3. Average values for certain characters in Beals' collections from Cherán and Nahuatzen (Uruapan) Michoacan, Mexico.

  Black Maize Tulukenio
 
Total number of ears 25 26
Row number (from collected ears) 14 14
Glume length in mm. 13 12
Tassel branch number 5 7
Percentage of condensed internodes in tassel 10 20
Percentage of sub-sessile upper spikelets 50 70
Pubescence of sheath scattered heavy
Tillers on ten plants 0 0-1

 

Edgar Anderson