Title
Violet Corn
Subject
UMMAA cat #15421
Description
Scientific Name: Zea mays
Hopi Name from 1935 field notes: Wik-tï
Source of Seeds: Old Hopi type, pure strain
Crop Management: Early crop, can be planted later
Harvesting and Storage: Keeps about as well as hard blue.
Properties and Use: Roasted, ground and baked (tamales), Piki etc., main storage crop, Niman Katchina crop. Cultivated as an early crop
NOTE: Plant record information from 1935 field notes does not match the UMMAA cataloged item.
Source
Sun Light Mission, Supawlovi
Navajo County, AZ
Navajo County, AZ
Date
October 25, 1935
Contributor
Alfred Whiting, Volney Jones, Edmund Nequatewa
Relation
Plant inventory number B.1801