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INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENT ON SWEET COBN. 



March 11. The young plants appeared March 18 and were cultivated 

 March 25 and April 3, 14, and 27, with a two-horse riding cultivator. 

 The corn tasseled May 1, and reached the edible condition May 30, 

 the matured corn being harvested July 1. 



The plat of land devoted to the Stowell Evergreen corn was also of 

 a sandy type, but had lain fallow the previous season. The ground 

 was prepared in the same manner as that for the Crosby, and the dates 

 of planting, appearance of young plants, and cultivation, as well as 

 the methods of cultivation, were also the same. The first tassel ap- 

 peared May 5, the corn being in full tassel May 16, and ready for 

 table use June 1. The mature corn was harvested July 1. 



The characteristics of the season are shown by the following 

 meteorological data for the growing months: 



Meteorological data for Gainesville, Fla., 1908. 



For a period of thirteen days just previous to the harvesting of the 

 corn no rain fell, but two days before work began a rainfall of 1.45 

 inches was recorded, and during the time of harvesting four rains oc- 

 curred. The analysis of the crop gave the following data: 



Analysis of individual ears of Crosby corn grown at Gainesville, Fla., 1908. 



