BREEDING AND CURING 



in the previous section that a cross can be 

 made in safety in the open fifeld — that 

 is, without the removal or protection of 

 flowers — by having one parent represent the 

 starchy and the other the sugary type of 

 corn, the so-called sweet and field sorts. 

 Of course this factor of grain texture may 

 be here employed, which will provide for 

 one cross. But others may be secured by 

 involving other characteristics of corn. 



In the first place, it will be necessary to 

 decide upon the stock and the breeders, 

 and as the sugary is the type that shows 

 immediate influence of the male, it is 

 selected, while the male sorts may be 

 termed the breeders. The question now 

 is as to a quality of corn other than grain 

 texture that will admit of immediate influ- 

 ence. This is found in the color of the 

 grain, and is best shown by an example. 



Let one grow a white (colorless) corn in 

 parallel rows with yellow corn, both being 

 either sweet or starchy, and the result will 

 be that the white ears will show a mixture 

 of yellow; that is, the pollen for the yellow 



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