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Catalog Products: Corn: Sweet and Roasting
| About Sweet Corn - Cultivation |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | 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. Harvest when kernels are full and still in the milk stage or let dry on the stalk for ornamental corn. | | Return to top |
| Black Aztec Corn |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Zea Mays. 75 days. Polpularized in 1864 by J. H. Gregory of Marblehead, Massachusetts, this corn is thought to have its origins in pre-Columbian times. Pretty light green, six foot tall stalks bear 8" ears that start out snow white and very good for fresh eating, turning to purple and finally blue-black at maturity. At maturity it makes a beautiful and very sweet blue corn meal. Not just an ornamental, this is a very good dual purpose corn. Untreated seed. | | Return to top |
| Corn |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Olwen Woodier. 192 pages, 8 x 8 trim size, two-color . Award-winning author Olwen Woodier explains how to best enjoy fresh corn, as well as how to prepare corn and its kin so that it can be enjoyed all year long. Paperback. | | Return to top |
| Country Gentlemen Shoepeg White Sweet Corn |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Zea Mays . 95 days. For those of you who don't have to have their kernels in a row....this is the corn for you. Good producer of slender 7" long ears with very deep zig-zag kernels. Very sweet and tender corn. An old heirloom from 1890 that is re-earning its popularity. Seed may be treated. | | Return to top |
| Golden Bantam Yellow Sweet Corn |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Zea Mays. 83 days. This is the sweet corn that made us all fall in love with sweet corn to begin with. E.L. Coy sold two quarts of seeds to Mr. Burpee in 1900 and stated" You now own the very sweetest and richest corn ever known". Incredibly sweet, juicy corny taste from 6" ears bearing 10-14 rows of deep, buttery kernels. Good yields. This is the Kirk family all-time favorite. As with all open pollinated sweet corn, it passes through the milk stage quickly so check your garden often. Seed may be treated. | | Return to top |
| Hickory King White Sweet Corn |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Zea Mays .90 days. This heirloom corn is best used for hominy, cornnuts or cornmeal although it is very good for roasting when young. It loses its sweetness quickly after picking . Large, wide, deep white kernels on ears bourne on 8' stalks. Seed may be treated. | | Return to top |
| Pencil Cob Corn |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Zea mays. 76 days.This is a very flavorful, early, open pollinated, white roasting ear corn. It has very deep kernels with a pencil size cob. It produces 2-3 ears per stalk and stands dry weather well. Very old variety popular in the South. | | Return to top |
| Progressive Corn Holders |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Love corn on the cob but not the mess? These Corn Holders have comfortable plastic handles to get a grip on your hot, buttered corn! They come in a set of 8 in 4 colors and snap together for easy storage. Microwave safe. | | Return to top |
| Silver King Open Pollinated Corn |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Zea Mays. 105 days. Do not confuse this heirloom with the modern hybrid by the same name. Silver King has round ears that taper at the end, with small white cobs, and kernels that are of medium width and depth with a smooth to rough dent. Its stalks and foliage are not as heavy as other varieties. Very good as a roasting ear corn. Untreated seed. | | Return to top |
| Silvermine Corn |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Zea mays. 112 days. An old variety that was once a standard variety throughout the midwest. It is a little earlier than Boone County White, with a little smaller ears but deeper grains.
The ears grow about nine inches long and have fourteen to sixteen rows of large, white kernels. This is a roasting corn variety that is also used for grits, meal, and feed. Untreated seed. | | Return to top |
| Stowells Evergreen White Sweet Corn |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Zea Mays. 90 days.Introduced in 1848 by Nathan Stowell of New Jersey, this is the king of white sweet corn. Just plain delicious sweet corn taste on 9" ears with 16-20 rows of plump, white kernels. Matures slowly over a long period, extending the harvest. I can't say enough about this one. Seed may be treated. | | Return to top |
| The American Corn Cutter™ |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | America’s Finest Corn Cutter! The only corn cutter manufactured with the double cutting action of two stainless steel blades.
The American Corn Cutter™ is perfect for:
Home canning.
Preserving corn for deep freezing.
Enjoying the delicious taste of fresh sweet corn without the mess. The American Corn Cutter™ is easy to use and can make a year’s supply of whole or cream style ready-to-eat corn in less than an hour.
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| Trucker's Favorite Sweet Corn-White |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Zea Mays. 78 days.White, large 9" roasting ears grow on strong 8' plants. Southern table corn for roasting ears and sometimes used for feed corn when mature. Tolerates heat better than most. Untreated seeds.
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| Trucker's Favorite Sweet Corn-Yellow |  | | |
Fall Planting Sale. Through September 15, 2010, 10% off all vegetable seed!!! | | | | Zea Mays. 78 days.Yellow, large 9" roasting ears grow on strong 8' plants. Table corn for roasting ears and sometimes used for feed corn when mature. Especially favored in Southern gardens where heat tolerance is desired. Untreated seeds. | | Return to top |
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