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good ears to the stalk ; Country Gentlemen, a main crop 

 variet\- with irregular grains, which is considered by many 

 truckers the tiuest corn planted in this part of the country. 

 AMth good cultivation it will give you from four to live ears 

 to the stalk. Stowell's Evergreen is my favorite for ship- 

 ping to market, either North or South. It is one of the 

 largest \'arieties, equal in size to some of the field kinds, and 

 its flavor is vers- fine. One of the best features about this 

 corn is that you can leave it in the field ten days after it has 

 matured before it becomes too hard for use. The large late 

 [Mammoth is a good variet}' and well liked in some sections, 

 but I dc> nijt think it compares witli any of the abo^'e men- 

 tioned. 



Country Gentleman Sweet Corn. 

 CULTIVATION. 



Start working the corn as soon as it is two or three 

 inches high, to keep the grass down. When it is six to eight 

 inches high thin it out to two stalks to the hill. The oftener 

 you work this crop the better, throwing the dirt towards the 

 rows, thus forming a bed. It is a good idea when the corn 

 is about half grown to give it an application of nitrate of 

 soda, using 150 pounds to the acre; and another application 

 of about the same quantity when the corn begins to silk. 



