Vegetables
Year Introduced: Pre-1940
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Country of Origin: USA
Hybridizer or Originator: Ira Hooker from the Olympia, Washington region.

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 4 feet
Fruit: Edible to birds
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Cooked
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Pollinators: Wind
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Sweet Corn
  • Corn
Also sold as:
  • Hooker's

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