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54. Smatt Peary. Ears about four and one-half to five inches 
long and one inch in diameter, tapering both ways from a point 
toward the upper third of ear. Kernels as deep as broad, very 
closely set, compressed, very dense; twelve or more rowed. Very 
distinet from Pearl No. 7. 
6. Mintaturr, Thorburn. Ears about four and one-half inches 
long, and three-quarters inches in diameter, tapering very grad- 
ually, often curved, tip rarely well filled; mostly 16-rowed. ‘er- 
nels triangular, very small, white, very flinty. 
7. Praru. Lars about four to five inches long and three-quarters 
to one inch in diameter, nearly cylindrical, the kernels very much 
compressed and flat; mostly 14 to 18-rowed, rounding at butt and 
tip rather abruptly. . Kernels much deeper than broad, triangular, 
very flinty. 
White and lemon yellow forms occur, and deep purple with red 
cob; also bluish, and ears with upper surface of kernels dead white. 
ttt Ears strongly tapering. 
* Cob white. | 
8. Brur. Ears six to eight inches long and about one inch in 
diameter 5 strongly tapering in lower portion; fourteen to 18-rowed. 
Kernels triangular, deeper than broad, very flinty, of a slate blue 
color. 
tttt Ears strongly tapering, kernels beaked. 
* Cob white. — 
9, Eayprian, Gregory. Synonym— White Rice. Ears four toseven 
inches long and one and one-quarter to one and one-half inches in 
diameter, strongly tapering, often cone form, many rowed. The 
kernels the shape of a rice kernel, with a sharp projection where 
the silk was attached, and sloping downward more or less. Color 
white. Plant about five feet tall, and bearing its ears about thirty 
inches from the ground. 
Varieties occur with amber, honey yellow, yellow and reddish 
kernels, with white cobs; and red purple, and almost black purple 
kernels, with red cobs. 
ABNoRMAL Form. 
10. Brar’s Foor, Harris. A variety of the Egyptian, introduced 
by Joseph Harris, seedsman, of Rochester, in 1885, as a novelty. 
The ear becomes flattened and in form resembles a bear’s paw. As 
a monstrosity, this freak is by no means a rare one, butif a variety, 
as is claimed, it offers illustration of the power of selection in per- 
petuating an abnormal form. 
The pop corns present a great many varieties, so far as color of 
kernel and size of ear is concerned, but the seed is generally so af- 
fected with cross-fertilization as not to generally furnish ears on 
type, except in those few varieties which are grown commercially. 
Thus a White Pearl may yield four or five distinct colors, or even 
rice ears; the New England Pop usually bears some ears of common 
Twelve-rowed, etc. When the seed is pure, the pops, however, 
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