Iroquois Tooth Corn Seed

I first encounter this seed for Iroquois Tooth Corn, years ago when I worked for William Woys Weaver at his Roughwood Farm. I have always been impressed by this plant, 12-15’ stalks that bare one and sometimes two ears that are just massive. The ears are protected from corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea my archenemy) for they are thick and numerous. The love the history of this corn, but for me the kicker is the flavor. It is a soft corn, having on of the largest soft starchy endosperms I have ever seen. This large endosperm lends makes the best corn flour and in turn corn beard I have ever made. (Sorry Sean Brock) This is what William Woys Weaver wrote about this corn for Mother Earth Magazine:     “ Anyone looking for the old-fashioned taste that made Southern corn bread famous need look no further than the Old South dent corn called “gourdseed.” With flat, cream-colored kernels that resemble skinny pumpkin seeds — some Native Americans referred to them as “teeth” — this is a soft-kernell