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  • GLASS GEM CORN

GLASS GEM CORN - CHEROKEE HEIRLOOM

SPRING 2019
SEEDS FROM - BOX GARDEN SEEDS
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CORN IN THE WORLD. GLASS GEM FLINT CORN PRODUCES A DIVERSITY OF GORGEOUS TRANSLUCENT, JEWEL-COLORED EARS, EACH ONE UNIQUE. A STUNNING CORN VARIETY SELECTED OVER MANY YEARS BY CARL BARNES, A PART CHEROKEE FARMER AND BREEDER FROM OKLAHOMA. SELECTED FROM CROSSING SEVERAL TRADITIONAL CORN VARIETIES AND SAVING SEED FROM THE VIVID, TRANSLUCENT KERNELS. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL DECORATIVE CORN BUT IT ALSO GOOD FOR EATING. GLASS GEM CORN GRINDS INTO A DELICIOUS CORNMEAL OR POPS INTO WHITE, FLUFFY POPCORN. CAN ALSO BE MADE INTO GRITS AND HOMINY.
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ZEA MAYS
KINGOM: PLANTAE
ORDER: POALES
FAMILY: POACEAE
GENUS: ZEA
SPECIES: Z. MAYS