SEED GROWING AND VARIETIES 



that they can be readily severed from the 

 cob. Some of the canneries have a special 

 corn which is not named which has been 

 produced for them by the seed growers or 

 is grown by themselves, and is the result 

 of selection through many years. 



VARIETIES 



As a general thing, the varieties of sweet 

 corn are limited to but few of those men- 

 tioned under commercial gardening. Stowell's 

 Evergreen seems to lead the list for the one 

 most generally planted. Country Gentle- 

 man, however, is one that is desired by 

 many canneries, but owing to its low yield 

 is not so generally planted as Stowell's 

 Evergreen. The Climax is a common corn 

 grown in the East. Hickox is another 

 corn that is being used to a great extent, 

 especially in the mid -West. Crosby is 

 grown to some extent in all of these 

 sections. 



Taking the varieties as a whole, we find 

 that the one most desired by the canners 

 who put up ''Maryland style" is the ''shoe- 



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