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2. Thirty ears, all flint; some ears copper red, others yellow in 
shades; some kernels splashed with red, and some slate color and 
black flint. 
3. Thirty-one ears, all flint, in general yellow, but some copper 
red ; some kernels white, slate, red in shades, and splashed. 
4. Home seed; sixteen ears, all on type, bright yellow. Station 
seed ; twenty-one ears, all on type; a few slate colored kernels, and 
kernels splashed with red. 
5. ‘Thirty-one ears, all flint, some yellow, some red blazed, some 
copper yellow; many ‘kernels black, slate, blotched and speckled. 
6. One ear yellow flint with white kernels intermixed. 
7. Twenty-eight ears, all flint, white and yellow kernels in about 
equal number, some splashed with pink, and one black. 
8. Thirty-five ears, all flint; colors of kernels very much mixed, in- 
cluding white, yellow, pink, purple and blotched. 
9. 'wenty-nine ears, all flint; some slate colored, white and red 
splashed kernels. . 
10. Twenty-three ears, all flint, of which ten were ‘purple, eleven 
yellow, one copper yellow and one red striped. 
11. Fifteen ears, all flint; occasionally a yellow and a blue kernel. 
12. Eleven ears, all flint, but very unripe. 
The summary for the flints, omitting the unripe, three hundred 
and seventy-three plants yielded two hundred and ninety-four good ears 
and forty-three poor ears, or seventy-eight hundredths good ears and 
twelve hundredths poor ears to a plant. One planting out of the 
eleven showed no hybridization. 
Sweet corn. 
Twenty-seven varieties of sweet corn were planted May 16 in forty- 
nine rows, The records of progress and crop are given below : 
No. 
No. No. Headed Bloomed Silked good 
planted. grew. days. days. days. ears. 
1. Early Marblehead............ ..- ese 24 16 53 57 56 19 
Zee BOM  RAUM Ot .'.2.'.'. Bit og ae tate tec 24 18 55 62 62 16 
PAN DT Wh Piha cb me acs Ebel 24 18 53 61 62 20 
3. Pratts ay. Senor one facts tp avec tar 24 24 56 61 62 26 
Soe ideas 24 21 57 62 61 18 
4, Karly Mamcatictt ia a chase Sede aleh esis < 24 13 53 61 61 i 
CU Ue kGON MEE 7a S08 8 Be ee 24 13 54 61 61 18 
By arly MinnOsota. 0... oe. cle cles cees 35 14 BB 61 63 18 
Rt onsen oats ee, 24 11 53 62 62 14 
PCL VPUPUELONS Ss oo 535 eieell coke clelelsleeiee 24 21 53 61 64 24 
BORON RL eT casi 2 Sia s/o ee 24 17 53 61 64 19 
PMeTORIIY 8 GUATIY 36.5 steer. ccecdscees 24 g 61 66 68 14 
OA Dra 1h ci eikes ods Bereneiete 24 12 57 66 68 14 
8 Wyoming Sweet...... 0... seccssees 24 20 62 69 72 41 
do gas duit hoe Tae 24 17 «d8 68 68 17 
EEILTOREOE sh 0k, tr1s)4 f ocaje dues > oiejn os 6 Go e'e'e 24 Hi 59 68 71 13 
do SS A talousn ie 24 5 61 68 70 9 
10. Moore’s pany Concord... aatornn coe Seekers 24. 16 59 68 72 14 
ATE eae 24 16 63 70 "5 17 
ll. Golden Sweet. PAN Oe wet renee LOk D4 23 57 68 70 15 
ASAE eee ne ee 24 20 57 68 71 18 
12. Extra Early Dwarf Borate, aWae 24 22 62 68 71 14 
do S35 hah Alpes 24 22 62 68 71 21 
DOPOETIES © ATTY... 65s cbt diveeess cee 24 19 58 68 69 24 
do Sea Mee ah tier 24 17 58 69 70 rent d | 
eG TECCITATIZO 1.49 2 >) ai) a) te i gee sesh eae 24 15 57 69 69 19 
15. Excelsior Early Sweet................ 24 8 61 71 79 11 
16. Squantum Sugar........... hos Meee 4 24 12 58 72 72 20 
SEEM © ON Ni Se Ze cin feel 24 13 66 79 84 18 
TP ATIUGCE: CLOALN: cs ciscoe secs, Psscvcvcccs 24 23 62 73 78 19 
d Wiswdel ea" eae P 24 24 62 73 78 14 
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