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Short Season Corn

Dear Chris, Sandra et al,

In the current Shepherd's catalog, and I quote"To grow the 'baby' ears used in Chinese cooking and as pickled appetizer goodies, just plant your sweet corn seed closer together(6in)and harvest the tiny ears when the silks start to emerge from the husk leaves.  The baby cobs will be about 3in long with perfect but barely developed kernels.  Our Kandy Korn and Early Sunglow are good varieties to use."

The following are lists of short season corn offered in catalogs I have:

Shepherd's Garden Seeds<www.shepherdseeds.com>or<garden@shepherdseeds.com>

--Sugar Snow Corn(white)-2,8-9in ears with 14-16 rows on 5ft stalks(70 days)

--Early Sunglow(yellow)-several 7in ears on 4-4.5ft stalks(63 days)

--Kandy Korn[(Extra Sweet Hybrid(HSE)]-8in ears(84 days)


Seeds of Change<www.seedsofchange.com>

--Sweet Corn,Golden Bantam(heirloom)-2 or more ears per stalk 5-6ft tall --w/slender 6-7in ears(73 days)

--Sweet Corn, Golden Midget-5in ears 3-5 ears per stalk (65-70 days)

--Sweet Corn, Hooker's(heirloom)-4-5ft stalk,6in ears.  Mature seeds are dark --purple (70-80 days)

--Sweet Corn,Triple Play-6ft stalks tri-colored multiple ears-white,yellow and --blue."When the yellows shows it's ready to eat, blue showing and it's really --sweet"(70-80 days)

--Sweet Corn,True Platinum-5-7ft stalks,avg 2 ears per, 8-9in ears with 10-14 --rows wrapped in burgandy-purple husks(78-84 days)

Burpee<http://garden.burpee.com>

-Sugar Enhanced(SE)

--Early Choice-10in ears wuth 14-16 rows(66 days)

--Sweet 'N Slim-nearly cobless ears(74 days)

--Breeder's Choice-two 8in ears with 16-18 rows per 7ft stalk(73 days)

--Breeder's Bicolor-1-2 8in ears with 16-18 rows per 6ft stalk(73 days)

--Silver Choice(White)-8in ears with 16 rows on 7ft stalks(75 days)

-Supersweet Hybrid(Sh2)

--Early Xtra-Sweet-9in ears with 12-16 rows on 6'stalks(71 days)

-Normal Sugary Hybrid

--Early Sunglow-2x7in ears with 12 rows on each 4.5in stalk(63 days)

For other catalogs go to (Cyndi's catalog list) <http://www.cog.brown.edu:80//gardening/>

Good hunting and good corn!

Love and light,

Dan Verbo (parent of Alex, 4/25/82-6/17/95, ependymoma)
Trooper, PA (Valley Forge)USA 6
VerboD@icdc.com

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