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Cocke's Prolific Corn Seed (Zea mays cv.). Cocke's Prolific Corn was developed in the early 1800s by General John Hartwell Cocke of Fluvanna County, Virginia. A friend of Thomas Jefferson's and fellow agriculturist, Cocke selected this dent field corn from the most productive plants to make it "prolific" (between 2-7 ears per stalk). Renowned for its milling quality for cornmeal and grits, it was one of the most widely grown, culturally important field corns of the southeast in the 1800s. Thought to be extinct after... - Cocke's Prolific Corn Seed (Zea mays cv.).

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