40 INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENT ON SWEET CORN. 



Analysis of individual ears of Stowell Evergreen corn grown at Gainesvilk, Fla., 1907. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



The seed used for this planting at the South Carolina station was 

 selected from the crop of 1906, grown at Clemson College, and was 

 planted April 17, 1907, on a piece of new ground, sandy loam, which 

 had been planted in upland rice in 1905 and in corn in 1906. In 1907 

 the soil was plowed to a depth of 8 inches and harrowed; then 200 

 pounds of 16 per cent acid phosphate, 100 pounds of kainit, and 200 

 pounds of cotton-seed meal to the acre were applied. The plants 

 came up about April 30, and were cultivated after each rain with a 

 cultivator. The Crosby corn was ready for table use about July 10, 

 and the Stowell Evergreen July 16. 



The Stowell Evergreen corn at the South Carolina station was the 

 best for the three years in point of yield, stand, and physical appear- 

 ance of the ears. The sugar content of the matured corn was not 

 so high as that of Florida or Maryland, but the moisture was lower, 

 and the sugars in the green corn as analyzed were higher than those 

 at the Maryland station. 



For the Crosby variety the average sugar content was higher than 

 at any other station, and this has virtually been the case for three 

 successive years, though Maine had about the same figure as South 

 Carolina in 1906. Here the number of clear days is greater than at 

 any other station. The rainfall, though very abundant during the 

 early growing period, was only 2.22 inches in June and 2.41 inches in 

 July; while in 1906, when the sugar content fell, there were 5.67 

 inches in June and 17.7 inches in July, with 15 rains during the' latter 

 month. The detailed meteorological and analytical data follow : 



