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largely on account of the late planting. Upon August 17th the 

 plants were past bloom, and upon the 29th (103 days) the ears 

 were tested upon the table, they being of fine size and shape and 

 of superior quality. The harvest was made at several dates, the 

 ears being kept in separate lots. A violent rain and windstorm 

 prostrated the plot of plants, which interfered somewhat with the 

 study of the plants during the last weeks of their season. 



In the upper half of Plate III. is shown a dozen ears of the 

 cross in question, all of them pairs of twins. The first pair upon 

 the left and the next tO' the last to the right are solid yellow, while 

 the others represent the main crop oi mixed ears, the yellow out- 

 numbering the white grains three to one. The ears, as may be 

 seen from the samples, follow the "Stowell" parent to' a large de- 

 gree and are, therefore, not small and slender and eight-rowed 

 like the "Golden Bantam." For ordinary purposes the ears are 

 large enough, of a desirable cylindrical shape and, when grown 

 singly, are well filled out to- the end. Without any intention of 

 showing this feature, it is toi be seen that usually one of each 

 pair^ — the older toi the right — has the good characteristic here in 

 mind. The grains are not as long as the "Stowell," but it w^a;s 

 expected to lose somewhat in this respect in getting an earlier corn. 

 When the cross under consideration is improved by selection 

 there is much hope of getting a medium crop, large-eared, high 

 quality sweet corn, and it may be either yellow or white, as the 

 grower chooses, for out of the same cross, both colors are pro- 

 duced. In case of the yellow, there will be some white grains 

 lingering unless close breeding within the plant is resorted to, 

 when a possible weakness may result. There is a large field for 

 experimentation here in the fixing of qualities, making the 

 crosses absolutely uniform and, at the same time, keeping them 

 up to the desired standard of vitality and fruitfulness. 



In the lower half of the plate is shown a set of six pairs of twins 

 from the plot planted with the white grains of the "Bantam- 

 Stowell" cross, and not a single yellow grain was found in the 

 whole lot, which shows that the white grains do not hold latent 

 any yellow color. This plot was planted early and was out O'f 

 bloom' before the later block of the same cross, but from yellow 

 seed, was in flower. In fact, it was planted too early, and many 



