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UBcolored. Black. Rod, 



No. 1 15 365 



« 2 420 



" 3 36 360 



" 4 340 



" 5 20 380 



Average 14 373 



A similar count made for previous crop upon the same land gave — 



Uncolored. Black. Red. 



Average 1900 172 121 92 



" 1901 90 81 261 



This shows that the number of red grains has greatly increased, 

 while the white and dark grains have correspondingly decreased as a 

 natural consequence. 



The ears, while agreeing in being very nearly all red, show many- 

 differences, particularly in the number of rows of grains, and some- 

 what in the intensity of the red, it varying from a light pink to a 

 dark purple. This latter variation may be in the same ear, or, upon 

 the other hand, an ear may be solid of any one of the many shades 

 of red. 



The original red ear, "X.," was ten-rowed, those of its greenhouse 

 progeny were ten, and the following table gives the field croj) de- 

 scended therefrom : 



Number of 8-rowed ears 3 



" "10 " " 10 



'« '12 " " 42 



" "14 '« " 15 



«' "16 " " 6 



Belts 3, 4, 5 and 6 were planted with grains from ear "X.," above 

 mentioned. As before stated, the plants were not quite normal size, 

 whicli may be explained by the situation of the plot and peculiarities 

 of the season. It remains to be shown whether the size and earliness 

 are varietal peculiarities. 



The following table gives the number of grains of each color for 

 five average ears: 



