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Where does sweet corn get its sweetness?

As I was visiting with my dad on the phone a few weeks ago at the peak of sweet corn season, he remarked that one of the sweet corn hybrids he planted “tasted a lot sweeter” than the others. Having never really noticed a huge difference myself, this statement made me curious. After running an experiment, I agreed that all three of the sweet corn hybrids dad planted had slightly different tastes to them.
Read more of Shelby Knapp's "Our Kossuth County" column in the Aug. 20 Kossuth County Advance. 
 

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