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MAIZE 



CHAP. 

 VII. 



278. Union Sugar. — Developed from a few grains obtained 

 by the writer from a cross between an unnamed red sort and 



Arcadia Sugar, grown at the Bo- 

 tanical Experiment Station. The 

 grains were obtained from the red 

 ear, and are blood-red, and very 

 deep (i inch), giving an excellent 

 bite. Probably contains some 

 Indian Pearl strain. Breeds true. 



279. Golden Sugar. — Developed 

 from a few grains selected by the 

 writer from a multiple cross giown 

 in his garden in Arcadia, Pretoria. 

 Grains shallow, but broad. Breeds 

 true. 



280. Pop-corn. — Fig. 124. Pop- 

 corn is at present but little grown 

 in South Africa, though the demand 

 is increasing. Several breeds have 

 been introduced from time to time 

 from the United States and South 

 Europe. 



281. Special-purpose Sorts. — 1 1 

 is an axiom in agriculture that 

 breeds adapted to particular classes 

 of trade generally command a better 

 price than ordinary general-purpose 

 sorts, provided they are well grown, 

 and that their production is not 

 overdone. The manufacture of 

 corn-flour, corn-flakes, silver-flakes, 

 grits, semola, hominy, samp, and 

 other special food preparations, calls 

 for particular qualities of grain, 

 which the climate of South Africa 

 seems better fitted to produce than 

 that of most parts of the world. 

 But good "condition" (due to 



Fig. 124. — Pop-corn ; a hetero- ■•„ . x • ,, , 



u , , / ' ■ 1 climate) is not the only requisite 



zygous p., (seed generation) ear ' J M 



(yellow and white). of the manufacturer, and it is 



