On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 19:33:55 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:14:05 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
>> wrote:
>
>>> This place just sells what they grow, and I can see their
>>> corn is high. They said Jersey corn, I believe it.
>
>> Must be an earlier type than what's grown in Illinois. Around here
>> the saying for corn is "knee high by fourth of July." The stuff that
>> didn't get washed away a few weeks ago is looking pretty tall, but
>> nothing is ready yet.
>
>Actually, I drove around quite a bit today and saw a good
>amount of corn. Some of it was, as you say, knee high.
>Some was very tall. Some in between. I have no idea if
>it's to do with planting time or variety.

The weather is probably the most important. We got so much rain here
some areas look beautiful. Others are bare because they were under
water for so long and rotted or washed away.

Lou