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Sweet
corn ears for the fresh market canīt be distinguished from field
corn of the same maturity by their appearance. The person responsible
for the production or the marketing is also responsible for the
choice of a suitable variety and the identification of the product.
Labels "extra sweet" can be used to point out the special qualitiy.
As is the case for all fresh market products, a suitable marketing
partner or a good running direct sale are the premises for a successful
cultivation.
Detailed
arrangements about size of package, type of package (stretched plastic,
size of boxes, sale with or without leaves) have to be made with
the marketing partner or on the basis of market investigations.
Nowadays, sweet corn is usually packed in so-called foodtainers,
which consist of flat trays with 2 or 3 cobs under a transparent
stretched plastic film. On this foil, labels with quality remarks
can be applied.
At
the harvest, the sugar content of extra sweet varieties oscillates
between 8 and 11 % in the fresh mass. After 8 days in the marketing
chain at a temperature of 5 - 8°, this percentage decreases to 5
- 6%. However, it is then still higher than the sugar content of
freshly harvested field corn (2 - 3%) and that of normal sweet varieties
(4,5 - 5,5% when it is harvested).
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