Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> 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". :-)
>
I truly am Wayne, I have two great granddaughters and another great
grand on the way.