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SW “Ohia” | Hello All,
Reading through the high yielding corn thread below got me thinking about Herman Warsaw's record corn yields.
I've always wondered about his record setting corn variety.
FS854
From what I've read, (old magazines and newspaper searches) this variety was outdated and not popular at all, when Warsaw was setting his records. FS only sold a couple hundred bags per year. Stalks grew very tall with poor standability, and it was slow to dry down. Warsaw stated he preferred it because it could handle high populations (34,000 to 37,000) without producing barren stalks.
Just seems like an odd variety to use for yield contests. But obviously it performed.
Anybody have anymore background? Did this seed ever end up in the lineage of a modern variety?
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What happened to Herman Warsaw's favorite corn seed variety?
