CHAPTER XV 



FAMILY GRAMINE^E 



OF this great family the only crop that concerns 

 the trucker and gardener is sweet corn. This is 

 grown to a great extent in the more northern States. 

 In the South, the ordinary field corn is grown instead 

 of sweet corn and is sold for "roasting ears" or on the 

 cob in the milky stage. The present discussion will 

 limit itself to sweet corn only. It is estimated in the 

 Thirteenth United States Census that the total area 

 of sweet corn in the United States in 1909 was 

 178,224 acres and the crop was valued at $2,719,340. 

 The States ranked according to area in sweet corn 

 were: New York, Illinois, Maryland, Ohio, Iowa, 

 Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maine, Indiana, Michi- 

 gan, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Kansas, Nebraska, 

 Missouri, California, Minnesota, Virginia, Connecti- 

 cut, Delaware, Louisiana, Vermont, and Kentucky. 

 States with less than one thousand acres are omitted. 



DISEASES OF THE SWEET CORN (Zea Mays) 



Although corn is considered a hardy plant, it is 

 nevertheless subject to numerous diseases. Of the 



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