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What is meant when catalogs refer to "Super Sweet" varieties of sweet corn?

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Newly developed "Super Sweet" hybrid varieties may contain up to 40 percent more sugar than some of the standard varieties. Super sweet hybrids carry a genetic factor that results in a high sugar content. The super sweet character is lost if the corn is pollinated by ordinary sweet corn or field corn, so the super sweet hybrids should be planted away from any other type of corn.

Super Sweet (sh2)

How Sweet It Is—white; 8-inch ears; late; requires isolation; 88 days; AAS 1986.
Summer Sweet 7210—yellow; 8-inch ears; midseason; requires isolation; 78 days.

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