436 NEW JERSEY AGEICULTUEAL COLLEGE 



The Malakhov" Sweet Corn. 



The "Malakhov" sweet corn, previously considered in this report 

 and for last year, through the courtesy of Professor N". E. Hansen, 

 horticulturist of the South Dakota Experiment Station, and Pro- 

 fessor W. W. Tracy, of the United States Department of Agriculture, 

 was distributed to eighty-four growers, many of whom have reported 

 favorably upon its earliness and sweetness. In the Gardens it was 

 so early that the dry weather, which seriously harmed later sorts, did 

 not materially affect it., By the 10th of July the ears were old enough 

 for the table, and, while small, the quality was good. Some ears were 

 allowed to ripen, and grains from these planted late in July gave a 

 crop, ears of which were ready for cooking upon the 20th of October. 

 The fact that two crops were grown in a single season is sufficient 

 evidence that the "Malakhov" has the merit of earliness. That it is 

 not profitable for commercial purposes seems equally true, and for 

 this reason it has been crossed with more prolific sorts, which are 

 medium early in order to increase the yield, at a possible loss of some 

 of the earliness. Seed of this cross, of which there are a few quarts, 

 is ready for distribution. 



Cross of "Black Mexican" upon "Golden Bantam." 



A block of twenty hills was planted with dark grains upon an ear 

 of "Golden Bantam" (34), and were evidently the color-marking of 

 the "Black Mexican" (99), the cross being expressed by the fraction 

 ®V34- The soil and season were very unfavorable and only a few ears 

 were secured. These give the following result in number of black 

 and yellow grains : 



