Normal sugary (su) -

Sugar: 12%

*Shelf life: 24 hours

Varieties: Silver Queen, Golden Bantum

Notes: traditional corn flavor, no longer grown in this area

Sugar Enhanced (se) -

Hybridization: one Normal Sugary and one Sugar Enhanced parent.

Sugar: 16—18 %

Shelf Life: 48 hours

Varieties: Argent, Incredible

Double Sugar Enhanced (se+) -

Hybridization: two Sugar Enhanced parents

Sugar: 18-20%

Shelf Life: 48 hours

Varieties: Sugar Snow, Silver King

Notes: More tender and sweeter than Sugar Enhanced, about 45% of the corn grown at Pete’s Produce Farm falls into this category. The downfall, however, is decreased yield and vigor from plants as compared to Sugar Enhanced and Normal Sugary

Super Sweets (Sh2) - or shrunken 2s

Hybridization: developed over 20 years ago from a mutant field corn gene

Sugar: 28-30%

Shelf life: 16 days

Varieties: Even Sweeter, Kandy Krisp  Pete's Produce Farm does not grow this type of corn

Notes: The kernels are very tough, and the sweetness detracts from the traditional corn flavor. This is still the main type of corn sold in grocery stores. The only redeeming quality to this class of corn is that it provides the genetic foundation for the ShQs, which are amazing in comparison.

ShQ-

Hybridization: 100% Sugar Enhanced  plus 100% Super Sweets gene in each kernel

Sugar: 28% and as tender as the se+

Shelf life: 12 days

Varieties: Mirai (me-rye), Vision, Mirai bicolor

Notes: Originally developed for the Japanese market, Mirai is our favorite. Mirai accounts for 80% of the sweet corn sold in Japan and 45% of corn sold at Pete's

SeQ-

Hybridization: 100% Sugar Enhanced and 25% Super Sweets parent

Sugar: 25%

Shelf life: 7 –10 days

Varieties: Honey Select, Avalon, and Mattipoise TT

Notes: This is a new class of sweet corn, sometimes called triple sweets. All kernels have the Sugar enhanced genes and 25% of the kernels also carry the Super Sweets genes. About 10% of the corn grown at Pete's is SeQ