June 27.—We have today received a cob of Indian Corn together with a request for infor-motion regarding the lack of kernels on the cob: the grower must have been very disappointed when he saw it for it is a very poor specimen. The subject is of general interest so we decided to refer to it in these notes and, at the same time, express the hope that other growers will not allow the tops of their corn plants to be cut off. Maize or Indian Corn is indigenous to Central America: it was found under partial cultivation at the time the New World was discovered and, strange as it may
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