BOTANY AND VARIETIES 



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years of selection he gave his new type of corn a new 

 name, Boone County White. 



Seed of the Boone County White was early se- 

 cured by Mr O. C. Block of Champaign county, Illi- 

 nois, and by careful selection for about ten years the 

 characteristics of shape of ear, kernel and cob, and the 

 indentation of the kernel have been changed. The pro- 

 portion of circumference to length has been increased 

 by Mr Block. The indentation of kernel in the Block 



Fig 8— Boone County White 



Butts, tips, size of cob, depth of kernel and shape of ears 



type is deeper than the Riley type, but the shape of 

 kernel has not been greatly changed. No doubt that by 

 continued selection along the lines already laid down 

 by Mr Block and other growers of the Boone County 

 White, a distinct type can be produced. 



The Boone County White is of medium to late 

 maturity, ripening in one hundred and ten to one hun- 



