K wrote:
> gloria.p wrote:

>> Silver Queen my favorite. Unless it is overripe, it tastes much less
>> starchy to me than most yellow corn. Yellow super-sweet varieties are
>> also delicious although I know many people here doesn't share that
>> opinion. Feeedom of Taste should be a constitutional amendment.
>>
>> gloria p
>
> I agree totally on Silver Queen, but it seems harder to find every year
> (Connecticut). It used to be that we'd get yellow corn (cow corn) early,
> then the yellow and white (butter and sugar corn), and finally the Silver
> queen between mid-August and first frost. It seems that only the smallest
> stands still bother with Silver Queen. I guess, given the time it takes
> from seeding to harvest is just too long to be profitable.
>
> Keith
>
>

That very well may be why.

It was one of the 3 or 4 varieties we grew when we live on the RI-CT
border and it had the longest number of days from planting to harvest,
around 88 days if I remember correctly. But it was so good!

Of course I also remember corn selling 12 ears for $1 at roadside stands
where they would go out in the field and pick more when they ran out.
Now we get it shipped from both coasts (to Denver) and selling for as
much as 3 ears for $2.99. :-(

gloria p