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Resembles. at first sight Cherokee, but the ear is larger, the color 
lighter, aud no true sulcus can be made out. 
++t++ Kernels white. 
|| Cob white. 
* A sulcus between rows. 
30. Maryianp Prouiric, Sibley. Ear about seven inches long, 
one and seven-eighths to two inches in diameter. Ear tapering a little 
scarcely rounded at butt, roundly at tip, which is unfilled; 16-rowed. 
Kernels rounded at upper portion so as to forma rather broad and 
medium deep sulcus between the rows, white above, horny white be- 
low, lightly dented, often not at all toward tip. 
31. Wuire Dent,.Srptey. Ears seven to eight inches long, and 
about one and three-quarter inches in diameter at center of the ear. 
Ear tapering, shortly rounded at butt, rather pointed toward tip, 
which is unfilled; 16-rowed. Kernel flat, sufficiently rounded at _ 
corners to form a recognizable sulcus, long dimple dented, often not 
indented in lower portion of ear. Very similar to, if not indentical 
with No. 30. | 
32. Carottina SHon Pra. From N. CO. Ear about seven inches 
long, and one and three-fourths inches in diameter. Lar slightly but 
evenly tapering, evenly rounded at butt and tip, the unfilled tip pro- _ 
jecting ; sixteen to 20-rowed. Kernel deep and narrow, rounded in 
upper portion to a flat dented summit, thus leaving a rather broad 
sulcus between rows, white above, horny white below. Cob small. | 
From same collection as Shoe Peg, but quite distinct. 
33. Watson. From Tenn. Ear seven to eight inches long, and 
one and seven-eighths inches in diameter. Ear tapering, rounding 
at butt, and evenly at tip, which is unfilled; twelve to 16-rowed. 
Kernels rounded in upper half ‘to a small flat dimpled surface, thus 
forming a broad sulcus between rows, usually slightly indented to- 
wards lower portion of ear, and not at all at tip, white above, horny 
white below. 
This variety often appears in crops of Blount’s Prolific. 
34. Srptey’s Mammorn, Sibley. Synonym —Common Tennessee, 
A. G. Willey. Ears nine to ten inches long, and two and one-quar- 
ter inches in diameter. Lar slightly tapering, compressed rounded 
at butt, evenly rounded at tip, which is unfilled ; fourteen to 16-rowed. 
Kernels white at summit, horny white below, long dimpled dented, 
often pinched, flat, rounded at the corners, and forming a rather 
broad suleus. | 
Resembles Maryland Prolific, but the ear is longer, and more 
slender. 
85. Cary No. 2. From N. ©. Ear ten to ten and one-half 
inches long, about two and three-eighths inches in diameter. Ear 
tapering evenly; abruptly rounded at butt, a little pointed toward 
tip; sixteen-rowed. Kernels large, deep, widest at the center, thus 
forming often a rather broad and deep sulcus between rows ; white 
above, horny white below, not broad at summit, dimple dented. 
From same collection as Cary No. 1, and a distinct form. 
