New-York tribune., 1900-08-19
CORN SWEET AND NOT SWEET.


a case II point is that Of the sweet corn. This
delicious vegetable is rightly the pride and glory
q the United States. No other people has
evolved the sweet corn as II is known here The
onty trouble IS that, unforruna telv. all do moi
ki'o" IL There is z large amount Of field corn
passed Of on The innocent public as the sweet
cc-r whichs has been asked for. One dealer
estimated the proportion OF field corn sent to
New-fOrk as 30 I-er cent Of the whole quantity
II gives the growers better return an acre and
Is long as city dweIlers confine themselves to
saying that the corn served them does not taste
Ike the corn -on the farm" snd DO not inform
themselves OF the different varieties and demand
them, 50 long VIII the corn "ou the farm" rank
with the mythical pies and cakes Of infancy
The best variety OF corn Is the Country Gentle
man This Is a late species and is small but
deIciously sweet There is no dissenting voice
70 TIE chorus OF praise of this variety of corn
and II Is about the only one which is recognized
by the narketInen as being superior to the ordi-
nary kinds Because Of its small size there is
notaso large call for it as there would be if
peOrk II general understood its good qualities
II IS not likely that an ordinary dealer in veg
etab1ez Il asked for Country Gentleman corn
could furnish it, but in the large markets it is
as a rule, procu-able. The Hackensack is also
2 good variety and sells well The Mammoth's
size Is the best part Of that variety, for It has
LOST IN deIiescy what II has gained IN length
The Metropolitan Sugar Corn is an early va
riety, and Is not well known in the markets.
The difference between good corn and the
coarse varieties is no greater than that between
good potatoes and bad ones. The fact that
most cooks consider the boiling of potato as
he 3 c Of the culinary art, and SO give
little attention 70 II is doubtless responsible
for many Of the soggy potatoes which so
often put on the table but there is also a great
difference in The varieties. The Bermuda potato
is lust a Bermuda without grades Of excel
lence. Il is always good and IS especially so
because Il comes at season when the soul Of
man Is sick Of the winter good keepers" But
new potatoes are not sold exclusively until the
,7fd5Ie Of June or thereabout for there is al
WAYS zn ove-suppIy Of the old stock that has to
L. worked of" Oh the unsuspectlng. After
F7e-muda potatoes comes the Virginian- This
is a good variety. It comes from the penin-
srls formed by the Chesapeake, and the out
put Is IN part controlled by large company
rs-,, # the virg1nian is good DO not be led into
buying Kentucky potatoes for you VIII De
riL-alv 70 repent of your bargain The soil Of
rrat State does not produce good potatoes ana
-t.,, are not used 10 any extent in other mar
l-ers except when the Virg1nlan crop Is q IaIIure
- !. zzas last year The Long Island potatoes
sns as good as the Virginian- however and OF
curse form large part OF the supply OF New
yo-k City Of the different varieties may De
o--..o,eS arst Of all the Early Rose potato,
,+,s~h A uoeaIy and about the best me Chiii
h also q good variety. but the hebron Ii Pooi-
7, is r.getIl for seed. and Is sent 10 Ihe nAIAet
= ---ats- quantities than it should De because
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