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Photos: Corn Lovers, Can You Eat This Amazing Multi-Coloured Corn?

Appetising: Glass Gem should not be eaten off the cob, but can be turned into flour or popcorn 
These extraordinary images may appear to show colourful boiled sweets or even glass beads - but in fact, they show specially bred ears of corn. Glass Gem corn was developed by a Native American farmer who noticed that every so often, a cob showed signs of unusual colouring shining through. Now the unique strain is available for purchase online, and is in hot demand from gardeners keen to add a touch of colour to their vegetable patch. 

The crop originates from Oklahoma, where part-Cherokee farmer Carl Barnes had the idea of gathering colourful ears of corn and breeding them together. As the years went on, he managed to produce corn displaying dozens of different colours on a single cob. I LOVE corn with a passion but this one o ... Can you eat it? 

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Tradition: Buyers are encouraged to keep the seeds in order to stop the corn strain dying out 
Attractive: From some angles, the corn looks just like a colourful children's toy 
On the branch: Despite its rainbow colours, Glass Gem is grown in the same way as other types of corn 
Bright: The colours which make up the corn include blazing red and black as well as the usual golden 
Colourful: This extraordinary Glass Gem corn was bred naturally by a part-Cherokee farmer

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