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SWEET CORN 



This crop is widely grown in both United States 

 and Canada, and is available for use from early July 

 until fall frosts. Sweet corn as a commercial veg- 

 etable is extensively grown in very few countries of 

 the world, the United States leading them all in 

 this respect. While it is largely used as a vegetable 

 in the green form, its greatest use perhaps is for 

 canning purposes. Sweet corn is adapted to a much 

 wider range of climatic conditions than ordinary 

 field corn, because the crop can often be sufficiently 

 matured for table use in many regions where 

 neither field nor sweet corn would mature for 

 seed purposes. The soil requirements for sweet 

 corn are practically the same as those for field corn 

 and are not particularly exacting. A clay loam is 

 perhaps the most desirable type, but the earlier 

 varieties should always be planted on sandy soils. 

 Late-maturing varieties should be planted on more 

 retentive types. Sweet corn generally does better 

 when planted on sod lands, but excellent crops are 

 frequently grown on soils previously cultivated. 



Fall plowing of sod lands is usually desirable, 

 especially where earlier planting is to be done. The 

 small, early maturing varieties may be planted much 

 closer together than mid-season or late sorts. Drill 

 planting generally gives better results than hill 

 planting. Thirty inches will usually be a sufficient 

 distance for the earlier varieties, while 36 to 40 

 inches should be given the larger sorts. One plant 

 to every 10 inches with the smaller varieties, and 

 every 12 or 15 inches with the large varieties, will 

 perhaps be the more satisfactory distances in the 

 row. For home gardens and under some conditions, 



