The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-27
Victory
Gardens
BY H. +. LANG
A Long Season Of Sweet Corn y

a long season OF o"eeN VT"
In order TO have good sweet
corn for the table over long
season of time. It is necessary
either to make several paintings
or to plant several varieties that
mature at different times. The
best and surest plan that'l have
found is TO plant. several differ
ent varieties that mature at dit
ferent times from extra early 10
late. and then prolong the season
BY two repeated paintings OF the
latest variety.
My choice OF the standard va
rleties for the home garden is as
follows Golden Gem first early).
Earliest Golden Sweet Second
early. Golden Bantam third
early, Char eyoix Fourth early,
Bantam Evergreen (midseason),
Golden Colonel 0atel. ! plant all
OF these varieties about May Is to
%. ! begin by planting Golden
Gem on each Of three rows for
a distance of about Is or more
feet according to how much com
pany We expect at corn eating
time. The reason why | plant the
same kind on all three rows is TO
be sure that there will be enough
pollen available when the silks
arc ready, because no other va
riety on the list is ready TO polli-
nate so early as Golden Gem. Then
| plant Earliest Golden Sweet for
an equal distance on the same
three rows, beginning where |
left off planting Golden Gem.
Thus, ! continue with each OF the
other varieties until ! have plant
ed the desired amount OF each. II
there isn't enough room on 3 rows.
! make 3 more rows, and so on.
Finally | leave vacant space on
the last three rows where | will
plant some more Golden Colonel
about May % and again about
June 8. Paintings made after June
9Th are not very reliable because
the hot weather overtakes them
before they have gotten a good
start, For that reason do not
use an early variety to make later
paintings An early variety would
have to be planted the last of
June lin order to be as late as Gold.
en- Colonel planted June 3.
The above plan furnishes excel
lent corn OF the very highest quail
ity for the table from August |
until frost For canning purposes
it is sometimes desirable TO have
corn that will mature all at once
and give a big yield. In that case,
| advise planting one Of the new
hybrids. Hybrid corn outyields
the standard varieties Of open.
pollinated corn mentioned above,
and practically all of the ears arc
ready to be harvested at one pick
ing. Some strains Of hybrid corn
are reported to be of mediocre
quality. In 1912 the hybrid can.
ming variety chosen for my gar
den was Naughan's our Choice.
Some time in the future there
undoubtedly will be high quality
hybrid varieties to cover the en-
tire season from early to late At
present, the hybrid season scarce
ly exceeds three weeks. Hence.
until further experiment has
shown which hybrids are best and
where they tit into the scheme
for the home garden. It seems wise
TO continue raising the standard
openpolinated varieties.
Pop Corn
Minnesota Hybrid Hullless pop
corn is the highest yielding. high
quality. white hullless pop corn
that ! have ever seen. In 1871. fl
outyielded common Japanese Hull
less ? to in my garden 1t is
carried in stock by several Of the
large seed companies including
Odds OF Madison, and Naughan's
OF Chicago