The farm and all the products that it produces are certified organic by the Kootenay
Local Agricultural Society under the Kootenay Mountain Grown program.
For more details on this please go to:
www.klasociety.org
www.kootenaymountaingrown.org
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Painted Mountain
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Multi-color kernels vary from ear to ear. Moderate sized ears are 6-7” and are good
for both decoration and milling. Recommended for flour due to its soft starchy kernels
that are easy to grind. Grown and selected for 3 years.
Makes an excellent poultry corn.
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$3.95
100 seeds
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Golden Bantam
Improved
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This is an improved selection from the original 8-row golden bantam corn. It has
all the wonderful characteristics of the original golden bantam and then some! Sweet
golden yellow 7-8" ears. (Original 8-row has 5-7" ears) 10-14 rows. (Original has
8 rows) Improved to stay tender longer, have longer ears and more evenly spaced broad
kernels. At least 2 corn ears per stalk. Tolerant of tight spacing and dry conditions.
Can be frozen right on the stalk. 5th year of growing.
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$3.95
100 seeds
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Double Standard
Bicolour
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This is a modern variety, with both white and yellow kernels on each sweet cob. We're
very pleased with it as it seems quite diverse, with a good genetic base, so it should
do well on different soils and conditions. Not only are the dual coloured cobs pretty,
they also taste really good. 2nd year of growing out.
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$3.95
100 seeds
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Fisher's Earliest
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Early, beautiful and delicious! For quality and old fashioned true corn flavour,
we’ve found Fisher’s to be the best open-pollinated sweet corn variety in our trials.
Kernels are well-lined in 10-12 rows with excellent tip fill and husk cover. Ears
average 6” long. Vigorous, multi-coloured stalks of red and green reach 5-6’ with
usually one ear per plant sitting 18” high on stalk. Selected over sixty years ago
for short seasons and high altitudes by Ken Fisher of Fisher’s Seeds in Belgrade,
MT. Our 2nd year of growing out.
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$3.95
100 seeds
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Ashworth
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Unique among open-pollinated corn varieties. Fred Ashworth called it “rat selected”
because it came from the bin most preferred by rats. Maturing with the first of the
early hybrids, Ashworth gives rise to plump, well-filled 6-7” ears of bright-yellow
corn with the best of old-fashioned corn flavour. Our 3rd year of growing out.
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$3.95
100 seeds
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Corn is not as yet a major production item on the farm - but will become so now we
have some good open pollinated seed to work with.
Growing Corn for seed takes dedication - as it is wind pollinated we have to separate
varieties by time and distance. Luckily in our valley, the wind for 99% of the time
is North - South, so separation from one end of the farm (East - West) takes care
of one problem. The other is taken care of by planting enough at different times
to account for the vagaries of weather and temperature so the silks dry off on one
variety before the pollen from the next variety becomes available.
