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The old South African Bread-mielie differs but little, if at CHAP, 

 all, from the Brazilian Flour Corn of America. It is stated 1 

 that before the Boer War, there were two sorts of flour corn 

 grown in the Transvaal : (1) the Kaffir Bread-mielie (known in 

 Zulu as u hlanza-gazaari), having a short stem, small ears, and 

 white grain ; and (2) the true Bread-mielie, with taller stem, 

 larger ears, and dirty-white grain with red tips ; this latter 

 type is said to be most nearly approached by the sorts of bread 

 mielie recently exhibited at local shows in the Transvaal. 



A white flour corn was exhibited at the Johannesburg 

 Maize Show, by Mr. Glass of Grahamstown, Cape Province, 

 under the name Glass's Early Flour Corn. 



272. Brazilian Flour Corn. — Fig. 122. Class: white soft 

 maize; rows, 14; length, 9 inches; circumference, 6\ inches; 

 grain rounded above, with slight dent, and flat sides ; cob 

 large, white. 



Probably the original type from which the old South African 

 Bread-mielie was derived. Introduced by the writer in 1903 

 from the United States ; chiefly grown for local consumption, 

 especially on High-veld farms. Mr. F. le Roux of Oudehouts- 

 kloof, Volksrust, Transvaal, often exhibits it at local shows. 



273. Principal Breeds of Sugar Maize Grown in America. 

 — The following breeds are mentioned by Hunt (1) as having 

 been recommended by three or more of the State Experiment 

 Stations. 



Early- Sorts. — Cory, Marblehead, Crosby, Chicago Market, 

 Early Landreth. 



Medium Sorts. — Squantum, Maule XX, Stabler Early. 



Late. — Ne-plus-ultra, Stowell Evergreen, Country Gentle- 

 man. 



274. Sugar Breeds introduced into South Africa. — Several 

 breeds have been introduced into South Africa by seedsmen and 

 by the Transvaal Department of Agriculture. These include : 

 Black Mexican (T.D.A.), Crosby Early (T.D.A.), White Cory 

 (Clark), Landreth (T.D.A.), Stowell Evergreen {Clark, Howie), 

 Country Gentleman (Clark, Howie), Golden Bantam (T.D.A.), 

 Xew Cory (Clark), Cory Early (Howie), Marblehead (Howie). 



Poor germination has generally been experienced with 

 imported seed of sugar maize. To Mr. James Clark, seeds- 



'e.g. by Mr. C. J. Morgan, at the Volksrust Show, 3 March, 1910. 



