Jelly Bellies - Nope, it's glass corn

[packman]

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These multicolored kernels of corn that look like glass beads belong to a specially bred variety, aptly named Glass Gem Corn, and they can be actually grown from seeds. Glass Gem corn was developed by Carl Barnes, a part-Cherokee farmer living in Oklahoma, who noticed that every so often, a cob showed signs of unusual coloring shining through. Barnes collected and saved those seeds, and thanks to his uncanny knack for corn breeding and many years of painstaking effort, Glass Gem corn was born.


https://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/10/this-is-glass-gem-corn-and-it-is-real.html

[TruckFump]

1. Wow, so beautiful

I don't think I could eat that kind of corn on the cob...I would just look at it. LOL, think of all the carbs I could avoid with beautiful food like that!

[packman]

3. True - article says its not for eating or popping

Apparently only for looks - it is gorgeous

[TruckFump]

4. Well, that really does save on the carbs!

Truly is a work of art, tho!

[sl8]

7. I'm reading that you can use it for popcorn or flour.

"The corn can be used to make flour or popcorn, although it is not recommended to eat it straight off the cob."

[ProudLib72]

2. But does it taste like Jelly Bellies?

And can we grow combination cobs, like "root beer float?"


Just imagine getting a licorice cob!

[Sneederbunk]

5. Commonly known as Indian Corn.

[Cracklin Charlie]

6. My dad grew multicolored corn.

He planted a few stalks every year, and my mom and her friends would use it to decorate. Sometimes we would pop it for popcorn.

He would have loved these varieties.