Schlessman Popcorn Hybrids

Performance Genetics™ for the World's Finest Brands

Schlessman® Hybrid Popcorn

Schlessman Seed Company is an industry leader in the production of hybrid popcorn seed. Our hybrids are sold to commercial popcorn processors in the United States and abroad. The hybrid popcorn varieties listed here have been released from our own research program and are available for commercial production and/or testing purposes.

Schlessman Breeding Research and Development Program specializes in hybrid popcorn varieties that are characteristically high yielding and have high expansion. Overall taste and tenderness are also of great importance in our company's Program.

Schlessman® popcorn hybrids are vigourously inspected and certified through the growing seasons. This process further allows for OECD certification of our hybrids to all OECD countries. Please see below for more information on all our varieties, including their OECD certified status.

Schlessman® Premium Yellow Butterfly Flake Popcorn Hybrids

Early to Medium Maturity Butterfly Flake Hybrids

Yellow butterfly flake hybrids are the conventional popcorn flakes. Schlessman’s yellow butterfly flake hybirds have great taste and expansion. Be sure to mention your market when planning out your order.

Specific hybrids can be stronger for microwave popping industry, or the traditional popping industry. Select Schlessman Hybrids for your customers!

SH 2662

Early Maturity

Very early flowering popcorn hybrid
Very good eating quality
Butterfly expansion of 44-46 MWVT

Score: 1 = Worst; 5 = Best

Agronomic Profile

Emergence

Stalk Strength

Root Strength

Plant Health

Yield

Expansion

SH 3111

Medium Early Maturity

Outstanding eating quality popcorn
High 40s butterfly expansion of 46-49 MWVT
Excels at high populations up to 40k+
Strong stalks and roots with excellent disease resistance
Excellent Microwave Popper!

SH 3082

Early Maturity

Excellent yields and flavor
Extremely attractive plant and grain
Healthy root and stalk strengths
Butterfly expansion in mid 40s MWVT

SH 3080

Early Maturity

High yields
Excellent butterfly expansion of 47-49 MWVT
Nice, taller plant with healthy stalks
Attractive light orange grain

SH 3016

Medium-Early Maturity

Good yielding hybrid
Excellent butterfly expansion very high 40s MWVT
Shorter statured plant

SH 3027

Medium-Early Maturity

High yielding hybrid
Great agronomics
Exceptional stalk and root ratings
Mid 40s MWVT

SH 3077

OECD Certified

Medium-Early Maturity

Smaller kernel size of 65k per 10 grams
Good eating quality
Mid 40s expansion is typical

Score: 1 = Worst; 5 = Best

Agronomic Profile

Emergence

Stalk Strength

Root Strength

Plant Health

Yield

Expansion

SH 3029

Medium-Early Maturity

Excellent Microwave Popper!
Shorter statured plant
Attractive appearance
Great root and stalk strength

SH 4021

Medium Maturity

Vigourous, healthy plant
Butterfly expansion in mid 40s MWVT
Excellent Microwave Popper!
Limited quantity for 2025

SH 4197

Medium Maturity

Yield Leader!
High demand hybrid
Butterfly expansion of 44 MWVT is typical
Great tasting flakes

SH 4198

Medium Maturity

Advanced Experimental
Limited production for 2025 season
Improved plant health and root strength

SH 4050

Medium Maturity

Big Yield, Big Kernel, Big Expansion
Vigorous, healthy plant
Butterfly expansion of 47+ many over 50 MWVT
Excellent Microwave Popper!

SH 4020

Medium Maturity

Very large kernels in 47 - 52 per 10g range
Expansion of 40 - 41 MWVT with a very large butterfly flake
Economic hybrid with good yield potential
Suitable for coating

Score: 1 = Worst; 5 = Best

Agronomic Profile

Emergence

Stalk Strength

Root Strength

Plant Health

Yield

Expansion

SH 4044

Medium Maturity

Very healthy plant
Strong stalks and roots
Unique, Large butterfly flakes
Flakes suitable for certain coatings

SH 4862

OECD Certified

Medium Late Maturity

A benchmark in the industry for stalk and root strength
Handles stress very well
MWVT of 43 - 45 and large kernel size of 64 kernels per 10g is normal

Score: 1 = Worst; 5 = Best

Agronomic Profile

Emergence

Stalk Strength

Root Strength

Plant Health

Yield

Expansion

Schlessman® Premium Yellow Mushroom Flake Popcorn Hybrids

Mushroom (Ball) Flake Hybrids

Mushroom, or Ball flake hybrids are specially bred for the popcorn coating entrepreneur. Schlessman’s Mushroom Popcorn Hybrids have a very high percentage of ball over butterfly flakes, over 85% on many! This allows for very little waste, and great coating surface area. These great tasting hybrids are also designed for great yields and natural disease resistances for a large, healthy grain crop.

SH 610M

Medium Maturity

Mushroom (ball) flake type similar to SH 612M
Improved MWVT over SH 612M
Kernel size of 51-52k/10g
Great stalk and root health

SH 612M

OECD Certified

Medium Maturity

Excellent stalk and root lodging scores
Consistently good yields
Consistently produces 60% or higher mushroom flakes (balls)
Great eating quality adds to SH 612M’s popularity

Score: 1 = Worst; 5 = Best

Agronomic Profile

Emergence

Stalk Strength

Root Strength

Plant Health

Yield

Expansion

SH 652M

Medium Maturity

Medium maturity mushroom hybrid
Highly adapted to multiple environments
Hulls shed easily on popped kernels
Consistent, 85% round ball formation
High yielding hybrid

SH 687M

Medium Maturity

Medium maturity mushroom hybrid
Big yields with 42 kernels per 10g
Near perfect round ball formation
Very healthy plant
Good disease resistances
Highly desired for heavy coatings

SH 698M

Medium Maturity

Medium maturity mushroom hybrid
Near perfect 95% to 100% round ball formation
Vigourous hybrid
Huge kernels at 38k per 10g

Schlessman® Premium White Butterfly Flake Popcorn Hybrids

Schlessman® popped white butterfly flakes

High Quality White Butterfly Flake Hybrids

White butterfly flake hybrids are traditionally semi-hulless varieties. Schlessman’s white butterfly flake hybirds are no exception. Delicious, light, smaller flakes with shattered pericarp at the bottom of your bowl, not in your food. Select Schlessman Hybrids White Hybrids for your customers in need of this market.

SH 2605W

Early Maturity

Unsurpassed flavor and overall eating quality
Clean, bright, attractive white kernels
Early white popcorn hybrid
85 kernels per 10g
Ohio consistently tests at 43 MWVT

SH 3707W

Early Maturity

Large, tastey white butterfly flakes
43-45 MWVT butterfly expansion
Very good yield on strong stalks and roots
Strong disease resistance

Measurement Definitions

K/10g; Kernels per 10g: Average observed kernels per 10 grams of grain.
MWVT Expansion; Mean Weight Volumnetric Test Expansion: Mean cubic centemeters per gram observed using the standard 250g Cretor’s MWVT test.
MWVT Ball Flake %: Observed % by count of True Ball (Mushroom) Flakes divided by Total Flakes.
Hull Score: 1 (worst) to 5 (best) on the hull, pericarp, of the kernel breaking apart and away from the flakes.

Contact Schlessman Seed Co.

Questions?

Contact Our Popcorn Breeder:

Sterling Weeda

The Popcorn Institute
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