Shoepeg corn is a cultivar of white sweetcorn valued for its sweetness.
It is characterized by small, narrow kernels tightly and unevenly packed on the cob.
The most common variety of shoepeg corn available today is Country Gentleman.
[4] Although its original center of production was turned into the Aberdeen Proving Ground soon after the U.S. declared war on the Central Powers in April 1917.
[5][6] Shoepeg corn kernels resemble the wooden pegs used to attach soles to the upper part of shoes.