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upon tlie "Gentleman." that is. the grains h\m^ which these ears 

 were produced came from an ear of ''Gentleman" corn that had 

 been artificially pollinated with the "Mexican'^ and the grains as 

 before stated showed the immediate influence by being lead- 

 colored instead of white as in the normai "Gentleman." The ear 

 nearest to the ''Mexican" is twelve-rowed from base to tip and 

 represents those that are perhaps more nearly like the "Mexican" 

 than the "Gentleman." The number of white (colorless) grains 

 is 121 disposed in the twelve rows as follows : lo. 6. 1 1. 15. 7. 9^ 

 15. 9, 10, 5, 12, 12. Twenty-five grains are tinged more or less 

 with the dark and these also are quite evenly distributed over the 

 whole ear, there being from one to five in each row. The black 

 grains number 311 and w^ere arranged among the white ones, as 

 shown in the plate, with the rows as follows: 31, 28, 28, 27, 30, 

 24, 15, 24, 20, 29, 25, 30 There are nearly three colored grains to 

 one of the white or colorless kernels. The next ear to the right 

 approaches more the type of the "Gentleman" in general shape 

 and in having the grains irregularly disposed in the upper half. 

 Below the middle the rows are quite distinctly twelve in number. 

 Here the mixture of white tinged and black grains is practically 

 the same as in the ear to its left. This type of ear is very desirable 

 in its size and shape and it remains to be determined what will be 

 the result from planting the three colors of grains separately and 

 developing a breed, if possible, from each by selection for a term 

 of \'ears. 



A practical test of the corn as it became ready for the table this 

 season demonstrated that the combination has produced a sweet 

 corn of very high quality as might be expected from the reputa- 

 tion of the two parents used in the experiment. 



Turning now to the reciprocal cros.-, namely, the "Country 

 Gentleman" as the pollinator and the "Black ]\Iexican" as the 

 mother plant, quite different results are obtained in the first gen- 

 eration. It will be recalled that the white grains were very few 

 upon the "Mexican" ears in last season's efforts to effect a cross. 

 These white grains from se^■eral ears were planted by themselves 

 and types of the results for this year are shown in the two ears to 

 the right of the middle of the plate and l^H of the type of the male 

 parent, the "Country Gentleman." The ear nearest the middle 

 has its fourteen rows well defined, but otherwise there is not much 

 resemblance to the mother parent ("Mexican") for the grains are 

 long and narrow and white (colorless) with only ten exceptions. 

 It is practically a "Gentleman" ear in its shape, it even having the 

 bend common to its male parent that suggests the general outline 



