Rare Organic Heirloom Bear Paw Corn Seeds

Rare Organic Heirloom Bear Paw Corn Seeds (7)

The ears are flattened and split at the silk end, some said resembling a bear paw. An ear can actually split into more than two resembling a crude hand shape. 70-80 days. Grows 4-5 feet tall. Ears grow to 4-5 inches.
Ears have the appearance of a big paw. Ornamental, and makes great popcorn.
Served in movie theaters for years and once featured at the World’s Fair.
Plants grow 4-5' tall. Pearly off-white kernels. The 4-5" ears are often flattened and split at the silk end, giving them the appearance of a bear’s paw.

Plants are compact (5ft tall) with ears averaging 4-5". Ears fork at the ends, giving them a toe-like look, hence the name "Bear Paw".Bear Paw is a delicious and tender popcorn with delightful flattened ears
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Grows to 4-5 feet tall
Ears grow to 4-5″ and are flattened giving a “paw” appearance
Popcorn
This variety will grow well in most regions of the United States. Bear Paw is an heirloom popcorn developed by Glenn Thomson of Vermont. He grew and distributed the variety from the 1930s to the mid-1960s when his health declined.

This popular variety was served in New England homes and movie theaters and was even featured in the Vermont exhibit at the World’s Fair.

Glenn’s daughter, Ginny, shared stories of how her father would serve cocoa and cupcakes to the local boys hired to help harvest the corn in the fall. She would sit on her father’s lap as a batch of Bear Paw corn was popping over a coal burning stove.

Corn, or maize, is thought to have been domesticated by the Olmec and Mayans and trade helped to spread the crop through much of the Americas by 2500 BCE. Corn and maize spread throughout the world after European explorers and traders brought it home with them.