearance of the grains, 

 which are long- and thick, and not as much shriveled as are the 

 two sweet corns. " * * These facts suggest that it may be a 

 cross between the true sweet and a flint corn." 



By growing a crop from these blend grains, further information 

 may l^e obtained as to the permanence of the combination of quali- 

 ties above noted. 



''Rhode Island Yellow-Ne Plus Ultra" (142/62). Mr. J. B. 

 Johnson reports of this cross : "Made a rank gTowth from start ; 

 set from three to five ears to a stalk." The three ears submitted 

 from the test are all satisfactory, and, by selection, an early yellow 

 zigzag may be expected. 



"Hess'*^ (Q7). Red grains. Mr. J. W. Armstrong reports as 

 follows : "Planted May 6th ; roasting ears August 6th ; a little 

 later than the white of 'Hess,' but was on lower ground; quality 

 good ; all shades of red, from dark to white ; stalks and leaves 

 all shades, from dark purple to green; in cutting, I noticed two 

 or three purple all through, even the pith." 



"Hess" (97). White grains. Mr. J. W. Armstrong also grew 

 the white gTains of this cross, and reports: "The white grains 

 were planted May 6th and gave ears August 1st ; this is an ex- 

 .cellent corn, sweet and tender." 



The "Hess" is a strain of sweet corn with two colors of ears^ 

 the "red" and the "white," and seed of both colors were gTown in 

 isolation by the same breeder. In previous years, at the Garden 

 and elsewhere, the tw^o colors have been grown side by side with 

 other varieties, but in no instance has the red been found to make 

 any immediate mark upon the neighboring white ears, and no 

 white grains appear in the red ears. 



Mr. Armstrong grew a crop from red seed in 1905, and from 

 his report the following is taken: "Gathered twenty-four ears, 

 but some red ears were darker than others; there were no white 

 gi*ains on the red ears and no red gTains on the white ears." 



In his plot planted with white grains, he did not find any red 

 ears, but in the plot planted with the red grains there was three 

 per cent, or so (an exact record not being made) of white ears. 

 It is seen from this that the white gTains, in isolation, may breed 



