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SWEET CORN

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A member of the grass family.
Kernels or seeds are a milky pulp enclosed in a skin and grow on the cob.
Sweet corn are hybrids of maize that were selected for their high sugar content.
Cob is covered by layers of fibrous husks.
The plant is upright and leafy and can grow up to 2m in height.
Shallow but extensive, fibrous root system.
A single cluster of male flowers (tassel) grows at the top of the plant.
Female flowers are the ‘silks’ which grow halfway up the stalk.