Re: [gardeners] Pod / Bible Corn
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sat, 13 Dec 1997 13:49:57 -0700
At 12:09 PM 12/13/97 -0800, you wrote:
>On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Lillian Kepp wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know where I can get seed for corn known as Pod corn
>> or Bible corn. Every kernel of corn is enclosed in it's own husk.
>
>I don't know where to get it, but I know I've seen it in a couple
>of catalogs as "Argentinian pod corn", which is what the geneticists
>call it.
>
>Maybe Seeds of Change?
>
>It's really just a mutant Zea mays, so I don't know where the
>"bible corn" name comes from.
>
>Kay
>
Zea mais or Teosinte seed is available from native seeds/SEARCH, but not
the mutant version. BTW, Kay, I still don't know why your name/address
hangs up in my mailing program. I have to delete your name/address to get
a post sent out. Best, Margaret