HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 



CORN SWEET OR SUGAR 



quality sweet corn can never be bought on 

 *- market. After the ears are "pulled," the quality 

 deteriorates very rapidly and by the time bought corn 

 reaches the dinner table the kernels have generally lost 

 their juicy sweetness. 



The introduction of early, compact growing sorts makes 

 the growing of sweet corn practicable in even small gardens. 

 And it is a fortunate fact that, among these early sorts of 

 small growth, we find some of the sweetest. A patch of 

 six rows, each fifteen feet long, need not occupy more than 

 fifteen feet square. Yet, in normal seasons, and planted 

 to pedigreed strains, it should yield between ten and 

 fifteen dozen ears. 



Sweet corn, from the home gardener's standpoint, may 

 be divided into kinds with white and yellow kernels. 

 Among both we find early, midseason, and late sorts. 

 The earliest will have ears ready for table in as short a 

 time as seventy days, while the larger, later sorts, re- 

 quire ninety to one hundred days. The ears may be con- 

 sidered ready for pulling when the silk has turned black, 

 as illustrated on page 96. 



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