BOTANY AND VARIETIES 21 



P. R. Sperry of Warren county, Illinois, a breeder of 

 this corn, is as follows : Mr Shaffer, a seed corn 

 specialist, brought from Pennsylvania to Warren 

 county, Illinois, a variety of corn he called the White 

 Elephant, about 1880. In 1895 Mr Sperry began se- 



319 J20 331 



Fig 6— Circumference of Ear, Boone County White 



No 319, well-proportioned, proper circumference; 320, too large for length; 

 321, too sm:ill for length 



lectincf seed from this variety for a different tvpe than 

 the White Elephant. He selected one bushel of seed 

 of the type desired and planted this seed by itself, so 

 that it would not be mixed with any other variety. In 



