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parativeh' small, black, eight-rowed ear, with the plant smaller and 

 earlier maturing than the "Egyptian." 



By alternating the rows of hills in the plot the first year — 1899 — 

 a thorough mixture of the two was secured. As the "Egyptian" had 

 the better style of ear for the present market, the crosses upon the 

 "Mexican" was discarded and only the pinkish grains of the "Eg}'p- 

 tian" were selected for planting of 1901. One plot of one-twentieth 

 of an acre was planted entirely with the pink grains from a single 

 ear of the "Egyptian." This proved to give a verj^ even set of plants 

 of universal vigor, from which fully two bushels of ears were har- 

 vested. The only thing that needs further to be said concerning this 

 result was the exceedingly uniform nature of the ears. There were 

 none that were with all black or all white grains, but with the white 

 and the pink so mixed that no row of grains was far from the average 

 of all others upon the same ear or any other ear. As the pile lay 

 before me it was easy to think that a variety of corn had l^een estab- 

 lished that was an unvarying mixture of white and pink grains. 



From selected ears, chosen for size and shape and number of rows 

 upon the cob, the pink grains were used for the second planting 

 (1901) since the mingling of the two parental varieties. The same 

 plot of ground that was in corn in 1900 was again planted, so that 

 any variations due to surroundings might be as far as possible re- 

 moved. From the first the corn was uneven, some plants growing 

 faster than others, while 10 per cent, were albinos and did not sur- 

 vive ]>eyond four weeks or so. It was observed that man}' of the stalks, 

 while quite small, matured their ears and browned before others were 

 in the silk, while at the time of harvest in September there were cer- 

 tain plants still green and the grain still in the "milk." 



Coming now to the ears, it was evident that the pink grains were 

 in far larger number than the previous season. There were no ears 

 entirely white, but some of them approached in this respect the 

 "Egyptian" type, and in shape and number of rows this parent was 

 decidedly in evidence. On the other hand, there were some eight- 

 rowed ears that had all the grains of the same color and that of a 

 dark-lead shade, approaching the "Black Mexican" type. There were 

 other stalks that bore ears with an intermixture of white and nearly 

 black grains, there being no suggestion of pink anywhere. Still other 

 ears were entirely pink, no white or l^lack showing in any of the 

 grains. As a rose-colored sweet corn was one thing in mind at the 



