. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. MAIZE MAIZE 899 that our cultivated maize is of hybrid origin, prob- ably starting as a sport of teosinte, which then crossed itself with the normal ancestor, producing our cultivated corn. This is speculative, but there. 23 26 Fig. 597. Types of kernels of corn, view of thin and tliiek kernels 1, 2, White dent kernels of poor shape; 3, end 4, edge view of thin and thick kernels; 5-7, flour corn of Peril; 8, Tusearora or flour corn; 9-12, sweet corn; 13, Go
. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. MAIZE MAIZE 899 that our cultivated maize is of hybrid origin, prob- ably starting as a sport of teosinte, which then crossed itself with the normal ancestor, producing our cultivated corn. This is speculative, but there. 23 26 Fig. 597. Types of kernels of corn, view of thin and tliiek kernels 1, 2, White dent kernels of poor shape; 3, end 4, edge view of thin and thick kernels; 5-7, flour corn of Peril; 8, Tusearora or flour corn; 9-12, sweet corn; 13, Golden Pearl pop- corn; 14, white rice popcorn; 15, white flint; 16,17, yellow flint; 18-23, white dent; 24-28, yellow dent. Long, wedge-shaped kernels like 9 and 25 permit of much grain in proportion to cob. (Hartley.) cannot be any doubt that the close relationship of maize and teosinte points the way to the determi- nation of the botanical characters of the original wild corn plant. Recently, Montgomery has sug- gested a theory as to the nature of the maize ear, in which, in conclusion, he states "that corn and teosinte may have had a common origin, and that in the process of evolution the cluster of pistillate spikes in teosinte were developed from the lateral branches of a tassel-like structure, while the corn ear developed from the central spike. It is probable that the progenitor of Indian corn (subsequent experiments have not been published): " It may be worth while to inquire whether this Caninacorn still retains a specific identity, whether it really is a distinct species from the common corn, 2ka, Mays. For myself, I am strongly of the opinion that it is not a distinct species. I am rather inclined to think, with the native Mexicans and Professor Duges, that it is the original form of Zea Mays, or at least very near it. It ex- plains many points in the evo- lution of Indian corn. Some varieties of sweet corn occa- sionally produce rudimentary multiple ears, a
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