Color on your cob? Glass Gem Corn is edible and polychromatic 

No, this isn't a Photoshop sham. That's real corn with rainbow-colored kernels.

 

They are called Glass Gem Corn, a variety especially bred by Oklahoma farmer Carl Barnes, according to a report by the Amusing Planet.
 

Barnes is a part-Cherokee farmer, the report said, who would, every so often, find corn cobs with kernels that looked like glass beads of unusual color in his crop. He would save those seeds and then cross-breed the corn for many years. Thus was Glass Gem Corn born.

 

In his old age, Barnes shared his seed collection and corn breeding processes with his friend, Greg Schoen. Feeling the need to protect his seed collection, Schoen decided to store the seeds at a small company called Seeds Trust based in Arizona. This was back in 2010. 

 

At that time, the curious owner of Seeds Trust, Bill McDorman, decided to plant a few seeds in his own garden. He was amazed by the crop that was produced.
 

"I was blown away. No one had ever seen corn like this before,” McDorman told Native Seeds / SEARCH, a non-profit organization he founded to protect and preserve the agricultural heritage of Native Americans.

 

Native Seeds / SEARCH is now selling Glass Gem seeds at  US$7.95 (or Php343) per packet through its website. They are also frequently sold out, the report added.

 

While the article did not mention how the corn tastes compared to ordinary corn it does however warn that it's not recommended to eat straight off the cob.

 

Glass Gem corn can also be used to make flour or popcorn. – Kim Luces / KDM, GMA News