CORN. 
We need not consume time or space in speaking of the value of good Sweet Corn, nor of its 
culture. Every sensible person knows the former, and every sane one the latter — at least so it 
seems to us. A few remarks about varieties is all that will be necessary. The earliest good 
Sweet Com we are acquainted with is the Minnesota (fig. 1); following in about ten or twelve 
days, is Russell's Prolific (fig. 2); Moore's Early Concord (fig. 8) is in eating a week or so 
after Russell's, and Crosby's Early (fig. 4) is in eating about the same time, perhaps a day or 
two earlier. It is very thick, twelve or sixteen -rowed. Stowell's Evergreen (fig. 5) is a mag- 
nificent late variety, keeping in eating until frost, almost. There are many varieties of Parching 
Corn ; one of them is shown in fig. 6, called the White Parching. 
CUCUMBERS. 
in fact, all the American or common sorts — will produce a medium 
1 
The hardiest varieties 
and late crop, if the seed is sown in the open ground in 
well prepared hills, as soon as the soil becomes sufficiently 
warm. In this latitude it is useless to plant in the open 
ground until nearly the first of June. Make rich hills of 
well rotted manure, two feet in diameter — a large shovel- 
ful of manure, at least, to each hill — and plant a dozen or 
more seeds, covering half an inch deep. When all danger 
from insects is over, pull up all but three or four of the 
strongest plants. The middle of June is early enough to 
plant for pickling. Make the hills about six feet apart. 
For early Cucumbers, the hdt-bed is necessary; but the 
simplest and surest way to produce a tolerably early crop 
of the best kinds is, where it is designed to place a hill, 
dig a hole about eighteen inches deep and three feet 
across ; into this put a barrow of fresh manure, and cover 
with a small box-like frame, on the top of which place a 
couple of lights of glass. When the plants grow, keep the earth drawn up to the stems. Water, 
and give air as needed ; and if the sun appears too strong, give the glass a coat of whitewash. 
By the time the plants fill the frame, it will be warm enough to let them out, and the box can be 
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