VARIETIES OF SWEET CORN 191 



Corn and tomatoes are planted half way up on the sides of 

 furrows in Manuel Veter's garden in Tehama county. When water 

 runs through the furrows it soaks the roots without touching the 

 plants. Part of the ridge can be raked into the furrow so soon 

 as the water has sunk away. This will kill weeds and prevent the 

 evaporation and baking, but keep the roots moist. 



In July while the sweet corn was in silk F. Guido, of San 

 Mateo, set large cauliflower plants about 18 inches apart half way 

 up the ridge along each row of corn. This was out of the way of 

 the corn pickers and still low enough for the water, which was 

 turned in the same afternoon they were planted, to settle the dirt 

 thoroughly about the roots. The corn proved a first-class shade for 

 the new plants till they got started. 



Obviously bands of three rows of sweet corn are good shelter 

 in the hot season for the blocks of low vegetables they enclose 

 against hot dry winds. Corn should not be planted in single rows 

 as pollination is apt to be only partial and ears scantily filled. 



Varieties. Every one wants early corn, and the early varieties 

 are about the only kinds that can be grown on some uplands with- 

 out irrigation. They are small in growth, rapid in ear and best 

 wherever the season is shortened either by lack of moisture or heat. 

 Some later varieties are sweeter, however, and larger in the ear, and 

 should be grown wherever possible. 



Early Cory: very early, good-sized ear, small cob well filled. 



Golden Bantam : very early, ears medium size ; kernels yellow, rich and 

 delicious a surprise to those unaccustomed to such quality in a yellow corn. 



Early Adams : a dwarf, small cob variety, popular in Imperial valley for 

 earliest crop. 



Large Adams: freer growth, also very quick to mature; good for late 

 planting for fall crop. 



Crosby's Early Sugar: very early, short ear, sweet and productive. 



Early Minnesota : very early, good ear, white cob, excellent quality. 



Early Mammoth : medium early, largest ears of the early varieties, cob 

 white, large and well filled, productive and of good flavor. 



Black Mexican: ears rather short, cook white, very sweet, ripe kernel 

 black. 



Oregon Evergreen: early, large, rich ear; husk resists wilting; popular 

 with market growers. 



Country Gentleman: large ears, very sweet, tall, very productive. 



Golden Cream: a yellow country gentleman of high quality. 



Stowell's Evergreen: a standard late variety, commended by all, large 

 ears, deep grain, tender and sweet, a strong grower and productive. 



Stabler Early: early; small kernel; good table variety. 



Forage Corn. Sweet corn is constantly increasing in popu- 

 larity over common field corn for green and cured forage for cows. 

 Late Mammoth and Stowell's Evergreen are largely used for this 

 purpose. In farm garden practice more attention should usually be 

 paid to the forage value of the stalk. If cut and cured as each 

 stalk is robbed of its ears, it is more nutritious than if allowed to 

 bleach in the sun until the whole field is cleaned up. 



