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Catalog Products: Corn: Roasting, Dent or Field
| About Roasting, Dent or Field Corn -Cultivation |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Zea Mays indenta. Plant in loose, well worked soil after soil has warmed to about 65 degrees. Enrich soil well as corn is a heavy feeder. Direct sow seeds 1-1.5" deep, 5-10" apart in blocks of rows 3' apart. Keep weed free. After corn is 12" tall. thin to about every 6-8" apart. Corn is excellent for roasting ears when young if picked and prepared promptly. When mature, use for grinding into corn meal or for stock. Plants can also be used for sileage. | | Return to top |
| Boone County White Corn |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Zea Mays indenta. 120 days. Probably one of the highest yielding white corns. Kernels are creamy white, cob is white, ears range from 9-11" long. Tall stalks, 9-10 feet tall with lots of foliage. Great for roasting ears when young and excellent for white corn meal when mature. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
| Earth Tones Dent Corn |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Zea Mays indenta. 120 days. This is a beautiful corn colored in multi hued earth tones. Quickly growing in popularity as an excellent flour corn as well as a popular ornamental corn. Does very well north of the Mason-Dixon line. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
| Eureka Ensilage Corn | | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Zea Mays. 110 to 120 days. 10 to 11 inch, white ears, good for roasting when young. Large, very leafy plants favored for sileage. Sileage has tested as high as 16% protein and ears have tested at 11% protein. Very popular and widely grown 1900th century corn now reemerging as a fovorite for those looking to grow organic stock feed. Limited quantity available. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
| Greenfield Dent Corn |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Zea Mays indenta. 114 days. Excellent standability with ears that are quite uniform on the stalk. Many Amish prefer this corn because the stalks make nice bundles from the binders. Excellent for corn meal or stock feed. Great yield with reports of up to 190 Bu per acre. Does well in Northern tier states. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
| Hopi Blue Corn |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Zea Mays indurata. 110 days. Flour corn with blue kernels. 8-10" dark blue ears. Hopi is a drought tolerant variety used ceremonially to make blue piki bread. Excellent corn for use in cornbread and also makes great blue tortillas. Seed may be treated. | | Return to top |
| Lancaster Sure Crop Corn |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Zea Mays. 110 days. Lancaster Sure Crop was developed by Isaac Hershey in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He mixed more than six varieties together and began selecting for early maturity, disease resistance, easy harvest and uniformity. Many modern hybrids have at least one inbred that traces back to this open-pollinated variety. Two or more 9-11" ears with 16-18 rows borne on very tall 10-12 foot stalks. Good yield of large yellow kernels for roasting or feed with high quality sileage. Untreated seeds.
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| Reid’s Yellow Dent Corn |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Zea Mays indenta. 100 days. Good roasting ears when in the milk stage. Excellent for corn meal or stock feed when mature. The most popular open pollinated, yellow variety grown in the entire country. Originated by Robert Reid of Illinois in 1847 and improved by his son, James L. Reid from 1870 to 1900. Cobs tend to be small and dark red, 9 to 10 inches long with mostly 16 closely spaced rows of kernels. Stalks are heavy, tall, and leafy and make excellent silage. Seeds may be treated.
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| Wapsie Valley Dent Corn |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | 85 days *
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9 1/2’ tall, strong, widely adapted plants
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7 1/2 - 8" well formed ears (mostly rich yellow, waxy color with some maroon ears and few brown colored ears).
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14 - 18 straight kernel rows
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Outstanding plant health
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Medium ear placement
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Good standability
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Average C.P. (crude protein) 11%
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Superior silage choice
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Nicely finishes for grain where others won’t
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has done well in dry years
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Widely adapted
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Heavy test weight
History: This tremendous variety that has been traced back to Adoulf Steinbronn from Fairbank, Iowa . Steinbronn stood alone when his peers were all going to hybrids. Victor Kucyk, who gives much of his life to the improvement of O.P.’s then continued the work. Many around the globe are benifiting from this variety started back in Iowa . Heirloom Acres Seeds is proud to be one of the very few sources for this excellent corn. Ubtreated seed. | | Return to top |
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