. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. tending to the summit. By the drying and shrinkage of the starchy endosperm, an indentation is formed. Cultivated as poketawes by the Powhatan Indians. (6) Zea * amylacea. Soft Corn. These corns are recognized by the absence of a corneous reserve food. The mummy corns of Chili and Peru belong to this class. (7) Zea * saecharata. Sweet Corn. A well-defined species-group characterized by the translucent, horny appearance of the kernels and their more or less crinkled, wrinkled or shriveled condition. The first sweet corn cultivated in Americ
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. tending to the summit. By the drying and shrinkage of the starchy endosperm, an indentation is formed. Cultivated as poketawes by the Powhatan Indians. (6) Zea * amylacea. Soft Corn. These corns are recognized by the absence of a corneous reserve food. The mummy corns of Chili and Peru belong to this class. (7) Zea * saecharata. Sweet Corn. A well-defined species-group characterized by the translucent, horny appearance of the kernels and their more or less crinkled, wrinkled or shriveled condition. The first sweet corn cultivated in America was derived from the Susquehanna Indians in 1779 by Captain Richard Begnall, who accompanied General Sullivan on his expedition to subdue the Six Nations. (8) Zea * amylca-saceharaia. Starchy-sweet Corn. The external appearance of the kernel is that of a sweet corn, but examination shows that the lower half of the kernel is starchy, the upper half horny and translucent. May it not be due to xenia ? This species is on three varieties found in the San Pedro Indian collection of Dr. Palmer, sent to Dr. E. L. Sturtevant in 1886. Maize is exceedingly variable in every part. Therefore it adapts itself to great numbers of uses and to wide ranges of territory. Some of the forms of it are shown in the half-tone plate and also in Figs. 597-613. Maize-Growing. By C. P. Hartley. The corn crop is preeminently the most valuable crop of the United States. Through this crop there is derived each year from the soil of the United States a value of more than a billion dollars. If. Fig. 607. Ear of corn, sbowing tendency to laminate. Tig. 608. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954, ed. New York, The Macmillan company
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