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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.
> nancy


The white corn usually ripens earliest. Who knows what species they have
cooked up at Cook College <g>

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