'Sac Blue' Flint Corn (Zea mays)

This beautiful pink and white flint corn belongs to the Sac/Sauk and Fox/Meskwaki nations of the St. Lawrence River Valley and present day Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa. The nations' Great Sauk Trail (present day US 12) ran from the Mississippi River, through Illinois and Northern Indiana (near present day Chicago), and across Southern Michigan to present day Detroit. Thanks to selective breeding by generations of Sauk and Meskwaki seed savers, this very rare corn is well-adapted to the region and deserves to be grown and celebrated throughout it once again. a mid-season corn (62-65 days to silk) Plants rarely tiller Strong cob butts/shanks with excellent attachment to the plants 8-10 rows on most cobs  regular row arrangement (some semi-irregular  Excellent for braiding and hanging We recommend mulching Sac Blue with straw, undersowing with Kickapoo beans, and inoculating it all with winecap mushrooms (Stropharia rugosoannulata) for reliably productive, sustaina