Just musing on the conspicuous absence of British heritage corn varieties after reading 'Beautiful Corn' by Anthony Boutard (I highly recommend). Elsewhere on the Eurasian continent, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, the Balkans, Georgia, Nepal and even Siberia have regional varieties and landraces of field corn i.e. flint, dent, flour or popcorn, some traced back to introductions in the 16th Century. Hokkaido, previously too cold for rice cultivation, has a tradition of growing flint corn since its introduction in the late 1800s. It's a highly adaptable species, so I'm led to believe its absence here is at least in equal part due to cultural apprehension as adverse climatic conditions, though I'd bet on the former having a greater role. But I have not yet found any literature on the subject of Britain specifically.
French regional corn races http://pro-mais.org/les-varietes-de-pays-francaises
Bavarian historical corn varieties https://www.lfl.bayern.de/ipz/mais/026662/
Swiss variety with PDO 'Rheintaler Ribelmais' https://ribelmais.ch/
Austrian Alpine corn https://www.landmais.com/
Beautiful gallery of maize cobs and grains; many European varieties https://www.pflanzenblick.de/mais/
French regional corn races http://pro-mais.org/les-varietes-de-pays-francaises
Bavarian historical corn varieties https://www.lfl.bayern.de/ipz/mais/026662/
Swiss variety with PDO 'Rheintaler Ribelmais' https://ribelmais.ch/
Austrian Alpine corn https://www.landmais.com/
Beautiful gallery of maize cobs and grains; many European varieties https://www.pflanzenblick.de/mais/
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