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in ripening, which may have been due to the drier locaHty. Only 

 thirty-six ears of marketable size were secured, all of which were 

 staight-rowed excepting two, which were somewhat zigzag. The 

 grains were three-fourths yellow upon the ears generally, but • 

 with four the kernels were all yellow, that is, one ear in nine of 

 the whole crop was solid yellow. 



Plot 6 was planted with white grains from straight-rowed 

 ears of the above cross, and, here again, the yield was so small 

 as to interfere with the results that it was hoped to secure. There 

 were twenty-three ears of fair size, all of which were pure white 

 but one, and straight-rowed with three exceptions, in which there 

 were strong signs of the zigzag type. 



The three plots with the "Golden Bantam-Banana" cross as a 

 whole gave much hope of securing an acceptable ( i ) medium 

 early, yellow zigzag, and (2) straight-rowed strain, and from the 

 white grains a corresponding pair of strains, namely, (3) zigzag 

 and (4) straight-rowed with the yellow of the "Golden Bantam" 

 omitted. The three blocks show that seed from zigzag ears is 

 quite apt to reproduce its type, and the same is true of the g-rains 

 from the straight-rowed ears. 



Reports from Testers of "Golden Bantam-Banana" Cross. 



"I find this a very good and early corn, the stalks are about 

 five feet high, nearly every one has two ears to a stalk, the ears 

 are about eight inches in length ; I planted some 'Evergreen' the 

 same day, and it was thirty days later. I consider it a first-class 

 early corn." "This sweet corn is large, tender and very sweet, 

 height of plant about six feet high, corn is very fine." "The 

 corn made a vigorous growth. Stalks were two-fifths of the 

 'Bantam' type, and the rest were tall. Ears were six and seven 

 inches long. The- grain was short, with a hard skin, but sweet." 

 "The plant is six feet high, the ears are very fine, seven inches 

 long, and the grain is uniform, very juicy, well filled and large. 

 I prefer it to any other." "Was very nice, so sweet and fine 

 flavor." "Corn was of excellent quality." "The best of the 

 'Golden Bantam' crosses. Medium sized ears, well filled, with 

 deep kernels. Quality good." 



