Floriani Red Flint corn

• 40 seeds
• Open pollinated
• Italian heirloom seed
• Heirloom seed
• Flour corn
• Distance between plants - 5-8"
• Distance between rows - 30"
• Full sun
• Water every 2-3 days
• Days to maturity - 90-100 days
• Days to germination - 7-10 days
• Height - 6-10'
• Zea Mays

Sow: Direct sow in Mid-May (after risk of last frost) Harvest: When leaves are brown and cobs are swollen

Grown on the farm, this beautiful addition to our farm grew really well despite the pretty wet conditions we experienced as farmers in Southern Quebec 2023. The seed itself is quite beautiful and the taste of the kernel compares to the Seneca Flint that I grew a few years back, just a little sweeter and less starchy. Both tastes are really good.

I bought the original seeds from Heritage Harvest Seeds in Manitoba. I great seed farm that dedicates itself to the preservation and storytelling of heirloom seeds.

The story around this corn is that it's original name is Spina rossa della Valsugana (red-spined of Valsugana) is a beautiful landrace from the Sugana Valley of Italy, grown by subsistence farmers as a staple until the mid-20th century. More recently, North American growers named it ‘Floriani Red Flint’ to recognize the generosity of the Floriani family in sharing their seed with William Rubel, who reintroduced this corn to its ancestral home of North America in 2008 after a trip to northern Italy. - Source TrueLoveSeeds.