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supposition, is the explanation of the large numlxr of grains that 

 evidently show a mixture of the black and yellow. 



In the row of "Adams," which is a white dent, the marking of the 

 ''Black Pop" was often strongly in evidence, a fact to be expected. 

 These grains were usually finely mottled, giving them a pink or 

 purplish shade, but in shape they were that of the broad-topj:)ed dent 

 of the mother plant. 



It is interesting to note that some ears showed several wrinkled 

 grains of the ordinary sweet type, a fact not easy to account for unless 

 it be the result of a previous cross upon it of sweet corn, the seed not 

 showing the fact. If a grain of genuine sweet corn had been planted 

 it needed to escape the trained eye of the experimenter, and then the 

 number of sweet grains in the offspring 'might naturally be greater 

 than that found. Similar observations were made last year. 



Occasionally a yellow-colored grain, always flint, was found upon 

 the '"Adams" ears, suggesting the effect of the "Golden Bantam."* 



" Voorhees " Corn from Varions Regions. 



As a result of the distribution of "Voorhees" corn to the Experiment 

 Stations, the following representative list was made up for compara- 

 tive tests the present season: 



No. 1. Yerniont. Professor W. Stuart, Burliugton, Vt. 



■• 2. Conuecticut. Professor F. A. Gulle.v, Storrs. Conn. 



'■ 3. New Jersey. Mr. S. A. Gardner. Maplewood, N. J. 



'■ 4. Pennsylvania. Professor Geo. C. Butz, State College, Pa. 



" 5. Virginia. Professor H. L. Price, Blacksburg, Va. 



" 6. North Carolina. Professor W. F. Massey, Raleigh, N. C. 



'• 7. Louisiana. Professor F. H. Burnette, Baton Rouge, La. 



'* 8. Illinois. Professor J. C. Blair, Urbana. 111. 



'• 9. Iowa. .1. A. Kelsey, Dunlap, la. 



*• 10. Kansas. Professor Albert Dickens. Manhattan, Kan. 



"11. Colorado. Professor W. Paddock. Ft. Collins, Col. 



'• 12. Nevada. Professor P. B. Kennedy, Reno, Nev. 



" 13. Washington. B. E. Musser. Bellinghani. Wash. 



" 14. Hawaii. Professor J. T. Higgins, Honolulu, H. I. 



There were two rows of each lot, the rows running across the thirty- 

 three-foot strip ; that is, the area covered was thirty-three by eight}'- 

 four feet, the hills being three feet apart both ways. 



The series began with two rows planted vnth Vermont-grown seed 

 and ended with that from Hawaii. All came up fairly well excepting 



