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sweetness is shown in the middle position, furthermore, it is 

 entirely yellow and, withal, a very desirable kind of ear for table 

 use, the size being acceptable and the depth of grain desirable. 



"pride of nishua-countky gentleman" cross (145-19).. . 



In this block (6) the seed for planting was selected from 

 three ears and was both white and yellow so that the ears are 

 quite generally mixed as to color. The plants were of good size, 

 considering the quality of the soil and the unfavorable season 

 and the number of twins was large and big enough for the table. 

 In the engraving (Plate IV) a well-shaped ear is shown at the 

 left of the lower row, a few of the grains of which are flint due 

 to the unavoidable nearness of a block of field corn. White 

 twin ears (not yet dried) are shown with husks tied together, 

 while two other single ears are seen to the right in which the 

 dark and light grains are intermixed. Here again are the flint 

 grains, near the tip, from foreign pollination. The last ear, to 

 the right, is the only one of this lot that has the zigzag character 

 of the "Country Gentleman ;" other ears, harvested later, showed 

 this throughout their wdiole length. 



"pride of nishua-old colony" cross (145-64). 



The yellow sweet grains only of this cross were planted in 

 block 7 and the result is a set of ears that show an average of 

 one-quarter of white grains. As a rule, the ears were short 

 and broad as shown in the upper portion of Plate V, where an 

 inch wide label is placed upon the narrowest ear. The ear to 

 its left shows quite a tendency to develop the grains without 

 order upon the cob. On account of some of the ears having been 

 recently pulled, there is a great difference in the plumpness of 

 the grains in the set shown but these ears, after they became 

 fully dried, were fully wrinkled, thus indicating thoroughly sweet 

 corn. 



"pride of nishua-metropolitan" cross (145-56). 



Yellow sweet grains of two ears were planted in Block 8 and 

 five average ears are shown in the lower half of Plate V. The 

 shape of the ears is fairly constant and usually the cobs are filled 

 out to the end. At the left is an ear, the grains of which are 

 beaked, giving such ears a striking appearance in strong contrast 

 with the smooth end strain wdth no deep channels between the 

 rows of grain tips. In this cross, the rows are, with few excep- 

 tions, in right lines running lengthwise of the ear. 



