254 MAiNK AGRICULTURAL, e;xpe;rime;nt station. 1910. 



tained with smaller yields. Such a difference represents a 

 rather high price for the fodder from an acre. Typical varie- 

 ties of corn of this second type are early and medium Crosby, 

 Clark's Medium, etc. 



Typical ears of the two types of corn are shown in Fig. 220. 

 These are ears from the 1907 selections ( see below). Ear No. 

 134 is an excellent Dennett ear (Type I). The point in regard 

 to which it is most at fault is the straightness of the rows. It 

 will be noted that they are somewhat curved in this particular 

 ear. Ear No. 381 is a typical early Crosby ear (Type II). The 

 "butt is not perfect but the ear as a whole represents this type 

 of sweet corn very well. The reduction of size in photograph- 

 ing is the same for the two ears. They are ^ natural size. 

 It is of interest to compare the various characters of these two 

 ears as given quantitatively in tables i and 2. Ear 134 has 18 

 rows, while 381 has but 16. Ear 381 is 2 cm. longer than 134, 

 yet it has but 33 kernels to the average row while 134 has 36. 

 In spite of its larger size ear 381 produced less than 4 grams 

 (equal to about Vg of an ounce) more shelled corn than 134. 



When the work of the Station with sweet corn was being 

 planned a meeting was arranged between representatives of the 

 Station and of the principal packing interests in the State. The 

 purpose of this meeting was to learn what the packers regarded 

 as an ideal sweet corn for their uses, and in what particulars 

 they felt that the best existing strains needed improvement. As 

 a result of this conference the following points were brought^ 

 out as of first importance in an ideal sweet corn for canning 

 purposes: i. Pure white color. 2. Small kernels, giving 

 what is technically termed a fine grained ear. 3. Good flavor 

 and sweetness. 4. Ear of good size, cylindrical rather than 

 tapering in shape, and with butt and tip evenly covered. 5. 

 Rows straight and at least 16 in number. A higher number is 

 desirable in order to get the fineness of kernel. 6. Good yield 

 both of ear corn and of stover. 7. Uniformity of ear type. 

 8. Early maturity. 



The best of the sweet corn grown in the State meets certain 

 of these ideals fairly well. The points in regard to which im- 

 provement was regarded by the packers as most needed were 

 (a) earliness, (b) yield, particularly of stover, and (c) con- 



