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'Early Xtra Sweet' Corn

Sub-Category:	Supersweet (sh2) Midseason Yellow kernel

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Hybrid, mid-season, supersweet (sh2), yellow corn with 9-inch ears. 5- to 6-foot plants.
	AAS Winner in the year 1971
Days To Maturity:	71
Seed Sources:

Rating Summary

Overall: (3.5 Stars) Taste: (3.5 Stars) Yield: (3.5 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (3.5 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 2

KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease

Reviewed on 06/09/2008 by KEN W -
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Cass, North Dakota, United States Frost Free Season: Soil Texture: Garden Size: Sun Exposure:
The first of the sh2 varities I've grown.Very sweet and early.Poor corn taste and seems to be tough pericarp.1 cob per stalk.

Reviewed on 07/11/2006 by Cowpoke - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Stokes, North Carolina, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Early; ripens about the same time as Golden Bantam but larger ears , sweeter though. less "corn taste." One ear per stalk . Does well with blood meal or other organic fertilizers -- doesn't need to take up large quantities of nitrogen quickly like many early hybrid sweet corn varieties.

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