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Sweet Corn is a backbone crop for every 
home garden. It can successfully be 
grown in almost any State in the Union. 
However, for best results, it requires a 
growing season of seventy to eighty days 
with plenty of summer heat. In marking 
off the plot for corn, it is well to remem- 
ber that the formation of kernels depends 
on efficient pollination, and, as the pollen 
is diffused by air, a long single row is less 
likely to be well pollinated than several 
short rows in a block. 
Four rows of twenty-five feet are there- 
fore better than one long row of a 
hundred feet, and the corn may alter- 
natively be set in hills, or groups, of 
three plants each, with three feet 
between hills. Rows are best, but hills 
make weeding easier. — 
Corn needs fertile soil, well drained but 
retentive of moisture, and if an old rotted 
manure or compost pile is available, the 
corn plot is a good place to use it. Or 
a complete fertilizer of such analysis as 
4-19-4 or 5-6-8, on average loam soil, 
may be worked in at the rate of about 
seven pounds to a hundred foot row. 
This preparation should be done as soon 
as the frost is well out of the ground, a 
week or two before the seed is sown. 
Varieties. For wide adaptability to the 
growing conditions of different areas 
combined with yield and quality, 
Golden Cross Bantam is at present the 
best sweet-corn hybrid. It is a strong- 
growing midseason type, resistant to wilt, 
with large yellow ears of excellent eating 
quality. Some of the other popular 
hybrids that are popular with many gar- 
deners are the Marcross, Bancross, and 
Spancross. In most sections, these vari- 
eties produce earlier corn, but the ears — 
are smaller. 
Among the open-pollinated varieties 
Golden Bantam and Improved Golden 
Bantam are still the favorites. 
YELLOW VARIETIES. Packet, 10c; 
% pound, 20c; pound, 35c. 
Golden Bantam (78 to 80 days): Ears 7 
to 8 inches long with 8 rows of kernels. 
Excellent for early planting. 
Improved Golden Bantam (80 to 82 
days): Ears 6 to 8 inches long with 10 to 
14 rows of kernels to the ear. Light 
yellow color, best midseason variety. 



