BOTANY AND VARIETIES 15 



Bridge Dented— Crease dented with fold across center. 

 Crumple Dented— Seed coat wrinkled, as in sweet corn. 

 Breadth, Depth, Thickness— Exact measure. 

 Color — Note shade. 



Shank — 



Large — Nearly the diameter of cob. 



Medium — Half the diameter of cob. 



Small — One-third the diameter of cob or less. 



Cob— 



Large — Larger than four and one-half inches in 

 circumference. 



Medium — From three and one-half to four and one-half 

 inches in circumference. 



Small — Not more than three and one-half inches in 

 circumference. 



Color — Note shade. 



reid's yellow dent 



History — The following is the history of Reid's 

 Yellow Dent as given by the originator and breeder, Mr 

 James L. Reid of Tazewell county, Illinois: In 184G 

 Robert Reid brought from Brown county, Ohio, to 

 Illinois a variety of corn called at that time the Gordon 

 Hopkins corn. This was reddish colored, grown 

 widely in the vicinity of the Red Oak settlement, the 

 home of Mr Robert Reid. The corn was planted in 

 Tazewell county, Illinois, by Robert Reid late in the 

 spring of 1846, and a fair yield of immature corn was 

 harvested. Seed was selected from this crop for the 

 next year's planting, but on account of the immaturity 

 of the seed a poor stand was the result. The field was 

 replanted with seed of the Little Yellow corn, the miss- 

 ing hills being planted with a hoe. The corn has not 

 been purposely mixed by Mr Reid since 1847, an d ha? 

 been improved by selection since that date. 



It is adapted to central and northern sections of 

 Illinois and similar latitudes. This variety is of me- 

 dium early maturity, maturing in from one hundred to 

 one hundred and ten clays. The characteristics are very 

 constant in all samples, due to the fact that they have 



