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CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Botany of Sweet Corn i 



History of Sweet Corn 3 



PARTI 



The Home Garden 8 



Manuring and Preparing the Soil ii 



Planting 17 



Incidental Care ....... 23 



Intercropping 27 



Harvesting 31 



Varieties 33 



Breeding and Selecting 38 



Insects and Diseases 40 



PART II 



Sweet Corn Grown Commercially 41 



Site for Sweet Corn 45 



Planting Commercial Sweet Corn 55 



Transplanting 60 



Incidental Care and Management 66 



Harvesting, Packing and Marketing 76 



Cost, Yields and Profits .... 92 

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