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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 12, 2007 23:30:37 GMT -5
I saw an episode of Alton Brown's Good Eats on Foodnetwork the other night where Popcorn was the featured food.
I managed to write down a few of Alton's recommended varieties, but not all of them.
Here's what I got..
Baby Pearl
Baby Yellow
Yellow topaz
I know there were blues and mixes...Any thoughts or feedback on this??
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Post by johno on Apr 12, 2007 23:47:47 GMT -5
I am not familiar with any of those.
I have been growing Cherokee Long Ear popcorn for 5 or 6 years. It has a great variety of colors and kernel shapes - good looking for an ornamental. The popcorn it yields is small, but tastes rich. I just had some this afternoon.
I'm trying Japanese Hulless this year, and a blue/black Indian popcorn that Jeffrey Goss jr. sent me. It has large kernals and looks promising. I would like to find an heirloom popcorn that has bigger end product and few "old maids." I believe there are some out there, but I can't remember what the names are...
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Post by hungaryitalian on Feb 7, 2008 13:30:07 GMT -5
I just happened to have watched the Good Eats popcorn episode last night on DVD and wrote down all of them (sorry you had to wait almost a year). The complete list of varieties is: Baby Blue Sapphire Baby Pearl Baby Yellow Topaz Blue Sapphire Petite Princess Amber Pink Diamond Purple Amethyst Red Glory Southwest Gold Yellow Topaz (I'm not sure if this is a seperate variety from BYT above or if he abbreviated the name the second time he said it) Now the problem is finding all of them. These places have a few: www.crownjewelgourmet.com/popcorn_line.htmlwww.wisgold.com/popcornseedprices.htmI'm really interested in growing them as well as buying it for popping. I can't see why I couldn't grow the stuff they sell for popping, though. I hope this helps. Let me know if you find any others. |
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Post by hungaryitalian on Feb 7, 2008 13:31:18 GMT -5
Whoops, I forgot one:
Baby Black Pearl
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Post by Alan on Feb 7, 2008 19:43:47 GMT -5
I've got a popcorn that I am growing out this year from a local man and woman in their 80's who were good friends with my grandparents. The popcorn is from a cross of the old Purdue 45 crossed to Hickory King dent for over fifteen years.
The purdue 45 was allowed to pollinate every year while the Hickory King was detassled allowing for a large eared and huge kernaled pop corn which when popped is huge and absolutley delicious, it is also somewhat small hulled. I am thinking that the number of years that the corn was crossed and backcrossed will almost assure that there will have to be very little, if any, selection made this year for a new variety of popcorn which I will call Pop Gregory's in the name of the folks who lovingly kept and crossed these varieties for years!
Oh, did I mention that the Gregory's grew this on what would now be considered organic ground during the time they were gardening, so selection for organic systems should be easy!
Looking forward to growing it and sharing it and it's story with all my friends here!
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Post by johno on Feb 9, 2008 3:11:54 GMT -5
Sounds like a winner!
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Post by robin282 on Feb 11, 2008 23:54:22 GMT -5
That sound great, Alan. I'd like to try the seeds if you have any spares in the future.
I have grown Blue Shaman (prolific, 6-8 in dark blue ears, does not pop as fluffy as commercial corn I have had), strawberry (a different but delightful flavor, small kernels, 2 ears per stalk as I recall), a white that was unremarkable, and Tom Thumb, which was so cute I kept it for decorations instead of popping it.
I would like to find a nice strain that is tasty an pops fluffy--preferably non-hybrids. I will grow the strawberry again.
Robin
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Post by Alan on Feb 12, 2008 0:00:38 GMT -5
Strawberry popcorn is very nice. We have grown it for the farmstand in the past and for personal use and I'm sure I'll grow it again in the future.
I'll be growing out the Pop Gregory's this year and be offering seed this fall, I'll definetly make sure you get a good sample to grow out in '09!
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Post by robin282 on Feb 12, 2008 10:59:46 GMT -5
Thanks!
Robin
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Post by robin282 on Feb 12, 2008 22:00:32 GMT -5
I have been looking for the popcorn seed listed above with very little luck. Does anyone have leads?
Thank you,
Robin
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Post by hungaryitalian on Feb 15, 2008 12:24:58 GMT -5
Alan,
I am very excited about your new variety! When do you think it will be available for others (by trade or otherwise)?
Tony
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Post by robin282 on Feb 17, 2008 20:49:41 GMT -5
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Post by plantsnobin on Feb 17, 2008 21:30:49 GMT -5
I found a site www.agalumniseed.com This is hybrid commercial grower type stuff, but maybe Alan could get ahold of some seed to trial. |
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Post by Alan on Feb 18, 2008 23:43:53 GMT -5
HungryItalian, you'll be able to find the seed for Pop Gregory right here on this very site this Fall! I'm looking forward to growing it out and keeping the story of Albert and Verney Gregory and their pop-corn breeding experiment here in Pekin Indiana alive and well and to also distribute it around the world for the betterment and benefit of the pop-corn growing and loving community!
Lots of numbers and letters on that site Karen, the only thing I'd be worried about would be if they are GMO's. If you guys are interested in popcorn you should definetly give Purdue 45 a go, there are a couple of other numbers they bred back in the 50's and 60's that are good as well, I just can't remember them off the top of my head. I know Purdue 45 is still the number 1 grown by commercial farmers in this area though.
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Post by robin282 on Feb 21, 2008 12:56:01 GMT -5
OK,
I was able to purchase a mini pink. I would still like to try others. On another site, I sent out many e-mails to people who had popcorn listed, but I have gotten almost no response.
I will probably end up doing what hungaryitalian suggested and just buy the popcorn to plant (thanks for those links).
If anyone else has these seeds to trade or has a site that sells them, that would be great!
Robin
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