David (in Normandy) wrote:
I've just had a look at a farmers sweetcorn/maize cob and it looks
like normal sweetcorn. The one I've just pulled had a cob inside 7
inches long but the individual sweetcorn seeds are still quite
immature. What is the difference to "human" sweetcorn? Are they just
different varieties with the farmers ones being different in some
subtle way?

Isn't maize grown as a silage crop ie the whole plant is cut, chopped &
fermented. the fruiting bit is less important

pk