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always be grown for market. Indeed, the best profits of the 
business are from the extra early and extra late sales. 
Sweet corn should not be grown by shippers who are 
distant more than twenty-four hours from market, as the 
ears lose quality and flavor soon after being pulled from the 
stalks. Forty-eight hours from market is an extreme dis- 
tance, but is feasible if the ears can be chilled in a cold stor- 
age house previous to shipment; otherwise, they will heat 
and spoil. Even when designed for a near-by market a load 
of sweet corn ears may heat and spoil during a single night. 
Tt is best to scatter them upon the grass, if pulled during the 
afternoon for shipment the following morning. 
The most profit to the grower will be found in ears which 
are not too large, as corn is often sold by the dozen, the 
large sorts being too weighty. 
The early kinds, though small, can be planted closely, and 
a large number of ears secured; and they are out of the way 
so soon that the ground can be used for celery or other late 
crop. Celery can be set out between the rows of corn, and 
thus be shaded to some extent during the critical period fol- 
lowing transplanting. 
The Evergreens, Early and Late, and the shoe-peg types, 
such as Country Gentleman and Zig Zag Evergreen, are 
among the sweetest of all. The grains are of irregular shape 
and arrangement, and the appearance of the ears is not alto- 
gether prepossessing. When once known, however, they are 
in demand by consumers. 
The red-cob corns should be cooked by dropping into 
boiling water. If cooked slowly, the red color of the cob 
affects the appearance of the grains. 
Cultivation, Enemies, etc — Shallow culture, frequently 
repeated, is demanded by sweet corn. The growth at first is 
timid and slow; afterward, if well cultivated, the stalks grow 
with great rapidity and vigor. 
