Between the Labour Day long weekend and the Saanich Fair, local growers are winding up for a busy end to summer.
Clayton Fox, manager of Silver Rill Corn, said the Saanichton farm will be bringing burlap sacks, each filled with up to 3,000 cobs of corn, to the Saanich Fair each day.
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What is now known as Silver Rill Corn started as a dairy farm in the early 1900s and over time expanded its produce operations, now growing more than 20 different corn varieties across 70 acres of land.
Each year Silver Rill harvests about 1.5 million cobs, sometimes picking up to 20,000 cobs per day B次元官网网址� including peaches and cream, yellow and white corn B次元官网网址� all sold for retail at Silver Rill CornB次元官网网址檚 farm stand or at Greater Victoria farmersB次元官网网址� markets.
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This year, Silver Rill had its second earliest harvest ever, thanks to a hot march and mild early summer.
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But summer isnB次元官网网址檛 the only time for corn-eating, noted Fox. In spring, the farm does staggered planting, about five acres at a time, so thereB次元官网网址檚 enough corn produced throughout the year.
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