BOTANY AND VARIETIES 



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ing purposes and for hominy. Owing to the shallow 

 kernels this corn matures in a short time, usually from 

 eighty to ninety-five clays. The proportion of leaves 

 is comparatively small, and the plants are not so large 

 or high as the plants of the dent corn. This is partly 

 due to the fact that the dent corns are usually grown in 

 soils very rich in nitrogen, which induces a heavy de- 

 velopment of stalks and foliage. The flint corns grown 



301 302 303 



Fig 9— Shape of Ears, Boone County White 



No 301, cylindrical, proper shape; 302, partly cylindrical; 303, very tapering 



in the clay soils do not have such a large amount of 

 nitrogen to draw upon and the plants are consequently 

 not developed to such a great extent as the dent types. 



VARIETIES IN NEW ENGLAND AND NEW YORK 



While very little direct effort has been made to 

 produce distinct varieties of corn in New England, 



