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1. Of the nine ears in the first row, five were rice pop, one pearl 
pop and three flint; of the fifteen ears in the second row, none sweet 
nor of rice type. The kernels yellow, white and amber, and an ocea- 
sional dented kernel with the structure, but not the external appear- 
ance of a sweet corn. Length of ears three to seven inches ; seven 
poor ears. 
2. Of the five ears, one was a purple rice pop, the rest common pop 
type. Sweet kernels intermixed, purple on the purple ear, and some 
pink striped. Length of ears six to seven and one-half inches. 
Sweet Corn kernels from a Rice Pop. - 
No. 
No. seed No. Headed, Bloomed, Silked, good 
planted. grew. days. days. days. ears. 
1. Amber sweet kernelfromarice pop. 24 21 64 75 17 26 
One ear a splendid flint corn, nine ears rice pop, sixteen pearl pop. 
Colors very much mixed, amber, yellow, white, pinkish blotched. 
Some few sweet kernels on the pop ears. Length ‘of ears two to eight 
and one-half inches. 
Flint kernels from Hars with Mixed kernels. 
No. 
No. seed No. Headed, Bloomed, Silked, good 
Pest hi meh G days. ib days. rede 
1. Yellow kernels Sieh a white flint ear.. 24 6 63 6 73 
13 58 69 70 10 
2. Yellow kernels trot a mixed with red 
Hint 6arccy. Cetera ete teee Bae 24. 19 61 72 "3 12 
do pte | 15 61 68 "5 t 
The crop is described below : 
1. Mostly a yellow flint, but some ears a dent, some white, slate and 
purple kernels, all of flint type. Length of ears, four to eleven inches; 
an occasional flint kernel on the dent ears. 
2. In the first row, four ears with red striped kernels, eight ears yel- 
low; some slate kernels. In the second row the ears mostly yellow, 
but some red splashed ; some black kernels. 
Flinty kernels from Dent ears. 
This seed was not in general a true flint by structure, but had the 
appearance of flint, and perhaps in some cases was a flint. 
No. 
No.seed No. Headed,Bloomed, Silked,good 
planted. grew. days. days. days. ears. 
24 16 Bie (3G 10 
1. Flinty kernels from Minnesota Dent....... 68 7 
GO a ECM ne 24 9 69 76 78 8 
2. Flinty kernels from MEE TOOG be ene gut ng 
small and red se gee eee 24 21 68 75 75 18 
24. 12 61 75 15 11 
8. Lemon flinty from nouns prolific white. 24 17 80 87 89 24 
vers ec) x. WAY tee eae 24 8 75 82 87 14 
4. White flinty, from Blount’s prolific white. 24 19 79 89 91 28 
dni titi tall) meted 24 18 15 87 88 22 
5. Red-yellow flinty from Pride of the Deiat 24 19 62 69 %3 23 
do 24. 19 62 ye 75 29 
6. Yellow-fiinty, from Pride of the North. 24 21 62 68 69 8 
do AD 20 63 68 69 7 
The descriptions of these crops are given below : 
1. Highteen ears on Minnesota Dent type, but some kernels splashed 
with red, and a few white and dark purple. ‘Two ears have a flinty 
structure, but yet scarcely to be classed with flints. Length of ears, 
four to nine and one-half inches; four poor ears. | 
