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SWEET CORN. 



The varieties of sweet corn numbered thirty-one and included most of 

 the now kinds sent out by ditferent seedsmen; but the majority are 

 standard sorts that need no description to establish their value to the 

 truck gardener, or their usefulness in the home garden. 



The seed was planted May 26, in rows three and one-half feet apart, 

 using five kernels for each hill. The cold, wet weather that followed, made 

 germination slow and some of the seed rotted. 



TABLE OF VARIETIES. 



The three varieties sent out by A. W. Livingston's Sons of Columbus, 

 Ohio, proved to be particularly promising. 



Columbus Market, grows a strong stalk well covered with long, broad 

 foliage. The ears are symmetrical, maturing about the season of Stowell, 

 and equal it in quality. 



Giant, proved to be a very large early corn; ears of good length and 

 well filled with broad kernels of large size and high quality. 



