SWEET CORN 



At the same time that suckering is car- 

 ried on, two other phases of work may 

 be accompHshed as well. If the corn is 

 far enough advanced so that the plants are 

 easily shown which will produce ears and 

 those which are barren, it may be well to 

 pull out the barren stalks, as they are of 

 very little value to the corn field, and 

 particularly so if the individual allows some 

 of his corn to mature for seed purposes. 

 These corn stalks might have such an 

 influence on the kernels of the corn that 

 they would injure the future crops. Where a 

 question of detasseling is concerned, it may 

 be well to detassel the plants at the time 

 of suckering. Detasseling is easily carried 

 on at this time, because the w^ork is generally 

 of a nature that will give close association 

 with each individual plant. 



It has been found in growing a great 

 number of varieties of sweet corn that 

 certain varieties of corn sucker more freely 

 than others. It may be of value to the 

 market gardener or the truck grower if he 

 would cultivate the varieties that do not 



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