King Philip Corn

Historic Wampanoag native landrace flint corn from New England, named after Wampanoag intertribal leader Metacom, who was also known to early settlers as King Philip. This legendary, northern-adapted variety may have been given to English settlers by the Wampanoag, but it may also have been taken when Puritans seized and disposed of 1,000 acres of corn during "King Philip's War" in 1675. What is certain, is that this native corn has fed Northeastern natives and settlers for countless generations and hundreds of years as a meal and hominy corn. It is now listed as endangered and culturally important on the Slow Food Ark of Taste. Accounts throughout the 19th century disagree as to whether this variety was all-red, all-yellow, or a corn with both red and yellow ears, though most use the word "copper" to describe it either way. Our strain seems to have mostly copper-red ears, with some appearing more copper-yellow. Beginning in 1817, John Brown of Long Island (then farming in Lake Winnipe