MAIZE 
Maize — or Indian Corn (Zea mays ) — is a favourite 
vegetable in America, and can be cultivated in this 
country with great success if the seeds are sown under 
glass and planted out in rich soil. It is cultivated in all 
parts of the world, but less in Europe than in others ; 
doubtless in this country our short summers are not 
favourable, but when it is considered what a number of 
vegetables we raise under glass, there is no difficulty in 
growing very fine cobs of this useful cereal. Some of 
the dwarfer varieties are more suitable in this country 
than the very large ones, which need a much longer 
summer season to mature the growth. By this I do not 
mean that the corn must be ripe, as in this state it is not 
used as a vegetable, but the grains in the stalk must be 
fully developed, though used in a green state. Of late 
years our home seedsmen have turned their attention to 
the Maize, offering some of the best or most suitable 
kinds for culture in this country, and I will note a few of 
them. In addition there is the Japanese striped variety, 
valuable as a decorative plant, and much used on the 
continent, indeed there are few plants that are more 
beautiful. A few seasons ago I had twelve distinct 
varieties of the vegetable forms sent me from the States 
and they were very good indeed, not one failed to make 
cobs and some grew very quickly, but I failed to ripen 
seed ; our summers do not permit this. The earliest 
variety I have grown is the Early Yellow or Six Weeks, 
grown in the States under the name of Quarantain ; this 
is a 3 feet variety and ripens well in this country. 
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