VEGETABLES 309 



THE STORY. 



Write or tell your experience in growing spinach. What 

 crops may be grown on the same ground the same 

 year when the spinach has been removed ? 



Sweet Corn 

 GROWING OUT-DOORS. 



1. When danger of hard frost is past, plant the sweet corn 



out-doors in hills eighteen inches apart, in rows two 

 or three feet apart, placing six or eight kernels in 

 each hill. 



2. As soon as the corn is well up, hoe the rows and stir 



the soil surface between the rows; pull up any weeds 

 that may appear about the plants. 



3. When the corn is three or four inches high, thin out the 



weaker and more crowded plants, so that three plants 

 are left in each hill. 



4. The later treatment of the corn consists chiefly in fre- 



quent and prompt removal of any swollen ears which 

 show the characteristic growth of corn smut. Such 

 diseased portions should either be buried deeply or 

 burned. 



5. Select a large, early ear on a vigorous stalk and let it 



mature for seed. 



RECORD OF GROWTH. 



1. Seed: size, shape, and color. Date of planting. Name 



of varieties. 



2. Date of coming up. 



3. Date of thinning. 



4. Date of appearance of brace roots. 



