Something about genetic mutation.

Lana, the grower should be notified and shown or sent images via email. It's not a consumer acceptable product and they shouldn't be selling it.

Well, that is certainly different. Were all the ears like that or just a few?

Rodney

I think it was just a few ears... but all 6 of the ears I bought didn't seem quite "right", if ya know what I mean. The kernels weren't shaped like normal kernels, and each ear had a ton of husks! I wish I remembered the name of the grower, because I would notify them.

If you ate any of this corn, was it still sweet? If it was mostly starchy, perhaps what happened is this field of corn was too close to an incompatible type like popcorn or flint that pollinated at the same time. The sweetness genes are recessive and pollination with any unsweet type wipes out the sweet flavor. If it crossed with something like popcorn, might explain the strange kernels.

I did taste it, and it was sweet, but the kernels were tough. It's so weird.... even the spaces underneath the kernels were shaped funny. Crazy stuff can happen in nature, I guess!