Talk:Shoepeg corn

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Only one variety?[edit]

Is Country Gentleman the one and only variety ever of shoepeg corn? Most references I can find say shoepeg is synonymous with Country Gentleman. My guess is there may have been more than one variety in the 19th century, and its just that Country Gentleman is the only surviving one today, I just can't find references to shoepeg that mention any others. n2xjk (talk) 21:27, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There's a shoepeg corn called Early Cogent. I see breeder Syngenta lists it as a processing corn, but I don't see any retail outlets. n2xjk (talk) 23:50, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It appears Cogent is just an abbreviation for Country Gentleman so they are one and the same variety. Can anyone confirm this? n2xjk (talk) 19:00, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

From what I can gather, Cogent is a class of sweet corns related to Country Gentleman used primarily by commercial growers. So I updated the article to say Country Gentleman is most common, not one and only. n2xjk (talk) 16:10, 20 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bait[edit]

"Shoepeg corn is also the best variety of corn for Kokanee Salmon bait." Are these fish really that fussy, or would any white corn work as bait? Whatever the case, this seems to be pretty obscure piece of information that might better belong in an article covering Kokanee Salmon. n2xjk (talk) 16:13, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]