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early dent varieties share about equal popularity with 

 the flints. Above 1000 feet elevation, flints are almost 

 universal. 



Flint varieties 

 Eight-row and Twelve-row 



Yellow Flint 

 King Philip 

 Canada Smut Nose 



Dent varieties 

 Pride of the North 

 White Cap 

 Hall's Gold Nugget 

 Various acclimated 

 varieties 



local 



In this section, one-third to one-half of the corn is 

 grown for silage. For this purpose the seed is usually 



Fig. 54. — Four ears in center are Sanford white flint, the longest type of 

 cultivated corn. On right and left are shown typical ears of dent and 

 flint, for comparison. 



