These
extraordinary images may appear to show colourful boiled sweets or even
glass beads - but in fact, they show specially bred ears of corn. Glass
Gem corn was developed by a Native American farmer who noticed that
every so often, a cob showed signs of unusual colouring shining through.
Now the unique strain is available for purchase online, and is in hot
demand from gardeners keen to add a touch of colour to their vegetable
patch. The crop originates from Oklahoma, where part-Cherokee farmer
Carl Barnes had the idea of gathering colourful ears of corn and
breeding them together. As the years went on, he managed to produce corn
displaying dozens of different colours on a single cob. I heard its also grown in Imo state Nigeria.I LOVE corn
with a passion but this one o ... Can you eat it?
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Friday, 4 October 2013
US Farmer Grows Multi-coloured Corn (Pictures)
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