Maturity 75-101 days. Very flavorful roasting ear corn. It is quite good picked in its early milk stage (about 75 days) for frying or creaming. Plant grows 5' to 6' tall and produces 2 to 3 ears per stalk. It gets its name from the fact that the cobs are not much bigger in diameter than a pencil. Kernels are a dingy white with a yellowish hue with tips that pick up a reddish tinge from the cob coloring. Stands dry weather well.