The corn in the can or in the freezer section of the supermarket is typically colored golden yellow. But that is by no means the end of the spectrum of colors in candy corn. In addition to the colors, many varieties differ in terms of their ripening and harvesting times, cob size, growth height and disease resistance.

Candy corn doesn't always have to be yellow; it is also available with red, blue or even black seeds

The most famous variety among hobby gardeners: 'Golden Bantam'

If you're starting out with sweetcorn, you can't go wrong with the 'Golden Bantam' variety. This strain has performed well over the decades. It was created around 1900. Its advantages include the excellent quality of its cobs, the pleasant taste and the willingness to develop secondary drives, which also like to develop cobs.

These varieties have also proven themselves

They don't look spectacular, but the following varieties have also proven their worth with their outstanding properties:

  • 'Damaun': large, yellow cobs, very sweet
  • 'True Gold': golden yellow cobs, long-lasting sweetness, up to 2 m tall
  • 'Mezdi': extra sweet, tall

Strikingly colored, monochromatic varieties

The following varieties are particularly impressive because of the pretty color of their seeds or cobs:

  • 'Double Red': dark red, good aroma
  • 'Hookers Sweet Indian': black to black-purple depending on maturity, very aromatic and sweet
  • 'Jade Blue': bluish, short stature (suitable for tubs)
  • 'Luther Hill': white, small (suitable for tubs), 5 to 6 ears per plant

Colorful Varieties: These sweet corn varieties make quite the difference!

Can't get enough color? How about these variegated specimens?

  • 'Rainbow Inka': light yellow, blue, black, red, violet
  • 'Anasazi Sweet': red-yellow
  • 'Black Aztek': white-purple to black
  • 'Festivity': yellow, violet, red, white
  • 'Mosaic': yellow cobs with red stripes
  • 'Sweet Red': white, red, pink

Which varieties are early and which are late ripening?

The varieties 'Rainbow Inka' and 'Tramunt' are late maturing. They need 100 to 110 days to mature. The early-ripening varieties are more suitable for our latitudes:

  • 'damaun'
  • 'Ashworth'
  • 'Early Extra Sweet' (Hybrid)
  • 'Tasty Sweet' (Hybrid)
  • 'Starlite' (hybrid)
  • 'Sweet Nugget' (Hybrid)
  • 'Sunrise' (hybrid)
  • 'Orchard Baby'
  • 'Yucon Chief' (earliest of all cultivars)
  • 'Orchard Baby'

tips

Anyone who has often had bad luck growing sweet corn should plant the particularly disease-resistant 'Challenger' variety.

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Vegetable garden