Sweet Corn (Candy Corn Seeds)
Nowadays, it is one of the corn species which is produced intensively and consumed sugar is the corn future. The earth is the corn grown intensively, especially in the USA. Unlike corn used in fields such as animal feed or industry, it is a source of human food that is frozen, consumed fresh and canned.
This corn species, which is quite popular in our country recently, has entered into cuisines especially in tourism regions and big cities. It is also grown as a snack by roasting on Konya - Karaman sides.
The hot climate is the plant.
October is done after the frost threats are over at the end of spring.
The soil temperature should be at least 10-12 ° C. The depth of cultivation varies according to the soil type and sweet corn cecedine.
The varieties with increased standard and sugar content can be planted 2-3 cm clay, 3-4 cm sandy loam, 4-5 cm deep in sandy soil, super sweet varieties can be planted by reducing these proportions by half.
After harvest, approximately 850-1050 kg of product is obtained.
In order to protect the quality of sweet corn, pre-cooling or packing is very important immediately after the hasat.
The delay of these steps reduces the sugar content in the nuts and affects the quality to a great extent.
Sweet Corn Varieties (Dickerson, 1996)
COLOR EVOLUTION DAY TIME
Standard (water-1)
Silver Queen Yellow 92
Golden Queen Yellow 92
Jubilee * Yellow 85
Golden Cross Bantam Yellow 85
Merit * Yellow 75
Sugar ratio increased (se)
Tendertreat EH Yellow 95
Double Delight Multicolor 87
White Lightning White 86
Miracle Yellow 82
Platinum Lady White 70
Super sweet (sh-2)
Florida Staysweet Yellow 89
Ssupersweet Brand 8701 White 87
Illini Xtra Sweet Yellow 85
Ssupersweet Brand 8202 Multicolor 82
Jubilee Supersweet Yellow 82
Synergistic Sugarloaf White 83
* Varieties grown in Turkey with pestilence in Turkey
Since the sweet corn is harvested after the milking period, the sugar content in the corn is about twice as high as other corn, and the embryo has the highest oil and protein value as it is in the largest corn group.
Some measurements prove that the sweet corn has the highest nutritional value and the freshest food is the most appropriate and delicious food.
Fresh Sweet corn Frozen Cooked Canned Food
Calories 66 67 89 79
Carbohydrate, gr 14 16 20 18
Oil, gr 0,9 0.06 1.0 0.5
Protein, gr 2,4 2,4 2,7 2,4
Sodium, mg 11,7 4,0 11,7 11,7
A Vitamin * 4 4 2 2
C Vitamini* 8 2 8 10
Thiamin * 10 2 10 2
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