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Offered in 1925 by Oscar Will, last offered 1939. A multi-colored flint corn with 8 to 12 rows of yellow, pink, white, red, blue and striped kernels. A good grinding corn. Originally came from an island in Leech Lake, north central U.S. . The Ojibwe, Ojibway, or Chippewa Indians were the northern most corn growers in the world, at one time pushing corn 100 miles north of Winnipeg. Corn, like their signature Bear Island Flint, was often grown on islands, micro ecosystems that were relatively predator free and experienced milder temperatures

Bear Island Chippewa

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