. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing;. Corn. IOWA IDEAL 439 IOWA IDEAL. **]n 1883 Mr. W. D. Kaylon, of Strahan, Iowa, purchased several bushels of white corn of a neighbor. The variety was known as St. Charles White. In 1894 H. Hilton, of Malvern, Iowa, secured some of this corn. At that time it was a good corn, but there were two different types; one a very thick ear with a large shank; the other a wfll proportioned ear with a medium shank and. IOWA IDEAL thinner kernel. The best ears of the latter were selected and by close breeding the type has become unusually well fixed.
. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing;. Corn. IOWA IDEAL 439 IOWA IDEAL. **]n 1883 Mr. W. D. Kaylon, of Strahan, Iowa, purchased several bushels of white corn of a neighbor. The variety was known as St. Charles White. In 1894 H. Hilton, of Malvern, Iowa, secured some of this corn. At that time it was a good corn, but there were two different types; one a very thick ear with a large shank; the other a wfll proportioned ear with a medium shank and. IOWA IDEAL thinner kernel. The best ears of the latter were selected and by close breeding the type has become unusually well fixed. In changing the type of this corn it was named the "Iowa ; This corn was first shown in 1904 by the originator, and won at every place exhibit- ed. It has been shown at all of the leading corn shows since and has always "been in the ; In shape of ear, trueness to type, uni- formity in size, and shape of kernel, this corn is not excelled by any other variety. The shape of ear is partly cylindrical, tapering at tip; kernels creamy white, rather thicker than Silver Mine, having no thin-grained chaffy ears. The grain is well dented, a pinched crease dent, with plump, rounding tips; 20 rows distinctly paired; cob me- dium size, white, shank medium, well filled butts and tips; length of ear 9 to io>^ inches; circumference yYz to 7^ inches; matures in no to 115 days. This corn does not come from the Silver Mine, as is often thought. **From letter of H. Hilton, of 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 Bowman, Melville Le Roy, 1881- [from old catalog]. Waterloo, Iowa, Sold by Waterloo publishing co.
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