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Old August 23, 2014   #1
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Default Popcorn!

Called Glass Gem. Lots of other colors developing on other plants! This is a discard b/c the stalk was rotten.
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Old August 23, 2014   #2
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So pretty!
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In my garden glass gem is not a popcorn. Only about 10% of the kernels pop, and those that do are iffy.
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Interesting. How are you drying/storing it?

I'm growing it as a novelty. We'll stick with Orville's white (none of that microwave stuff though!) when we want real popcorn.

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Is seed for this still as scarce as it was, in years past?
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I didn't have any trouble finding it. I purchased from delectationoftomatoes.com.

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Mischka, I got mine from DoubleHelix, one of our members. Reasonable price, too. Am very much looking forward to seeing these beauties; it is later than my usual corn, and the temperatures have been dropping very close to freezing this past week.
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How are you drying/storing it?
I grow about 10 bushels of popcorn per year, so the glass gem was treated the same as any other popcorn: Dried outdoors on canvas until the weather turns rainy/snowy and then brought indoors and monitored periodically until the moisture content is right for popping, and then each cob tested for popping ability.
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Old August 26, 2014   #9
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Here are a few more. Pix taken around dusk.
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Way pretty!!! Good work.
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Next year I am planning a plot of Painted Hill sweet corn. Not as pretty as the Glass Gem but more interesting than white or yellow!
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That stuff would make some pretty jewelry.

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Glass Gem is not a popcorn but is very good for roasting.
Put it in a frying pan with a little oil (not as much as for popping) and let is roast. Some of them will pop a little but not entirely. The rest is roasted and very flavorfull. Very easy and very quick. And you can still see the beautiful colors.....
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Glass Gem is not a popcorn but is very good for roasting.
Put it in a frying pan with a little oil (not as much as for popping) and let is roast. Some of them will pop a little but not entirely. The rest is roasted and very flavorfull. Very easy and very quick. And you can still see the beautiful colors.....
I'd love to see a photo of an after-roasting ear...
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do not roast the ear but the individual grains like popcorn
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