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overcome by the continuous selection of a twelve-rowed ear for 

 planting. It is possible that, on the whole, the eight-rowed 

 strain is a trifle earlier but such ears are not as handsome or 

 otherwise desirable as those with a larger number of rows of 

 smaller, deeper grains. 



This variety was not upon the regular list of novelties for the 

 testers, but reports have come in from a few of those who have 

 grown it. Reports from many testers were given last year filling 

 nearly two pages of the text (pages 266-267, Report 1907). 



REPORTS FROM TESTERS OF "mALAMO." 



(l) "This corn is of extra good quality for so early a variety, the ears 

 average about five inches in length and from ten to twelve-rowed. Average 

 height of stalk four and a half to five feet. That started inside April 5th 

 was ready to use July 4th. Planted outside in May, was ready July 20th to 

 25th." (2) "This year I planted thirty-five kernels and we took over three 

 dozen ears from the row. The ears were mostly well filled. It was the 

 earliest corn that we had and we ate the last before we pulled the first of 

 'Golden Bantam' which was planted the same day in parallel rows. Plants 

 are of low stocky growth and were well set before the wet weather began." 



"malakosby" — ( "malakhov-crosbv" ) . 



This variety occupied a block of thirty-two hills upon the 

 Home Grounds and planted the same day as the "Malamo," was 

 a few days later in reaching table maturity. This delay has its 

 compensation in a larger ear; the differences in plant are greater 

 than in the ear. The same method of selection as for "Malamo" 

 was carried out here and, as the season was unfavorable for pol- 

 lination, many of the ears were not well filled out. The planting 

 was from seed of a single twelve-rowed ear and from the first 

 choice of ears one was selected for the home crop for next sea- 

 son. , The work with these varieties is to get a uniform high- 

 grade product. The opinions of various practical growers are 

 given in the Report ior 1907, pages 268-269. 



THE "golden bantam-country GENTLEMAN" CROSS (34-I9). 



Two plots of forty-eight hills each of the above cross were 

 grown in Series I of the Home Grounds, the one with the yellow 

 and the other, the white strain. The plot with the white corn 

 was somewhat lower than the other and therefore better situated 

 for the dry spell that brought vegetation generally to nearly a 

 standstill and, as a consequence, the yield of the white ears was 

 larger than the yellow, otherwise the two blocks of corn were 

 quite similar. 



