Sweet Corn Type

Sweet Corn Type Seed

Sweet corn can be divided into three types: normal sugary (SU), sugary enhancer (SE) and supersweet (Sh2). SUs are best suited to being picked, husked and eaten within a very short time. Sugar Enhanced (SE) corn contains a gene that significantly raises the sugar content above standard SU varieties.

The Buttergold corn has a sweet, tender and delicious flavor that is one you can't beat! This large sugary corn has a great keeping quality, making them excellent for freezing. With good cold soil emergence, the Buttergold is perfect for growing in northern climates, but it can perform well anywhere. Enjoy the mouth-watering sweet flavor of this corn in just 63 days!

The Silver King is earlier than the Silver Queen variety and every bit as tasty. This corn is a Sugar Enhanced corn type that is amongst the earliest corns to mature. With slightly larger ears than of 16 to 18 tightly packed rows of snowy white kernels pack every ear of this succulent corn! The stalks reach 6 to 7 feet high and are wonderfully resilient, tolerating Rust, Stewart's Wilt, and Northern Corn Leaf Blight.

Honey Select Sweet corn is known for it's tenderness, flavor and of course, sweetness. No wonder this variety is an All American Selection winner! Honey Select corn is a yellow Triplesweet that will produce large ears with medium-green husks and good flags. Honey Select produces a very high quality ear that can average 8.5" in length with 18-20.

The Bodacious corn is a beautiful, uniform, well-filled ear of corn. This high quality yellow sweet corn that has large, mouth-watering kernels. The Bodacious has 18 rows and 8" ears and its kernels are delicious, sugary and very tender. Bodacious is a great corn for fresh eating, freezing and canning. This variety is a popular yellow market variety that holds well once picked and it tolerates cold weather conditions better than most.

Sweetness begins with excellent emergence and vigor and continues its season with a sturdy plant that produces a nice ear with solid tip fill. Sweetness also has a protective package that makes a nice presentation for the consumer. The eating quality stands out as one of the best for the season. Intermediate Resistance: Common Rust, Stewart’s Wilt, Northern Corn Leaf Blight

The Incredible is one of the best eating corns around and is just like its name, incredible! This corn has a great sugar content and has an excellent sweet taste. The corn husk offers great protection and grows very attractively. Incredible is a disease resistant corn that is a favorite!

The Serendipity corn is a new type of corn offering 2 kernel types - 75% sugar enhanced and 25% supersweet. This variety has a crunchy, sweet flavor that bursts from these plump ears! One of an entirely new type of corn called TripleSweet, Serendipity combines the crunchy texture of sugar enhanced types with the extra sweetness and holding ability of the supersweets! The Serendipity is absolutely delicious!

The Silver Queen corn is a white sweet corn variety that matures late-season. This F1 Hybrid is one of the sweetest and most tender corns ever developed. The Silver Corn is the popular late-season variety with tenderness and flavor worth waiting for. Breeders will tell you in general that white kernels are just a little sweeter than yellow. This variety is also widely adaptable and has superb eating for normal sugar genotype.

The Ambrosia Corn is a sugar enhanced (SE) bi-color sweet corn with an excellent flavor. This F1 hybrid is a favored plump and juicy corn variety! Named for its delectable taste, Ambrosia has a mix of tasty white and yellow kernels! Ambrosia's 8" long ears are bursting with about 16 rows of jam-packed kernels. This corn will retain its flavor for up to 10 days.

The Butter and Sugar corn is considered the best tasting corn by many gardeners. It is a favorite for its sweet flavor, texture and quality. This plant produces 1 or 2 ears, 7-1/2 inches long with 12 to 14 rows of bicolored kernels. The Butter and Sugar maintains quality and texture for several days.  This corn variety truly as a great sugary flavor that is second to none.

Nectar falls into the Quad Sweets family of heirloom taste and modern sweetness. At a 78 day maturity, it works well in tandem with Temptress. Nectar has a good size plant at 7' and a nice ear height of 30". It has excellent tip fill and husk protection and overall has a very nice appearance. It is easy to harvest, as it has a quick snap, is easy to package, and stores well. Nectar, like the rest of the Quad Sweets, is a grower friendly variety and a favorite with customers for its exceptional taste.

Devotion is a delicious sweet white corn perfect for market use. This corn variety is a high quality white sh2 with a superb taste. This corn variety has 8-inch ears with a nice husk package and good tip cover. Devotion corn plant will produce 16 to 18 rows of attractive, bright white kernels.

Honey & Cream is an old-time classic that still holds its own with good emergence and an heirloom flavor. Intermediate Resistance: Common Rust, Northern Corn Leaf Blight

Peaches and Cream is one of the sweetest and most tender corns ever developed. This variety is a delicious gourmet bicolor sweet corn that has a great tasting yellow and white kernels. Peaches and Cream matures early for a quality bicolor and sweet flavor.

Kandy Korn technically is not candy, but its sweetness gives it its name! This corn variety is a long time favorite of most gardeners. Its husk offers burgundy streaks and good protection.

Cameo is a synergistic corn variety. This corn is an excellent grower long 9" ear size. One of the best tasting synergistic varieties we sale. It has a wide range of adaptability and versatility in several markets making Cameo a dependable choice. Intermediate Resistance: Common Rust, Stewart’s Wilt, Northern Corn Leaf Blight