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HINTS AND HELPS 
can be grown the same as celery or the seed may be sown 
in the garden, in rows two feet apart and the plants 
thinned to eight inches apart. As it does not germinate 
readily, it is best to start the plants in boxes and trans¬ 
plant them. 
Sweet Corn. Early Cory, Squantum, and Country 
Gentleman are among the best varieties and will mature 
according to the order in which they are named. It is 
w r ell to plant a few rows of the early, and then make 
several plantings of the Country Gentleman so as to have 
sweet corn from July until frost comes. To get the most 
irorn the land, plant in rows, two and a half feet or three 
feet apart, putting three kernels every six inches, and 
pulling out all but one as soon as the corn is well up. The 
suckers around the roots should be kept removed. Corn 
should be planted on the north end of the garden or in 
such a way as to prevent shading lower plants. It grows 
from five to eight feet high. Squantum or Country Gentle¬ 
man corn planted on or before June ist, will be in condi¬ 
tion to eat, when school opens in autumn, if it has had 
care during the summer. Corn will be ready from ten to 
twenty weeks after planting, according to the kind. Seeds 
should be covered one inch and the land should be rich in 
potash. It is well to hoe a pint of wood ashes or a half 
pint of sulphate of potash into every ten feet of row before 
planting. It is not generally wise to plant field and pop 
corn in the same garden as it will mix, the pollen being 
carried by the wind. 
Corn Salad. Corn Salad is a salad plant for sum¬ 
mer use. Sow May ist, in rows twelve inches apart and 
thin the plants to six inches in the row. The trench should 
be made one-half inch deep. It is grown for the leaves 
which are used for salad. It can also be planted in 
September for winter or early spring salad in which case 
it must be covered with straw on the approach of winter. 
Cress. Garden Cress should be planted in furrows, 
twelve inches apart and one-half inch deep. The plants 
should be thinned to six inches apart in the rows. It 
