zxcvbob wrote:

> I peel one or two representative ears back a little to check if they
> are filled out OK

In June, I was in Miami. The corn was in an end cap display and there
were two huge cardboard boxes beneath the corn. People were shucking
their corn in the store. I visit Florida a few times each year, and
this was the first time I had seen this. We are not doing that in
Texas, yet.

Becca