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CORN CROPS 



may be combined with many or all the characters of the 

 starchy parent. 



SELECTING AND CUEING SWEET CORN 



193. Methods of selecting seed sweet com vary with 

 different growers. One way that has been found satis- 

 factory is herewith given. 



For many years it has been the custom to select for 

 home planting a number of ears having characteristics 



Fig. 94. — Handy rack tor drying seed corn. 



most desirable. Earliness is maintained only by saving 

 the earliest ears from the early corn, and from these earhest 

 ears a small number, Imo^vn as "double extra," are set 

 aside for the breeding-plat. In selecting these double 

 extra ears, it is important to note, not only size, length 

 of grain, and length of cob, but also the character of the 



