Flint Corn (Zea mays var. indurata)
Gaspé Flint
Some of the finest cobs
One of the world's earliest corn types. Originally from the Mi'kmaq indians of the Gaspé peninsula in Québec, Canada. The plants are only 50-100 cm tall, with 7-10 leaves. The cobs are 5-11 cm long with 8 rows of yellow large kernels. 1-3 cobs per plant. 75 days (90-100 days in Sweden) from sowing to harvest.
Flint corn is used dried and milled to flour for polenta, cornbread, etc.
Since the plants are small they can be grown at row and plant spacing 22-24 cm.
I got this one from Great Lakes Staple Seeds (in Michigan) who got it from Sherck Seeds (in Indiana). John Sherck got his seed stock from:
50% A Canadian farmer in Saskatchewan
20% Abundant Life Seed Foundation (seed saver organisation in Washington state at the end of the 1990s)
20% from a friend in Vermont, USA
10% Heritage Harvest Seeds in Manitoba, Canada
The variation within Sherck's stock is very large for most traits of the plants.
