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CORN SWEET OR SUGAR 



TN AMERICA corn is King because it is a true Amer- 

 * ican vegetable. Corn was cultivated as a food in 

 Mexico and South America before Cortez landed. Sweet 

 corn is mentioned as far back as the end of the Seventeenth 

 Century as a favorite food of the Indians of western New 

 York. It surely thrives better in our country than any- 

 where else. And in no other country does sweet corn 

 reach the perfection as it does with us. 



Plant the seeds when the maples are out in full leaf; 

 gather the ears when warm summer suns transform soil 

 fertility, heat, and moisture into the greatest food luxury 

 that ever tempted a mortal's teeth. When and how to 

 sow the seeds, which kinds to sow and why, as well as 

 many other questions, are fully answered on pages 77-79 

 and 96-102. 



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