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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Aug 26, 2010 1:42:48 GMT -5
I took 2 bushels of Astronomy Domine sweet corn to market today (Ozark Strain, 2008). Most of them looked like normal sweet corn with perhaps one or two colored kernels. There were about a dozen ears that had lots of color in the milk stage.... Here are photos of what some of them looked like:   Before picking each ear I opened it up to examine it. If any cob had many colored kernels I marked that plant with green surveyors tape, and if there were multiple ears on the plant I took one or two for market and left at least one on the plant. I took one ear home with me, and that was only because I hid it in the truck so that I could eat it myself. Regards, Joseph Tickled with such a pleasant variety of corn. |
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Post by Alan on Aug 27, 2010 23:07:50 GMT -5
Glad you are happy with it my friend! Beautiful pictures as well!
I see a lot of golden bantam and ashworth/seneca arrowhead crosses with hookers, tripple play, and blue jade on the left side of the first picture. Third ear from left almost looks like pure Paiute, middle is Martian Purple, ones on far right are remnants of Ruby Queen OP I was working on that I threw in the mix. Good looking stuff.
Ear on bottom has the Oaxacan Green influence of Audrey III, which I still need to complete.
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Post by blueadzuki on Aug 28, 2010 6:54:09 GMT -5
Glad you are happy with it my friend! Beautiful pictures as well! I see a lot of golden bantam and ashworth/seneca arrowhead crosses with hookers, tripple play, and blue jade on the left side of the first picture. Third ear from left almost looks like pure Paiute, middle is Martian Purple, ones on far right are remnants of Ruby Queen OP I was working on that I threw in the mix. Good looking stuff. Ear on bottom has the Oaxacan Green influence of Audrey III, which I still need to complete. Actually if I was not told I was looking at a cob of sweetcorn, I would have taken the corn in the lower picture for a cob of Wilda's pride (at least for a cob of the corn that shows up at my local farmer's markets, that I think is Wilda's Pride) To me the cob on the far left (the one with the broken off tip) has a touch of Rainbow Inca or something similar; the kernels are quite wide. |
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Post by DarJones on Aug 28, 2010 20:47:05 GMT -5
I have some kernels of sweet corn from an accidental hybrid with Oaxacan Green that show wide flat kernel traits. Interesting corn Joseph. The Ruby Queen is easy to ID.
DarJones
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Aug 28, 2010 23:52:53 GMT -5
At a town party today people were seeking me out to tell me about the colored corn they got from me and how much they enjoyed it. I guess there was more color in it than I found by just peeking at the tips. They just had to know how the color got there. I had so much fun bragging about our cooperative sweet corn breeding efforts. Thanks.
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Post by raymondo on Aug 29, 2010 3:11:08 GMT -5
Wow, great looking corn, especially that ear in the bottom pic.
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Post by mnjrutherford on Aug 29, 2010 18:28:27 GMT -5
That photo is fabulous Joseph. Worth more than a little drool on this side of the screen for certain. Our sweet corn season is long past and I'm hanging on to my frozen supply for Thanksgiving. I'm trying something new this year. Trim the tips and the base so there's no wasted space in the freezer then toss it in, husks and all. Supposedly you can put it directly on the grill and it's fabulous. I'm a bit skeptical to be honest, but it's sure worth a shot!
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Post by flowerpower on Aug 30, 2010 6:44:55 GMT -5
Nice pics.  I only planted about 24 AD. I wasn't really thinking about eating them fresh. I was gonna use them as ornamentals. There was some really purple tassles in the patch. I hope I get something cool looking. |
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Aug 30, 2010 23:52:19 GMT -5
A customer eMailed me another photo of Astronomy Domine. She described the pink ear as exquisite.  Regards, Joseph |
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Post by Alan on Sept 1, 2010 22:40:01 GMT -5
Hopi Pink and Cocopah are still alive and well in the mix according to that picture! Thanks my friend.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Nov 7, 2010 1:41:50 GMT -5
I finally got around to weighing my Astronomy Domine sweet corn seed today. It weighed 9 pounds. My fingers sure are sore from shelling all of it. Sorry my camera is still misplaced, otherwise I would have taken a photo for you. There is plenty to share. Alan's current version is much more diverse.
I'm just getting a good start on shelling corn. 3 trays down 11 to go.
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Post by Alan on Nov 9, 2010 18:33:16 GMT -5
Sounds like you got an excellent haul of seed my friend. I think I produced almost a bushel or so this year. Between the Astronomy Domine and the Amanda Palmer needing shelled for seed (nearly two bushels of Amanda Palmer) I don't think I could stomache hand shelling any more this year, though I did get an extremely awesome callous on both of my thumbs. Plenty of seed put away for the CSA and planting next year.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Nov 11, 2010 12:34:06 GMT -5
Between the Astronomy Domine and the Amanda Palmer needing shelled for seed (nearly two bushels of Amanda Palmer) I don't think I could stomache hand shelling any more this year, though I did get an extremely awesome callous on both of my thumbs. Plenty of seed put away for the CSA and planting next year. What other seedman is going to process every seed by hand? Alan, I can't even begin to tell you how radically my life changed the day I read your post about the two year pedigree of Astronomy Domine. It turned a switch in my mind, and a flood of thoughts and information rushed in, washing away so many old ideas that were implanted (brainwashed) into me during my schooling. Thanks for that. I am so much more content today. I grow better vegetables at lower cost. |
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Post by Alan on Nov 11, 2010 19:16:59 GMT -5
Thanks my friend and much appreciated, glad that I was able to reach someone out there! Hopefully we can all collectively get a few more to the table and thinking this way.
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Post by Darth Slater on Nov 11, 2010 23:24:38 GMT -5
How good is that compared to an sh or se comercial sweet corn?
I grew a couple that I really liked, Candy corn is always good and a couple of Ilini and Sh1 varieties, these were always very good here. That corn looks very cool, if it had the taste of a real good sweet corn and you didnt have to run to the pot it would go great here. I gotta say, that corn reminds me of the color patterns on Koi. Maybe a good name for the new stuff...lol
Dean
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I only planted about 24 AD. I wasn't really thinking about eating them fresh. I was gonna use them as ornamentals. There was some really purple tassles in the patch. I hope I get something cool looking. 