EXPERIMENT STATION REPORT. 465 



Total I Total 



Mo. Name. in. Rows. | No. Name. in. Row."). 



94 '•Garwood " QS"^ 16 | 55 Maule's XX 48 12 



8 Buck Mountain 93' 2 12 | 40 Henderson 45 14 



27 Striped Evergreen fi6 12 90 Zigzaa; .44 zigzas 



6 Banana GO zigza? | 64 Old Colony 40]--^ 12 



42 Hickox Improved 55 14 | 70 Premier 40 >^ 12 



75 Roslyns' Hybrid 50 14 j 26 Evergreen Holmes Imp 40 12 



12 Chicago Market 4914 12 ( 71 Premier 40 12 



66 Perry's Hybrid A9}4 12 | 



It goes without saying that these results are in no sense cou- 

 chisive evidence for or against any variety. In the first place' 

 the small scale upon which the test was made precludes this. 

 There were but four hills of each and one of these was in a 

 border row planted late that did not do well. Again artificial 

 crossing was carried on quite extensively, but not equallv, 

 with all the varieties, and this is a source of material disturb- 

 ance of the results. The strip of corn ran across a piece of 

 land where a manure heap had stood for six weeks in early 

 spring. This, however, does not seem to have effected the 

 results as the record numbers of the fifteen in the revised list 

 taken are widely scattered through the list from Nos. 8 to 94. 



The " Buck Mountain " (8) has a flint grain ; all the others 

 are of the true sweet or wrinkled type and chiefly of that group 

 with the grains broad and not deep. However Nos. 26 and 27 

 are of the " Evergreen " type with long wedge shaped grains, 

 particularly No. 26 — a true evergreen. Nos. 6 and 90 mav be 

 classed with the latter in having long slim grains, at least 

 much longer than broad. 



Tendency to be Crossed Upon by the " Mexican." 



All the varieties showed ears that had dark grains, which are 

 assumed with much certainty, to be due to pollination by the 

 "Black Mexican," which stood amidst them. Tlie table shows 

 that this mixing was not uniform in amount among the varieties 

 but instead some sorts showed only one per cent., as in case of 

 "Country Gentleman" (19) "Mammoth Late" (50) and "Zig- 

 zag" (92) while others showed as high ?''■ 40 per cent, as found in 

 "Kendel's Giant" (45) and "Maule's XX" (55). The following 

 varieties show 20 per cent.: "Don" (22), "Lackey" (46). 

 "Perry's Hybrid" f66). "Premier" (66), "Russell's Prolific" 

 (77), and. "Stablers Early" (82). 



This difference may be in part due to the .season of blooming 

 but this was in some measure overcome by the four plantings ten 



