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I did read that the big yellow kernel popcorn was a variety type " 
yellow pear".  That's all I could find...

We decided to forgo popcorn this year.  I planted the BB this afternoon 
instead.

Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
> In a message dated 4/17/2010 4:22:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> erthnsky AT gmail.com writes:
>
>
>   
> > > Does anyone know definitively what variety of yellow popcorn is commonly 
> > >       
> > grown and sold to Walmart?
> >     
>
> No, but I can defintely tell you that it is hybrid.  There is almost no 
> commercial popcorn that is not hybrid.
>
>
>   
> > > If not, does anyone have a guess as to how many 'days' it would take to 
> > >       
> > mature?  I am growing sweet corn that is 84-87 days, and a dent corn 
> > that is 120.  
> >     
>
> Many types of popcorn are 150 days.  It grows very slowly and must dry on 
> the stalk to be of any benefit.  
>
> Two sources of OP popcorn are:
>
> Seedsmen such as Baker Creek which carries two varieties, a red and a 
> black.  Nichols carries it and so do a number of others.
>
> And (although this might not be a good source in the spring) many of those 
> fall ornaments are made of cobs of OP popcorn.  
>
> James</HTML>
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