Chris Roberts highlights Summer Sweet® HiGlowMS® 7112R.
Summer Sweet® HiGlowMS® 7112R has been a commercial variety for three years, receiving its complete rollout in the last 18 months. According to Abbott & Cobb's Chris Roberts, pictured here, this sweet corn variety is for the Northeast and Midwest markets, but also is adaptable to the Southeastern U.S. With a clean single-stalk plant, it features good husk protection and matures in 75 days. This bicolor variety has high resistance to common rust.
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Stays Rich Green technology
Chris Roberts of Abbott & Cobb said the end result of the company's Stays Rich Green technology will be healthier plants.
“We are now seeing the benefits of the SRG package,” he said. “Grower feedback has been positive as they are seeing healthy, very dark-green plants with thick dark green leaves. Plus, we believe these plants absorb and utilize sunlight much more efficiently,” he added.
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Summer SWeet® MultiSweet® ACX SS7403RY
Summer SWeet® MultiSweet® ACX SS7403RY features Abbott & Cobb's Super Seed Ware (SSW), a new platform of genetics. According to the company, its SSW varieties offer easier plantability, better germaination in cold soils and easier, more reliable seed production.
This variety also has resistance to common rust, Rp1GI. It is now being sold in Europe and will soon be pushed to the U.S. Growers like this variety because it features strong plants and consistent yields as well as a tight husk and numerous flag leaves. This early season variety with yellow kernels features an 8-inch ear and matures in 75 days.
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Summer Sweet® HiGlow® 7300
Summer Sweet® HiGlow® 7300 boasts resistance to Rp1GI and features good tip fill, excellent kernel color, good husk protection and flags, and long shelf life. Maturing in 75 days, it is a high-quality yellow hybrid that also has intermediate resistance to southern corn leaf blight.
“7300 holds its ear appearance for a very long time,” explained Abbott & Cobb's Chris Roberts. “In older varieties a few days after harvest, kernels will begin to shrink, but this variety has a much better shelf life and shrinkage is less of an issue.”
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Abbott & Cobb team at the sweet corn trials in Wisconsin.
Abbott & Cobb's sweet corn trial was held in August in Plover, WI, The 11-acre trial featured 4,000 varieties. Several members of the Abbott & Cobb staff were on-hand, providing details about the newest varieties.
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Chris Roberts highlights Summer Sweet® HiGlowMS® 7112R.
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Stays Rich Green technology
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Summer SWeet® MultiSweet® ACX SS7403RY
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Summer Sweet® HiGlow® 7300
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Abbott & Cobb team at the sweet corn trials in Wisconsin.
Whether they are held in the Golden State or America’s Heartland, variety trials are an annual rite of summer in the seed business. American Vegetable Grower editors David Eddy and Rosemary Gordon walked the fields this summer to shoot photos and videos of some of the newest offerings from top seed companies, getting the scoop straight from the breeders.
Last August in Plover, WI, Abbott & Cobb showcased its 11-acre sweet corn trial where 4,000 varieties were planted. People from all over the world, including France, New Zealand, England, Canada, Japan, Israel, and Australia made the trek to find out about Abbott & Cobb’s new releases.
Meanwhile that same month on the West Coast, Woodland, CA, was the place to be for three more seed trials — all held the same week.
Above are some new sweet corn varieties from Abbott & Cobb.
November 11, 2013 
