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ducecl shorter plants, very uniformly so, and noticeable to any 

 ordinary observer, that were somewhat earlier in coming to table 

 maturity. Concerning- the effect of the form of the seed grain 

 upon that of the crop, it may be written that nothing definite was 

 observed. The harvest of the two sets of plants was made sepa- 

 rately with the following results: Long grain seed had 13 ears 

 zigzag, 15 ears straight-rowed, and 15 ears mixed, making a 

 total of 43; broad grain seed had 9 ears zigzag, 21 ears straight 

 rowed and 7 ears mixed, making a total of 37. 



The long grains gave the better yield of ears, and had a larger 

 percentage of the zigzag type, especially when it is understood that 

 the "mixed" group included any ears that had departed from the 

 straight-rowed. When the two lots are combined, the results are : 

 Zigzag, 22 ; straight-rowed, 36 ; mixed, 22 ; which show that when 

 the seed is from zigzag ears the output of straight-rows is nearly 

 fifty percentum. 



The "Golden Bantam-Premier" Cross (34/71). 



The above cross gave one of the best crops of all the sweet 

 corns. A block of thirty-two' hills was planted upon Plot i, 

 Series IV., May i8th, the seed being yellow grains from four ears 

 (two twins) twelve to fourteen-rowed. The stalks were stout and 

 of medium height, and bore ears of table maturity August 20th. 

 As seen in the field the ears are long and somewhat slender- 

 pointed, and there is no exposure of the tips of the ears as they 

 mature. The form of the ear is well shown in Plate II., where in 

 the upper half six pairs of twins are shown, those with eight rows 

 of grains being placed to the left. While the seed was all from ears 

 of twelve or fourteen-rowed, a majority of the crop was made up 

 of eigth-rowed ears showing the strong tendencv of this cross 

 to keep to the number that prevails in the male parent and fre- 

 quently met with in the "Premier." For a medium-early sweet 

 corn the three pairs of ears shown at the right hand of the set 

 of twelve under consideration are worthy of remark, and from 

 these it is hoped to select for a further improvement of the type of 

 ear. It may be possible to increase the number of rows and, at 



