SWEET CORN FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE 



F. WM. KANE 



One hardly realizes the importance of sweet corn as a food 

 for the human family. It is used not only in its immature or 

 green state, but also in canned and dried form. It is much 

 relished as a food, is highly nutritious and cheap. Nearly 

 every garden contains enough green corn for f^imily use, and 

 doubtless it is as easily grown and cared for as anything there 

 produced. Comparatively little is dried as compared with a 

 quarter of a century ago. Canned corn can now be purchased 

 at such reasonable prices that few prepare their own. The 

 popular New England clam-bake also requires a large amount 

 of corn in some sections. 



Where a crop like this one has come into such general favor, 

 there naturally follow with it innumerable varieties. It has 

 been our purpose to investigate the subject of sweet corn as 

 adapted to our needs and conditions. Accordingly forty-one 

 of the more important and highly recommended varieties were 

 grown here at the Experiment Station the past year. The sea- 

 son was somewhat backward for most crops, and corn likewise 

 was retarded, although the fiivorable condition of a well- 

 drained loam gave very satisfactory results. The soil was 

 light and fairly fertile, a heavy crop of grass having been cut 

 the previous year. It was well covered with rather coarse 

 manure before plowing. A small amount of complete com- 

 mercial fertilizer was used to start the plants. The ground 

 was well pulverized with the cutaway harrow, smoothed and 

 marked in rows three feet apart. All of the varieties, with 

 the exceptions of numbers 39, 40, and 41, were planted on 

 May 22. These three varieties were not planted until May 26. 



When the plants appeared, they were thinned in the first 



