White Corn

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Title

White Corn

Subject

UMMAA cat #15416

Description

Scientific Name: Zea mays
Hopi Name from 1935 field notes: Q3 tca a vatch
Source of Seeds: Pure strain
Crop Management: Grown in upper portion of Oraibi wash. Portion of a plot. Planted June 15th and harvested October 25th.
Harvesting and Storage: Dried in the sun and stored in the house.
Properties and Use: Specializes in corn and sell enough to buy other things

Source

Orayvi
Navajo County, AZ

Date

October 25, 1935

Contributor

Alfred Whiting, Volney Jones, Edward Nequatewa

Relation

Museum of Northern Arizona B.1796