BOTANY AND VARIETIES 



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RILEY S FAVORITE 



History — The Riley's Favorite was originated by 

 Mr James Riley of Boone county, Indiana, in 1885. It 

 is a hybrid, the result of a cross of a large late corn, 

 the Golden Yellow, with a small early corn, the Pride 

 of the North. It has been bred in the following man- 

 ner : A plot of one-half acre was selected away from 



3 n 4 3°S 306 



Fig 5 — Length of Ear, Boone County White . 



No 304, proper length and size; 305, too long; 306, too short 



any other variety of corn and planted in the usual way. 

 As soon as the tassels began to appear, the barren and 

 diseased stalks were all removed, leaving only healthy 

 stalks. In this way future seed could not be fertilized 

 from pollen from barren or dwarfed stalks. Mr Riley 

 selected toward a medium-sized ear, small cob, well- 



