CORN 



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SHAPE OF EAR 



(2) An ear nearly cylindrical, but very slightly tapering, 

 and having straight rows from butt to tip. This ear must be 

 full in the middle and of the desirable size given in (1). 



Fig. 62, — An ear of desirable size 

 and shape. 



Fig. 63. — An ear of desirable size 

 and shape, having a desirable butt. 



(2) An ear in the form of a cylinder about two thirds 

 of its length, then sharply tapering; another sharply 

 tapering from butt to tip ; and still another with extremely 

 crooked rows. 



The kernels are more uniform in both size and shape in 

 the nearly cyhndrical ear, and also in those ears whose 



