Dent Corn and Flint Corn

	Bloody Butcher CORN, DENT 57g seed Code: 41302 Price:$2.75 Quantity in Basket: none
120 days. [Introduced about 1845. Originally from Virginia. Seed stock courtesy of the USDA.] This is the original 'Bloody Butcher'. Stalks grow 10 to 12' tall, producing 2 ears per stalk. Kernels are blood-red with darker red stripes, and occasional white or blue kernels. Use for flour, cereal or roasting ears. Pkt.
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	Hickory King CORN, DENT 57g seed Code: 41304 Price:$2.75 Quantity in Basket: none
85/110 days. [Pre-1875.] In the hills and hollows of Virginia this corn is still appreciated as a roasting and hominy corn. It is considered the best variety for hominy because the skin of the kernel is easily removed by soaking. Also good for grits, corn meal and flour. Makes a nice roasting corn (the old fashioned way of eating corn on the cob). To roast corn preheat oven to 375-400oF, or prepare a good bed of coals. Husk young ears, remove silk, replace husk, fill husk with water, drain, twist husk closed, and bake about 25 minutes. Alternatively: husk completely, rub with butter, salt and pepper, foil wrap, and roast. This variety grows extremely tall. Our stalks reach 12'. Some people use this variety for providing support for pole beans. Produces about 2 ears per stalk. Ears have very large flat white kernels. 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). Pkt.
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	Hickory King CORN, DENT 114g seed Code: 41304F Price:$4.75 Quantity in Basket: none
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	Hickory King CORN, DENT 228g seed Code: 41304G Price:$7.75 Quantity in Basket: none
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	Hickory King CORN, DENT 454g seed Code: 41304H Price:$10.75 Quantity in Basket: none
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	Reid's Yellow Dent CORN, DENT 57g seed Code: 41308 Price:$2.75 Quantity in Basket: none
85/110 days. [Dates back to the 1840's, when it originated as a cross between 'Gordon Hopkins', a late, light red variety, and an early yellow flint variety. The cross was accidental: Robert Reid had a poor stand of 'Gordon Hopkins' one year and replanted the missing hills with the early yellow flint corn. He grew the hybrid until it stabílized.] Reid's Yellow Dent is one of the most productive, hardy corns ever developed, and was a prize winner at the 1893 World's Fair and progenitor of a number of yellow dent lines. This old-timer is well known in the Mid-Atlantic region, where it is revered for its adaptability and dependability in southern heat and soils. 7' stalks with 9" double ears well-filled with 16 rows of deep, close-set, moderately flat seed. Average analysis is 9.9% protein and 0.31% lysine. Pkt.
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	Reid's Yellow Dent CORN, DENT 114g seed Code: 41308F Price:$4.75 Quantity in Basket: none
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	Reid's Yellow Dent CORN, DENT 228g seed Code: 41308G Price:$7.75 Quantity in Basket: none
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	Tennessee Red Cob CORN, DENT 57g seed, USDA Certified Organic Code: 41311 Price:$2.95 Quantity in Basket: none
120 days. [Pre-1900. The date is uncertain since Tennessee farmers referred to several red cob, white dent corns as 'Tennessee Red Cob'; however this seed came from the University of Tennessee. Seed generously supplied by VA extension agent Harold Jerrell.] Tall, sturdy stalks often used to support pole beans. Medium-large ears are borne one per stalk. Mr. Jerrell reported that in 1995 this variety produced a good crop on only 2" of rain from mid-June until the first of September. It was one of the driest years on record in his growing area in Virginia, and was the only variety that produced. Makes great corn bread as well as attractive corn cob pipes. Pkt.
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	Tennessee Red Cob CORN, DENT 114g seed, USDA Certified Organic Code: 41311F Price:$4.95 Quantity in Basket: none
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	Tennessee Red Cob CORN, DENT 228g seed, USDA Certified Organic Code: 41311G Price:$8.50 Quantity in Basket: none
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	Tennessee Red Cob CORN, DENT 454g seed, USDA Certified Organic Code: 41311H Price:$12.75 Quantity in Basket: none
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	Jellicorse Twin CORN, DENT 57g seed Code: 41315 Price:$2.95 Quantity in Basket: none
120 days. [Pre-1920.] Tennessee variety, very similar to Neal’s Paymaster but with a white cob. Extremely heat tolerant, set seed even during 107°F temperatures! [Note: treated seed (Spinosad, neem oil). While our seed is normally untreated, we're making an exception for this very rare variety!] Pkt.
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	Neal's Paymaster CORN, DENT 57g seed Code: 41316 Price:$2.95 Quantity in Basket: none
100/120 days. [Pre-1915. The first reliable two-eared dent corn. Bred from Tennessee Red Cob by William H. Neal. In 1935, a third of Tennessee’s corn crop came from this variety. Thanks to corn enthusiast Jim Culpepper for the seed!] White seed with red cobs, tolerant of sub-optimum soil and heat. Will yield better than most open pollinated single-ear dent corns on moderately fertile Southern soils. [Note: treated seed (Spinosad, neem oil). While our seed is normally untreated, we're making an exception for this very rare variety!] Pkt.
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	Neal's Paymaster CORN, DENT 114g seed Code: 41316F Price:$4.75 Quantity in Basket: none
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	Neal's Paymaster CORN, DENT 228g seed Code: 41316G Price:$6.75 Quantity in Basket: none
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	Floriani Red Flint CORN, FLINT 57g seed, USDA Certified Organic Code: 41318 Price:$2.95 Quantity in Basket: none
(FLORIANA FLINT, RED TRENTINO FLINT) 100 days [Family heirloom from the Valsugana valley of Italy near Trento, via William Rubel. Originally brought to Italy from America, it evolved over hundreds of years to become the staple polenta corn of the valley.] Beautiful medium- to deep-red kernels are slightly pointed. Cornmeal has a pink cast, and makes a polenta with a remarkably rich, complex flavor. Plants grow 7-8’ tall – slightly smaller and faster maturing than other varieties we offer. Pkt (57g, 205 seeds) Featured in the Feb/Mar 2009 Mother Earth News
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CULTURE: Dent corns are generally best adapted to the Southeast and Midwest and are used primarily for roasting ears, corn bread, and hominy. Some old timers actually prefer eating the starchy dent corns in the same manner as sweet corns. Perhaps this practice may be attributed to the insect resistance of the tight husks of many dent corns. Two maturity dates may be given for dent corn; the first is number of days to maturity for use as roasting ears. The second date is the number of days for use as meal, grits, or hominy. PACKET: 2 oz or 57 g (128 to 186 seeds, depending on variety) sows 40 to 60'.