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type, small-stalked, strongly tapering, strongly rounding at butt, and rice- 
kernelled. Color, pearly. The red common pop have all cylindrical ears, swol- 
len at butt, through irregular addition of kernels. Amber rice all of the same 
pattern as the Red rice pop. 
* No hybridization to be noted on most of the ears. On one poor, red ear, not 
counted in the crop, a few red, sweet kernels ; on another a few dark-yellow ker- 
nels of the type of the rest of the kernels on the ear. 
1927. Small White Pearl from Reddish-blush Pearl (Station) : ; 
Kars three to five inches long. Har-stalk small; ears cylindrical or but very 
slightly tapering, rounding at butt, a little pointed at tip, which does not fill well. 
Kernels very deep, mosaic like, and handsome. ‘Two ears red pearl, four blush 
- pearl, and thirty-two white pearl. Cob, red-tinged to the reddish ears; many- 
rowed. 
* An occasional yellow year] kernel in the white and blush ears. 
1928. White Pearl Pop (Station) : 
Ears three to five inches long. Ear-stalk small, ears cylindrical, compressed 
and rounded at butt, rounded at tip. Kernels deep. Color, pearl-white ; cob, 
white ; many-rowed. 
* An occasional lemon-yellow kernel. 
1929. White Rice Pop from Amber red-tinged seed (Station) : 
Kighteen ears rice pop, three ears pearl pop. Some of the rice ears are buff, 
others red, others amber. The pearl pop ears amber-pearl, approaching common 
pop. All on type. 
* One slate pop kernel on a pearl pop ear. A few dented rice pop kernels, soft 
in structure, on an amber rice pop ear. A few red, sweet rice kernels on a red 
rice pop ear. 
1930. Yellow kernels from New England Pop (Station) : 
Kars three to nine inches long. One ear red pearl, tweny-two ears New Eng- 
land pop. _The red pearl on type, as also the New England, whose color is yel- 
low ; cob, white. 
* Some white kernels on New England pop. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
1991. White maize from Senegal (Landreth) : 
1992. Yellow maize from Senegal (Landreth) : 
1993. Red maize from Senegal (Landreth) : 
* Did not ripen sufficiently to harvest. 
Before discussing the cross-fertilization of maize, we must define 
our agricultural species, and note other circumstances, which neces- 
sarily affect our conclusions. 
Friint Corn, that agricultural species in which the split kernel 
shows three structures, the chit, visible starch, and corneous matter 
surrounding, — ? 
Dent Corn, that agricultural species in which the split kernel 
shows the chit, visible starch, extending to the summit, and corneous 
matter upon the sides. 
Sorr Corn, that agricultural species in which the split kernel shows 
only the chit and visible starch, the corneous matter being absent. 
Por Cory, that agricultural species in which the split kernel shows 
only the chit and corneous matter, or a very fine line of visible 
starch enclosing the chit. : 
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