Michael Fuller

Cherokee Cornfield Pole Bean [multi-colored]

(Phaseolus vulgaris)

Cherokee Cornfield Pole Bean  (July 14, 2024- >

Arikara Sunflower

(Helianthus annuus)

PI 369357

Arikara Sunflower (July 14, 2024) - >

1.8 meter tall, single head, 13 cm. dia.

Cherokee Cornfield Pole Bean [multi-colored]
(Phaseolus vulgaris)

Hopi Red Dye Amaranth

(Amaranthus cruentus)

not planted in 2024

Washonge Corn (Zea mays) Ames 31675

Arikara Sunflower (Helianthus annuus).  PI 369357

Young Omaha pumpkin harvested because squash bugs killed the vine. It weighed 669 grams and contained 183 good seeds and 29 "flats" (I assume not viable). Neathery diced the meat and boiled - it is delicious. [I hand smashed the squash bugs.]

Anasazi Beans (not planted in 2024)

Experimental Archaeological Gardening, 2024

<- Washonge Corn tassle (July 14, 2024)

Omaha pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo)
PI 302418

Yellow crock necked summer squash

(not planted in 2024)

Hopi tobacco (Nicotine rustica)

(not planted in 2024)

Omaha pumpkin

(Cucurbita pepo)

PI 302418

Washonge Corn (Zea mays) harvested 6 Sept. 2024

Plant height = 1.47 m, 1.60 m, 1.54 m, 1.3 m, 1.63 m, 1.69 m, 1.01 m., 1.55 m, and 1.05 m. 

All kernels are white. 8 row ears

<- Omaha Pumpkin Bloom (July 18, 2024)

Washonge Corn (Zea mays)

Ames 31675

The name for this corn is similar to a word in the Omaha language Washkon iga ho which can be translated as "Be Strong and do well." (page 637)

UmonHon Language and Culture Center

2018 The Omaha Language and the Omaha Way. University of Nebraska, Lincoln. 

 Omaha Pumpkin Bloom (July 18, 2024) - >