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CHAP. 265. Botman, white. — Class: medium-early white flint; 



ears, 84 to 9 inches long; 54 to 6§ inches circumference at 

 butt, 5J to 5] inches at tip; \\ inches diameter; tapering to 

 cylindraceous, even and slightly enlarged at butt; rows, 12, 14, 

 or 16. Gram rather small, 4 \ lines broad and deep, rounded 

 above, flattish on sides (classed as " round " in the trade), 

 white. Shank variable. Cob thin, white. Stem medium 

 height, tillering, leafy below. Early maturing, earlier than 

 white Cango but less robust. One of the principal sorts for- 

 merly grown in small patches in the drier parts of the Western 

 Transvaal and adjacent Bechuanaland, as far west as Kuruman. 

 After seven years' trial at Potchefstroom it remains, as usual, 

 at the bottom of the list as regards yield, a striking demonstra- 

 tion of the fact that new types developed by sound scientific 

 breeding are superior to some of the older established and 

 longer acclimatized breeds. 



266. Botman, yellow. — Fig. 120B. Class: medium-early 

 yellow flint; ears, 8 to 8-J inches long; circumference, $^ 

 inches at butt, 4)) inches at tip; diameter, i^ inches; slowly 

 tapering, even at butt; rows, 12 or 14. Grain 4-^ lines broad, 

 3§ lines deep, rounded above, light yellow, said to be softer 

 than that of New England ' 8-row and therefore preferred by the 

 older residents of South Africa. Shank small. Cob slender, 

 often found to be white, but the typical yellow Botman is said 

 to have a red cob. Considered less drought-resistant than 

 New England 8-row. Tillers freely. One of the principal 

 sorts formerly grown by the smaller producers in the Transvaal 

 and Orange Free State. Synonym : Transvaal Yellow. 



267. New England S-7-ow. — Fig. 120A. Class: medium- 

 early yellow flint; ear, 9 to 1 2 inches long; circumference 

 at butt, 5/jy inches, at tip, 4-J inches; diameter, H inches; 

 a little enlarged at butt, but rarely depressed or expanded ; 

 rows, 8. Grain hard, 6 lines broad, 4-3,- to 7 lines deep, 

 rounded above, flat on sides (sometimes classed in the trade 

 as " flat "), golden yellow. Shank large. Cob thin, white. 

 Medium-early ; stem medium height ; plant stools freely ; said 

 to stand drought better than yellow Botman ; one of the best 

 of the flint breeds. Introduced by the writer in 1904 from 

 Burpee, Philadelphia (No. 758-04). Subsequently grown and 

 distributed by the Government Experiment Farm, Potchef- 

 stroom, and by Messrs. John Fowler & Co., at Vereeniging. 



