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Denninmi

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7. Well, I like both groups, for different reasons.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 05:28 PM

Jan 2012

Just to eat as corn on the cob, I'd go for the Sun and Stars anytime over the others. Same for frozen corn to just cook and eat as corn. But, I prefer the SE varieties to use in cooking, they seem to hold up better and have more flavor when I add to things like enchilada filling, soups, etc.

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Do you have a favorite sweet corn? [View all] Denninmi Jan 2012 OP

Honey Select, which I buy from Rohrer Seeds locally. enough Jan 2012 #1

I'm going to do the fish line thing this year around my main gardens. Denninmi Jan 2012 #2

Silver Queen. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #3

The preferred corn to grow down here. in our sub-tropical clime. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 #10

Oh, nostalgia...we can't grow good corn here like we did in PA. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2012 #4

Most of what we get around here (local, PA) is butter & sugar. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #6

Well, I like both groups, for different reasons. Denninmi Jan 2012 #7

Eastern shore (MD) Silver Queen is really the best - you can eat it raw. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #5

If you like the Ruby Queen Agony Jan 2012 #8

Candy Corn from (I think) Burpees is always super good. shraby Jan 2012 #9

I prefer the plain old fashioned yellow sweet corn. Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #11

Golden Bantam is a classic yellow sweet corn that has been around since the early 1900's Agony Jan 2012 #12

great thread, thanks. DH demand corn this year. mopinko Jan 2012 #13