INHERITANCE OF WAXY ENDOSPERM IN MAIZE. 5 
TABLE I.—Jnheritance of endosperm texture in 96 ears of maize, the progeny of 
the two hybrids Dh 234 and Dh 237—Continued. 
Hysrip DH 237, ALGERIA X CHINESE VARIETY. 
Pedigree No. of— Number of seeds. 
Percent- 
j D+E. age of 
Progeny ear. eter a Total. | Waxy. es exe WEES 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
648 139 162 — 23 3.7 21.4 
672 157 168 — il 1.5 23.3 
837 201 209 — 8 9 24.0 
723 177 181 — 4 -o 24.4 
319 80 ESTO tier Guar Urs | (okey Ue ey 25.0 
TAT 180 187 — 7 8 24.1 
741 155 185 — 30 3.7 21.0 
58 4 134 146 12 1.7 22.9 
575 134 144 — 10 1.4 23.3 
758 187 189 — 2 2 24.6 
446 73 111 — 38 6.1 16. 4 
627 135 157 — 22 3.0 21.5 
£15 176 154 22 3.0 28. 6 
740 193 185 8 1.0 26.0 
548 140 137 3 4 25.1 
459 141 115 26 4.2 30.7 
712 165 178 — 13 i 7 23. 2 
677 162 169 = 7, -9 23.9 
664 136 166 — 30 4.0 21.0 
374 119 93 26 4.5 31.8 
472 114 118 — 4 -6 24. 2 
560 122 140 — 18 2.6 21.6 
503 110 126 — 16 2.4 21.9 
613 169 153 16 2.2 27.1 
401 92 100 — 8 1.4 22.9 
532 126 133 — 1.0 23.7 
419 95 105 — 10 1.7 22.7 
634 161 158 3 4 25. 4 
516 119 129 — 10 1.5 23.1 
458 102 114 — 12 1.9 22.3 
595 138 149 — il 1.5 23, 2 
472 119 118 1 -2 25n2, 
630 161 157 4 6 25.6 
485 110 121 — il 1.7 22.7 
559 119 140 — 21 3.0 21.3 
575 118 144 — 26 3.7 20. 5 
{ Z 512 133 128 5 8 26. 0 
he 625 149 156 -—- 7 1.0 23.8 
{947 er SARC es ae tae Bs OEY 46 Toa 7 See: 621 162 155 7 1.0 26. 1 
MIA le Mot oc Pais Bie be sate cse de Self scass: 658 147 164 — 17 2.3 22.7 
(749 so cie SPE  S  e E EL Saar 538 139 134 5 ol 25.8 
MEU SE Mids 2 brat dsp eesaccdhs Belt. coe: . | 342 90 85 5 9 26. 3 
PAIL LS SGI Is 24,186] 5,779| 6,047) —208| 5.9 23.9 
———— | | SS —————————— ‘=-- —=—== 
Total for both hybrids.|............ | 54, 759 13, 088 13, 690 —(602 8.8 3.9 
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