262 CORN CROPS 



production of sweet corn for immediate consumption. 

 Farther back and in several of the states, in particular 

 Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, New York, 

 and Ohio, the great canning industry is developed, and 

 large acreage is devoted to the growing of sweet corn for 

 canning. 



VARIETIES 



The varieties can be classified under three heads : 

 (1) canning, (2) commercial or market garden varieties, 

 and (3) home garden varieties. 



The principal canning variety is a late corn, Stowell 

 Evergreen. Country Gentleman is also used to a large 

 extent among the canners. In the Maine canneries, a 

 corn known as Clark's is used. This is a corn which has 

 been developed by the large canning houses, and the 

 seed is grown in that section. Farther west, the Hickox 

 is used to a considerable extent, while Trucker's Fa- 

 vorite and Evergreen are considered desirable in some 

 sections. 



189. The commercial varieties may be subdivided into 

 three or four divisions. Among the early varieties are 

 Cory, Adams Early, Early Maine, Peep o' Day, Aristo- 

 crat ; medium earlies, Metropolitan, Golden Bantam, and 

 other golden corns, Honey, Quincy Market, and Crosby ; 

 late varieties. Country Gentleman, Stowell Evergreen, 

 Late Mammoth Hickox, Black Mexican. 



In the home garden varieties, quality is of first impor- 

 tance. The custom is either to plant early and late corn, 

 or one high-class variety such as Golden Bantam every two 

 weeks for both early and late. A not unusual sequence 

 of varieties is : Cory, Crosby, Quincy Market, Country 

 Gentleman, and Stowell Evergreen. 



