26 HINTS AND HELPS 



can be grown the same as celery or the seed may be sown 

 in the garden, in rows two feet apart and the plants 

 thinned to eight inches apart. As it does not germinate 

 readily, it is best to start the plants in boxes and trans- 

 plant them. 



Sweet Corn. Early Cory, Squantum, and Country 

 Gentleman are among the best varieties and will mature 

 according to the order in which they are named: It is 

 well to plant a few rows of the early, and then make 

 several plantings of the Country Gentleman so as to have 

 sweet corn from July until frost comes. To get the most 

 from the land, plant in rows, two and a half feet or three 

 feet apart, putting three kernels every six inches, and 

 pulling out all but one as soon as the corn is well up. The 

 suckers around the roots should be kept removed. Corn 

 should be planted on the north end of the garden or in 

 such a way as to prevent shading lower plants. It grows 

 from five to eight feet high. Squantum or Country Gentle- 

 man corn planted on or before June ist, will be in condi- 

 tion to eat, when school opens in autumn, if it has had 

 care during the summer. Corn will be ready from ten to 

 twenty weeks after planting, according to the kind. Seeds 

 should be covered one inch and the land should be rich in 

 potash. It is well to hoe a pint of wood ashes or a half 

 pint of sulphate of potash into every ten feet of row before 

 planting. It, is not generally wise to plant field and pop 

 corn in the same garden as it will mix, the pollen being 

 carried by the wind. 



Corn Saead. Corn Salad is a salad plant for sum- 

 mer use. Sow May ist, in rows twelve inches apart and 

 thin the plants to six inches in the row. The trench should 

 be made one-half inch deep. It is grown for the leaves 

 which are used for salad. It can also be planted in 

 September for winter or early spring salad in which case 

 it must be covered with straw on the approach of winter: 



Cress. Garden Cress should be planted in furrows, 

 twelve inches apart and one-half inch deep. The plants 

 should be thinned to six inches apart in the rows. ' It 



