Due to the genetic diversity and maize's character as an outbreeder, this variety has already gone through a severe genetic bottleneck due to it having been rescued from only two ears of corn. Generally, in saving maize seed, we look to save seed from a population of at least 100 plants (not ears) to maintain the intrinsic genetic diversity.

So the present-day variety is really not the same as the original variety. Too much of the genetics has been lost.