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'Painted Mountain' Corn

Sub-Category:	Other Late Season

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Description:	Open-pollinated, late-season, ornamental corn with 6- to 7-inch ears with 8 rows of gold, orange, red, and purple kernels. 5-foot plants. Tolerates high winds, cold soil and nights, as well as hot days and drought. Soft starch kernels used for flour, hominy, parched or eaten fresh on the cob.
Days To Maturity:	85
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Overall: (5.0 Stars) Taste: (4.0 Stars) Yield: (4.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (5.0 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 1

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

Reviewed on 02/28/2011 by Joseph L - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Cache, Utah, United States Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
This corn is the earliest to tassel in my garden. It grows readily in cold spring soil. It produces dried down flour (or decorative) corn a month before other flour/flint corns are killed by frost. (I think the description calling it late season should be modified.)

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