Genetics Make Sweet Corn Sweeter KALAMAZOO, Mich. Con sumers are becomiugjjnore-picky about their produce. Sweeter, higher quality fruits and vegetables are high on con sumers’ want lists, especially when they add versatility and vari ety to a healthy diet, says Leo Zanoni, Produce Merchandising Specialist for Asgrow Seed Company. In answer to this growing con sumer concern. Asgrow has deve loped enhanced sweet corns, col lectively known as elevated sugar sweet corns. “The difference between the standard com and the elevated sweet corns is in the genetic makeup,” says Stephen Marshall, Asgrow Sweet Corn Plant Breeder. “A grower also has more time with an elevated sugar hybrid at PHONE: 717-626-1164 or 717-394-3047 Mon. 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Although both the sc and sh-2 corns are high m sugar, definite differences exist. Shrunken-2 triples sucrose Shrunkcn-2 com has triple the amount of sucrose found in stan dard com and double the amount of total sugar, according to Marshall. He says the key factor is that standard corns rapidly convert sugar to starch after their peak, while shrunken-2 genes inhibit the conversion of sugar to the more complex starch molecules. “In one Asgrow study on post-harvest holding, we found that after two BUY. SEI LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT WANTED 6 steel horse stall tops 'Amos L Stoltzfus, RDI Box 232, Snake Hill Road, Bird-in- Hand, PA 17505 — aj 1 RUBBER MATvS i | for i | Comfort Stalls, Free Stalls. | | Horse Stalls, Horse & Cattle 5 | Trailers, Hog Houses. I | Used Belting Material s j Paul N. Brubacher | ! 215-286-5298 or j I 215-286-0168 I Feeding Molasses Gives Your A* Cattle A Better ”, : ' v: Appetite And V Smoother , ’/f . 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