Hickory cane/hickory king/hickory kane ?

FarmboyBill · #21 11/30/13, 08:36 PM

Right Vic. U can make 200gal of wine for personal consumption, but not for sale.

vicker · #22 11/30/13, 08:41 PM

Would be nice if that were true, but it ain't, I know. I'm not trying to be smart, just want to avoid getting anyone in trouble with false info. Lots of people make it, but it's against the law. Maybe one day it won't be.

homstdr74 · #23 11/30/13, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by 1shotwade

I have no idea! I've seen all these names thrown around and a half dozen different descriptions to go with each one! So here is what i'm interested in no matter what it is actually called.
One description is that it is a white heirloom corn that grows 14-16 feet stalks.7-9 kernel rows of kernels the size of your thumbnail,on ears 16-20 inches long.
I've searched here and on google and can't find a match for what I've been told. Does this sound like anything you know of or am I being fed info from 2-3 different varieties bunched into one?
Any help would be great. I'd like to just grow it once in the garden and find out what useful purposes it may have.Maybe making hominy or as an "in the field" late winter wildlife food etc. Any info please!

Thanks

Wade

Here's a link to Shumway's catalog pricing on Hickory King:

http://www.rhshumway.com/dp.asp?pID=09910

We grew it once, and it is as advertised, except our stalks were taller and the ears large--very large. If you pick them early enough, they're excellent roasted, but if you leave them on the stalk too long, they are good for drying and grinding or animal feed.

We've settled on Golden Cross Bantam as our favorite open pollinated sweet corn.

http://www.rhshumway.com/dp.asp?pID=03914