Stowell's Evergreen has earned its place in American gardens for over 160 years as the gold standard white sweet corn. This heirloom produces impressive 10-inch ears on 7-foot stalks, reaching harvest in 90 to 99 days. Its legendary sweetness and tender kernels make it equally suited to fresh eating, freezing, or canning, and it thrives across hardiness zones 2 through 13 in full sun with moderate water.
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Full Sun
Moderate
2-13
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Known for decades as the King of All White Sweet Corn Varieties, Stowell's Evergreen delivers the classic corn experience: plump white kernels with genuine sweetness and tender texture that home gardeners have relied on since the 1860s. The tall 7-foot plants produce substantial ears that store well, whether you're planning to eat them fresh off the stalk or preserve them for winter. This variety's longevity in gardens speaks to reliable productivity and consistent quality year after year.
Fresh eating straight from the garden remains the most anticipated use, though Stowell's Evergreen truly shines in preservation. Home canners rely on it for reliable, high-quality canned corn, while freezers appreciate how well the tender kernels hold through storage. The ears also work beautifully grilled whole, boiled, or cut from the cob for succotash and corn chowders.
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Direct sow seeds into warm soil once all frost danger has passed and soil temperature consistently reaches 60 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Plant seeds about 1 to 1.5 inches deep.
Harvest when ears reach full size (around 10 inches) and kernels are plump and milky when punctured with your thumbnail. The silks will have turned dark brown and begun to dry. Stowell's Evergreen typically reaches harvestable ears in 90 to 99 days from planting. Simply grip the ear and twist downward sharply to separate it cleanly from the stalk. For the sweetest flavor, eat or preserve the corn within hours of harvest; sugar begins converting to starch immediately after picking.
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“Stowell's Evergreen emerged as a defining heirloom in American vegetable gardening, maintaining its reputation for over 160 years. Originally developed and preserved for home gardeners, this cultivar became synonymous with quality white sweet corn precisely because it delivered dependable sweetness and tender ears generation after generation. Its endurance as a favorite reflects the simple truth that some varieties prove their worth through decades of successful harvests across countless home gardens.”