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distinguished by the color of seeds, and are known as White, Bed, 

 and Blackhull Kafir corns (Fig. 94). Of the three varieties the 

 Blackhull is most popular and the Eed Kafir is next. The White 

 varieties have never been cultivated extensively, as the heads do not 

 always come out of the leaf sheath and are likely to rot. One fault 

 of the Red Kafir is the astringent taste of the seed-coat, a quality 

 found in all colored sorghum seeds, but not found in white seeds. 



FIG. 92. 



FIG. 93. 



FIG. 92. Plant of Kafir corn. 



FIG. 93. Non-saccharine sorghums. (1) Milo maize, (2) Blackhull White Kafir 

 corn, (3) Brown Durra corn. 



Durra. The heads of this group of sorghums are generally bent 

 over or " goosenecked," and the seeds are large and flat. The Durra 

 corns were apparently introduced from North Africa, where they are 

 the prevailing types as the Kafirs are in South Africa. 



The principal types of Durra are the White (Fig. 94, 5), Brown, 

 and Blackhull; also Yellow Milo or "Milo Maize." Feterita is 

 a type with erect heads, white seeds, and black hulls. Other names 

 for Durras are " Jerusalem corn," and " Egyptian rice corn." 



Of the above types, Yellow Milo is by far the most popular. 



