CHAPTER XXI 

 BREEDING AND CURING 



DR. Byron D. Halstead of the New 

 Jersey station has given much atten- 

 tion to the breeding and selecting of sweet 

 corn. Some of his interesting and practical 

 work follows. From the practical breed- 

 er's point of view, there is much of interest 

 in sweet corn. This vegetable is far from 

 having reached 'perfection. When one 

 encounters an ear that is good he is apt 

 to remark that there is nothing better than 

 an ear of such corn — unless it be two or 

 more ears. The great difficulty with the 

 whole sweet corn industry is the lack of 

 knowledge on the part of the consumer of 

 what high qualities this vegetable may 

 possess. As a matter of fact, there are 

 but few consumers in the great cities that 

 ever get the best. There are those who 

 know and are willing to take great pains 

 to get real sweet corn and have it freshly 

 picked; that is, brought directly from the 

 field to the pot. 



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