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respect, however, some plants producing silk before 

 pollen. 



43. Style. — Each grain produces a style, or silk. The 

 grains about one-fourth of the way from the base of the 

 ear silk first, and the process passes gradually toward the 

 tip, the entire period of silking requiring two to four days. 



Fig. 20. — Young corn kernels and silks. 



