Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 89
esent—farther downon the side of the stalk, where it will not beeasily broken off, and so that the plant can sup-port it and keep it off the ground. Just why an occasional corn plant will attemptto go back to the habits of its ancestors has neverbeen satisfactorily explained, though it has longbeen… … the miniature yet complete ear, with silk,from the end of the tassel. reditary tendencies. —C. H. Kyle, Acting inCharge of Corn Investigations, United StatesDepartment of Agriculture.
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