The most important varieties at a glance

The best known variety among hobby gardeners: 'Golden Bantam'

Anyone who starts growing sweet corn is definitely not wrong with the 'Golden Bantam' variety. This variety has performed well over the decades. It was created around 1900. Its advantages include the excellent quality of its cobs, the pleasant taste and the willingness to develop secondary shoots, which also like to develop cobs.

These varieties have also proven themselves

Look less spectacular, but the following varieties with their prominent properties have also proven themselves:

• 'Damaun': large, yellow cobs, very sweet
• 'True Gold': golden yellow flasks, long-lasting sweetness, up to 2 m high
• 'Mezdi': extra cute, tall

Strikingly colored, monochrome varieties

The following varieties are particularly impressive because of their pretty color Seeds respectively. Pistons:

• 'Double Red': dark red, good aroma
• 'Hookers Sweet Indian': black to black-violet depending on the ripeness, very aromatic and sweet
• 'Jade Blue': bluish, short stature (suitable for tubs)
• 'Luther Hill': white, small (suitable for tubs), 5 to 6 cobs per plant

Multi-grain varieties: These sweet corn varieties are great!

Can't get enough of colors? How about these variegated grains?

• 'Rainbow Inka': light yellow, blue, black, red, purple
• 'Anasazi Sweet': red-yellow
• 'Black Aztek': white-purple to black
• 'Festivity': yellow, purple, red, white
• 'Mosaic': yellow pistons with red stripes
• 'Sweet Red': white, red, pink

Which varieties ripen early and which ripen late?

The 'Rainbow Inka' and 'Tramunt' varieties ripen late. They take 100 to 110 days to mature. The early-ripening varieties are more suitable for our latitudes:

• 'Damaun'
• 'Ashworth'
• 'Early Extra Sweet' (hybrid)
• 'Tasty Sweet' (hybrid)
• 'Starlite' (hybrid)
• 'Sweet Nugget' (hybrid)
• 'Sunrise' (hybrid)
• 'Orchard Baby'
• 'Yucon Chief' (earliest of all varieties)
• 'Orchard Baby'