the majority of sweet corn is grown in great plains.
the majority of sweet corn is grown in great plains.
where is the majority of sweet corn grown?
great plains
sweet corn days is the festival of the year in lime springs, held on the second sunday in august. festivities start thursday and go thru sunday. friday and saturday are filled with tractor pulls, softball games, and lots of activities for the whole family. lots to do for the kids at brown park. friday has music and saturday night features live music and a street dance. beer tent open thursday night thru saturday night. sunday features free sweet corn and a parade. most windows around town are decorated with "rocky the raccoon" the sweet corn days mascot.
lime springs, iowa
"supersweet corn" are cultivars of sweet corn which produce higher than normal levels of sugar developed by university of illinois at urbana–champaign professor john laughnan. he was investigating two specific genes in sweet corn, one of which, the "sh2" gene, caused the corn to shrivel when dry. after further investigation, laughnan discovered that the endosperm of "sh2" sweet corn kernels store less starch and from 4 to 10 times more sugar than normal "su" sweet corn. he published his findings in 1953, disclosing the advantages of growing supersweet sweet corn, but many corn breeders lacked enthusiasm for the new supersweet corn. illinois foundation seeds inc. was the first seed company to release a supersweet corn and it was called 'illini xtra sweet', but widespread use of supersweet hybrids did not occur until the early 1980s. the popularity of supersweet corn rose due to its long shelf life and large sugar content when compared to conventional sweet corn. this has allowed the long-distance shipping of sweet corn and has enabled manufacturers to can sweet corn without adding extra sugar or salt.
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