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good flavor." (6) "Corn planted May 5th, cut it to eat August 

 8th; some of the ears were nine inches long, having fourteen to 

 eighteen rows, and grew eight to nine feet tall — as to eating quality 

 do not see how it could be improved." 



THE "pride of XISnUA-STOWELL^S EVERGREEx" CROSS (145-93). 



The above cross is of the same age as the two previously men- 

 tioned — the "Pride," being a yellow dent instead of the white of 

 the "Silver-Mine," and having a "rusty" cob, gives two strains 

 as to cob color and two for grain, whether yellow or white. Only 

 white sweet grains were planted as there was lack of space and 

 there is a prejudice against the yellow color. 



One block was planted with grains from "rusty" cobs and from 

 the three ears only that had been borne by a single stalk. The 

 general appearance of the ears is shown in the up|>er row of Plate 

 II. Near the middle is a pair of ears united by their husks, pro- 

 duced upon the same stalk, with the shape the same as the other 

 ears, bat much smaller. The ears just to the left of this was un- 

 usually large, and is much more dried than the others. In quality 

 the grains are superior and the plants in this block were large, 

 strong and in every way desirable, excepting in the matter of ear 

 production ; there was too great a tendency for twins and triplets, 

 and as a, result there were many small ears that were not well 

 tilled out. The results might have been more satisfactory had 

 the season favored the crop. So' far as this test goes it is not favor- 

 able to the selection of a triplet foT the mother. The forty-eight 

 hills yielded 130 ears, many of which were like those shown in 

 the picture besidesi a score and more picked for testing at various 

 times as they were table mature. 



The ears, as to the color of cob, were as follows : White through- 

 out, f orty-eight ; cobs variably "rusty," seventy-nine; cobs and 

 gi-ains both involving the "rusty" color, three. 



A block of forty-eight hills, as above, was planted with white 

 grains from white cob ears and yielded a quite uniform lot of 

 plants — eight ears of which are shown in the lower half of Plate 

 IT. — the four to the right being freshly picked and the otheis 

 somewhat dried. As a rule the ears, often twins, are more slender 

 than the first mentioned block. The tips were often with good 



