No. 574] 



INHERITANCE 



Plantings of such seeds are being made for comparison 

 with the ordinary class of sweet seeds having the same 

 ancestry. These are represented by the sweet seeds occur- 

 ring on ears having horny and sweet seeds. 



TABLE I 

 Expected: 25 Per Cent. Sweet 



Total... 3,154 2,351 803 25.5 ± .5 +1.0 



Progeny of Horny Seeds 

 From the horny seeds the expected results are more 

 complicated. They may be tabulated as follows: 



2 ears ^Squares 2 and 5) with seeds 3 horny: 1 sweet 



Ears were, therefore, expected in the proportion of 1 all 

 horny ear, 2 with horny and sweet seeds, 2 with horny 

 and waxy seeds and 4 with all three classes. Thirty ears 

 were secured from seed classed as horny. These ears 

 were distributed as follows : 1 all horny, 5 with horny and 



