#glassgemcorn

[tinypmsmatch]

Glass Gem Corn seeds color wheel

(the set from my Pantone color matches)

When I found out about this fascinating corn variety a couple of years ago, I’ve been wanting to take color match photos of the stunning multicolor kernels.

Its origin traces back to Carl Barnes, a part-Cherokee farmer living in Oklahoma. Barnes had an uncanny knack for corn breeding. More specifically, he excelled at selecting and saving seed from those cobs that exhibited vivid, translucent colors. After many years, his painstaking efforts created this wondrous corn cultivar called Glass Gem Corn.

So glad I’m finally able to match their colors! See my page to see the Pantone color matches 😊

[peace-and-awe]

glass gem corn

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[farmobileo3]

My first time growing glass gem corn!

[carmenlyonsart]

Work in progress pics of my latest piece, a glass gem corn 🌽 #wip #glassgemcorn #maize #sweetcorn #botanicalillustration #botanicaldrawing #illustration #drawing #colouredpencils #coloredpencil #homegrown #botanicalart https://www.instagram.com/p/CkYbpUJsZDF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[beepandflail]

#corn #glassgemcorn #art #digitalart #digitalillustration #graphicdesign https://www.instagram.com/p/CTqR5r1p5Fx/?utm_medium=tumblr

[seedkeeping]

Glass Gem Popcorn was selected by the late Charles Barnes, a Cherokee corn grower from Oklahoma. He crossed many traditional varieties, saving seeds from the most vivid to create this highly diverse, breath-taking variety. Glass Gem can be ground for cornmeal or popped. We sold out of ours and reseeded the next crop today to be grown at @pentridgegarden. #zeamays #glassgem #glassgemcorn #glassgempopcorn https://www.instagram.com/p/B-2zJ-4AfJC/?igshid=15c1x2x2ziq1t

[tango-mango]

As an experiment, we planted some “Glass Gem” corn in the garden. A tiny packet of seed corn was given to us by a daughter. We had room for only a few plants, so we didn’t have high hopes that it would pollinate well. Today we pulled back the husks and found precious little ears of corn!

[nebulousfrog]

Opening up these corn husks definitely feels like Christmas ;D This type of corn can turn out to be almost ANY color so we’ll see what we get