Oscar Underwood Carpenter Sr.

Late maturing, multicolored dent corn with large ears. About 30% of ears are solid white, 30% are white with scattered purple kernels, 20% are solid red, and 20% are pink with white caps. Purple/pink kernels are sometimes mottled. Ears are 7-9 inches long, 1.75 inches in diameter. 10-14 kernel rows per ear. Plants very tall, 10-13 feet in height. Usually two ears per plant, but sometimes one or three. Uppermost ear about 4 feet off the ground. Good husk coverage. Some husks are blushed with red. Prop roots sometimes three or even four nodes up from the ground. Leaves erect. This variety was donated to SSE in 2015 by Terry McNeeley of Bartow, Georgia. He received it from his aunt, Margaret Goodwin Messex, of Waynesboro, GA in the 1990s. Margaret got her seeds from Oscar Underwood Carpenter Sr., a cousin to the family, who lived in Gough, GA. Terry is unsure when Margaret first started growing the corn, but presumes it was shortly before Oscar’s death circa 1995. Terry remembers Cousin Oscar trying to give seed of this variety to Terry’s father in the late 1960s or early 1970s, but Terry’s father did not take any out of fear that it could cross with their own family heirloom corn. SSE Accession # 132778