204 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



SWEET CORN. 



Sweet corn may be successfully canned as follows : Cut from cob 

 when just right for table use. Fill eight two-quart cans and pack the 

 corn in as solidly as possible, just set covers on but do not screw down. 

 Put two pieces of two-by-four across the ends of a wash boiler, then 

 fit in a board that is full of holes to let steam through. Put in about 

 eight quarts of water and set cans in on the board. Pack hay or 

 cloths around them so they will not touch each other, cover with the 

 boiler cover and boil four hours without stopping. When water gets 

 low, fill from boiling tea-kettle. When time is up, lift from stove, and 

 after steam passes off a little, put rubbers on and fasten down covers 

 very tight. Leave in the boiler until cool enough to handle. If this 

 plan is exactly carried out, you will have as fine canned corn as you 

 ever ate. I use the ISIason can. 



THE LEONARD METHOD OF ORCHARD PLANTING. 



I. N. LEONARD. 



[This article is supplemental to one which appeared in "Vol. 25, page 75.] 



I am requested (o submit notes on the conduct of my orchards dur- 

 ing the years of 1894 and 1895, supplemental to my paper published 

 in the Horticultural Report of 1894. 



The trees passed through the drouth of 1894 with an abundance of 

 soil moisture at all times. This condition was maintained throughout 

 the season, and during the severest of the drouth was examined by 

 representative men of the Nebraska experiment stations. The con- 

 dition during the year was an abundance of soil moisture to within a 

 half inch of the surface, so moist that the soil would ball in the hand 

 by gentle pressure, leaving the impress of the fingers. It was thought 

 by some that the moist condition was due to the fact that no crop 

 was grown among the trees and the orchard had been given strictly 

 clean and thorough cultivation. 



Thedrouth during 1895 has been nearly as severe here as during 1894, 

 and to include the period from September 1 to January 1, 1896, has 

 been much worse. During the past season sweet corn, potatoes, cabbage, 



