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the varieties of medium prolificacy averaged 27.7 bushels; and 

 the non-prolific varieties averaged only 27 bushels per acre. 

 If we should exclude from the two latter classes all the early 

 Northern varieties, which have proved decidedly unproductive 

 in this climate, the yields of the three classes would come closer 

 together, but the average would still favor the prolific kinds. 



In North Carolina, a prolific variety, Cocke, at all distances 

 yielded more grain than one of the best of the one-eared, large- 

 eared kinds, Holt Strawberry. This superiority ranged from 

 9.6 to 14 bushels when the single plants stood 30 inches apart 

 or nearer, and between 3 and 9.9 bushels when the distance 

 between plants was 35 or 40 inches. 



In the following catalogue are brought together the names of 

 the varieties which have most frequently stood at or near the head 

 of the list in yield of grain at the various Southern Experiment 

 Stations : l 



STATE OR STATION 

 Alabama (Auburn) 



Arkansas (main and branch stations) 



VARIETY 



Sanders 

 Mosby 

 Marlboro 

 Henry Grady 

 Experiment Station Yel- 

 low 



Cocke Prolific 

 McMackin 

 Bradbury 



Johnson County White 

 White Wonder 

 Boone County White 

 Southern Beauty 

 Marlboro 

 Williams Prolific 



1 Data obtained chiefly from correspondence, and partly from" publica- 

 tions of the Experiment Stations. 



