or many Nantucketers, summer doesn’t officially start until that first bite of Bartlett’s sweet corn, so fresh you can eat it raw—and if you ask the Bartlett family, that’s exactly how they prefer it.

Corn season is just around the corner, with Bartlett’s signature sweet corn expected to be ready for harvest by mid- July: one of the busiest times of year on Nantucket’s oldest and largest farm.