MINNESOTA NO. 13 



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the flinty, round tendency of the kernels, although the tips of ears are 

 not so well covered as in the varieties farther soutli. 



The Gurney Seed Company, of Yankton, South Dakota, introduced 

 Minnesota No. 13 into their state in 1906. The success of the variety 

 has been amazing. By August 20th of that year the ears in the field 

 were safe from frost, and husking began October 8th. Yields in 

 general have run from 50 to 75 bushels per acre. 



HILDRETH CORN GROWN IN KANSAS 



HILDRETH YELLOW DENT. Hildreth Yellow Dent may be 

 called a native variety, so to speak, of Labette County, Ivansas. The 

 originator C. E. Hildreth, of Altamount, Kansas, began selecting and 

 breeding this corn after 1901, because of the sturdy way in which it 

 withstood the drought of that year. It is a large, rank growing, late 

 variety, maturing in 125 to 130 days; ears large; length 9 to 11 inches; 

 circumference 7 to 8 1-2 inches; slightly tapering; medium large 

 shank and cob ; red cob with 18 to 24 rows of well formed deep, yellow 

 grains ; well filled out at butt and tip. Grains wedge shape, medium 

 in width and indentation; large germ; deep and firm on cob, giving 

 large percentage of shelled corn. 



COLLATERAL READING: 



Co-operative Variety Tests of Corn in 1902 and uj:)_\. 



Nebraska Bulletin No. 83. 

 Seed Corn and Some Standard Varieties for Illinois, 



Illinois Bulletin No. 63. 



Test of Varieties, 



Iowa Bulletin No. 55. 



Varieties for Minnesota, 



Minnesota Bulletin No. 40. 



