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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



SWEET CORN. 



From the commercial standpoint this crop is a secondary one when sold on the 

 cob. What importance it plays in the canning industry is a different thing in certain 

 districts. We have mainly concerned ourselves here to find out which are the best 

 varieties for the market-gardener who grows this crop in order to supply the local 

 market. Experiences vary as to this latter question, and several varieties are popular 

 with different growers. In the season of 1913, forty-five were grown and a table is 

 published of the best early, medium and late varieties for that season and also one 

 of the best for an average of three years, that is 1911-13. 



Corn. — Best Varieties. — Early, Medium, Late. — 1913. 



Varieties 



Early- 

 Early Malcolm. 



Ringleader 



Malakoff 



Early Iowa 



Early Dawn 



Pocahontas 



Medium- 

 Carpenter's Golden Sweet. 



Early Fordhook 



Early White Cory 



Seymour's Sweet Orange. . 



Earliest Catawba 



Early Metropolitan 



Crosby's Early 



Golden Bantam 



Late- 

 Howling Mob 



Golden Rod 



Golden Cream 



Golden Nugget 



Golden Gentleman 



Rennies XXX Early Sweet. 



Number of 



days 



from sowing 



time till 



ready foi 



use. 



Total vield 



of 



marketable 



ears from 



t welve 



hills. 



;g 



79 

 SO 



78 

 78 

 7? 



88 

 88 

 88 

 S8 

 88 

 88 

 88 



9: 



IOC 

 100 

 100 

 IOC 

 100 

 IOC 



43 

 39 

 33 

 32 

 30 

 2S 



36 

 34 

 31 



28 

 28 

 28 

 25 

 2f 



42 

 38 

 34 

 31 



31 

 3C 



Length 



of 



ears. 



Height 



of 

 stalk:^. 



I 



Inches, i Ft. Ins. 



5^ 

 51 

 5 



51 



4-5 



51 



5^ 



5 



51 



5i 



6-; 



5i 

 5i 

 5J 

 5J 

 5J 





 2 



2 

 10 



11 

 6 

 



11 

 () 



1 



11 



1 



1 



11 

 



c 







1 



The variety Early Cory, whether called Early or Extra Early, or simply Cory, 

 lias given us results varying to some degree in earliness. It was obtained from 

 several seedsmen, and while a few were fairly early, the majority were decidedlr 

 medium early only. 



" Golden Bantam " is a popular variety, but is somewhat late here, and had a 

 small yield. The same applies to " Country Gentleman." 



Of the forty-five varieties tested, only twelve were early, fifteen medium early^ 

 ■AU'] the rest late. Among the latter are: Stowell's Evergreen, Stabler's Early, Earl\- 

 Cosmopolitan, Zig Zag Evergreen and Cream and Honey. 



Ottaava. 



