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INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENT ON SWEET CORN. 



The total rainfall at the Maine station was less in 1906 than in 

 1905 and yet the number of rains was greater. The mean tempera- 

 ture for August, 1906, was 5 degrees above that given for August, 

 1905. The analysis of the crop gave the following figures: 



Analysis of individual ears of Crosby corn grown at Orono, Me., 1906. 



This crop was harvested about September 25. While the sugar 

 content is not so high as in 1905, yet the Maine station stands first 

 in this respect, having a little higher percentage than the South 

 Carolina station. 



GENERAL DISCUSSION OF DATA. 



Again South Carolina decidedly leads as to sugar content, having 

 about the same as Maine for the Crosby variety, 20.64, as compared 

 with 20.94; and 18.07 per cent for the Stowell, Connecticut standing 

 second with 15.10 per cent. For the Stowell Evergreen variety the 

 Florida and Maryland stations show about the same figures, namely, 

 13.94 and 13.87 per cent, respectively, while for the Crosby corn the 

 Connecticut station stands last with 12.46 per cent, the Maryland and 

 Florida stations ranking third and fourth, respectively (17.46 and 

 15.64 per cent). Figure 2 presents these data graphically, together 

 with the data for temperature, altitude, and average length of day at 

 the several stations. 



In 1905 the Stowell Evergreen corn grown in New Jersey was very 

 much lower in sugar content than that from any other station, 

 namely, 14 per cent; Connecticut, which stood next, having over 21 



