This is a variety of the White Rice, with deep purplish- red or blood- red kernels.

The raven took to the air again, and yellow and red kernels went everywhere.

In the Omaha Ritual Song of twenty-six stanzas which preceded the distribution of the four red kernels, the Corn speaks.

Blue, purple, and red kernels carry water-soluble anthocyanins in their aleurone layer, the nutrient-rich cell layer just under the hull.

Another plunge, and down came the ear of corn across his head, rolling a shower of red kernels among his thick brown hair.

These four red kernels were mixed with the ordinary seed corn, that it might be vivified by them and made to yield an ample harvest.