Corn is classified as sweet, pop, flour, silage, or feed corn, depending on the type of carbohydrate stored in the ear. Sweet corn gets its name from special genes that prevent or retard the normal conversion of sugar to starch during kernel development. Wrapped in lime coloured husks with silk, sweet corn contains numerous yellow succulent kernels that have a starchy and doughy consistency.

Corn is classified as sweet, pop, flour, silage, or feed corn, depending on the type of carbohydrate stored in the ear. Sweet corn gets its name from special genes that prevent or retard the normal conversion of sugar to starch during kernel development. Wrapped in lime coloured husks with silk, sweet corn contains numerous yellow succulent kernels that have a starchy and doughy consistency.