9) INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 
CHAPTER III. 
VARIETIES AND THEIR: ADAPTATION. 
Indian corn is easily cross-fertilized, accident- 
ally or artificially, and as a result many so- 
called new varieties have been introduced in 
the past. Asarule but few have remained in 
general public favor for a long term of years, 
as it is difficult to find a variety that will adapt 
itself to a wide geographical range and climatic 
and soil variations. 
Selecting a variety.—In selecting a variety 
two things necessarily should receive considera- 
tion: first, the capacity to mature a crop in a 
given locality, and secondly, productiveness in 
grain, or grain and forage. In this work it 
seems best to discuss this subject in two ways: 
first, to describe a number of standard varieties, 
and secondly, to give a list of varieties adapted 
to different States, covering a wide territory. 
The descriptions of varieties are gleaned from 
various sources, but unless otherwise indicated, 
are mainly on thé basis of the published inves- 
tigations of Dr. E. L. Sturtevant (our best au- 
thority on varieties) in the New York State ex- 
