JUDGING 



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Name 



(1) Trueness to type. A mental picture of a perfect ear 

 must be kept in mind. Mark down the per cent of the 

 ears judged, if they vary from this in form of kernel, shape, 

 color, and indentation. Ten points are allowed if the ear 

 is perfect. To the first sample in the card above, only 

 six points were given, and to the second, none. These 

 two ears, then, were imperfect, as regards trueness to type. 

 The second departed too widely from the type to merit a 

 single point. 



(2) Shape of ear. Ears should be nearly cylindrical, not 

 crooked or tapering. 



(3) The color of grain should be uniform. 



(4) The color of cob should be cherry red for yellow 

 corn, and glistening white for white corn. 



