Hickory King

Thursday, 17 September 2009 12:57

Description: 110-115 days This variety grows extremely tall, about 12'. Some people use this variety for providing support for pole beans. Produces about 2 ears per stalk. The ears range from seven to eight inches long with ten to twelve rows of large white kernels. This is a roasting corn variety that is also used for grits, meal, and tortilla flour and in the South it is popular for hominy. It is considered the best variety for hominy because the skin of the kernel is easily removed by soaking. W. Atlee Burpee described it in the 1888 Farm Annual as follows: "This new white field corn has proved entirely distinct from all other varieties, and has unquestionably the largest grains, with the smallest cob of any white corn ever introduced."   According to his 1922 annual, it is best suited for areas south of Pennsylvania.   Husks are tighter than most varieties and give excellent protection from beetles and earworm. Has good tolerance to northern leaf blights (H. turicum) and southern leaf blight (H. maydis). Go to table of corn varieties