20 INDIAN OOBN CULTURE. 



CHAPTER III. 



VARIETIES AND THEIR ADAPTATION. 



Indian corn is easily cross-fertilized, accident- 

 ally or artificially, and as a result many so- 

 called new varieties have been introduced in 

 the past. As a rule but few have remained in 

 general public favor for a long term of years, 

 as it is difficult to find a variety that will adapt 

 itself to a wide geographical range and climatic 

 and soil variations. 



Selecting a variety. — In selecting a variety 

 two things necessarily should receive considera- 

 ^•tion: first, the capacity to mature a crop in a 

 given locality, and secondly, productiveness in 

 grain, or gi'ain and forage. In this work it 

 seems best to discuss this subject in two ways: 

 first, to describe a number of standard varieties, 

 and secondly, to give a list of varieties adapted 

 to different States, covering a wide territory. 

 The descriptions of varieties are gleaned from 

 various sources, but unless otherwise indicated, 

 are mainly on the basis of the published inves- 

 tigations of Dr. E. L. Sturtevant (our best au- 

 thority on varieties) in the New York State ex- 



