Shengtian Baizhu
Pearl White fruit corn
Bred for fresh eating: thin skin, crisp bite and a clean taste. People tend to finish it raw.
Variety data
Typical figures for the variety; season and growing conditions change them.
| Species | Zea mays L., super-sweet fruit corn |
| Type | White super-sweet, early |
| Seed | Longping High-Tech |
| Brix | 18–24° |
| Soluble sugar | up to 34.95% |
| Skin residue | from 4.08% |
| Taste score | 85 / 100 |
| Starch | Low |
| Kernel / cob | Pearl white (some yellow) / white |
| Ear length | 19.3–20.4 cm |
| Plant height | 173–219 cm |
| Ear height | 52–68 cm |
| Fresh-ear maturity | 72–81.6 days |
| Resistance | Lodging, stalk rot, southern leaf spot, Curvularia leaf spot |
Sold as
- Fresh cobs, graded and pre-cooled, for short haul or air freight
- IQF kernels and cob sections
- Vacuum-packed cooked whole cobs