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The Most Interesting Looking Corn in the World
The story of Glass Gem corn begins with Carl Barnes, a half Cherokee, half Scottish-Irish farmer living in Oklahoma. According to nativeseeds.org, Barnes had an uncanny knack for corn breeding and excelled at selecting and saving seeds from cobs that exhibited vivid, translucent colors. In 1994, Carl met Greg Schoen at a native plant and herb gathering in…