Vegetables
Heredity: Hybrid
Country of Origin: USA
Hybridizer or Originator: Burpee
Days to harvest: 75

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 6-8 feet
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Fruit: Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Summer
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Cooked
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Pollinators: Wind
Containers: Not suitable for containers

Common names
  • Sweet Corn

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