CORN. Wedge-shaped Square Round kernel. butt of ear Cylindrical ear tip 1907
CORN. 1. Wedge-shaped kernel. A desirable type. 2. Square kernel. Undesirable type. 3. Round kernel. Most undesirable type. 4. Well-filled butt of ear. A desirable type. 5. Medium-filled butt of ear. An undesirable type. 6. Poorly-filled butt of ear. Most undesirable type. 7. Cylindrical ear with straight rows of uniform kernels. 8. Cylindrical ear with straight rows of uniform kernels. 9. Nos. 7, 8 and 9 illustrate a desirable kind of selection of uniform ears. 10. Well-filled tip of ear. A desirable type. 11. Partly uncovered tip. Undesirable type. 12. Most undesirable type of tip of ear, poorly filled with irregular and small kernels. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Scientific American. Provenance: "The Americana "; Editor-in-Chief Frederick Converse Beach, Managing Editor George Edwin Rines, Published by Scientific American Compiling Dep't, New York. Type: Antique book illustration.
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