40 INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 



Rice: Ears 5 to 7 inches long, 1^ to If inch 

 in diameter, strongly tapering, 14 to 20 rowed; 

 cob white. Kernels white or red, pointed into 

 a sort of short spine which is somewhat erect. 

 Plant 6 to 7 feet high, with ear 3 to 5 feet above 

 ground. Very productive. 



Adaptability of varieties. — Some varieties 

 seem particulai'ly adapted to a wide range of 

 conditions, while others are less so. A few va- 

 rieties are given here, as having been grown in 

 the States in which they are listed, and with- a 

 degree of success such as will justify their cul- 

 ture. Most of the tests were made at or under 

 the supervision of an agricultural experiment 

 station, from the publications of which much^ 

 of the data is secured. Where the information 

 is apparently reliable the varieties are named 

 from most to least productive. 



Alabama. At Uniontown: Mosby's Prolific, 

 Lee County Field, Blount's Prolific, Head's 

 Field, Madison County Red, Welborn's Con- 

 science, Lloyd's Stock and Strawberry yielded 

 in order given in 1890. At Auburn, in 1891: 

 Experiment Station Yellow, Clayton Bread, 

 Lindsay's Horsetooth and Hunnicutt. Bulletin 

 52 of the Alabama station (January, 1894,) rec- 

 ommends Clark's Early, Mastodon (yellow). 

 Early Eclipse (yellow). Gentry's Early Market 

 (white), and Improved Grolden Dent as the best 

 early varieties. 



