SWEET CORN PROJECT 287 



Golden Bantam is a universal favorite because of its very 

 superior quality. Many growers specialize with this variety and 

 make successive plantings so as to have marketable ears from 

 July until destructive frosts occur in the fall. Thousands of 

 consumers now recognize this variety as the leader in quality. 



Country Gentleman and Stowell's Evergreen are the most 

 extensively grown late varieties. Both are very prolific and make 

 a large amount of fodder. 



1. What varieties of sweet corn do you think will pay you best? 



W-VG : 430-431. Wi:33. 



2. How may varieties of sweet corn be classified? 



W-VG: 430^31. Wi: 35-37. 



3. How does sweet com vary in quality f Name varieties represent- 



ing the different degrees of quality. 



4. What varieties are grown mast largely for the canning industry? 



W-VG : 431. 



4. Preparing soil. — Soil that has been properly prepared for 

 early cabbage (W : 99) will be satisfactory for the growing of 

 sweet corn. As previously indicated (W : 286) heavy sod land 

 should be plowed late in the fall or early in the spring. This ciop 

 responds to the liberal application of both stable manure and com- 

 mercial fertilizers. When clover sod or leguminous crops have 

 been plowed down, the fertilizer treatment may be restricted to 

 commercial plant foods. Stable manures will probably be found 

 especially valuable in soils that are thought to be deficient in 

 organic matter. 



1. When should your soil be plowed for sweet com ? 



2. Do you think you should apply stable manure? If so, how 



much? W-VG: 432. C:224. Wi:ll. 



