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Offered by Oscar Will in 1919 and last offered in 1959. A red-brown colored sweetcorn when hard and dry. Ears 4 to 6 1/2 in. long; 10-rowed; white cob with a red ring about the edge of the pith. Very bushy and leafy; a heavy yielder, often 10 or 12 ears to a hill. Gives roasting ears in 50 to 60 days but dries more slowly than the other sorts. Never, or rarely, eaten green by the Indians. Called Wrinkled Corn by the Mandans and Gummy Corn by the Hidatsas. Grows 36 to 50 in. tall. Another very rare corn.

Nueta Sweet

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