SWEET CORN 



that It does not show its starchy nature, 

 but a watery content instead. For his 

 sake, it will be assumed that the practical 

 grower is right — that is, the sweet corns, 

 as they are found, are not vigorous and 

 prolific — and so long as he is not forced 

 to do it he w^ill grow the inferior and more 

 profitable sorts. 



"There is a way of breeding into the 

 varieties of sweet corn much of the size 

 and strength of plant manifested in the 

 field sorts of the great corn belt. To this 

 end, there is a very fortunate opposition 

 of qualities by the aid of which the breeding 

 of this crop can go forward with remarkable 

 rapidity. 



The texture quality of the grain, w^hether 

 it is starchy or sugary, is a combination 

 that does not blend but alternates; that is, 

 when the two extremes are bred together 

 the combination is always starchy, as the 

 immediate result, but later there is a 

 segregation and the sugary separates itself. 

 We have previously assumed that the sugary 

 sorts need to be strengthened in the whole 



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