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I remebered that you wrote " I started a thread a couple of years ago looking for corn that my ancestors grew. I just tried to go too far back in time. I was curious about the years around the Revolution, and we didn't have much to go on."
I was at an heirloom seed site today and saw a reference to 'Carolina Gourdseed', which is "Purported to be one of the oldest corn varieties grown in the US today. [HYPERLINK@virtual.clemson.edu]
Further didgging led me to a refernce to 'Virginia Gourdseed'.
"...early in the 1800s two predominant races of corn - Virginia Gourdseed and Northeastern Flints - grown in the Eastern Seaboard states were crossed, demonstrating the superiority of hybrids. The cross was repeated many times as settlers migrated west, and from these lines the Corn Belt Dents emerged." [HYPERLINK@www.extension.iastate.edu]
Does it look like we're getting closer?
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