. Crossed sweet corn. Sweet corn; Hybrid corn. 494 Coiiiicctlcut Experiment Station Bulletin 361 particularly to crosses between two inbred strains. Other kinds of crosses permit more variation and under some conditions this is desirable. This sensitiveness to adverse weather conditions is also shown in the behavior of crosses grown on different soils. Certain hybrid combinations that have done remarkably well one year in one locality have given poor results when grown another year in the same place .or in different places the same year. This has been overcome by finding strains that are suf-
. Crossed sweet corn. Sweet corn; Hybrid corn. 494 Coiiiicctlcut Experiment Station Bulletin 361 particularly to crosses between two inbred strains. Other kinds of crosses permit more variation and under some conditions this is desirable. This sensitiveness to adverse weather conditions is also shown in the behavior of crosses grown on different soils. Certain hybrid combinations that have done remarkably well one year in one locality have given poor results when grown another year in the same place .or in different places the same year. This has been overcome by finding strains that are suf- ficiently hardy and adaptable to give good results nearly every year and in almost all localities where reasonably good growing conditions prevail. Such strains have great value but are not easily obtained. Crosses must. Figure A first generation cross of two inbred strains showing evenness in height and tassel formation. be tested over a wide range of soil and seasonal conditions before they can be generally recommended, and few crosses will do well over any large territory. This means that seed corn production will always be a local problem. Each locality should be able to produce better types of corn for its own conditions than can be produced from afar. Until locally adapted types are developed, some of the hybrid combinations that are available may do better than any local variet}-, but this should always be established by test. Hybrid Sweet Corn Redgreen One of the first cross-bred sweet corns to be widely grown is Red- green (Red-leaved white-seeded Evergreen), a product of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, first distributed for trial in 1924. It. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jones, Donald Forsha, 1890-; Singleton, W. Ralph (Willard Ralph), 1900-. New Haven : Connecti
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