Maize

"In Quebec at the end of summer, we go to a farm to collect corn cobs to organise a �corn peeling': we make a large wood fire to cook the cobs, then we peel and eat them. Often two ears are coloured, and whoever finds one of these becomes the king or queen of the party."

Claudine Deschênes, landscape architect, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

in " Planting patterns ", p. 91