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separated from each other and the main portion of the popcorn area. 

 In short, Nos. 1 to 31 were grown in a strip with a row of eleven hills 

 across it to each number and in the order given in the accompanying 

 plate. The tree stood at the end and twenty feet away from the side 

 of row 31. 



There was a difference in the habits of growth among the various 

 numbers. The list follows, with source of seed and some remarks 

 appended to each : 



No. 106. "Red Beauty." Buck. It was the earliest of all; a very small red 

 rice that gave but a few ears. 



" 107. "Red Rice." Tliis seed was received from Brazil through the U. S. 

 Depai-tment of Agriculture. The plants were very stout and ten 

 feet in height and so late that no mature seed was secured. The 

 ear shown in the group was gathered upon October 10th. It is 

 evidently too slow in liabit for the New Jersey climate. A red 

 color is present in all parts of the plant. 



" 108. "Red Rice." A. D. Co. This is a medium small and early corn 

 vnth ears of greater diameter than No. 106. The grains are broad 

 and approach the pearl in shape. 



" 109, "Red Rice." U. S. D. A. This is similar to the last, somewhat 

 larger plants and more productive. The ears are more slender 

 and the grains of a lighter red. This and all the other red rice 

 samples- produced white ears, but in no instance was there any 

 mixing of these two colors upon the same ear. 



" 110. "Bronze." Ggy. This is a very small and early corn with slender 

 stalks that quickly fall to the ground. The ears were small and 

 the grains in many rows had the very sharp tip strongly de- 

 veloped. 



" 111. "Bronze." U. S. D. A. This seemed the same as the last in all re- 

 spects. The bronze and the red rice are much alike and both 

 frequently produce white ears. The "bronze" color is midway 

 between the red and yellow. 



" 112. "Rice." A. D. Co. This is a medium tall sort and quite early. 

 The ears were stout and short with the grains closely set and not 

 sharp-tipped. 



" 113. "Yellow Rice." U. S. D. A. Brazil. This was one of the very 

 tall sorts, the plants being from eleven to thirteen feet high and 

 were only coming into tassel on the first of October. The plants 

 were very leafy and gave evidence of being of value as a forage 

 crop. Standing upon tiptoe, the writer was able to reach only 

 to the middle ear with the tallest specimens. The sample shows 

 only the slender nature of the cob and the forming grains. 



" 114. "Queen's Golden." A. D. Co. Tliis is a sort with very large plant 

 and late in maturing its ears, Avhich are handsome in shape and 

 with bright yellow pearl grains. 



" 11.5. "Queen's Golden." Field. Tlie plants were large and ripened their 

 ears about October 1st. The color of the grains is the same as 

 for No. 114, but their shape and arrangement upon the cob are 

 different. The engraving shows these peculiarities. 



