SWEET CORN 



and upon the ears of the latter there were 

 many starchy grains. By planting these 

 starchy cross grains a certain definite ratio 

 between the starchy and sweet grains will 

 appear in the next generation, namely, 

 three of starchy to one of sugary. These 

 sugary grains are free from the starchy 

 quality, and will, when planted under 

 isolation, produce a new sweet sort of corn, 

 and probably practically the same as that 

 described above, when the sweet strain was 

 extracted from the starchy ears borne by 

 the field variety. The parents are the same 

 in both cases, but the combination was 

 opposite; that is, the male in the one cross 

 was the female in the other." 



BLOCK FOR SWEET CORN BREEDING 



In continuation of the work of breeding 

 sweet corn, it will be supposed that the 

 person who would essay the task is quite 

 ambitious, and with a single block of corn 

 wishes to make more than one cross at the 

 same time and yet have each one free from 

 any mixing with the other. It was shown 



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