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'Precious Gem' Corn

Sub-Category:	Sugar-enhanced (se) Midseason Bi-color

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Hybrid, midseason, sugar-enhanced (se), bicolor corn with 9-inch ears with 16 to 20 rows of kernels, good flags and dark-green husk cover. Moderate tolerance of Stewart's wilt and rust.
Days To Maturity:	78-80
Seed Sources:	Lake Valley Seed - updated in 2011

Rating Summary

Overall: (4.0 Stars) Taste: (4.0 Stars) Yield: (3.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars)

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Reviewed on 03/09/2009 by SVRocket - A novice gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Los Angeles, California, United States Frost Free Season: More than 203 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: Less than 6 hours per day
I grew about 50 stalks of Precious Gem in the 2008 season. I loved the tasty corn I got, just wish I would have got much more yield so I could have given away to friends and family. Would grow again someday after I read up on how to condition soil and such. Was easy to sprout and then I lost many in the seedling stage. Note I an in SoCal, not known for corn here in zone 9!!!

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