SWEET CORN 



harvesting, and the grower must comply 

 with his wishes and carry the product 

 wherever the contract denotes, and deliver it 

 in the manner in which the contract states. 



SITE 



As a general rule, the site for corn grow- 

 ing under canning methods is of about the 

 same importance as mentioned under com- 

 mercial growing by truck growers. Any good 

 gravelly or sandy soil will produce good 

 corn. As the major part of the corn is 

 late, the question of slope is not so important 

 as with the early varieties of corn. Gen- 

 erally speaking, the man places this corn 

 in rotation with other crops and does not 

 look very closely into the possible location 

 or the soil for this crop. In the rotation, 

 sweet corn generally follows grass, and is 

 in turn followed by potatoes and perhaps 

 by a small grain, and then by grass again. 



MANURING 



Stable manure is used in some places 

 where available. However, the supply is 

 generally limited, and perhaps only 10 tons 



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