316 MAIZE 



CHAP, below, 8 to 10. Grain rather large, 6 lines broad, \\ deep ; 

 roundish at apex, flattish at sides (sometimes classed as a 

 "flat" in the trade), brownish white, embryo large. Shank 

 medium. Cob thin, white. Medium early; ioth in average 

 yield at Potchefstroom ; useful breed for late districts. Stem 

 medium short ; tillers freely. Extensively grown throughout 

 the country. Supposed to take its name from the Cango Dis- 

 trict, Oudtshoorn Division, Cape Province, whence it is said 

 to have been brought north. A form of white flint with larger 

 ears than the Botman, and with grains " flatly rounded on 

 top," is described by Sturtevant as being grown at Rio Claro, 

 on the uplands of Brazil, under the name Millw catete ; it was 

 distributed by American seedsmen between 1 88 1 and 1884 

 under the names "Hominy" " White Pearl" (not Champion 

 White Pearl), and " Large White Flint". 



There is no demand for this class of maize on the London 

 or Liverpool markets. 



Cango and Botman are probably the types introduced by 

 the Portuguese, from their Brazilian settlements, into the East 

 Indies and China, and dropped at Mossamedes, Cape Town, 

 and on the East Coast en route. An African-grown ear of 

 white flint maize, received probably from the late Prof. 

 MacOwan, Cape Town, about the year 1884, was classified by 

 Sturtevant as differing only in colour from Chinese samples 

 exhibited at the Centennial Exposition, and from the milho 

 dourado grown at Rio Claro, in the Province of Goyaz, on the 

 uplands of Brazil ; Rio Claro is on the trade route from Rio 

 de Janeiro to Matto Grosso and Bolivia. Colour we now 

 know to be a most inconstant character, due to crossing ; 

 there are both white and yellow Cangos and white and yellow 

 Botmans. 



261. Thoroughbred, Rural. — Ear, 11 to 12 inches long, 2 

 inches diameter, depressed, very open, strongly distichous, often 

 expanded at butt ; rows, 8. Grain 6| lines broad, scant 4-J- 

 lines deep, rounded, dingy white. ShankXzrge. Cob medium, 

 white. Early to medium early. Stem medium short ; growth 

 fair. Introduced by the writer in 1 905 from Thorburn, New 

 York, under the name " Thoroughbred White Flint" but it ap- 

 pears to be the same as the standard breed known, as Rural 

 Thoroughbred. Widely distributed and favourably reported 



