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Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886
Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886, Page 8
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6 color, shape or size of kernels &c. The number of varieties might be further limited to [underlined] four [/underlined] viz. the [underlined] Dent [/underlined] of which the common field corn of Iowa is an example; the [underlined] Flint [/underlined] which is small and hard and matures sooner than the dent - under this head comes popcorn, yankee corn, ninety day corn, Canada corn &c. -: the Horsetooth corn - the big corn of the Southern states; and the [underlined] sweet [/underlined] corn used mainly as a table corn, also used as [underlined] fodder [/underlined]. Small grains of an unknown variety have been found int he ancient tombs of Peru. There is a variety called Rocky
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6 color, shape or size of kernels &c. The number of varieties might be further limited to [underlined] four [/underlined] viz. the [underlined] Dent [/underlined] of which the common field corn of Iowa is an example; the [underlined] Flint [/underlined] which is small and hard and matures sooner than the dent - under this head comes popcorn, yankee corn, ninety day corn, Canada corn &c. -: the Horsetooth corn - the big corn of the Southern states; and the [underlined] sweet [/underlined] corn used mainly as a table corn, also used as [underlined] fodder [/underlined]. Small grains of an unknown variety have been found int he ancient tombs of Peru. There is a variety called Rocky
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