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Matt Silberstein (matts2@ix.netcom.com) wrote:

: >Now I have the photos of these carvings available right here on my :
>webpage, and anyone who wishes can take a look at them for themselves.  :
> : >====== : > : >So, Robert, this will take you directly to these
black-and-white photos: : >

: >http://www.io.org/~yuku/dif/wmzpix.htm

: I took a look at your pictures and they are interesting. My first
: reaction was that I wanted to see some cobs still in the husk. I am
: afraid that your examples of such did not impress me. My experience
: with corn says that the silk goes up, not down. Also the standard
: stylized corn image has it partially husked. I am, of course, not
: asking for the standard stylized image. But what that image shows is
: both husk and kernels. I can't tell from your pictures that I am
: seeing a husked version or a stripped version. I can't even tell if
: they are supposed to be the same thing.

Matt,

If you can, find a copy of ECONOMIC BOTANY and look at those pictures
again. There're a few that are partially husked. And the quality is
better. What I have on my page are copies of copies. I hope to have some
better quality images later. I'm in touch with Johannessen, and am trying
to persuade him to put some photos on his own web page which is at present
rudimental. But he's still new on the Internet...

: I have one question. Is there any documentation of introduction of
: corn after Columbus? Do we have anything that says "look, here is a
: new food item"?

Do you mean in India? I have no idea. As far as I know, the best literary
evidence for pre-Columbian maize in the Old World is in China. Some solid
references to maize before 15th century have been found, apparently.

Best,

Yuri.

Yuri Kuchinsky   | "Where there is the Tree of Knowledge, there
     -=-         | is always Paradise: so say the most ancient 
 in Toronto 	 | and the most modern serpents."  F. Nietzsche
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