10 

SWEET CORN 
The great advances in vegetable quality, disease- 
resistance and yielding power made possible in 
recent years by the new science of genetics are 
nowhere better seen than in corn. The greatest 
triumph of corn-breeding is in the development, 
through inbreeding and crossing, of hybrids 
which accentuate the best features of both their 
parents and have amazing strength, uniformity 
and yielding power. So successful have these 
new hybrids proven that the demand for seed 
has led to supplies which are sometimes of 
doubtful or unknown origin. With his crop at 
stake, the grower should make sure, before 
planting hybrid seed, that it was produced by 
breeders who have skill and experience in this 
work and whose hybrid stocks have demon- 
strated their value and local adaptability. 
Corn should be planted only in warm, well worked soil, either in rows or groups, 
commonly known as hills, because it was formerly the practice to hoe up earth 
around the stalks. If planted in rows, the rows should be 3-31% ft. apart, depending 
on the size of the variety, planted 4 or 5 seeds per foot, and thinned out later to 
9”—-12” apart. If planted in hills, the hills should be about 3 feet apart, sown with 5 
or © seeds, to be thinned out to 3 or 4 plants per hill. To insure good pollination and 
well filled ears, do not plant a single row, but several short ones. 
Hybrids 
Calumet (No. 57): 86 days. A recent Asgrow 
introduction, widely adapted. Plant vigorous, 
relatively drought-resistant, almost suckerless. 
Ears 814” long, slender, cylindrical, well filled 
to tip, mainly 12-14 rowed. Very uniform in 
maturing, high yielding, and suitable for mech- 
anical harvesting. 
Carmelcross: 79 days. A second early hybrid. 
Vigorous and heavy yielding in comparison to 
its earliness. Medium sized, gently tapering ears, 
with 12-14 rows of yellow kernels. ; 
Country Gentleman 8 x 6: 99 days. A drought- 
resistant hybrid for the Midwest. Ears large, 
with fine white kernels set irregularly. 
Erie: 88 days. An Asgrow hybrid, having cyl- 
indrical ears slightly tapered, 9” long, mainly 
12-14 rowed. Plants wilt resistant and vigorous, 
6” taller than Golden Cross Bantam. 
Golden Cross Bantam: 85 days. The _ best 
known and most adaptable yellow hybrid. Very 
sturdy and reliable, showing high resistance to 
bacterial wilt (Stewart's disease). Ears 8” long, 
10-14 rows, of top quality. 
Golden Hybrid No. 2439: 87 days. An excep- 
tionally fine hybrid in eastern and far western 
states especially. Strong and prolific plants, with 
large, 14-16 rowed ears having long husks. 

Golden Cross Bantam : Calumet : Oto : 
Erie : Huron :. Pawnee 
