Bui. 971, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate XV. 



Two Branched Ears of Maize. 



The ear iit the loft is from the socoiul Lronoralion of a lUunosa-Gordo hybrid, whilo that at the 

 right is from a uonraiuoso stock from the Tawnoe Indians. (Natural size.) 



