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brittle, and when well blanched is a beautiful golden 
yellow, the ribs and ridges being tinged with 
crimson. 
SWEET CORN. 
The first sweet corn should be planted early in 
April, and should be of some small-growing, very 
early variety, such as the Cory or Minnesota. This 
corn will have to struggle with the frost and chilling 
nights, but with the aid of the ever-present worm, 
which inhabits each ear, will be ready for use long 
before any of the really fine kinds can be had. There 
is only one good thing that I have been able to 
discover in the worm’s favor in connection with his 
labors in horticulture, and that is the way in which 
he assists in ripening all the earliest specimens of the 
different fruits. To be sure, his efforts in this line 
are not always appreciated, but he is always there 
when you find a fruit ripening before its regular 
time. About the third week in April a second sow¬ 
ing of this early corn should be made, and at the 
same time should be planted some early large-eared 
variety, such as Crosby’s Twelve-rowed, and an equal 
amount of a late variety, such as S to well’s Evergreen. 
Thereafter a planting should be made every ten days 
or two weeks, of a favorite sort, which, wdth me, 
is Stowell’s Evergreen, although I plant other kinds 
throughout the season, for the sake of variety. These 
plantings should be kept up until the 10th of July, 
after which the late kinds will hardly mature; but if 
the ground can be spared, I would keep on planting 
until the 10th of August, as, if the fall should be late, 
