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Apache sunflower (Helianthus annuus) GRIN no. PI 600722. Average kernel weight = 0.1115 grams. Measurements (Length x Width x Thickness) for 5 representative small (brown) seeds: 11.23 x 7.57 x 3.82, 10.31 x 6.87 x 3.81, 10.74 x 7.47 x 4.09, 9.74 x 6.07 x 3.62, 9.79 x 6.37 x 3.27. Measurements for representative large (stripped) seeds; 13.18 x 9.51 x 5.27, 12.94 x 9.52 x 5.37, 12.02 x 9.90 x 5.90, 13.70 x 9.53 x 4.54, and 12.69 x 10.22 x 5.52.

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Yellow sweetcorn (Zea mays) - GRIN number Ames 22030 IA453. Average kernel weight = 0.1671 grams. Measurements of seeds (Length x Width x Thickness): 9.41 x 7.44 x 3.53, 9.20 x 7.03 x 5.00, 8.62 x 8.28 x 5.02, 9.19 x 7.05 x 3.57, 10.34 x 8.16 4.27, 9.77 x 8.15 x 3.41, 9.07 x 8.42 5.07, 10.28 x 7.36 x 3.51, 8.87 x 6.91 x 3.52, and 9.57 x 8.15 x 3.40.

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Iroquois Skunk Pole Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) from The Need For Seed in Little Chute, Wisconsin. Average bean weight = 0.59 grams. Measurements (Length x Width x Thickness) for 10 representative beans: 15.03 x 9.15 x 6.58, 16.53 x 9.65 x 6.64, 14.15 x 8.46 x 5.39, 15.27 x 8.76 x 5.58, 14.38 x 9.03 x 5.65, 16.75 x 9.72 x 6.31, 17.44 x 9.84 x 6.02, 16.41 x 8.87 x 6.57, 16.16 x 9.39 x 5.71, and 12.88 x 8.06 x 5.31.

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Corn plant no. 1 = 1.3 meters tall, 1 ear at 40 cm above ground. Yellow kernels and 20 cm in length.

Corn plant no. 2 = 1.5 meters tall, 3 dwarf ears at 35 cm above ground. Yellow kernels.

Corn plant no. 3 = 1.35 meters tall, 1 ear at 35 cm above ground. Yellow kernels in 18 cm in length.

Corn plant no. 4 = 1.5 meters tall, 1 ear at 45 cm above ground. Shriveled; yellow kernels.

Corn plant no. 5 = 1.55 meters tall, no ears.

Corn plant no. 6 = 1.36 meters tall, no ears.

Corn plant no. 7 = 1.47 meters tall,1 ear at 55 cm;

yellow kernels.

Corn plant no. 8 = 1.25 meters tall. 1 ear at 40 cm;

yellow kernels.

Corn plant no. 9 = 1.56 meters tall. 1 ear at 38 cm;

yellow kernels.

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The Lakota pumpkin was easy to slice (compared Mandan squash). The meat is declicious raw as well as cooked. The one pumpkin contained 242 seeds that weighed 50.4 grams when dried.

Skunk beans growing in bush.

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Lakota pumpkin (Curcurbia maxima). GRIN number PI 572291. Average seed weight = 0.208. Measurements (Length x width x thickness) of 10 seeds: 13.90 x 7.57 x 3.16, 19.18 x 8.80 x 3.57, 16.75 x 9.55 x 3.24, 20.18 x 10.06 x 3.54, 19.85 x 9.77 x 3.13, 19.27 x 10.12 x 3.36, 19.74 x 8.92 x 3.35, 19.13 x 9.97 x 3.53, 20.00 x 9.75 x 3.31, 16.94 x 8.58 x 3.01.

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Lakota Pumpking blooming and first fruit. Lost two plants to squash bugs and daily battle with crush the bugs. Using Neem oil.

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Lakota pumpkin, 23 July 2025 (left) and 16 August 2025 (right) at time of harvest.

Yellow sweet corn. Most plants have started to tassel but only a few show ears. 14 July 2025 on the left and 20 July 2025 on the right

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Iroquois Skunk Beans harvested 15 July 2025. I estimate approximately 500 ml total bean yield from one bush composed of several plants. 150 ml = 264 beans = 133 grams.

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Apache Sunflower - only one plant survived the summer and it had a single head that produced stripped kernels. The head measured 17 cm in diameter and yielded 250 ml of seeds (662 seeds) which had a dry weight of 54 grams. 2.4 meters tall.

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Experimental Garden 2025