CHAPTER XV 



TRANSPLANTING 



METHOD OF PROCEDURE 



GENERALLY speaking, corn is one of 

 the vegetables that is not transplanted 

 to any great extent. However, there are 

 some men in the country that have found 

 it greatly to their advantage to grow sweet 

 corn under forced conditions and later 

 transplant it to the open grounds. A nota- 

 ble instance of this is William Sim of 

 Essex County, Mass., who grows enough 

 sweet corn in earthern pots to plant 15 

 acres. Generally speaking, sweet corn is 

 started in the greenhouse or in the hotbeds, 

 later being shifted to the cold frames, 

 where it is properly hardened, and from 

 there it is placed in the field. 



The receptacles used for growing sweet 

 corn vary. Strawberry boxes, such as the 

 quart type, may be used, about five kernels 

 being placed in each box; and when these 

 receptacles are placed in the field, the bands 

 are cut and the box is removed from the 

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