22 Sweet Corn Varieties You Need To Know
Browse this slideshow for more information on 22 sweet corn varieties you need to know about from the nation’s leading seed breeders and distributors.
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SnACk PACk
SnACk PACk is our newest high-quality bicolor. Each kernel is jam-packed with great sweet flavor and incredible eating quality. SnACk PACk matures in 78 days and is a full-season variety complete with good husk cover and plentiful dark flags. SnACk PACk has intermediate resistance to common rust and northern corn leaf blight. Available from Abbott & Cobb and Siegers Seed Co.
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Summer Sweet MultiSweet 3023
3023 is a fresh market, high quality sweet corn that has all the ingredients of an extremely desired sweet corn. This 79-day variety is selected for its attractive, dark-husk package as well as its high sweetness, tenderness, and outstanding flavor. Available from Abbott & Cobb.
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Summer Sweet HiGlow 3187MR
3187MR is a new fresh-market variety that yields well in varying locations due to better germination and vigor, as well as improved rust and northern corn leaf blight resistance. 3187MR matures in approximately 81 days. Available from Abbott & Cobb.
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Summer SWeet® HiGlowMS® SS3778R
Part of our patented SSW® series, SS3778R is packed with grower benefits such as improved germination and vigor and disease resistance. It matures in 78 days, and is a “must-have” variety. Available from Abbott & Cobb. and Johnny's Selected Seeds.
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Summer SWeet® MultiSweet® SS2742
This variety is very popular among our growers and dealers. SS2742 has brilliant bicolor kernels, great kernel contrast, in addition to improved germination and vigor under most stress conditions. This SSW® variety also includes MultiSweet® attributes, boasting excellent eating quality. Available from Abbott & Cobb.
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Nirvana
This new bicolor sweet corn combines the best of all worlds — vigor and emergence with high-quality taste and texture. High yielding with uniform, full-tipped ears that have good kernel contrast and rowing, this exceptional new variety has proven to be a game changer in trials. Nirvana continues to raise the bar with exceptional snap, ease in packing, and good holding power. Available from Clifton Seed Co., Crookkham Co., and Siegers Seed Co.
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Cumberland
A new 76-day bicolor supersweet, Cumberland has an attractive-looking husk, strong plant, and very good eating quality. This sweet corn variety has high resistance to common rust (Rp1-G), very high yield potential, and is a good alternative for those growing Awesome XR. Available from Rispens Seeds, Stokes Seeds, HM Clause, and Harris Seeds.
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Remedy
Remedy is a new BC0805 type with improved insect resistance through the Attribute® II trait stack, which also provides tolerance to Liberty® and Touchdown® herbicides for added weed management flexibility. Like BC0805, Remedy is an 82-day bicolor TripleSweet® and has outstanding eating quality. Available from Rispens Seeds.
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Super Surprise
This variety is a Sweet Surprise improvement with resistance to common rust and maize dwarf mosaic virus. Ears are ¼ to ½ inch longer than Sweet Surprise with less propensity to tassel tip. This bicolor supersweet is excellent for both roadside and wholesale markets. Available from Rispens Seeds and Rupp Seeds.
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Sweetness
A new early season bicolor synergistic corn for growers looking for the highest eating quality available in an early slot. Sweetness has also shown to have very strong emergence vigor and with a 68-day relative maturity is one of our earliest maturing sweet corns. It has intermediate resistance to common rust, Stewart’s wilt, northern corn leaf blight, and maize dwarf mosaic virus. Available from Crookham Co. and Rispens Seeds.
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Anthem II
Anthem II is a new 73 day, bicolor Performance Series™ variety from Seminis. It offers excellent yield potential and superb eating quality. Additionally it provides in-plant management of above- and below-ground insects and tolerance to Roundup® herbicide. Available from Rupp Seeds, Seminis Vegetable Seeds, and Siegers Seed Co.
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BC 0528
BC 0528 from Syngenta is the latest addition to their Attribute® Insect Protected line. This 81 day bicolor is a Bt conversion of the very
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Eden
This pure white 8-by-2-inch sweet corn variety with cylindrical ears and tapered tips has excellent tip fill and 16 to 18 straight rows of beautiful very sweet kernels. Eden matures in 76 days, features dark-green husks, provides good cover, and sets on tall 6.5-feet plants. It snaps easily for mechanical or hand harvest. Available from Stokes Seeds.
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Honor-XR
Honor XR is a long bicolor shipper. This 8.25-inch variety has a cylindrical ear with rounded tips, 16 straight rows, and excellent contrast. Grown on a very strong plant, Honor XR matures in 79 days. It also has very dark-green husks and good flags. Plus it has high height for machine harvesting and is tolerant to Rp-G Rust. Available from Stokes Seeds.
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Superb-MXR
Superb MXR features a large 8-by-2-inch thick cylindrical ear with blunt tips, excellent kernel contrast, and outstanding tip fill. It has dark-green husks that provide excellent coverage. It matures in 74 days and has lots of long flags. Ears snap easily and have 16 to 18 rows of refined kernels with excellent sweetness. It is tolerant to Rp-G rust and maize dwarf mosaic. Available from Stokes Seeds.
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2472 XR
This bicolor augmented supersweet (sh2) is 8 inches long and is for fresh market. It has high resistance to common rust (RpG gene) and matures in 74 days. For production in the Northeast and Midwest, 2472 XR also offers outstanding eating quality, attractive dark-green husk, large ear size, excellent husk cover. Available from Illinois Foundation Seeds, Inc. and Rispens Seeds, Inc.
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AP426
AP426 is an improved supersweet for the fresh market. This 8-inch sweet corn variety is resistant to rust and northern corn leaf blight .
Maturing in 79 days, it is best suited for production in the Midwest and Northeast. AP426 offers exceptional flavor, beautiful kernel contrast, protective husk, and abundant flags. Available from Crookham Co. and Rupp Seeds. -
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Anthem XR
This hybrid bicolor supersweet for the fresh market is 8 inches long and has intermediate resistance to northern corn leaf blight, PsRp-G. Maturing in 73 days, Anthem XR features 16- to 18-row count, 20-inch ear height, and great eating quality. Available from Illinois Foundation Seeds, Inc. and Siegers.
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Awesome XR2774
Awesome XR2774 is a bicolor supersweet with high resistance to common rust Rp1G and intermediate resistance to Stewart’s wilt.
Maturing in 74 days, this variety is best suited for production in the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest and boasts a sweet flavor. Available from Illinois Foundation Seeds, Inc. and Seedway. -
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Cabo
An 8-inch bicolor, Cabo matures in 78 days. Offering consistent high yields, this variety is widely adapted and performs well in most corn growing regions when managed properly. Cabo is a large augmented supersweet variety with great tip fill. Available from Syngenta.
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EX08767143
This 8-inch variety has high resistance to common rust (Rp1D and RpG); intermediate resistance to Stewart’s wilt, northern corn leaf blight. It is best suited for production in the Eastern U.S. and matures in 81 days. An excellent shipper variety,
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Glacial
Glacial is a high-quality, 8-inch sweet corn for both fresh market and processing. It matures in 76 days with a high yield potential. Best suited for production in the Northeast and California, Glacial boasts large ears with good tip fill and eating quality. Available from
Abbott & Cobb, Jung Seed, Harris Seeds, and Siegers.
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SnACk PACk
Summer Sweet MultiSweet 3023
Summer Sweet HiGlow 3187MR
Summer SWeet® HiGlowMS® SS3778R
Summer SWeet® MultiSweet® SS2742
Nirvana
Cumberland
Remedy
Super Surprise
Sweetness
Anthem II
BC 0528
Eden
Honor-XR
Superb-MXR
2472 XR
AP426
Anthem XR
Awesome XR2774
Cabo
EX08767143
Glacial
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Rosemary Gordon is editor of American Vegetable Grower, a Meister Media Worldwide publication. See all author stories here.