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Vegetables
and Herbs | Plants | Harvest
Schedule
2008
Vegetables and Herbs
This section
describes the different varieties of fresh picked produce that we will
be offering for sale on our cart at at the farmer's markets we attend
in the 2008 season. We will also be offering several of the varieties
listed below for sale as plants. See the Plants
section for more information.
| Beans
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Green
Bean - Hurricane
This bean
is the same variety we've grown for the last several years. Great
tasting 5 1/2 to 6 inch long pod that are round, extra tender, and
have almost no stringy fibers. This variety matures super early so
we'll have beans available early in the summer right through early
fall. |
| Broccoli
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Premium
Crop Hybrid
All-American
Winner. Holds head longer than other varieties so harvest is not critical.
Excellent crop of large, 8 to 9 in. heads, held well about the leaves.
Broccoli will be available in the spring and the fall. |
Canteloupe
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Sweet
-n- Early
This
canteloupe muskmellon variety is the same as we grew in 2005 and
2006. We are doubling the amount of plants grown this year. This
variety is a prolific producer, often yielding 6 to 8 melons per
plant. The fruits are oval, weighing about 2 lbs., and have nice
corky netting and bright peach, very sweet flesh.
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| Carrot
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Sweetness
II
The name
says it all. Judged by many to be the sweetest of all carrots. Golden-orange
smooth roots grow 6 to 8 in. long with cylindrical shape and blocky
ends. Very uniform with little or no internal greening. Chock full
of beta carotene, this super-sweet carrot is extra crunchy. |
Cauliflower
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CheddarThis
beautiful, early, orange cauliflower holds well in the field. It
becomes an even brighter orange when lightly cooked. Cauliflower
stops growing in hot weather so we'll only have it available in
spring and a second planting in fall.
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Cucumber
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Diva
AAS trial
judges throughout North America agreed - Diva just might be the best-tasting
cuke on the planet. Diva looks like a regular salad cucumber but with
a much smoother, thin, no-peel skin. Distinctly tender, crisp, sweet,
bitter-free, and seedless. |
Eggplant
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Black
Beauty
Produces
as many as 5 fruits per plant - each one rich, deep purplish-black,
and enormous. Tender and tasty at all stages. Retains color well.
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Garlic |
Music
Music
is a large, beautiful and well-formed porcelain garlic. Its flavor
is very rich and musky, strong and robust and sticks around for
a while.
Silver
Rose
Rose
colored cloves in very smooth bright white bulbs. Beautiful garlic
to braid and stores very long. There are 12-15 cloves per head.
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| Herbs
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Basil
- Genovese
One
of the most full flavored basils, with a rich aroma to match. Favored
for any dishes where basil is the primary ingredient.
Cilantro
- Santos
Classic
Mexican herb used for its leaves. Flowers are also edible. Use raw
as the flavor fades quickly when cooked.
Oregano
- Greek
Heavy
oregano aroma; great for pizza and Italian cooking. Characteristic
dark green leaves with white flowers.
Parsley
- Italian Flat Leaf
The
largest of the flat leafed variety and the finest. Dark green variety
with flat heavy leaves and strong stems. Direct from Italy.
Sage
- Common
Wide
variety of culinary uses. Lovely, small lavender flowers appear
in early summer. Edible flowers: garnish, cook in rice, egg or cheese
dishes.
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Lettuce
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Romaine
- Jericho
Classic
Romaine lettuce used for making Caesar salads. Upright, green head.
Butterhead
- Fireball
Red
Butterhead type with heads that are heavy and compact with leaves
that are thick, juicy and crisp. True gourmet quality.
Simpson
Elite
Green
leave variety with leaves that are medium to light green, attractive,
broad and crumpled. Flavor is delicate, with almost no bitterness,
even late in the harvest season.
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| Onions
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Giant
Spanish Yellow
Our
largest and sweetest. Flesh is pure white, sweet with a mild taste.
Straw-colored skin. Good keeper.
Red
Burgermaster
Classic
"hamburger onion". Large size bulbs have sweet, fresh
flavor with purple-red skin and white flesh. A good keeper.
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Peas
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Snow
Pea - Snow Green
Average
3 1/4-3 1/2" pods are borne on 28" vines that don't need
support. Crisp and flavorful. Suitable for those who prefer a smaller
snow pea.
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Pumpkin
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Spooktacular
This is an extremely uniform, bright orange pumpkin weighing between
3-5 lbs. each. It has a somewhat flattened round shape and a nice
dark green handle for contrast. It's early and yields very well
and is rated tops for painting and pies.
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Peppers
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Hot
Pepper Varieties
Jalepeno
Most
popular pepper for Mexican dishes. Fruits are 3-1/2 in. by 1-1/2
in. and sausage shaped. Fruits start out a deep, glossy green, but
turn bright red at maturity. Excellent for pickling.
Sweet
Pepper Varieties
Red
Knight
Big,
blocky, thick-walled, and turns red early. Fruity and sweet.
Big
Bertha
Extra
large, superior fruits mature up to a full 7" long by 4"
across, turning deep green to red.
Jupiter
Extra
large, superior fruits mature up to a full 7" long by 4"
across, turning deep green to red.
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Squash
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Summer
- Multipik
Tapered,
cylindrical fruits with creamy-white flesh. Best picked between
6 and 10 in. long. Heavy-yielding, bushy plants with semi-open growth
habit for easy picking.
Zuchinni
- Cashflow
Fruits
are straight, dark green and slightly tapered.
Winter
- Acorn
The
medium-small, avg. 3-lb., fruits have a nice "black-green"
color and an attractive shape with and great taste.
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| Spinach
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Spargo
Large,
upright, high-yielding plants produce a lavish supply of flavorful,
dark green, semi-savoyed leaves. For spring, summer or fall production.
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| Sweet
Potato |
Jet
This high-yielding
variety with dark red skin, and moist orange flesh is excellent as
far north as Canada. |
Tomatoes
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Big
Beef
"The
best tomato yet developed," as described by many experts who
named this colossal beauty the 1994 All-America Selections Winner.
Combines old-fashioned, rich flavor with hybrid qualities of huge
size, exceptional yield and full disease resistance. Globe-shaped
fruits, smooth and uniform, weigh 9 oz. to 1 lb. Highly adaptable
to all climates. Indeterminate.
Celebrity
This
hybrid is very popular and productive because of its multiple disease
resistance and tolerance. This AAS Winner is mid-early and has a
long picking period. The large, deep oblate fruit are smooth, firm
and red. Its determinate plant is vigorous and high-yielding. This
is home garden quality in a commercial hybrid.
Mountain
Fresh
We are
pleased to offer this very popular main season hybrid. Mountain
Fresh is noted for its firmness, uniform ripening and roadside flavor.
Large, smooth, deep oblate-shaped fruit have a small blossom end
scar and yields are far above average.
Roma
Best-known
paste-type, indispensible for sauce, paste and catsup. Bears big
crops of bright red, plum-shaped fruits with meaty interiors and
few seeds. Excellent for canning whole or for adding body to juice.
Sugar
Lump (Heirloom Variety)
The
1800's heirloom, remains one of the sweetest small-fruited varieties.
This strain, originally found in the Bavarian region of Germany,
produces long, grape-like bunches of sweet, red fruits measuring
about 3/4" across.
Ultimate
Opener
The
best season-opening tomato in the world - the champion of earliness!
Overcomes all of the typical short-comings of early maturing tomatoes.Globe
shaped fruits size up better than Early Girl (about 1/3 larger)
and the flavor of this bright scarlet tomato is nothing short of
marvelous . . . so sweet and juicy you can't stop eating them. The
strong, vigorous indeterminate plants set fruits like mad and are
capable of huge yields, ensured to a large degree by strong disease
resistance, including VF. You're going to love this!
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