KINDS OF CORN 



is subjected to high temperature. Gardeners and some 

 farmers raise large quantities of pop corn for the confec- 

 tionery market. The two chief varieties of pop corn are 

 the rice and the pearl with many variations in each. The 

 rice pop corn has sharp pointed kernels while the kernels 

 in the pearl have 

 rounded crowns re- 

 sembling the flint 

 corn. 



Sweet corn is 

 grown quite largely 

 as a green vegetable 

 and for canning pur- 

 poses. Many fac- 

 tories throughout the 

 corn belt make a 

 specialty of canning 

 sweet corn. Sweet 

 corn is also used for 

 feeding dairy cattle 

 during the early part of the summer when feed is short. 

 It is cut when the ears are soft and the whole plant is fed. 

 There are many varieties of sweet corn, varying in color from 

 white to black. There are early, medium, and late maturing 

 varieties. Consequently good, palatable sweet corn can 

 be secured through the larger portion of the summer and 

 fall. Among the leading varieties are StowelPs Evergreen, 

 Burpee's Golden Bantam, Early Black Mexican, Early 

 Champion, Crosby's, and Country Gentleman. 



Flint corn or Yankee corn is grown quite extensively in 

 the New England States and in those states where the 

 seasons are too short for the larger dent varieties. The 



Fig. 5. Varieties of pop corn. 



