. The corn crops: a discussion of maize, kafirs, and sorghums as grown in the United States and Canada. Corn; Kafir corn; Sorghum. 20 COBN CROPS is supposed by some persons to be the true wild maize and the progenitor of our cutivated maize. Watson and Bailey both studied this wild maize and regarded it as a distinct species; however, since it has been produced by hybridizing teosinte and maize, this probably accounts for its origin. CLASSIFICATION OF MAIZE IN GROUPS Order — Gramineoe Tribe — MaydecB Genus — Zea Species — Mays 10. Maize may be classified into the following groups, or " ag
. The corn crops: a discussion of maize, kafirs, and sorghums as grown in the United States and Canada. Corn; Kafir corn; Sorghum. 20 COBN CROPS is supposed by some persons to be the true wild maize and the progenitor of our cutivated maize. Watson and Bailey both studied this wild maize and regarded it as a distinct species; however, since it has been produced by hybridizing teosinte and maize, this probably accounts for its origin. CLASSIFICATION OF MAIZE IN GROUPS Order — Gramineoe Tribe — MaydecB Genus — Zea Species — Mays 10. Maize may be classified into the following groups, or " agricultural species " (after Sturtevant) : — 1. Zea Maj/s canina (Watson), Maiz de Coyote. Said to grow wild in Mexico, but the same type has been produced artificially by crossing teosinte and common maize. Characterized by a branching plant and by the production of numerous small ears in the leaf axils of lateral branches; ears sometimes clustered; 4 to 8 rows on an ear, and ear 2 to 4 inches in length. 2. Zea Mays tunicata, the pod corns, Bui. Torrey Bot. Club, 1904. Each kernel inclosed in a pod or husk and the ear inclosed in husks; not com- mon. All forms of kernel, as sweet, dent, flint, and others, are found in pod corn. Occasionally a few podded kernels will occur on ears of ordinary corn. It has been. Fig. 5. — Pod Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Montgomery, Edward Gerrard, 1878-. New York, The Macmillan company
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