Crop: Corn (Zea mays)

Breeder: Andrew Still Adaptive Seeds

OSSI Pledge Date: 12/5/2016

Release Date: 12/5/2016

Bred for Organic Systems: Yes

Availability: Yes

Description

“90-100 days. Our main crop field corn that we grow for cornmeal, flour and for making masa. Open Oak Party Mix is the best corn we offer for nixtamalization and making your own hominy or pozole. After grinding, we sometimes sift out the coarse polenta from the flour and we have two different staple foods from a single crop. Selected for large, thick, early ears that range in color from yellow to orange to red. We especially love the ears that are dark orange with yellow caps because it gives the illusion of a burning flame. All single colored ears, which is useful for zeroing in on the particular flavor of each color. When given good fertility, expect very tall plants and high yields. A flinty dent type selected from a freely crossed population of Wapsie Valley Dent, Vermont Flint, Garland Flint, Italian Polenta and several unnamed dent varieties from a University of Wisconsin breeding project for nutrition. This is a diverse population, still purposefully variable. Open Oak Party Mix has been included in research trials by Oregon State University’s Dry Farming Institute for production under dry farm (non-irrigated) conditions, and it is the main parent of Wildfire Dent Corn, a new dry farm selected variety.”
Source: https://www.adaptiveseeds.com/product/vegetables/corn/dent-corn-open-oak-party-mix-organic/

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