. Dreer's Open-air vegetables . SWEET CORN. Sweet corn has a distinct place in every family truck patch, and is of the highest value as a money, crop with the farm gar- dener. The market gardener, whose acres are few, cannot always aflford to give it the space demanded for its growth. Farmers near good markets can always do well with sweet corn. a Varieties. Mr. I^andreth divides the ^^ Indian corn group into six classes—Pop, Flint, Dent, Soft, Sweet, Pod or Husk. The Eakltest ,tm a. i_ • j Corn. The sweet or sugar corns may be consid- ered under four heads—extra early, early, medium and late.
. Dreer's Open-air vegetables . SWEET CORN. Sweet corn has a distinct place in every family truck patch, and is of the highest value as a money, crop with the farm gar- dener. The market gardener, whose acres are few, cannot always aflford to give it the space demanded for its growth. Farmers near good markets can always do well with sweet corn. a Varieties. Mr. I^andreth divides the ^^ Indian corn group into six classes—Pop, Flint, Dent, Soft, Sweet, Pod or Husk. The Eakltest ,tm a. i_ • j Corn. The sweet or sugar corns may be consid- ered under four heads—extra early, early, medium and late. These varieties are all suited to the latitude and altitude of Philadelphia. In mountainous regions, where the summer is shorter, the early or quick- maturing sorts must be grown. Corn demands hot weather. Seeding. Any good soil, especially sod, will produce corn. Compost or fertilizer, either broadcast or in the hill, will aid in getting good results. From eight to ten quarts of seed is the amount recommended per acre. In smaller plant- ings one quart of seed is enough for two hundred hills, allow- ing for waste and replanting. The small, early corns require sixty days for reaching maturity. They grow but about three or four feet in height, and the hills may be as close as two and one-half feet by eighteen inches. The intermediate varieties should be planted in hills about three feet apart each way. The tall, late corns, which are nearly as large as the Indian types,
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