CORN. 7 



The following table has been prepared to show the zones in which 

 each variety of corn, wheat, and oats reported on seems to be best 

 adapted. ^ A list of the varieties of cereals specially adapted to each 

 zone is given in the table on page 22. 



Distribution of Cereals in North America, hy Varieties. 



Cereal. 



Group. 



Variety. 



Zone. 





(a) Flint 



Angel of Midnight 



Canadian Eight -rowed 



Yellow. 

 King Philip 



Transition and upper edge of Up- 

 per Austral. 



Transition and upper edge of Up- 

 per Austral. 





(6) Dent . . . 



Transition and upper edge of Up- 

 per Austral. 



Transition and upper edge of Up- 

 per Austral. 



Upper Austral. 



Lower Austral and lower edge of 

 Upper Austral. 



Upper Austral and upper part of 

 Lower Austral. 



Upper Austral. 













Golden Dent 



Corn 







Learning 



Mosbv's Prolific 





(c) Soft 





Pride^of the North 



St. Charles White 



White Gourd Seed 



Squaw 



Transition. 



Upper Austral. 



Where Upper and Lower Austral 



blend. 

 Transition. 





(d) Sweet 



StoweU's Evergreen 



Upper Austral. 



Upper Austral. 



Transition and Upper Austral. 



Upper Austral. 



Upper Austral. 





(a) Winter 











Fultz 





May 







Upper Austral. 

 Upper Austral. 

 Upper Austral. 

 Upper Austral. 

 Lower and Upper Austral. 

 Transition. 







Wheat 



Velvet Chaff 









Ladoga 





Saskatchewan Fife 



Scotch Fife. Fife 



Sonora 



Transition. 





(a) Open panicle 



(b) Closed panicle... 



Upper and Lower Austral. 





Red Fife 





f American Banner 



Transition. 



1 





Transition and Upper Austral. 

 Transition and Upper Austral. 



1 







iBurt 







Where Upper Austral and Lower 



Austral blend. 

 Transition and Upper Austral. 





/White Hussian 













CORN. 



Indian corn is known botanically as Zea mays Linn. The varieties 

 of this species are many, and may be subdivided into five principal 

 groups, viz : Flint, Dent, Soft, Sweet, and Pop. There is one other 

 group, known as Pod corn, which, however, does not find a place in 

 our agriculture. Sturtevant also places in a group by itself, under the 

 name of Starchy Sweet corns, the varieties grown by the Indians of 

 Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. In this report are considered only 

 the Flint, Dent, Soft, Sweet, and Pop varieties. For convenience, 

 each is placed in its proper group, and discussed separately. 



• No doubt occasionally varieties were incorrectly named by correspondents, but 

 such errors are probably so small as not to be worthy of serious consideration. 



