At 06:49 PM 6/23/98 +0000, you wrote: >George Shirley <gardeners@globalgarden.com> wrote: > >> The Golden Queen corn is ripening at the proper rate for the two of us, >> about 4 ears every other day, had a batch yesterday along with BLT's on >> homemade wheat bread and some green beans on the side. > >Is this the analog to Silver Queen? I'm *still* looking for corn >that has a strong corn taste and is sweet. Supersweet varieties are >way too sweet for me and many of the sugary enhanced varieties are >also heavy on the sweet, light on the corn taste. How does yours >taste? I have no idea. I had ordered Golden Queen tomatoes from Totally Tomatoes and got Golden Queen corn from Shumway, the parent company. It's not real sweet but is tasty enough to suit me, has a good "corn" flavor if you understand that. The ears are about 6-8 inches long and up to two inches in diameter. Kernals are medium sized, stalks get about 5 feet tall. I really prefer the old field corns like Truckers Favorite, picked young, but don't have the room to grow cornstalks 12 feet tall and 4 inches in diameter anymore. > >I grew Incredible last year and it was better than some I've tried >but a long way from perfect. What I'd like is something with a >Golden Bantam taste that's the size of an ear of Silver Queen. > >Liz > > Generally don't grow corn due to lack of space for a decent crop but managed to get 25 stalks of Golden Queen into a space about 30 inches wide by 10 feet long. Remember to that we are in what the weather bureau calls a "moderate" drought, this corn has been dependent upon what water I give it since it sprouted. George