. Field crops for the cotton-belt. Agriculture. 178 , FIELD CROPS FOR THE COTTON-BELT 217. Zea Mays canina. — A species of maize found .growing wild in Mexico and thought to be a fourth or fifth generation produced by the crossing of teosinte arid the black Mexican corn. The plants of this species are, branched, each plant producing nu- merous small ears in the leaf axils of the lateral branches. The ears range from 2 to 4 inches in length and pro- duce from 4 to 8 ^ rows of kernels, 218. Zea Mays tunicata, or pod- corn.— An uncom- mon species, char- acterized by the fact that each kernel is i
. Field crops for the cotton-belt. Agriculture. 178 , FIELD CROPS FOR THE COTTON-BELT 217. Zea Mays canina. — A species of maize found .growing wild in Mexico and thought to be a fourth or fifth generation produced by the crossing of teosinte arid the black Mexican corn. The plants of this species are, branched, each plant producing nu- merous small ears in the leaf axils of the lateral branches. The ears range from 2 to 4 inches in length and pro- duce from 4 to 8 ^ rows of kernels, 218. Zea Mays tunicata, or pod- corn.— An uncom- mon species, char- acterized by the fact that each kernel is inclosed in a pod or husk and the ear FiQ. 30.— A small inclosed in husks (Fig. 30). The ker- nels are rather small and occur in many colors such ds red, white, yellow, and variegated as well as in different forms such as sweet, dent, and flint. Pod-corn is supposed by some to be a primitive type bred from a wild grass of Central America by a race of people called Mayas who once inhabited the regions now known as Yucatan and Guatemala. This surmise, however, seems to lack definite evidence. 219. Zea Mays everata, the pop-corns (Figs. 31, 32). — The varieties of this species are characterized by the fact. ear of the pod- corn 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 Morgan, James Oscar. New York, The Macmillan company
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