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produce ears bearing a large number of rows of 

 kernels. 



I have been able in three years, working with 

 Stowell's Evergreen Corn, to produce a few ears 

 with eighteen to twenty-two rows to the ear, 

 making it clear that by extending the experi- 

 ments it would be possible to fix a variety grow- 

 ing uniformly twenty-two rows of kernels. 



Other experiments have shown the feasibility 

 of changing the form of the kernels, making 

 them long, broad, and of uniform size. Atten- 

 tion has also been paid to the production of 

 corn that would fill out all the kernels uniformly, 

 instead of producing a certain number of nub- 

 bins as corn is prone to do. 



The size of the stalk and the number of ears 

 to the stalk are also matters that are subject to 

 easy modification through selection. I have re- 

 ferred in another connection to experiments of 

 others, in which the location of the ear on the 

 stalk was lowered or raised at will in a few gen- 

 erations, and made to droop or stand erect as 

 desired through selection. 



I have developed a race of corn with gigantic 

 stalks, in which the ears are borne so high that 

 a man of average height can barely reach them 

 from the ground. This was done for experi- 

 mental purposes and not because a variety of 



