Thread by @PhiriDivah

1/6 Charter Seeds/Starke Ayres Sweetcorn, ready for the future. The Starke Ayres sweetcorn breeding program was started in the early 1990's.It has grown from very humble beginnings to the success it is today! The world class varieties produced from the program

2/6 quickly became popular with both local and international producers. The sweetcorn success story continues to the present day and is a long way from finished. Growers generally favour a strong plant with good disease resistance and a high yield potential. Supermarkets and

3/6 Consumers are more focused on quality, taste and shelf life. Commercial varieties that currently excel in the Starke Ayres line up include the following star 7714,7719 are later maturing, typical summer fresh market varieties. Both perform well in difficult summer growing

4/6 conditions and consistently deliver high yielding performances. Maturity of these varieties is typically around 95 days depending on growing conditions, resulting in ears of 18-20cm in length. Assegai and Defender are dual purpose varieties that can be used for processing or

5/6 Fresh market purposes. Both varieties yield well in summer and winter producing areas. This type of variety normally produces longer ears of 20cm and more in summer. The percentage of kernels recovered from such ears is normally greater than their fresh market equivalents

6/6 thus making them more suitable for processing. Normal maturity in summer in summer takes around 85 days. Assegai has the added advantage of high resistance to common rust. #farming #horticulture
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