O GREEN CORN UNDER GLASS 



the middle of Jul}^ At that time it brings good prices and 

 the entire product is from the south. In order to test the mar- 

 ket a small shipment was made to a leading commission house 

 in Boston on July 6, 1897. ^^^ value could not be definitely 

 determined, however, since owing to the fact that it was not on 

 the market, there was no fixed price. The only quotations and 

 data relating to sweet corn we have found, have been the fol- 

 lowing, taken from the files of Gai'den and Forest. They 

 are for the New York wholesale market for the past five years : 



June 24, 1S93. '• Green corn from the south is 60 cents a 

 dozen ears." 



July 4, 1894. " Green corn is in the market from New Jer- 

 sey." 



June 19, 1895. " The first Lima beans of the season are 

 now coming from Florida and sugar corn is also received from 

 the same state." 



June 24, 1S96. " Corn is now coming from southern New 

 Jersey and costs fifty cents a dozen." 



June 30, 1897. " Special consignments of small lots of 

 sugar corn have been received from the south for a month past, 

 but these have been sold directly to a few of the best hotels, 

 and not opened up in the market at all. On last Saturday 

 the first corn from Delanco, New Jerse}', sold in Washington 

 market at sixtv cents for a dozen ears." 



From this it is readilv seen that if the New York market 

 does not get sweet corn until these dates, Boston and other 

 Northern cities are likely to be without it until much later. 

 Without any sweet corn on the market therefore before July, 

 we have a rather long period even in spring, when this vegetable 

 has no competition. While it has no established market price 

 at present in our cities, it naturally follows that like other forced 

 greenhouse crops, the returns should at least be in proportion 

 to its cost, and doubtless until commonly grown would be 

 much more profitable. Sweet corn when first in season is 

 doubtless as highly prized as any other of the green vegetables ; 

 and taking this fact into consideration, we believe that when 

 offered out of season it will be in great demand. 



