18 BULLETIN 7}, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Ear No. 1129 had 24.1 per cent of waxy seeds, a close approxima- 
tion to the expected 25 per cent, the deviation being less than the 
probable error. The deviation of ear No. 1130 was 3.7 times the 
probable error below 25 per cent. The plant that served as the male 
parent of ear No. 1130 bore ear No. 1135, the result of self-pollina- 
tion. The deviation of this ear was also below the expected 25 
per cent by three times the probable error. This fact would indi- 
cate that the low percentage of waxy seeds observed on ear No. 1130 
was due to the male parent, since there was also a deficiency of waxy 
seeds when the male parent was self-pollinated. 
TastE V1.—Inheritance of endosperm texture in 20 ears of maize, the wary X 
horny progeny of the tivo ears Nos. 1129 and 1130, the progeny of hybrid 
Dh 237. 
| 
| Pedigree No. of— | Number of seeds. 
{ 
Parent ear and pedigree No. of 
- __ @ | centage 
oety- ‘Se £ poll! Recipro- Total. y Se of 
beng é-| eal eross. | ~"* wss¥- 
| 
1 hea 9 
Ear No. 11%, WX x CH: : 
SER ee ee ee | 1794.2... 5L2 
Yi ee te ee ea gt ee = [}:) | oe Ee 47.0 
Re Soe ee eee | 1800... 48.6 
7 | 7 SRP eee ne ie Ree SEE ee Bi 7. eee Pee do. 5 +7 
LCs pe Se Se el oe eae pie i}. ) | Se Af 2 ile 50.2 
cf 7a ed be ee ae er } 1800... | None. 47_2 
1 os Ee Se RD ae pee ee (OER MEE REWER 47.9 
Ear No. 1130, WX x CH | 
EE oe ee SS None_..- 45.7 
Me et ER eet +. .-do 54.5 
oye ie coites 20 Rie le at ee ae __.do 49.5 
(il) See SS ae ee ..-d0 54.0 
DiS eee ie ies Se Se ya bales ead 1851____- J.) Se 53.0 
20) Se ak i ee ae | Nome... -} 5.0 
eiigee Ser ee eae 1855 54.3 
aged ite AS Ps ER, p32. oe foils wee 52.0 
Ear No. 1129, CX x WH | 
(7 OS ee SE ee a ee Wi74_ 5L4 
fie. es ES 77, eee 52.0 
177) Le ee ee ee None... 5L4 
1 yr) Cee er Een, neuen Bev ca 5L5 
Ear No. 1130, CX x WH 
1 11S a a ee = le CP eee 1828. _ 2. 48.6 
eee Oe ee eee | ina7 2 2.0 
127, 7 PUI aN oc ee ater So ee 1}s 7 ease « ‘53.8 
ey 2 es oR ee Gee None.... | 835 | = z Bet 2 45.0 
Weal 2 ea ee ee O87 | 03s! 2 | y 43.5 
Total of the above four groups. ._-_.-._.-.---- eee Sa 
If any difference in the behavior of the progenies of Nos. 1129 and 
1130 occurred, a lower percentage of waxy seeds on the progeny of 
ear No. 1130 would be expected. A careful analysis of the progeny 
with this point in mind failed to reveal any significant differences, sO 
that the differences observed in the percentage of waxy seeds of the 
two ears, Nos. 1129 and 1130, must, for the present, be ascribed to 
