70 INDIAN CORN. 



Maryland, who, by a persevering and discriminating 

 selection of the best seed for a series of years, with 

 special reference to obtaining the greatest number of 

 ears on a stalk, finally succeeded in establishing a va- 

 riety which yields from five to seven ears, and which 

 has been said to reach as high as ten ears to a single 

 stalk. The Browne corn, an excellent variety ob- 

 tained by improving the King Philip, is another illus- 

 tration of this same principle. 



