Re: [gardeners] corn, incredible or butterfruit?
Liz Albrook (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 17 Aug 1998 08:02:42 +0000
Margaret Lauterbach <gardeners@globalgarden.com> wrote:
> Well, I finally got into my late season corn Saturday, and it was
> almost too late. It's quite mature. I'm growing "Incredible" for
> the first time, and although it's good, it's not as good as
> Butterfruit used to be. The Incredible lives up to its name in
> terms of weirdness, though. Many stalks had zero ears. Never had
> that happen before. And I had the worst pollination I've ever had.
> Several ears only half filled, others edentate, and still others
> just plain blanks. I've never had that happen before either.
I've gotten to the point that I'm almost not surprised anymore by how
widely varied the results can be with a single variety of vegetable.
I grew Incredible last year in a 4 row x 10 plant plot. I average
over 2.5 ears per plant and each ear was completely filled. Ears
were around 9 inches long.
As far as taste, well, it was better (to me) than most of the
extremely sweet varieties out there but did not have what I consider
to be a good, strong corn flavor. I will grow it again only if I
don't find something better and, if I grow corn next year, I will be
looking for something better. I may give Trucker's Favorite a whirl.
Liz