. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . RIETIES OF FLINT CORN The second division of corn, the flint corns, are aproduct of eastern and northern United States. Herethe cold climate induces a heavy protecting seed coatto be formed over the outside of the kernel early in theseason. This does not allow of the development of adeep kernel. Usually the kernels are broad and shal-low, t
. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . RIETIES OF FLINT CORN The second division of corn, the flint corns, are aproduct of eastern and northern United States. Herethe cold climate induces a heavy protecting seed coatto be formed over the outside of the kernel early in theseason. This does not allow of the development of adeep kernel. Usually the kernels are broad and shal-low, the ears having not more than eight to fourteenrows of kernels. The kernels are composed of anunusually large proportion of starch, and this kind ofcorn is used in large quantities for starch manufactur- BOTANY AND VARIETIES 27 ing purposes and for hominy. Owing to the shallowkernels this corn matures in a short time, usually fromeighty to ninety-five clays. The proportion of leavesis comparatively small, and the plants are not so largeor high as the plants of the dent corn. This is partlydue to the fact that the dent corns are usually grown insoils very rich in nitrogen, which induces a heavy de-velopment of stalks and foliage. The flint corns grown. 301 302 303 Fig 9—Shape of Ears, Boone County White No 301, cylindrical, proper shape; 302, partly cylindrical; 303, very tapering in the clay soils do not have such a large amount ofnitrogen to draw upon and the plants are consequentlynot developed to such a great extent as the dent types. VARIETIES IN NEW ENGLAND AND NEW YORK While very little direct effort has been made toproduce distinct varieties of corn in New England, 28 THE BOOK OF CORN there are many kinds with such distinguishing charac-teristics as to entitle them to a place among thevarieties. A few comparatively new varieties, such asLongfellow and Angel of Midnight, have been intro-duced and have gained some general standing, but themost popular kinds have only a lo
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