June Corn

Thanks to Stuart Pollack we have a rare variety of field corn. It's called Mexican June. But we just call it June corn. It's called June corn because it is planted in June. (Most corn around here is planted in early May). June corn is well adapted to this climate. Despite having been planted at the start of a mini-drought now in it's sixth week, this corn is growing without any problem. Another added benefit of this corn is it' size. It grows ten feet tall or higher. Because of that, the ears are out of reach of hungry raccoon hands. Many modern sweet corns grow to around 5 or 6 feet. This is well within the reach of our local hungry wildlife. Though June corn does not make for a good sweet corn, it is superb as a flour corn. Made into cornbread it is superb. The old saying is knee high by the fourth of July. Well June corn is already up to my chest.