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Pearl Pop. 
No. 
No. seed No. Headed Bloomed Silked good 
planted. grew. days. days. days. ears, 
1, Wine yellow pearl pop....... Bes cta ue 24 20 64 U7 78 18 
1 yal a ar PAA 24 24 68 76 76 27 
2. Red-tinged pearl pop........... ...... 24 24 72 85 86 26 
oY Ou ae bal peared Tek avatar 24 24 vg 79 85 22 
& Fale-red pearl pop. ..s cece cncssevee st 24 17 72 83 86 28 
Week e ate cect 24 20 72 84 86 20 
4. Reddish blush pearl pop.............. 24 17 72 83 84 21 
YS REE OA ie Ea heme 24 20 71 85 87 33 
Of the eight plants noted, the bloom and silk were synchronous in 
one case, the bloom from one to six days in advance in seven cases ; 
average, two days. 
The description of the crop is given below. 
1. Forty-five ears, from pearl pop to flint; some white and red 
splashed kernels, but yellow prevailing. Length of ears from four to 
nine inches. 
2. Forty-eight ears, all pearl pop red tinged, but a few yellow and 
dead white kernels. Length of ear from three to six inches. 
3. Twenty-five ears, red and on type; twenty-three ears white, with 
a few yellow kernels. Length of ears from four to six and a half 
inches. , 
4, All the ears pearl pop; nineteen ears white, thirty-five blush | 
pearl ; a few yellow and red-blotched kernels. Length of ears from 
four to seven and a half inches. The yield was one hundred and 
ninety-five good and fifty-six poor ears from one hundred and sixty- 
eight plants, or one and sixteen hundredths good and thirty-three hun- 
dredths poor ears per plant. Smut was observed in four of the eight 
rows. 
Golden Pop. 
A variety noticeable from the diminutive size of the ears, many of 
which are often less than an inch long, and rarely over two and one- 
quarter inches. ‘The color a bright yellow, the type approaching that 
of pearl pop, from ten to fourteen rows, very early and generally out 
of bloom before other varieties are in bloom. Of forty-eight seeds 
planted, thirty-six grew, thirty-two forming plants two feet tall, and 
four producing plants four feet tall, The heads appeared in fifty- 
three days from planting, the bloom in fifty-seven days, and the silk in 
fifty-three days, in this respect differing from our observations on other 
varieties. The fifty-two plants yielded fifty perfect and seven imper- 
fect ears, from three-quarters of an inch to two and one-quarter inches 
long, all normal except one ear with a few sweet and flint kernels; the 
four larger plants yielded nine perfect and one imperfect ears, from 
three to five inches lorg, and not a pop-kernel to be seen, the kernels 
all either sweet, flint or T'uscarora. No smut was observed. 
Rice Pop. 
The ears from which the seed was obtained were all perfect in type. 
