Bui. 925, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate XV. 



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Ears of Corn Showing Two Extremes in the Expression of the Staminate 

 Spike Character in the First Generation of the Brachytic-Boone 

 Hybrid. 



Note the few staminate spikelets about 6 centimeters from the tip on the ear at the right. (Slightly 



reduced.)* 



