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upon the right, a corresponding ear of the female parent, the "Egyp- 

 tian.'^ The former is black and the latter white, and the resulting 

 cross red; the former is eight-rowed and the latter ten to fourteen, 

 with which the cross agree in this respect. 



The Director of the Experiment Station has kindly consented to 

 the use of his name in connection with this new variety, and therefore 

 it will be known as tlie "Voorhees Eed Sweet Corn."' 



Developing a Prolific Corn. 



In 1901 a half of Plot III., Series IV., was planted somewhat late 

 (June 28th), with grains taken from seven ears borne by three stalks 

 of the cross-breed of the previous year. One of the stalks had three 

 fine ears, while the other four of the seven ears were first-grade twins. 

 The triplet had two ears with ten rows of grains and one ear with 

 fourteen rows. One twin had eight and ten rows to the ear, respec- 

 tively, while the other pair were both twelve-rowed. These ears were 

 aU quite uniform in the ratio of white to dark grains — that is, as 4 

 to 5. 



The forty-eight hills from this seed, planted without regard to 

 color, yielded forty-four stalks with single ears, unusually large and 

 invariably with ten or more rows; eighty-three stalks with two 

 marketable ears, each with rarely less than ten rows, and seventeen 

 stalks with three or more ears, among which was one with five ears^ 

 all over five inches long; one with six and one with seven ears, but 

 of these only one or two were marketable. The total number of ears 

 ■was 272, or nearly an average of two ears to each stalk, exclusive of 

 many abortive attempts to produce more. 



It is noted that the mixed red aiid white result is still maintained,, 

 but it is not as uniform for all the ears as in the previous year, as 

 shown in the other engraving of the same plate. In 1901, in other 

 words, some stalks show more white than others. The average number 

 of rows of grains to the ear is ten, which is practically the same as 

 for the ears from which the seed was taken for planting. 



In 1902 a whole plot was given to a further study of prolific corn. 

 Single-eared stalks were rarely met with, the main portion having 

 either two or three ears. It is observed that the mixture of white 

 and red grains is maintained, but some variation in ration among the 

 four lots of ears. When a stalk bears more than three ears it is at a 



