Before World War II, almost all field corn grown was heirloom / open pollinated, but by the end of the war hybrid corn had really taken over in the midwest. A few diehards did hang onto the old heirloom / open pollinated corn varieties. These were replanted every year and reselected for improved strains. Today we have about 12 to 15 fairly common varieties left and these are all fairly good since they have stood the test of time. A very interesting difference between Heirloom / Open Pollinated corn and hybrid corn is that when you grow any given hybrid corn in a given area for a number of years, maybe 6 or sometimes up to 10, it just sort of fizzles out. On the other hand, if you grow Heirloom / Open Pollinated corn and do your own seed selecting, it gets better.
All Corn Seed varieties we carry
are non-GMO!