122 WARM SEASON VEGETABLES 



for an hour, then cooked a little and served with cream as in the 

 summer time. 



Field Corn for Roasting Ears. — In the southern states field corn 

 has a sweeter taste than in the northern states. It is therefore 

 much used as roasting ears. When used for this purpose it should 

 be selected very carefully and should be prepared for the table 

 when the kernels are very young. Freshness is also more impor- 

 tant with field corn. Sweet corn is to be preferred to the other 

 varieties for winter use as dried corn. 



Pop Corn. — This crop is very easily grown in any home garden. 

 The so-called rice pop corn is the best type for planting. The 

 season and methods are similar to those for other corn. The crop 

 should be allowed to mature thoroughly before harvesting. When 

 the ears are gathered they should be stored in a dry attic where 

 there is some warmth from a chimney or some other dry place. Be 

 careful about mice attacking it. 



Never plant pop corn too near other kinds of corn which will 

 tassel at the same time. They are sure to cross and injure each 

 other. If the tasseling is at different times no crossing will take 

 place. 



Beans. — This is a warm weather crop and should not be planted 

 before warm spring weather comes. A number of varieties of 

 beans may be planted in succession, that is, several plantings of 

 one kind may be made so that a fresh crop is developing through 

 the long summer season. 



A rich sandy loam is preferred, and some phosphoric acid and 

 potash may be added in the form of commercial fertilizer. 



Good varieties of snap beans are Stringless Green Pod, Ref- 

 ugee, Kidney Wax, and Rust Proof Wax. A good pole bean to 

 be used either as "snaps" or as a dried product is Kentucky 

 Wonder. There are many other good pole beans, such as Pole 

 Horticultural. 



Lima beans are of four different types. The bush limas include 

 the small prolific bean of the Henderson type and also the large 

 fleshy bean of the Burpee or Dreer type. The pole types are also 

 of the two sizes but the large seeded kinds are the more popular. 



The soil should be deeply and thoroughly worked, and should 

 be somewhat loose at planting time. If the soil can be plowed or 

 spaded several weeks before planting time it should be kept 

 stirred throughout the whole interval. This warms the soil and 

 causes the seeds to sprout readily when planted. 



