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Photograph by O. F. Cook 



CUZCO, THE LARGE-KERNEL CORN OF PERU 



In the middle farming zone of Peru, at elevations between 8,000 and 11,000 feet, the 

 Cuzco type of corn is the principal crop. It is characterized by very large kernels, sometimes 

 nearly an inch broad. Cuzco is native to the cool tablelands of Peru rather than the tropical 

 valleys. This fact throws new light on its behavior in the United States. In the hot summer 

 climate of the eastern States it usually fails to set seed, but it may be of use on the Pacific 

 coast or other parts of the United States where there is too little heat for our varieties to 

 mature (natural size). 



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