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Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886
Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886, Page 18
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16 in the middle of the summer in the (no the) open ground in two long rows. Very much fewer of the self-fertilized than of the crossed planted produced flowers; but those that did flower, flowered almost simultaneously. When fully grown the ten tallest plants in each row were selected and measure to the tips of the their highest leaves, as well as to the summits of their male flowers. The [underlined] crossed [/underlined] averaged to the tips of their leaves 54 inches in height, and the self-fertilized 44.65 inches, or as 100 to 83; and to the summits of their male flowers 53.96 and 43.45 inches or as 100 to 80.
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16 in the middle of the summer in the (no the) open ground in two long rows. Very much fewer of the self-fertilized than of the crossed planted produced flowers; but those that did flower, flowered almost simultaneously. When fully grown the ten tallest plants in each row were selected and measure to the tips of the their highest leaves, as well as to the summits of their male flowers. The [underlined] crossed [/underlined] averaged to the tips of their leaves 54 inches in height, and the self-fertilized 44.65 inches, or as 100 to 83; and to the summits of their male flowers 53.96 and 43.45 inches or as 100 to 80.
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