Multiple ears used to be more common on field corn, some sweet corn. Bloody Butcher and Reeds Yellow Dent heritage lines have some like that. Wasn"t considered a problem prior to WW2- hand picking and run the horses and hogs, cattle in field after harvest was common so a small leftover ear on a bush stalk was consumed on farm. corn pickers like a taller single stalk with one or 2 larger ears, breeding of corn lines took that into consideration after WW2. Corn/Maize origins in some histories is a natural occurring cross of couple grass"s in Mexico- one of the "parents"- Tziswan(or something like that) is common to have many small, husked kernal ears on multiple stalks- sort of like a oats or wheat head. Other "parent" is/was related to "Koalin" a Asian grain sorghum, was commonly called "Kaffir corn" in 1920s. Some of the old "Parents" still exist in central Mexico, used in genetic research and some noted to be growing wild in some reserve/park areas. The old genes come through every once in awhile- call it a recessive characteristic that is not preferred now for current growing and harvesting conditions most farms. Still useful for a hand harvest garden crop, Southwest Indian Corn conditions the multi ears, long pollination time, longer harvest by hand possible, "green corn" and "grinding corn" possible on same plant in small plots is a advantage. RN
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