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D430-1
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- 1936-08-29 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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In August of 1936, Margaret Lucas looked diminutive next to her father's champion tall corn; the tallest stalks measuring in by her stick at an astounding 12 feet. The forest of corn all came from one ear that her father, retired carpenter Martin Lucas, brought home from his father's farm in Minnesota. Curious to see if it would grow in his backyard at Naval and 15 St. in Bremerton, he planted it three years later. The average height of the corn was around 7 feet and it produced about three 10 1/2 inch ears per stalk. He planned to use any ears not saved for next year's seed for chicken feed. (Bremerton Sun 09/15/1936, pg. 1).
Lucas, Margaret; Corn; Horticulture--Bremerton;