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which the mixed dominant that will have a cer- 

 tain proportion of white offspring. 



This, of course, accords perfectly with the 

 results of my experiments, as just recorded. 

 But the new tests, which explain the distribution 

 of kernels of different colors, and enables us to 

 predict the manner of their distribution, give 

 added interest to the earlier observations. 



I should add, however, that whereas it is usual 

 for the crossbred kernels to show this mixed dis- 

 tribution on a single ear, in more recent experi- 

 ments in which the Orange sweet corn and a late 

 white variety were crossed, I have secured a 

 product in which there was a pure white ear that 

 exhibited all the qualities of the Orange except 

 color, and in another case a pure yellow ear was 

 produced which showed the characteristics of the 

 late white, including the large number of rows 

 of kernels. 



This is altogether unusual in crossing yellow 

 and white varieties of corn, and the anomaly is 

 not easy to explain. 



Breeding for Varied Qualities 



My other experiments with corn have been 

 rather numerous, but have largely been con- 

 cerned with minor details, such as the devel- 

 opment through selection of a corn that will 



