138 AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 



CORN. 

 French, Mais. German, Korn. Spanish, Maiz. 



1. CANADA. 2. SUGAR. 3. TUSCARORA. 



BRIEF DIRECTIONS. 



Plant in rich, warm soil, in hills three feet apart, five grains 

 in a hill, an inch deep. When well up, thin to the three or 

 four best plants. Hoe often, and dress with ashes and plaster. 



Time : from March to July, according to latitude, and the 

 earlier or later period at which the crop is desired for use. 



All the varieties of corn may be raised in the garden for 

 roasting ears or green corn. I have placed the kinds named 

 above in the usual order of their ripening, though this varies 

 with stock, but remark that the Canada, as is common with 

 extra early vegetables, is small. The sugar, with high manur- 

 ing, may be raised of fair size, and is of superior sweetness. 

 It may also be kept for winter cooking, either by being hung 

 up in bunches by the tips of the husks, or husked and shelled 

 while soft, and gradually dried in an oven at a moderate heat. 



The Tuscarora has no flint, being what is called a flour corn. 

 It yields a fine large ear with a red cob, which slightly discol- 

 ors it in boiling. Perhaps the first two may be esteemed the 

 very best for family use, or we may add the common eight- 

 rowed white. 



, Corn ^hould be planted in very rich soil at various times 

 along through the season, in hills three feet apart each way, 

 carefully thinning it at the first hoeing to the three or four 

 strongest plants. Use ash compost from time to time upon 

 them, and gradually but moderately hill up. 



In its farm culture corn should be planted at about the dis- 

 tances named, and in the course of its early growth should be 

 plowed at least three times each way, giving it two careful 

 hoeings, each followed with a top-dressing of plaster or ash 

 compost, and a final " hilling" after the third plowing. 



For analysis and value, see page 500. 



