PART II 



CHAPTER XII 



SWEET CORN GROWN 

 COMMERCIALLY 



SWEET corn is grown in the commercial 

 garden under two general practices. 

 The very early corn is grown by market 

 gardeners, who are generally on high-priced 

 land which is close to the market. It is 

 only practicable for these gardeners to grow 

 the earliest varieties and have the corn 

 ready to place on the market when the 

 price of corn is high. 



The second class is that of the farmers 

 farther back from market on cheaper land. 

 These growers produce the later varieties 

 and send the corn to market when there 

 is a lessening price for the product. The 

 later men are known as truck farmers. 

 Sometimes the corn on these truck farms 

 is grown in rotation with farm crops, and 

 at other times it is grown in rotation with 



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