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INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENT ON SWEET CORN. 



cent acid phosphate. The ground was plowed 4 inches deep and 

 flushed. The seed was planted April 12, and the plants appeared 

 sixteen days later, April 28. A weeder was then used, and the 

 ground was gone over with a scraper May 1, 10, and 17. On June 15 

 the corn tasseled and was ready for the rable about July 8. 



The average analysis of the corn grown at the South Carolina 

 experiment station shows that the moisture content of the Crosby is 

 not nearly so high as that of the Stowell, while the sugar content is 

 nearly double, and when calculated to a water-free basis the total 

 sugars are still very much higher, indicating a more palatable product. 

 The Crosby corn was ready for table use about ten days earlier than 

 the Stowell, early ripening constituting another characteristic advan- 

 tage of that variety. 



Analysis of individual ears of Stowell Evergreen corn grown at Clemson College, S. C., 1905. 



Comparison by weight of the various parts to the whole ear (Stowell Evergreen). 



MARYLAND. 



The field set apart for the sugar-corn work at the Maryland station 

 a plat of clay loam which had not been tilled for the last fifteen 

 years. It was plowed about 6 inches deep, harrowed twice, and a 

 float was used to break up the clods. No fertilizer was used, and the 

 corn was planted April 28. On May 24 and on June 6 and 26 the 

 field was worked with a tooth cultivator, and on June 21 it was hoed. 



