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12. Four ears, all on type ; a few white kernels. beats 
13. Sixteen ears dent, three ears flint; kernels white and yellow. 
14. Five ears dent, thirteen ears flint ; kernels yellow and white. 
15. Ten ears, all on type. 
16. Highteen ears, all on type, but very unripe. 
17. Fourteen ears, all on type ; a few yellow kernels. 
18. Eleven ears, all on type, but ver y unripe; a few yellow kernels. 
19. Seventeen ears, all on type, but very unripe. 
20. Hleven ears, all on type, but scarcely ripened. 
21. Twenty-five ears, very unripe. One ear white, one ear reddish. 
22. Hight ears, on type, but very unripe. 
23. ‘Twenty-one ears in all, very soft and unripe, two ears reddish, 
one ear yellowish white, the balance brown kernels. 
The summary for the dents, omitting the unripe, is six hundred and 
two plants yielded four hundred good ears, and one hundred and 
thirty-two poor ears, or sixty-six hundredths good ears and twenty-two 
hundredths poor ears per plant. Six plantings out of twenty-three 
did not indicate hybridization ; of these two, Minnesota Dent, No. 8, 
and No. 15, ripened, while Nos. 16, 19, 20 and 22 were very late, 
Flint Corn. 
‘Twelve varieties of flint corn were planted in twenty-three rows, and 
careful record kept of the progress and yield, as given below, the plant- 
ing May 16. 
No. 
‘No. No. Headed _Sloomed £Silked! good 
nianted, grew — days days. jdays. ears. 
1. Korty Days Early pi oelock sielee aretserieets 24 21 Ds 0% 65 34 
do SP dee hee 24 19 53 62 65 ‘ 
2, Eight-rowed Brown.. pS ee eee 24 13 56 62 67: 17 
do MUS CeCe 24 14 56 66 Tri 13 
3. Eight-rowed, red glazed.. rte Gato ars 24 19 58 $6 lite 14 
10 i Nae is aaa eee ee 24 19 56 68 vi 17 
4. Waushakum. Home seed........... 24 19 59 §8 71 16 
do Station seed......... 24 24 63 76 12 21 
5. Improved King Philip............... 24 24 61 $8 69 18 
do OSS 24 23 58 68 Vi B 
6. New England twelve-rowed........ : 24 2 61 68 76 1 
Ty nite Wings... 2a8 2S. ee tae cee 24 20 6] 68 71 Nae 4 
OPCS TW Fo trise weks ieee ee 24 13 61 70 7 11 
Bed INOS6 W Dit ces inniee cain siciniiccemuas 24 24 61 78 78 18 
do Rory Pry es Pe 24 24 61 89 be Wi 
0. Marly Dutton. desvnds month cir oaeees 24 20 57 70 7] 415 
10 PONS eee RO aay 24 19 62 69 "e 14 
10. Kight-rowed Pye IT bite eee 24 20 68 75 86 10 
Gadi opes tees 24 20 6% rf vb 13 
11. Rural harcuckbred Suet ce Pee mitcey 24 o 78 84 a0 i Pb-10 
do bik Fb Aldea 24. 7 75 84 ve) 5 
IP OAT ALUAs 2 os iL @ Peon tesla molemee's 24 19 86 94 Kd 9 
WO erates ve 1% 7 86 96 Ky 2 
ln these twenty-three rows, the bloom and the silk was coincident in 
two cases, while the silk was from one to eight days behind the bloom 
in the remaining cases. ‘The average appearance of the bloom was 
3.35 days in advance of the silk, the extremes being nevene and eight 
days. 
The amount of hybridization, and its characters is given below : 
1. Thirty-four ears, all flint ; fyellow kernels, white kernels, and 
pink striped and stained. 
