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Big Daddy’s Yellow
80-85 days for eating, 120 days for dry crop.
Family heirloom yellow
dent corn from my family here in Hickman
County, TN. Named for
my grandfather who maintained and selected it for so many years,
he was referred to as "Big Daddy" by our family.
1 to 2 large ears per stalk. White with
an occasional red cob. Plant height average of 8 feet. Good
roasting corn and good for frying or as some people call it
creaming. As with all field corns best picked in early milk stage
for
eating fresh. Used for grinding for meal and for stock feed.
Stalks make nice fall decoration. Ears can be dried and used for
feeding the whole ear to squirrels.
Sold Out for 2008
Golden Giant
(Sweet Corn)
(De Lue’s Golden Giant)
85 days
Golden Giant was
once a well known and highly favored standard sweet corn for home
gardens and market farmers until the introduction of non stable
hybrids when it was abandoned by commercial seed companies as was
the case with most open pollinated sweet corns of that day.
The plants obtain a height between 6-7 feet and produce 8 inch
ears with 12-16 rows of very plump, sweet, creamy yellow kernels.
Golden Giant was obtained from a cross between Golden Bantam and
Howling Mob made about 1906 by Dr. Frederick S De Lue of Needham,
Mass.
After 10 years of selection it was exhibited in 1916 before the
Vegetable Committee of the Massachusetts Horticulture Society who
for the first time in the history of the Society awarded to a
variety of sweet corn it’s much sought for silver medal.
Joseph Breck & Co. introduced the variety with a full page display
in their catalog of 1917.
Rare and limited supply.
Jarvis Golden Prolific
86 days to eating, 120 for dry crop
An old commercial variety once very popular for Southern planting.
Developed by North Carolina Farmer, James Monroe "Plough Boy"
Jarvis (1857-1947)1
Dates back to the 1930s and perhaps earlier. The stalks are
relatively short compared to other field corn varieties, reaching
6 to 8 feet in height. Will produce two good
ears per stalk, sometimes more under favorable growing conditions.
Ears are 7 to 10 inches long, with 12 to 14 rows of medium sized,
bright golden yellow kernels on a small white cob. Has a good
tight shuck that aids against attacks from earworms. Shows good
drought resistance.2
Sold out for 2008
Mr. Robert’s White
80-85 days for eating,
120 days for dry crop.
Family heirloom white dent corn from
my family in Dickson County TN.
My great grandfather "Robert Choate" maintained
and selected this corn most all of his life and it has always been
referred to as "Mr. Robert" or "Robert" corn.
1 to 2 large ears per stalk. White cobs. Plant height
average of 8-10 feet. Good roasting corn
and good for frying or as some people call it creaming. As with
all field corns best picked in early milk stage for eating fresh.
Used for grinding for meal and for stock feed. Stalks make nice
fall decoration. Ears can be dried and used for feeding the whole
ear to squirrels.
Very
Limited Supply
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