62 The Third and FotrRTH Gkneration 



A single ear of such seed corn has sold for hun- 

 dreds of doUars. 



It must be recalled that at the top of the corn 

 stalk there appears what is usually called the 



Fig. s. — A good ear of com. Note the close-fitting kernels 



"tassel," really a cluster of blossoms that bear 

 only stamens. Such separation of the stamens 

 and pistils on different blossoms is quite 

 common in plants that depend on the wind to 



