SWEET CORN 



in 1828, mentioned sweet corn. It must, 

 therefore, be assumed that it was little 

 known at that date. 



However, in 1829, before the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society, there were sev- 

 eral ears of a new variety of corn exhibited. 

 This corn was sent from Portland, Me., 

 and presumably was produced there. A 

 little later. In 1832, Bridgeman mentioned 

 one variety. From this, Salisbury in 1848 

 spoke of three and Buist in 1851 and 

 Bennett in 1853 of two kinds. In the year 

 1854, in the ^'Gardener's Textbook" by 

 Schenck, three varieties were named. Burr, 

 in 1863, gave a very elaborate description 

 of nine varieties; and three years later, 

 1866, he described 12 sorts. In 1884, an 

 article by E. L. Sturtevant described 35 

 varieties as distinct varieties of sweet corn, 

 and 32 of these were figured. From this 

 time on, the number of varieties has steadily 

 increased, until it would be at the present 

 day a question just how many varieties exist. 



In foreign lands, sweet corn was not men- 

 tioned until about 1885. Neither Noisette, 



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