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Corn

Zea mays var. saccharata, everta och amylacea

Corn has been grown by humans for thousands of years. Today it is one of the most important crops in the world. Corn has numerous areas of use and comes in many different flavours, forms and colours.

Ashworth, ekofrö

Ashworth, organic seeds

Eco

Sweet Corn. Is the earliest standard sort. We have missed it for several years, but have...

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Double Standard, ekofrö

Double Standard, organic seeds

Eco

Sweet Corn. Is a traditional, early, openly pollinated sweetcorn of 2 colours. It...

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Golden Bantam, ekofrö

Golden Bantam, organic seeds

Eco Heirloom

Sweet Corn. Has been appreciated since 1902. It is one of the sweetest standard sorts and...

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Tom Thumb, ekofrö

Tom Thumb, organic seeds

Eco

Tom Thumb yields small dense cobs with lots of kernels on each. This is an improved...

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Painted Mountain, ekofrö

Painted Mountain, organic seeds

Eco Heirloom

Dry Field Corn. It is difficult to find a more beautiful food. The cobs, quite thin,...

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Erdbeermais, ekofrö

Red Berry, organic seeds

Eco

Popcorn corn. A portion contains about 25 seeds.

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White Selection, ekofrö

White Selection, organic seeds

Eco

Popcorn. Early white/yellow popcorn maize. 5% of the ears turn red and are very...

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Hooker's Sweet Indian, ekofrö

Hooker's Sweet Indian, organic seeds

Eco

Produces early 13–15 cm long, blue-black cobs with 10–12 rows of kernels. The kernels...

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Damaun, ekofrö

Damaun, organic seeds

Eco

Sweet corn. Finally a super sweet early standard variety. Damaun produces large, 20 cm...

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History

Corn comes from Southern Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras originally, but the plant which is its ancestor is a botanical mystery and researchers from different camps have argued about it for a long time. The so-called "corn-war" is still in full fling. The oldest finds of cultivated corn come from the Tehuacan valley in Mexico and are ab. 5000 years old. Finds, several thousand years old, have been made all over Central- and South America and even in southern USA. Between 200-300 different sorts of maize were already cultivated when Columbus arrived such as the sweet corn we are used to and sorts for animal fodder and in many colours.  

As soon as Columbus had brought seeds to Europe the corn spread, at top speed, to Africa, India, Tibet and China where it was commonly grown after only a few decades. Corn is now grown all over the world in lots of varieties and has become one of the most important grains but, sadly, most of the old sorts have disappeared and the Market is now almost completely dominated by hybrids and transgenic species.