I googled sugar snow corn seed and got over a million hits. The first hit allws you to order online. There may be others that do as well.

Is 'Fleet' supposed to be early? Some early varieties of sweet corn are bred to have a shorter stalk - it's a trait that facilitates earlier bearing. I don't think it necessarily means your ears will be unduly small.

Four feet is pretty short, though. Maybe Randy Newman will see your corn planting, and write a song about 'short corn'.

Yes, Fleet is supposed to be early, 72 days. And, it looks like we'll have corn by the first of August - pretty darn good! But, these are tiny plants. I've got an ornamental corn in another location with some plants that are over 6 feet already. (I know, horse of a different color :o)

Well, I didn't come up with over a million hits but got 267 for "sugar-snow sweet-corn seed."

Even being that specific, many of the links are for "sweet corn" and "Sugar Snow Peas."

However, you have found a source for me Bpgreen - - Swallowtail Seed Company certainly lists it in their catalog. I've never heard of this company - apparently they have "900 varieties of seeds!!" Where have I been?

Ordered SS seed from Stokes for a number of years and from Jordan Seed after Stokes discontinued it. Jordan dropped it in 2005 and couldn't find it in any of the catalogs the mailcarrier delivers.

I see that a number of university sites discuss Sugar Snow and that Mesa Maize developed it. Sugar Buns is listed as "similar" by Wisconsin U. Maybe that would be worth a try.

I'm not saying that Sugar Snow is the Holy Grail; just that it produced the way I'd hoped. Since corn takes up so much space and will cross with nearby plants - I've only been able to grow a couple of varieties each season. Hard to figure things out this way, and disappointing to see the tried-&-true slip away.

Apparently, that isn't quite the case. Thanks Bpgreen!

Steve

Glad I could help.

I guess it all depends on how you enter the search terms. I entered separate words with no hyphens.

University of Tennessee evaluated performance of 13 SE type sweet corn cultivars in 2001 - Fleet had the shortest ear size at 6 inches.

Yeah, plant and ear are supposed to be about the same size as Polar Vee which I grew way back in the '70's. PV is described by some as a "dwarf." Not quite a "big zero" but close.

You know, at 72 days, Fleet could be a little larger. Swallowtail shows Bodacious at 75 days. Ah, well . . .

Steve