Almost all Indian corn varieties need 100 to 115 days from planting until harvest. Our best sweet corn varieties here take considerably less than that. That should protect against cross-pollination.

Almost all Indian corn varieties need 100 to 115 days from planting until harvest. Our best sweet corn varieties here take considerably less than that. That should protect against cross-pollination.

Some of the indigenous corn varieties growing in Taylor Keen's backyard. Cherokee White is a kind of sweet corn with white, purple, and yellower kernels that is ground for flour.

FLINT CORN, or “Indian corn,” has kernels with a hard outer shell. Like field corn, it comes in many colors. ... It produces fewer ears than modern field corn varieties ...

Planting and eating Indian corn. March 9, 2011. By Barbara Damrosch. They're as beautiful as jewels and often just as precious and rare.

Ceremonies are performed when the seed is planted and again at harvest time. Native Americans have grown maize for as far back as 7,000 years and introduced it to European explorers in the 16th ...

Try your hand at planting these vibrant corn cultivars with roots in Indigenous cultures, and save the seeds for future generations. Before heading to your favorite local spot to pick up the ...

It’s already August, but it’s still possible to plant corn. You can thank the efforts of New England Indian tribes for this late summer option for your vegetable garden.Having received their ...

Heirloom or old-fashioned open-pollinated varieties of sweet corn are rare. Most are Indian corn, flint corn or the like. But, there’s an interesting new offering from local Adaptive Seed, a ...

India's Union Minister for Agriculture, Farmers' Welfare, and Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the country has ...