[AT] Ch/now single cross dbl cross

[charlie hill]

Carl,  now that I think about it I believe you are right.  I was going by 
something someone told me without thinking it through.  After doing some 
searching on the internet all I can find about corn crosses refers to 
breeding hybrids.  I guess some hybrids are just bred to produce more than 1 
ear per hill or maybe that is a function of something else all together. 
Can some one correct me and educate me on this?

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "carl gogol" <cgogol at twcny.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Check planting


> Charlie-
> I didn't know that the single or double cross reference related to the
> number of ears on a corn plant - Thought that it somehow related to how 
> many
> genetic lines were brought together to produce the seed that was planted -
> maybe the two relate -- just found it interesting
> Carl Gogol
> Manlius, NY
> AC One Seventy diesel
> (2) AC D-14, AC 914H
> Simplicity 3112 & 7116
> Kubota F-2400 B 7300HST
>
>  All corn
>> that I know of is either single or double cross, meaning it has either 
>> one
>> or two ears per stalk.  (Seems like I've heard something about triple
>> cross
>> corn but I've never seen any.)
>> I just don't understand how you could have a reasonable yield that way.
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