VARIETIES OF CORN 
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Soft corn is sometimes called flour corn and is grown only 
in warm latitudes, as Mexico and Central America. 
Pod corn is not commercially grown. Each kernel of the corn 
has its own covering of husks. This form seems to be an inter- 
Fic. 46.—A ten-ear sample of yellow Sens) Som, on a corn judging board. (Agriculture 
and Life. 
mediate stage between the present commercial forms of corn and 
the wild plants, from which corn is developed, as teosinte. 
Varieties of Corn.—After deciding upon the type of corn to 
be grown. the next step is to determine what variety is best for 
Fira. 47.—Country Gentleman is one of the best varieties of sweet corn, medium in 
season. (Pedigreed Seed Co.) 
the region and soil. There are perhaps many different varieties 
offered which suit your region. (Figs. 46 and 47.) 
One of the best ways of solving this variety problem is to make 
a regional survey, as some of these varieties are better suited to 
rich soils and others to poor soils, some to uplands and some to 
lowlands, some to early planting and some to late, some to produce 
fodder or silage and some to produce grain. It is necessary to 
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