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MAIZE 



CHAP. 

 VII. 



This breed has been grown for some years in Natal, but 

 owing to its late-maturing and slow-drying habit its cultiva- 

 tion has not extended much to other parts of the country. It 

 is one of the six best yielding breeds at Potchefstroom and has 

 been grown successfully at Vereeniging, but is too late as a 

 main-crop for the High-veld. The grain is floury, and valued 



for the manufacture of starch, corn- 

 flour, and mielie meal. 



Crosses between Natal White 

 Horsetooth and Hickory King are not 

 infrequently met with ; some of these 

 have a narrower ear (Fig. Ill), with 

 thinner cob than the Horsetooth, while 

 retaining something of its thickness 

 of grain. The so-called Mazoe or 

 Brindette grown in Swaziland may 

 perhaps have some Natal White 

 Horsetooth "blood" in it, though said 

 to have been brought down from the 

 Mazoe Valley, Rhodesia. 



249. Eureka. — Fig. 112A. Class: 

 medium or mid-season yellow dent ; 

 rows, 16 or 18; length, 9^ to 11 

 inches ; circumference at 2 inches from 

 butt, "]\ inches, from tip, 5| to 6\ 

 inches ; grain, medium wedge-shaped, 

 crease-dented, medium smooth. 



Introduced by the writer in 1905 

 from Peter Henderson, New York, 

 U.S.A. ; now widely distributed in 

 the Transvaal, but apparently not 

 equally suited to all climates and 

 soils. Topped the list for yield at the 

 Government Experiment Farm, 

 Potchefstroom, for three years (1907-8 to 1909-10), and gave 

 the highest average yield for six years. Valuable for 

 stock-food and export. 



250. Chester County. — Fig. 112B. Class: early yellow dent ; 

 rows, 16 or 18; length, 10 inches; circumference at 2 inches 

 from butt, 6\ to 7 inches, from tip, 5f inches; grain, small, 



Fig. 111.— Natal White 

 Horsetooth x Hickory King. 



