5. (a) The shape of the broad side of a kernel may usually be described as round, square, 

 keystone, triangular, or shoe peg. For example typical kernels of flint corn are round, 

 while the kernels of Bear Paw tend strongly to the shoe peg shape. . (b) The shape of the 

 narrow side may be described as parallel-sided or pointed. 



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Fig. 31. Kernels round. 



Fig. 32. Square. 



Fig. 33. Keystone. 



Fig. 34. Triangular. 



Fig. 35. Shoepeg. 



Fig. 36. Kernels parallel-sided. 



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Fig. 37. Kernels pointed. 



6. Different ears of corn vary as to the spacing between the rows at the crown of the 

 kernel and at the cob. This spacing may be described as wide or close. 



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