. The book of corn;. Corn. 78 THE BOOK OF CORN lar maturing of all parts of the ear. As the kernels mature from the butt to the tip of the ear, the differ- ence in time of maturing of the butt and the tip may be so great that the silks on the tip do not become ready for fertilization until the pollen of that variety is gone. Now if the tip is filled at all it must be by pollen from. Fig: 24—lllustratinff Pollen Grains Magnififd. <-;cc Chapter IV some other later variety or else it remains unfertilized and a poorly filled tip is the result. There are many illustrations of this in every field
. The book of corn;. Corn. 78 THE BOOK OF CORN lar maturing of all parts of the ear. As the kernels mature from the butt to the tip of the ear, the differ- ence in time of maturing of the butt and the tip may be so great that the silks on the tip do not become ready for fertilization until the pollen of that variety is gone. Now if the tip is filled at all it must be by pollen from. Fig: 24—lllustratinff Pollen Grains Magnififd. <-;cc Chapter IV some other later variety or else it remains unfertilized and a poorly filled tip is the result. There are many illustrations of this in every field of corn which has been grown by the side of another field of a diflferent color. For instance, a pure white ear frequently has the tip filled out with yellow ker-. 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 Myrick, Herbert, 1860-1927, [from old catalog] ed. New York, Chicago, Orange Judd company
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