Yellow Guinea Flint Corn Seeds Zea mays indurata cv

Yellow Guinea Flint Corn Seeds (Zea mays indurata cv.)

Yellow Guinea Flint Corn Seeds (Zea mays indurata cv.). Thomas Jefferson grew a dozen varieties of "Indian Corn" (Zea mays) at Monticello, starting in 1774. While serving as Minister to France, Jefferson requested seed from home for "homony-corna |which we used to make 20 barrels a year for table use, green, in homony, and in bread." Flint corn is traditionally used to make hominy, or hulled corn, and milled for cornmeal. A prolific, short-season corn with small, 6" cobs, Yellow Guinea Flint... - Yellow Guinea Flint Corn Seeds (Zea mays indurata cv.).

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Yellow Guinea Flint Corn Seeds Zea mays indurata cv

Yellow Guinea Flint Corn Seeds Zea mays indurata cv

Yellow Guinea Flint Corn Seeds (Zea mays indurata cv.)

Virginia White Gourdseed Corn Seeds (Zea mays cv.)

Cocke's Prolific Corn Seed (Zea mays cv.)

Guinea Bean or Snake Gourd Seeds (Lagenaria siceraria var.)

Yellow Horned Poppy Seeds (Glaucium flavum)

Yellow Arikara Bean Seeds (Phaseolus vulgaris cv.)

Four O'Clock Seeds (Mirabilis jalapa)