 | Yellow Guinea Flint Corn Seeds (Zea mays indurata cv.). Thomas Jefferson grew a dozen varieties of "Indian Corn" (Zea mays) at Monticello, starting in 1774. While serving as Minister to France, Jefferson requested seed from home for "homony-corna |which we used to make 20 barrels a year for table use, green, in homony, and in bread." Flint corn is traditionally used to make hominy, or hulled corn, and milled for cornmeal. A prolific, short-season corn with small, 6" cobs, Yellow Guinea Flint... - Yellow Guinea Flint Corn Seeds (Zea mays indurata cv.). |
