There is the corn with colorful grains called Grass Gem Corn. Karl Barnes, who draws the blood of indigenous Cherokee, who lives in Oklahoma, USA, made this new corn by multiplying flint corn cultivated by Native Americans from ancient times. As this corn has a single cob with colorful gem-like grains lined up, they say to have the appearance of “like Swarovski crystals rather than food”. Seen from a distance, Lupinus looks just like this Grass Gem Corn.

There is the corn with colorful grains called Grass Gem Corn. Karl Barnes, who draws the blood of indigenous Cherokee, who lives in Oklahoma, USA, made this new corn by multiplying flint corn cultivated by Native Americans from ancient times. As this corn has a single cob with colorful gem-like grains lined up, they say to have the appearance of “like Swarovski crystals rather than food”. Seen from a distance, Lupinus looks just like this Grass Gem Corn.

グラスジェムコーンと言うカラフルな粒のトウモロコシがあります。グラスは草、ジェムは宝石と言う意味です。アメリカオクラホマ州に住む先住民チェロキーの血を引くカール・バーンズ氏が、大昔からアメリカ先住民が栽培していたフリントコーンを掛け合わせて作った新しいコーンです。このトウモロコシはひとつの穂軸に宝石のような色とりどりの粒が並び、「食べ物と言うよりもスワロフスキークリスタルのような」外見であると言われます。ルピナスが遠くから見ると、このグラスジェムコーンにそっくりなのです。