Forwarding this inquiry to the maize net for response.
Ed Coe
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Subject: Is this a valid statement
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 10:11:01 -0400
From: oas at iwaynet.net
To: db_request at teosinte.agron.missouri.edu
I am working on a history of science document and want to know if the
following statement is reasonably accurate:
James L. Reid, born near Russellville (1844), Ohio,
developed the world famous variety of corn known as Reid's
Yellow Dent. Most of todays hybrid corns were derived from
Yellow Dent.
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