50 BULLETIN 754, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
COLORED X SELF. 
Fourteen self-pollinated ears were obtained that were expected to 
have 25 per cent white. These ears are also shown in Table XXII, 
columns 10 to 15. Two ears deviated slightly in excess of three times 
the probable error, but the remaining ears were very close approxi- 
mations to the expected 25 per cent. Seven ears were above, six 
below, and one equaled the expected percentage. 
TABLE XXIII.—/nheritance of aelurone color in the progeny of the two maize 
ears Nos. 1129 and 1180, by groups as shown in Table XXI and other recipro- 
cals as shown in Table XXII. 
[The minus sign (—) denotes a difference between reciprocal groups, the opposite of the remaining differ- 
ences. | 
Percentage of white seeds. 
Progeny of— Nature of cross. Fs sole ' 
able X> eciproca . ne 
group. GSS, Difference. | D+E. 
BEV INOS NOMA Aes se Hee Ree eae WES Xi GHEeree-e 48. 44-0. 61 49.2+1.4 0.8+1. 53 0.5 
1op ye INOS BO eee eae sepeoSeeeed aaa COR ee ye 51.2+ .68 50.54 .66 | — .7+ .94 215 
STR OME 2G ee ee Senet ci 2 WAL EC XG ee 50.74 .51 50.2+ .638 | — .5+ .81 .62 
BOE He INO TDRSS esa b ecerseeee lperrr Gon eee ae 50.5+ .52 49.94 .58 | — .64 .78 odd 
EDO Gare oneness he Nanas no Wi OR eaten: Soe 50.14 .28 50.14 .34 0 
SUMMARY OF THE HYBRID DH 237. 
From the progeny of the hybrid Dh 237 there were in all 48 plants 
that produced 64 ears. Of these, 32 ears were below, 28 above, and 4 
equaled the expected percentages. There were only 6 ears that must 
be considered exceptions. While the ratios on these 6 ears can not 
be brought into accord with the other results, the progeny of hybrid 
Dh 287 is strikingly uniform as compared with the sister hybrid 
Dh 284. 
PROGENY OF THE CROSSES BETWEEN THE TWO HYBRIDS DH 234 
AND DH 237. 
EARS NOS. 1110, 1131, AND 1134. 
Three ears representing crosses between the two hybrids Dh 234 
and Dh 237 were selected for planting. These three ears were all 
colored and therefore do not appear in the second-generation tables. 
The ear numbered 1110 was borne on a plant of the hybrid Dh 234, 
which, when self-poilinated, produced ear No. 1111, the progeny of 
which have been considered on pages 39 to 46. 
