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3. Is your market well supplied with this vegetable ? 



4. How can the fodder' be utilized to best advantage? 



W-VG:434. Wi:186. 



5. What is the history of sweet corn ? Wi : 3-7. 



6. What is the botany of this plant? Wi : 1. W : 283. 



7. What do you know about the sweet corn canning ind 



United States ? Wi : 158-185. 



2. Selecting location. — W : 40. Excellent sweet coi 

 grown in any soil that will produce a good crop of i 

 Southern or southeastern exposures and sandy soils are 

 to an early crop. The heaviest yields are obtained in 

 clay loams which abound in plant food and organic m; 

 heavy clover sod, plowed down late in the fall or ear 

 spring, provides ideal conditions for the growing of swt ^^x^. 

 Thorough soil drainage is always essential. 



1. What is the most favorable location for the production of a 



very early crop of sweet corn ? Do you have such a location ? 

 Wi : 45. 



2. How does sweet corn compare with field corn in the require- 



ments of the location ? C : 225. 



3. Why is good soil drainage essential for sweet corn? 



3. Choosing varieties. — There are many excellent varieties of 

 sweet corn. Adams Early is very hardy and extremely early. 

 It is not a sweet corn at all, but really a white dent corn. This 

 variety may be planted at least ten days earlier than the usual 

 sweet varieties. White Cob Cory is an excellent early sweet corn 

 closely followed by Howling Mob. 



