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Choice of a Variety

There are a large number of varieties of pop corn, from which selection can be made to suit almost any desire or fancy. Seedsmen catalogue not less than two dozen different varieties, though in a number of cases the same variety is listed under various names by different dealers. Many prefer the colored varieties for home use and these usually please the children more than the standard commercial varieties shown in figures 5, 6, and 7. The ears of the Little Tom Thumb and the popped kernels of the Eight-Rowed varieties are popular for Christmas-tree decorations.

FIG. 3.-A pop-corn field in the Connecticut River Valley. Almost any variety of pop corn will give satisfactory results if properly handled, and by the judicious selection of seed the chosen variety can be greatly improved.