On Wed 01 Jul 2009 08:56:13a, George Shirley told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Wed 01 Jul 2009 04:57:50a, George Shirley told us...
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>> On Tue 30 Jun 2009 06:47:09p, Tracy told us...
>>>>
>>>>> gloria.p wrote:
>>>>>> George wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The yellow/white corn seems to be the most popular here but a few
>>>>>>> grow yellow corn. I remember asking at one stand and they said
>>>>>>> everyone wants the white or white/yellow.
>>>>>> The yellow corn of my childhood was very starchy and not nearly as
>>>>>> sweet as today's yellow and white hybrids or plain white corn.
>>>>>> IMO, the yellow, when only slightly over-ripe, tastes very starchy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The best tasting corn I have ever eaten in my life was a bicolor
>>>>>> hybrid from the San Pascual Valley in northern San Diego County.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> gloria p
>>>>> But, but, but, I like the yellow corn because it's not as candy
>>>>> sweet as the white or bicolor stuff.
>>>>> Starchy is ok in my book.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tracy
>>>>>
>>>> Me, too, Tracy. It's getting harder to find the old-fashioned yellow
>>>> corn, but it's the only kind I will buy.
>>>>
>>> As a youth my favorite corn was yellow Trucker's Favorite, normally
>>> grown as animal fodder it was very sweet and tasty at the "sugar"
>>> stage. Dad used to grow three or four acres of it to feed the stock
>>> and we would eat it young. Ears up to fifteen inches long, about two
>>> or three inches in diameter, and really, really good stuff. Haven't
>>> seen any of it in nearly fifty years though.
>>>
>>
>> Yep, that's the type I meant. Nearly impossible to find anything like
>> it, but occasionally find it at small fruit and veggie stands locally.
>>
> I did a Google and found the seed available in several places. You know
> you're old when the seed you planted as a young man is now called
> "heirloom" seed. <G>
>

Oh, George, that's *too* funny! I'm guessing a few of us here might be
alled "heirlooms". :-)

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Wayne Boatwright
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