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Show Crossing Com. Different varieties of corn, including dent, flint, soft, sweet and popcorn, have been crossed by artificial pollination at tho Kansas station. The first year tho etteels of the crossing were visible 11 comparatively few instances, and those mostly among the sweet varieties. Ears more or less blended (and sometimes exactly ex-actly intermediate between the two parental pa-rental types) were generally the product of the second generation. The third yea r showed for the most part a product true to tho seed planted; by selecting grains from a single ear or from different ones ears are produced with grains that are as a rule like those planted. Thus it appears ap-pears that any selected cross can be per-Iietnated, per-Iietnated, and improvement in varieties can ha made by crossing and perpetuating perpetuat-ing these crosses. |