Waimanalo Orange Flint Corn
$4.50
Waimanalo Corn (Zea mays) -
Approximately 50 seeds per pack.
Germination 57% Oct 2024 Packed for 2025
NOT FOR SALE IN MARYLAND
Grower: Appalachian Seed Growers Collective
A Cateto-like dark orange flint corn developed in Hawaii and brought to North Carolina. Waimanalo Orange started by crossing a number of breeding lines from Jim Brewbaker, a long-time tropical maize breeder in Hawaii focused on disease resistance, with a breeding population from Frank Kutka, a maize breeder from the Upper Midwest. Frank had developed a population based on a number of Cateto varieties from Argentina with an intense, dark orange color( =high carotene). Our stock comes from the Utopian Seed Project.
The combination of dark orange and good disease resistance has been selected after the initial cross for ~10 generations. Waimanalo Orange is longer on the maturity scale, flowering at around 75 days after seeding in Boone and ready to harvest at around 110-120 days. It's hard, glassy, oily rich kernels are great for cornmeal, polenta, and masa. In our two years of growing alongside other Cateto types in North Carolina, we found Waimanalo Orange to be more robust and productive.
