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The inclosed circular was prepared for the instruction of the New Jer- 

 sey crop-growers who may receive the corn; but if the Station Horticul- 

 turists send the single sample ear asked for it will give means of testing 

 the comparative vitality of the grain from seed of common origin as 

 grown in the various sections of this country. With best wishes I remain, 



Yours sincerely, 



At the time of preparing this portion of the report only a few 

 samples have been received. The two ears from Professor Geo. 

 C. Butz. of the Pennsylvania Experiment Station are of medium 

 size, both ten-rowed, and with the grains of a uniform darjc rea 

 color. Five ears were sent by Professor H. L. Price, of the Vir- 

 ginia Experiment Station, all of mediuu' size, two ten-rowed and 

 three twelve-rowed, solid red in color excepting one grain. The 

 two ears from Professor W. F. Massey of the North Carolina 

 Experiment Station were of fair length (five inches) not well 

 filled out at the top, solid in color, but of a pale pink quite in con- 

 trast with the dark red of the Pennsylvania samples, A single 

 ear' from Professor F. H. Burnett of the Louisiana Experiment 

 Station was of good shape but not well filled out and the grains 

 all had a color that was much lighter pink than the North Carolina 

 samples. So far as these four lots of samples go there is a strong 

 indication that the shade of pirjk color may vary with the climatic 

 conditions under which the corn is grown and that in the South- 

 ern states it may be much lighter than with us at the North. 



Sample grains sent from Professor J. T. Higgins, of the 

 Hawaiian Island Experiment Station are of a delicate shade of 

 pink, almost the rose tint, which fact is in accord with the results 

 obtained at widely separated localities in our own coimtry. 



From all of the most northern states like Maine, Minnesota^ 

 etc., the word has been received that the untimely frosts put an 

 end to the experiment before any ears were large enough for seed. 

 Although the season was unusually short in the northern belt of 

 states the results show that a more rapidly maturing variety than 

 the "Voorhees" needs to be used. 



Crossing Corn — New Series. 



In 1903 Plot I, Series III, was planted with alternate rows of 

 "Black Mexican" and "Country Gentleman." The first named 

 variety as previously described is black-grained, medium in size of 

 plant and in time for maturity and with eight rows of large grains 

 upon the slender cob. It is of remarkably high quality but with 

 the serious objection of being nearly black and, therefore, not 



