Latte Bicolor Sweet Corn

seeds

1/2oz: $4.95; Item: 572-A
2oz: $15.00; Item: 572-B
8oz: $30.00; Item: 572-C
1lb: $52.00; Item: 572-D
5lb: $218.00; Item: 572-E

Zea mays

We know what you’re thinking: Why would I grow a corn named after diluted coffee? But after our taste test, even staff skeptics were won over: “WOW, Corn plus Sugar!” “Beautiful bicolor, best flavor!” and “Full ears, full kernels!” Every tip was filled out on these super-early extra-fancy 8" ears with 14 rows. Such high quality and great taste is normally reserved for a later-maturity slot, but why not start the first corn picking with the good stuff? While it often bears only a single ear per stalk, Latte is easy to grow and excels at cold-soil emergence. So, have a Latte and breathe a sigh of sweet (corn) relief. We suggest staggered plantings for successive harvests. Intermediate resistance to R and ST.

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Sweet Corn at a Glance

	variety	days	color	type (see below)	height	ear length	# rows
506	Cafe	68	yellow	Synergistic	60-72"	8"	14-16
516	Ashworth OP	72	yellow	Normal Sugary	60"	6-7"	12
541	Bodacious RM	77	yellow	Sugary Enhanced	87"	8"	18
561	Incredible RM	85	yellow	Sugary Enhanced	90"	8"	18
572	Latte	68	bicolor	Synergistic	48-72"	8"	14
574	Espresso	70	bicolor	Synergistic	72"	6"	12-16
582	Ambrosia	75	bicolor	Sugary Enhanced	78"	8"	16
590	Cappuccino	78	bicolor	Synergistic	72-84"	8"	14-16
592	Sparkler	78	bicolor	Synergistic	84"	8-9"	16-18
636	Luther Hill OP	82	white	Normal Sugary	48"	3-6"	12
660	Nirvana	75	bicolor	Supersweet	83"	8"	16-18
595	Moonshine	78	yellow	Supersweet	84"	8"	16-18

Types of sweet corn

Normal Sugary (su): standard varieties with traditional sweet corn texture & flavor. Sugar converts to starch quickly, so eat them within a few days. Tend to have high yields and germinate well in cool soils.

Sugary Enhanced (se): more sugar than su, tender kernels & slightly longer storage time. The * indicates heterozygous (only one parent contributes the se gene); all others are homozygous (both parents se).

Supersweet (sh2): 4 to 10 times the sugar content of su and se. Conversion of sugar to starch occurs at a much slower rate. Stays sweet long after harvest. Extra shriveled seed does not germinate well in cool soil.

Synergistic: more sugar than se. Very tender with long harvest and storage windows. Can be homozygous or heterozygous se with added sh2 kernels.

TripleSweet® Sugary Enhanced: has homozygous se kernels, and 25% of these also contain the sh2 trait.

Corn

About 85–200 seeds/oz. Seeds per packet vary.
- Open-pollinated selections average 100 seeds/oz
- Normal sugary varieties 140 seeds/oz
- SE cultivars with shrunken seeds 150-160 seeds/oz
Days to maturity are from emergence after direct sowing; for transplants, subtract 20 days.

Culture: Untreated sweet corn seed will not germinate in cold wet soil. Please be patient and wait till soil warms to at least 60° before sowing, or start seedlings indoors and transplant at 3–6" before taproots take off. Minimum soil temperature 55°, optimal temperature range 65–85°. Tender, will not survive frost. Heavy nitrogen requirements.

Germination Testing

For the latest results of our germination tests, please see the germination page.

Our Seeds are Non-GMO

All of our seeds are non-GMO, and free of neonicotinoids and fungicides. Fedco is one of the original companies to sign the Safe Seed Pledge.