THE BONNEWITZ GARDENS, VAN WERT, OHIO 
also to plant another twenty-five acres next spring to use in case 
I do not succeed in saving seed of it this year. For this corn which 
I ripened myself, I gave her $147.50 which paid the next semi¬ 
annual installment on the mortgage and interest, and also paid her 
insurance. H. i 
During August and September I expect to sell a limited amount 
of the green corn in order to establish its reputation as the best 
white sweet corn in the world, after which I hope during the next 
few years to sell enough of the artificially ripened seed to pay off 
the mortgage. 
After the corn was ripened and properly stored for the winter I 
took some of it with me on a California trip. While visiting my 
daughter, the wife of a naval officer living in Coronado, I ap¬ 
proached the farm advisor of San Diego County telling him I was 
Artificially ripening Aunt Mary’s Sweet Corn in Mr. Bonneivitz’s basement 
during October and November, 193U, an exhaust fan is drawing one thousand, 
cubic feet of warm dry air per minute over the corn. 
seeking a place where I could grow and successfully ripen the best 
white sweet corn in the world. I had expected to receive a welcome 
and I was very greatly surprised when he said, with a triumphant 
smile on his face, “Don’t bring your sweet corn here, Mr. Bonnewitz. 
Our weather in San Diego county, the Southern-most county in the 
state, is altogether too cold for growing and ripening sweet corn.” 
This statement, if published, certainly should bring the summer 
tourists. 
