PART I 



CHAPTER III 



THE HOME GARDEN 



SWEET CORN FOR THE GARDEN 



LOOK as far as one wishes among the 

 home gardens throughout the northern 

 part of America, and it would be practically 

 impossible to come across a garden which 

 does not contain sweet corn. About every 

 American family demands in the planning 

 for a home garden the inclusion of several 

 varieties of this choice garden vegetable. 

 In fact, they never consider the garden 

 complete unless it contains this plant. 



The general cultural methods are so easy, 

 and there is so little for the amateur to 

 learn in the growing of this plant, that it 

 easily lends itself to the culture which is 

 given. It is important, too, to plan in 

 these gardens for a liberal supply of sweet 

 corn which will begin quite early in the 

 summer and continue till the frosts of 

 winter kill the plant. This would include 

 the planting of several varieties or the 



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