324 GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



Stowell's Evergreen. — A general favorite among 

 market gardeners because of its excellent qualities, 

 adapted to home use and for shipping. The ears are large 

 and remain longer in a green condition than is the case 

 with most of the other varieties. The grains are large, 

 but tender and sweet. 



Country Gentleman. — The cob is small and yields a 

 deep grain of delightful flavor and sweetness. Three or 

 four ears are generally produced on each stalk, and a 

 well-matured ear is about eight inches long. This variety 

 of corn closely resembles the Shoe Peg, introduced by 

 Johnson & Stokes some years since, but it is larger than 

 the Shoe Peg. 



Very early varieties are: Adams' Extra Early and 

 Marblehead. 



Medium early varieties are: Nonesuch, Roslyn Hybrid, 

 Triumph, p]gyptian. 



The common Dent corn of the South better endures 

 intense summer heat, and will supply green corn for the 

 table when the preceding sorts fail from drought. It is 

 less injured by the corn-worm, which cuts into the end of 

 the ear, than Sweet or Sugar corn. 



Maize likes a soil abounding in soluble silica. Gypsum 

 and ashes are the best special manures. Sweet corn has 

 much less starch than the other varieties, but much more 

 sugar and extract. It has also a greater portion of dex- 

 trine and gum. 



Culture. — In the Northern States, a dry soil and a hot 

 season are required to produce large crops of corn. At 

 the South we raise far better crops in moist seasons, and 

 on moist bottom lands. Rich, deep loam affords the plant 

 plenty of moisture and nourishment, which the corn likes. 

 The Extra Early and Sugar corn will bear thick planting. 

 Plant the first crop in the open air when the peach is well 

 in bloom, and every three weeks thereafter until July at 



