The Pick of the Crop
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Stokes' Tri-Sweet is the best very early maturing (65 days)
bicolor I've grown, and unlike other earlier varieties, it
offers windtolerance, plus ears that are lovely to look at
and great to eat.
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Liberty has long been involved in developing new sweet corn
varieties—especially SE and SH types. Their new
bicolor SE is the 68-day Bodacious, a name that signifies
something extraordinarily good, and this corn, which has an
old-fashioned creamy texture, is just that!
Ferry-Morse's best new variety is called Cornfetti. This
85-day standard type has super eye appeal and excellent
flavor. Letherman's is one of the few sources to date for
this excellent bicolor.
As with the early yellows, an older, open-pollinated
variety, Early Pearl from Good Seed is my pick among
today's white corns. It was once one of the most popular
offerings of the venerable firm, Charles C. Hart Seed, but
now, sadly, has been almost forgotten. While not as early
as the early Bantams, I did eat my first delicious ears
after about 75 days. And, like all open-pollinated
varieties, its harvest is extended because all the ears
don't ripen at once. Be sure to try this "new-old" variety.
Another fine white is White Satin from The Meyer Seed
Company. Maturing in 73 days, it has excellent
cold-tolerance, tight husks for bird protection, and sweet
and tender kernels bursting with flavor. Twilley's new
white this year is Summer Flavor 80W, which has the
distinctive supersweet taste of the SH types but retains a
creamy texture. Better yet, it will hold its flavor on the
stalk or in the fridge for days after maturity.
Those who like the sweet crunch of the SH types should try
Stokes' Bunkerhill. The s turdy plant is disease-resistant,
and the ears snap off much easier than do those of most SH
types. Phenomenal is a bicolor SH from Stokes that's very
sweet. Good tip coverage is a big bonus, since birds and
bugs seem to like supersweets as much as some people do.
This 85-day hybrid is definitely the leading SH bicolor of
the season.
Beans
No eastern Kentucky garden (like mine) would be complete
without White Half Runners, and I've always found Hastings
to be among the best sources of these. The firm lists two
varieties of Half Runners: State and Mountaineer. While
State is more disease-resistant, Mountaineer offers better
quality.
Leading the list of new bush beans is Harvester Teepee from
Pinetree. It differs from the old Harvester variety in that
the delicious, slender pods grow high up on the vine,
making for cleaner beans and easier picking. Fifty days
after planting, you can begin a long harvest of these
delicious legumes.
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