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Flint corn (Zea mays var. indurata; also known as Indian corn or sometimes calico corn) is a variant of maize, the same species as common corn. [1] Because each kernel has a hard outer layer to protect the soft endosperm , it is likened to being hard as flint , hence the name. [ 2 ]
Glass gem corn. Glass Gem Corn is an American heirloom flint corn, or maize. It is a variety of what people call "Indian corn" and is considered unique due to its rainbow coloring. [1] [2] Glass Gem Corn has been called the "poster child" for the return to heirloom seeds.
Zea is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family.The best-known species is Z. mays (variously called maize, corn, or Indian corn), one of the most important crops for human societies throughout much of the world.
mtreasure/Getty Images. 2. Dent. Common Varieties: Blue Ridge White Capped, Jimmy Red, Cocke’s Prolific Best For: flour, coarse grits, livestock Dent corn is a widely grown type of field corn ...
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The usage of corn for maize started as a shortening of "Indian corn" in 18th-century North America. [22] The historian of food Betty Fussell writes in an article on the history of the word corn in North America that "[t]o say the word corn is to plunge into the tragi-farcical mistranslations of language and history". [8]
Iroquois Corn in a Culture-Based Curriculum: A Framework for Respectfully Teaching about Cultures. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-4027-8. Maxi'diwiac (Buffalo Bird Woman) (2008) [first published 1917]. Wilson, Gilbert (ed.). Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians: An Indian Interpretation. Gloucestershire: Dodo Press. p. 25.
If you are planting sweet corn, either plant it 250 feet away from the Indian corn or plant a variety that won’t bloom at the same time. You don’t want pollen from your Indian corn to ...