52 | ASSEMBLY 
No. 
No.seed No. Headed, Bloom’d, Silked,good 
planted. grew. days. days. days. ears. 
_ 1. Amber, red-tinged, largekernels 24 24 61 66.- «67-28 
d 
0 24 = 28 61 66 66 22 
Oe. BYR TOU. seers te ets cate 24 19 58 LO) SS ALS 
COM eer te rca ere veh 24 20 58 69° 72 “e238 
Bs MOU OOL fie Vico ccis «ote ie rites 24 28 58 5? a 6 eB 
HMMA Cie Lec tte ste wee ceed ieee 24 = 23 58 GOs HPOSMET 
AOE We eis. ee ane oir at eke testi 24 23 59 70 37 ieee 
ROU eee beta neta os bite Shee aacten aR 24 824 61 70, 6915 
PF MLIATEMTITTIO...» aie tle we nthe sists rol p24 Sy 64 (URI te) 
“+ POR NES SP RARE GS Si ac 7 RS & f 62 fe Ee y a an 8 
6. White, red-streaked.......... 24 24 64 72 5 14 
aL ei Pas Mim ye OAR Caged Squat tr Pt 24 21 64 00; 20 Lob 
7%. Amber, red-tinged, medium ker- 
NGM sats csp iee tte e Be ee ee 24 20 64 1S fl eet 
0; ek che eee eee 24. 24 64 13 del Oui Le 
Of the fourteen plants observed, in one case the bloom was one day 
behind the silk; in two cases the bloom and silk were synchronous ; 
in eleven cases the bloom wasfrom one to three days in advance of the 
silk; averaging 1.7 days. 
The description of the crop is given below: 
1. The yield of the first row, twenty-eight ears, were of rice, pearl 
and pop type, many of the kernels white and purple splashed, and 
some sweet. ‘The twenty-two ears of the second row included five of 
the rice type, three of pop type, and fourteen of pearl type. Length 
of ears, three to nine inches. 
2. Of the forty-one ears, ten were red pearl and pop, eleven red rice, 
one amber rice, three yellow rice, eleven pearl, and five nearly flint. 
Some skeet kernels and some few white and copper-red kernels in the 
ears of pearl type. Length of ears, five to eight inches. 
3. Of the thirty-four ears, eight were red rice and one red pearl, six 
amber rice, and sixteen amber pearl,and three yellow pop. Somesweet 
kernels on all the ears. Length of ears, four to nine inches. 
4, Of the thirty-one ears, nine were yellow rice, three purple rice, 
nine amber rice, four yellow pearl, and six ears flint corn. White, yel- 
low and sweet kernels general in all but the red ears. Length of ears, 
three to eight and one-half inches. 
5. Of the thirty-one ears, thirteen were purple rice, six buff rice, 
twelve amber rice. Length of ears, three to five and one-half inches. 
6. Of the thirty ears, eighteen were rice, five pearl, and seven flint 
type, the colors various, but reds unmixed. Length of ears, three to 
nine inches. 
?. Of the thirty-two ears, twenty-three were rice, four pearl and five 
flint type, the colors various, but the reds unmixed. Length of ears, 
two to nine inches. 
The yield was two hundred and forty-nine good and twenty-nine 
poor ears from two hundred and ninety-six plants, or, eighty-four- 
hundredths good and ten-hundredths poor ears per plant. Smut 
was observed in ten out of the fourteen rows. 
Hybrid Corn. 
The only seed that we possessed that had been purposely cross-fer- 
