CHAPTER XXII. 



UNCLASSIFIED ANNUALS. 



IN this division of garden crops come sweet 

 corn, okra and martynia, which have no 

 relation to the other crops, and none to 

 each other, except that they require about the 

 same cultivation. They are all warm-weather 

 crops and are grown for their immature fruits. 

 They require " quick" soil, are not usually trans- 

 planted and demand little care, except good 

 tillage. 



SWEET CORN. 



Although almost unknown in any other part 

 of the world, in America sweet corn is one of the 

 most important crops. One hardly ever sees 

 even a small back-yard garden without a few 

 stalks of sweet corn, while the canning industry 

 has grown to such enormous proportions as to 

 require thousands of acres of corn every year. 

 Sweet corn cannot be grown in the South unless 

 the seed is gotten from the North every year. 

 It thrives best in the crisp climate of the Northern 

 States and of Canada. 



This is the crop that gave rise to the famous 

 joke at the "World's Fair" in Chicago. The 

 Englishman asked the girl in charge, "What 

 do you do with so much corn?" 



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