34 SWEET CORN FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE 



hand-hoeing to 9 inches apart in the row. The ground was 

 cultivated by horse-power three times and a second hand- 

 hoeing given when the weeds had started again. This left the 

 ground clean and friable throughout the season. Table i has 

 been compiled from the data obtained from this test. The 

 fruit or ear was the principal factor of importance. Photo- 

 graphs were taken at three different times during the fruiting 

 season, which are shown in figures i, 3, and 4. The numbers 

 indicate a specimen ear of each variety, also a cross section of 

 the same variety ; the names being found in table i. Figure 2 

 represents a single average stalk of each variety arranged 

 according to height. 



