Waimanalo Orange Flint Corn

Waimanalo Corn (Zea mays) - Approximately 50 seeds per pack. Germination 57% Oct 2024 Packed for 2025 NOT FOR SALE IN MARYLAND Grower: Appalachian Seed Growers Collective A Cateto-like dark orange flint corn developed in Hawaii and brought to North Carolina. Waimanalo Orange started by crossing a number of breeding lines from Jim Brewbaker, a long-time tropical maize breeder in Hawaii focused on disease resistance, with a breeding population from Frank Kutka, a maize breeder from the Upper Midwest. Frank had developed a population based on a number of Cateto varieties from Argentina with an intense, dark orange color( =high carotene). Our stock comes from the Utopian Seed Project. The combination of dark orange and good disease resistance has been selected after the initial cross for ~10 generations. Waimanalo Orange is longer on the maturity scale, flowering at around 75 days after seeding in Boone and ready to harvest at around 110-120 days. It's hard, glassy, oily rich