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*The Tuscarora type ears have yellow, blue and purple soft kernels. The 
flint ears have pink and reddish and brownish kernels intermixed so as give a uni- 
form color to the ear through their blending, and sweet and soft kernels of the 
same color, oe 
1894. Znni Blue (F. H. Cushing, Zuni Indians) ‘ 
Ears seven to twelve inches long. Ear-stalk smallish; ear slightly tapering, 
rounding at summit, not well filled at tip. Color, blue; cob, white. Four ears 
14-rowed, three ears 16-rowed, one ear 18-rowed. Some kernels indented. 
*Some light purplish, yellow and white soft kernels. Some of the kernels 
have a sensible yet small quantity of corneous matter on the sides, and yet the 
seed was all soft. 
1895. Zuni Black (Cushing): 
Kars five to ten inches long? Ear-stalk small; ear tapering, rounding at butt, 
tapering cleanly to well-filled tip. Fourteen black-purple ears, with fine purple 
cobs, two blue ears, with white cob. In the purple-black ears the kernels poly- 
gonal through pressure, the sides not parallel in the same plane, the chit very 
large. The blue.ears correspond with No. 1894. Three ears 12-rowed, six ears 
14 rowed, five ears 16-rowed, two ears 18-rowed. 
* No hybridization apparent in the black ears. In the blue ears, white, yellow, 
purple and variously striped soft kernels. 
1896. Zuni Purple (Cushing) : 
Ears four to eight inches long. Ear-stalk small; two forms of ears. The one 
like No. 1895, the other fusiform, that is tapering from a point at the upper third 
towards the butt, and towards the tip. Kernels rounded at butt. The ears show 
several forms of coloring. Some ears glossy lemon. yellow, with a few purple 
and slate kernels, some red kernelled throughout, some blackish purple. Cob, 
purple on the purple ears, white on the others. 
_ * Colors very mixed in all but the red and purple ears, all soft kernelled. - 
1897. Zuni White (Cushing): 
Ears six to nine inches long. Ear-stalk small. Two forms of ears; the one 
fusiform as in No, 1896, the other tapering as in 1895. Three ears 12-rowed, 
three ears 14-rowed, six ears 16-rowed, one ear 18-rowed, one ear 20-rowed., 
* The pink purple ears, seven in number, have cobs faintly tinged with pur- 
ple, and show no mixture save an occasional darker purple kernel. The white 
ears are also seven in number; some are purple tinged, with white and slate- 
colored soft kennels, others are white, and have purple, slate, yellow and speckled 
kernels of soft corn. 
1898. Zuni White, purple speckled (Cushing): 
' Kars four to eight inches long. Two forms of ears; the oné nearly cylindrical 
scarcely rounded at butt, 12-rowed, with medium ear-stalk; the other tapering 
towards butt and tip as in No, 1896, and rounded at butt, the ear-stalk small. 
Color variable, white predominating in some ears, blue and deep purple in others; 
cob, white. Twelve to 16-rowed. 
* Kernels all soft, speckled kernels very abundant, usually purple on white 
ground, but various shades of purple, blue, yellow, and pink are to be found, as 
well as pure white. 
1899. Zuni Yellow (Cushing) : 
Fars four to nine inches long. FEar-stalk smallish. Two types of ears, the one 
tapering towards butt and towards tip, the other tapering from butt, the first 
rounded-at butt, the latter not rounding, or but very slightly. Color, yellow; 
cob, white. Two ears 12-rowed, six ears 14-rowed, ten years 16-rowed, one ear 
18-rowed, one ear 20-rowed. ; 
* A few slate, white and purple soft kernels. 
1900. Mandan or Squaw; reddish brown flint kernels (Station): 
Fars four to seven inches long. Ear-stalk smallish; ears cylindrical, scarcely 
rounded at tip, all on type, Colors, various, some red-brown ears, other ears 
mostly blue. 
* The red ears apparently all flint, and no mixture of colors of kernels. The 
