Missouri Corn Cob Pipe

Corn cobs can be used to make pipes.

shucked cob pipe ear on a stalk, immature with all white kernels
Immature ear.
close-up of mature cob pipe ear, showing shriveled kernels mostly white with a few darker, almost blue kernels
Mature ear; kernels with color other than white due to pollen from other corn types.
two cobs without kernels to show the normal hybrid that’s a rust color and the pipe corn that is bigger and white
Cob from normal hybrid on left; most, but not all cobs, are red. Cob from pipe corn on right.