On Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:00:50 -0400, Gary > wrote:

> Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> > On 2016-04-30 9:20 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> > > On 4/28/2016 5:10 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >> On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 10:42:33 PM UTC-4, Janet B wrote:
> > >>> On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 19:11:37 -0500, Sqwertz >
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 19:34:04 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> IMHO, it's not yet the best price. It's a tad too early. The
> > >>>>> lowest is
> > >>>>> 6 ears for $2.98. In a few weeks it will likely be 10 ears and the
> > >>>>> price might drop.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Yikes. $.50/ear is the HIGHEST price corn ever fetches around here,
> > >>>> and this would never be advertised. Sale price is 8-10 ears for $1.
> > >>>> Normal price during corn season would be 4 or 5 for $1. Those are
> > >>>> 2013-2015 prices, not 1965 Sheldon prices.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> -sw
> > >>> I've seen it close to $1 each here in season (at the supermarket) I
> > >>> don't know what the farms stands sell it for.
> > >>> Janet US
> > >>
> > >> If memory serves, the going rate here in-season is $2.00 for six ears.
> > >> "In-season" won't happen until July, typically. We had an extremely
> > >> mild winter, so they might be able to plant early this year.
> > >>
> > >> Cindy Hamilton
> > >>
> > > Here's why I do like living in the southern US. 50 cents for six ears
> > > last year at the farm stand. But that was at the end of may or early
> > > June.
> > >
> > > That's why I think this advertized corn is from Florida. The soil isn't
> > > warm enough yet for fresh corn.
> > >
> > It's barely time to plant it here. The old advice is to plant corn when
> > the elm leaves are the size of a mouse's ear.
>
> That's a funny one. Most serious planters and farmers around here buy
> and go by the Farmer's Almanac. In my area, local corn comes in around
> end of May. Local tomatoes ripen end of June and most of July. It IS
> almost local strawberry season here though..mid-May or so.

Dave's far enough North that the saying "knee high by the 4th of July"
has truth to it.

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