Pop Corn 1535 



distribution 



Pop corn is grown successfully throughout the northern half 

 of the United States wherever other corn can be grown, and at one 

 time was grown in nearly every garden in Xew York and the New 

 England states, but it has gradually come to be a sort of special 

 farm crop grown in a commercial way by men who have found it 

 profitable and have made the growing, handling and marketing of 

 it. a special study. The great bulk of the crop is now grown in 

 Iowa, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Nebraska. 



VARIETIES 



There are about twenty-five different varieties of pop corn, but 

 these are simply variations of the two distinct types or classes 

 known as rice corn and pearl corn. The rice corn has kernels 

 more or less pointed, and sometimes called " squirrel tooth." The 

 pearl corn has kernels rounded or flattened over the top and are 

 very smooth. These two classes may be divided into early, medium 

 and late, and these again into white, yellow, and colored (not 

 yellow). All of these varieties cross with each other so readily 

 that it is difficult, under ordinary methods, to keep a variety 

 strictly to any given type. The different varieties of both the rice 

 and pearl corn may vary as to color through the several shades of 

 white, amber, yellow, red, and black ; also red and white striped. 

 Some of the best known white varieties are the Monarch Rice, 

 Snowball and Egyptian. Of the white pearl varieties, the Com- 

 mon White Pearl, Mapledale, Prolific and Xonpareil are stand- 

 ard varieties. Of the yellow pearl varieties, the most valuable 

 are Queens Golden and Dwarf Golden, each of which has a yel- 

 lowish color when popped and has the taste peculiar to yellow 

 corn. In some localities the black varieties are quite popular and 

 said to be very prolific. 



SOIL AND FERTILIZERS 



Any well drained fertile soil, except a low peaty or muck soil, 

 is suitable for the growth of pop corn. 



Whether the soil is sand, gravel, loam or clay, it must have a 

 sufficient quantity of available plant food elements to give best 

 results. In furnishing any or all of these, one should remember 



