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enough seed to insure a stand despite the cutworms' 

 attacks. Webworms and Hce sometimes attack the 

 leaves (see buhach, and Hce remedies, in Chapter 

 V). The corn-worm often eats the kernels of ripen- 

 ing corn, but no very satisfactory remedies are 

 known. Smut (a white or black fungus) is rather 

 common ; burn diseased leaves and ears ; never 

 throw them on the manure pile. 



Popcorn. — Usually grown as a farm crop, 

 planted in hills about 3x3 feet apart, but may be 

 grown in the garden the same as sweet corn, if 

 desired. White Rice is the standard kind. Let the 

 ears become thoroughly ripe and hard before gath- 

 ering, and hang them in the attic until dry enough 

 to pop. Do not plant popcorn near sweet corn, nor 

 sweet corn near field corn, or the two kinds will 

 mix. 



Beans. — All the varieties are tender and should 

 not in the North be planted in the open ground 

 until about May loth (earlier farther south). First 

 let us consider the edible-pod bush kinds known as 

 ''snap" or ''string" beans. These are of two general 

 types — the green-podded varieties (such as String- 

 less, Early ]\Iohawk, Earliest Red Valentine, etc.), 

 and the wax-podded kinds (such as Wardwell's 

 Kidney Wax, Golden Wax, Valentine Wax, Yo- 

 semite Mammoth Wax, Stringless Wax, Perfection 

 Wax, etc.). Sow in drills about two feet apart (two 

 and one-half feet apart if to be worked with a horse 

 cultivator) and cover seed not more than two inches 

 deep. Thin the plants, when well up, to about four 

 inches apart. Make successional sowings every two 

 weeks, if you wish, until August ist. Beans prefer 

 a mellow, warm, rich soil ; but do not give them too 

 much nitrogen or they'll "run all to vines." One 



