Corn picks
- Supersweet
'Fortune Bicolor' Good germination in cooler soils, disease-resistant; 75 days.
'Fortune' (yellow) Good germination in cooler soils, disease-resistant; 73 days.
Supersweet types were discovered in 1950. They contain more sugar and when dried, the kernels shrank -- thus the name "shrunken two" (sh2).
`Supersweet 100' VF, `Sweet Million' FNT, `Large Red Cherry' -- try these varieties where increased disease resistance is needed.
`Sweet Chelsea' VFNT -- tolerates 10 diseases.
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But supersweets never really caught on with home gardeners the way they were supposed to. They had--and still have--several shortcomings. The corn requires isolation from normal varieties in the field, and germination is weak.
It is a sh2 supersweet corn that needs to be planted when the soil has warmed to about 60° or warmer to insure uniform germination..
Supersweet and white: 'Albina Vereduna', a close cousin of the sugar beet, contains twice as much sugar as red beets. A pure white Dutch heirloom, it needs to be steamed lightly—it turns a bit gray when overcooked. High in calcium.
Red Cherry tomato, Red Pear tomato (and their yellow counterparts), Sweet 100 and it's offshoots, Supersweet 100 and Sweet Million are all favorites of mine for right out of the garden noshing.
'Tuxedo: - One of the newer 'supersweet' varieties with extra long ears.
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The Supersweet or shrunken (hence the Sh) sweet corn has kernels which are even sweeter, with sugars that don't convert to starches as fast as in normal and enhanced corn.
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