4, [ ASSEMBLY. 
found from one to eight days before the silk emerged, so that from the 
duration of the pollen, self-fertilization in most of the cases was possi- 
ble. We also would call attention to the great range between the 
plants in their period of maturing. 
In sixteen rows the anthers were purple and the silk green, in one 
row the anthers both green and purple and the silk green, in ten rows 
not noted. 
In twenty-six rows smut occurred to a large extent--in one row 
our record deficient. The location of the smut was in the thirty-three 
cases recorded, on the tassel in thirteen, the stalk in eight, the nodes in 
four, the leaves in three, the suckers in two, the ear in two, and the 
root in one case, but more than one location often in each row, or on 
same plant. 
The yield in number of ears was: 
Unpodded Seed. No. plants. Podded Unpodded 
Series. ears. ears. 
Tibss t's sos3. ond ble eundehe Siete 32 1 19 
NN PEE SAE FOE LSI tei | 44 3 al 
ER Uetshs\ais:'s atgetisibincs cae Rove aad ee 34. 4 29 
Fee ods aide tal niin MO UN een eae 12 16 
Brita ts itie wile ie his Macmediock etiea hip ee 10 2 8 
Podded Seed. 
Series. 
DEN sss loinc ds Winches piceoinie 20 6 6 
Date five» iain die ei Hk A ete 24 9 2 
IROL: 5 io Gia lpi Mas hAs eevee ea ee 44 8 12 
Bd is Koti oh ice: te kaos int aaehrens Tee tee aie 34 10 5 
Die folsacieivetsie oie ei atelele ee Desa 3 9 sie 
BASTIAESe GAl isc edeie  Nektet SiGe 8 9 Re 
UF SLU Rare Aeris F 13 4 4 (1 tassel ear.) 
1S Ronco te URAL win sie Pode leis 13 11 a 
OD eh six sn YahichGt GAalaMe & ob Wel eho unin is ie v4 10 
Yield. 
Podded Unpodded Tassel 
No. plants. ears. ears. ears.§ 
Unpodiled™seed 20." 0. Snes - 132 10 93 x 
Podded seed 4% 6 MRA eee 166 76 29 ii 
Unpodded seed, ten rows, smut in nine rows. 
Podded seed, seventoen rows, smut in seventeen rows. 
Character of Unpodded Ears. 
Series. 
1. Fourteen ears red dent, two white dent, three ears yellow and 
white dent, some sweet kernels in all. 
2. Twenty-one ears yellow and white dent, some sweet kernels. 
3. Twenty-nine ears yellow and white and red blotched. 
4. Sixteen ears white, yellowish and stripped dent, but some few sweet 
kernels, some of the ears mostly sweet. 
5. Eight ears white, yellowish and red blotched dent, but some few 
sweet kernels, some of ‘the ears mostly sweet. 
6. Six ears white and light yellow dent kernels. 
