RESULTS WITH HYBRIDIZATION 



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4. Broad breeding (pollen from plants of a different 



variety) . 



5. Broad breeding (pollen from plants of a different 



group, as between flint and sweet corn). 



XENIA 



75. Cross a common dent corn on a sweet corn, using 

 pollen from the former. When the ear is mature, instead 



Fig. 30. — Method of covering tassel and ear for 

 artifioial pollination. 



of the kernels being wrinkled and translucent as in sweet 

 corn, a part of them will be smooth, resembling a dent 



