Amazing sweetcorn

I have just cleared out a dilapidated shed on the plot. There were glass jars containing various seed packets, including one for
Kelvedon Sweetheart sweetcorn which was unopened, the seed company is Hurst. I cant read the date on the pack. It occurred to me that I haven't seen that brand around so I did a bit of internet searching and it would seem they were wound up in 1987. So I chitted the seed and some of them are shooting!!! They would have been subject to extremes of temperature over the years. I will grow them on, not that I expect a crop just it would seem wrong not to!!!

Nature is really amazing, the code for viable life surviving in such circumstances. Kind of appropriate for Easter time!! Funnily enough I do have some Kelvedon Wonder peas on the go, these were also left on the plot but are only 2 years old!

I will try, the variety was a F1 hybrid though so I suppose it wouldn't come true, which is a shame. All 22 seeds have now chitted, so I will pot them up tomorrow and see what happens!