SWEET CORN
£ WARM POSITION REQUIRED. Sweet corn is a vegetable very much esteemed in the United States but not much grown here. It is a tender plant, but by raising the seedlings in boxes' of rich, light, soil in the greenhouse or. frame, and gradually hardening them off they will be ready to plant out in early November. A warm, sheltered position should be selected, and the soil should be liberally manured with farmyard manure. Put out the plants at iBin to 2ft. and when growing well, earth them up a bit, to steady the plants. Give at least two waterings with liauid manure made by dissolving a dessertspoonful of sulphate of ammonia in a gallon of water, and during dry weather water regularly. The cobs should be picked while the contents of the seeds are milky, and cookbed at once. First of All and Country Gentleman are good varieties.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 October 1940, Page 9
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150SWEET CORN Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 October 1940, Page 9
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