HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
CORN— SWEET OR SUGAR 
TN AMERICA corn is King because it is a true Amer- 
-*■ ican vegetable. Corn was cultivated as a food in 
Mexico and South America before Cortez landed. Sweet 
corn is mentioned as far back as the end of the Seventeenth 
Century as a favorite food of the Indians of western New 
York. It surely thrives better in our country than any- 
where else. And in no other country does sweet corn 
reach the perfection as it does with us. 
Plant the seeds when the maples are out in full leaf; 
gather the ears when warm summer suns transform soil 
fertility, heat, and moisture into the greatest food luxury 
that ever tempted a mortal’s teeth. When and how to 
sow the seeds, which kinds to sow and why, as well as 
many other questions, are fully answered on pages 77-79 
and 96-102. 
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