EXPERIMENT STATION REPORT. 277 



Reports from Testers of "Adams-Crosby" Cross. 



. "Planted April 17th, cut it August ist. Stalks about six feet 

 high. The ears are about half as large again as 'Malamo' and 

 'Malakosby.' The quality is all right." "Quality of the very 

 best." "Stalks about seven feet high, vigorous, medium-sized 

 ears, large grains, sweet and tender, a desirable garden corn." 

 "Quality excellent, sweet and tender, very juicy. Altogether a 

 valuable corn." "Corn averaged six and a half feet tall. Strong 

 grower. Ear large in the round, and from six to ten inches 

 long. Kernels nearly all in straight rows lengthwise of the ear. 

 Generally one ear to stalk. Quality of grain considered very 

 fine, was sweet and tender." "Four to five feet high, small ear, 

 quality very good." "Some ears were very large and with deep 

 kernels of fair quality, others with short kernels and large cobs. 

 Usually two ears to the stalk, few suckers." 



"Golden Bantam-Banana" Cross (34/6). 



The three plots of Strip II, that is, Nos. 4, 5 and 6, were 

 planted with the "Golden Bantam-Banana" cross. In Plot 4 yel- 

 low grains from zigzag ears were used, and gave a superior block 

 of corn, considering the unfavorable season. Upon September 

 loth the earliest mature ears were gathered, one-quarter of which 

 were zigzag. The total of all the ears of suitable size for seed 

 was one hundred and thirty-five, twenty-eight of which were 

 straight-rowed. There were no pure yellow ears, but all were 

 with a quarter of white grains. The record states that there were 

 none of the pure zigzag type, but one hundred and seven had the 

 grains more or less out of line. 



This block of corn was superior in yield and size and form of 

 ear to the "Bantam-Gentleman" cross, previously considered as 

 grown upon the Home Grounds, but otherwise they resemble each 

 other, and no plate is needed to show the "Banana" cross. 



In Plot 5 yellow grains from straight-rowed ears of the above 

 cross were planted. This block chanced to be upon a very poor 

 spot of ground, and the crop was small and consequently inferior 

 to the block last mentioned. The first harvest of ears was made 

 upon August 29th, showing that the cross was more rapid here 



