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days apart of each variety inchiding the "^lexican" used as the 

 "breeder." By noting the lime of coming into !narketable size it 

 is seen that two of the varieties which gave only one per cent, are 

 ''late" and very late" respectively. The two that gave fort}'- and 

 four, twenty per cent, are all "medium early." It may be seen that 

 of two varieties standing side by side, namely, "Columbus" (14) 

 and "Cory" (15) both with two per cent, of mixing the former is 

 "late" and the latter "very early." Again "Peep o' Day" (65) 

 "very early" and "Egyptian" (23) "very late" also gave two per 

 cent, of dark grains. "Harris Extra Early" (38) and "Stowell's 

 Evergreen" (84) a standard late sort, both gave three per cent. 

 It is not unlikely, therefore, that some varieties may more readily 

 mix with the "Mexican" than others. It is possible that there 

 may be a crossing in this case and the result not be always ap- 

 parent to the eye in the change of color in the grain. 



It is observed that there was a mixin«- of the flint upon varie- 

 ties Nos. I to 13 in which section were "Adams" (2), "Adams' 

 Extra Early" (3). "Bryant" (7), and "Buck Mountain" (8). all 

 of the flint group the "Bryant" being yellow. "Banana" (6) 

 showed as high as fifteen per cent, of the flint. "Acme" ( i ) twelve 

 and "Burbank's Maine" (9) eight per cent. The yellow of the 

 "Bryant" was found in "Buck Mountain" (2 per cent.) and 

 "Adams' Extra Early" (2 per cent.). The "Bryant" showed 

 white (5 per cent.), black (8 per cent.), and wrinkled black (2 

 per cent.) while "Adams" (2) gave black (12 per cent.), 

 wrinkled ( 5 per cent. ) and wrinkled black ( i per cent. ) 



The "Egyptian" (23) stands out alone in its region of the table 

 as showing in addition to its two per cent of black, black flint (2 

 per cent.) white flint (3 per cent.), and yellow flint (2 per cent.) 



In the region of the "Golden Bantams" (34-35) and "Golden 

 Dawn" (36), the "Fordhook" (33) shows twenty per cent, of 

 yellow while "Essex Early" (29) has 10 per cent, and "First in 

 Market" (31) only 2 per cent. 



From No. 50 to No. 65 there is an out-cropping of flint cross- 

 ing due to the presence of "Landreth's Market" (53) which is 

 flint of medium earliness. It is seen that the percentage of mixing 

 is loAv. not rising above five per cent, in the varieties nearest to 

 No. 53. There were two ears of solid flint in the row of "Minne- 

 sota Early" (59) which is not easily accounted for in the way of 

 ordinary mixing. The "Landreth" had upon its ears of flint corn, 

 black (8 per cent.) wrinkled (5 per cent.) and three per cent, of 

 wrinkled black. 



In the region of "Earliest Table" (87) another flint sort, which 



