. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 2776. Zea canina, third year from the wild. Kernels less pointed. Cob nearly cylindrical 2777. Pod or Husk Mays. var. tunicatatXK) • Each kernel inclosed in a hask. AA. Maize grown primarily for the grain or fruit. Var. tunicita (Z. tunicita, Sturt.). Pod Cor
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 2776. Zea canina, third year from the wild. Kernels less pointed. Cob nearly cylindrical 2777. Pod or Husk Mays. var. tunicatatXK) • Each kernel inclosed in a hask. AA. Maize grown primarily for the grain or fruit. Var. tunicita (Z. tunicita, Sturt.). Pod Corn. Figs. 2777, 2778. Plate VII. In this group each kernel is inclosed in a pod or husk, and the ear thus formed is inclosed in husks. *^^^'- Var. evfirta {Z. ev(rta, Start.). Pop Corn. Fig. 551, Vol. I. Plate VII. This group is characterized by the excessive proportion of the corneous endosperm and the small size of the kernels and ear. The best varieties have a corneous endosperm throughout. This gives the property of popping, which is the complete eversion or turning inside out of the kernel through the explosion of the contained moisture on application of heat. A small deposit of starchy endosperm does not greatly in- terfere with this property of popping, but when the starchy endosperm is in excess, as in a flint Corn, the kernel does not evert, but the corneous portion only ex- plodes or splits, leaving the starchy portion unchanged. tender in its eating; the false Pop Com has a ten- der portion of limited ex- tent only. This class of Corns is even more readily recognized by inspection than by description. Var. indurita {Z. in- clurdta, Sturt.). Flikt COKN. Plate VII. Fig. 2779. A group readily re- cognized by the occurrence of a starchy endosperm, inclosed in a corneous en- J778. Cross-section of ear of dosperm, as shown in a Husk Corn (X K). split seed. This corneous endosperm varies in thickness with varieties. When very thin at the summit of the kernel the shrinkage
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