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VEGETABLES 2008

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$2.95	ARUGULA RUCOLA- Italian Rocket Greens Fast growing. Direct seed in spring for summer greens, and again in fall for winter greens. Use like lettuce in sandwiches, add a peppery note to salads and stir-fries. Self seeds. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	ARUGULA - PERENNIAL 'Sylvetta' Perennial sub-shrub with finely divided tangy leaves throughout the season. An often preferred taste for arugula. Drought tolerant & cold hardy. Height 12". Self seeds readily. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	AMARANTH - EDIBLE 'Mora' 55 days. Spectacular ornamental edible! 3' tall 'elephant' heads open to multiple spires of deep-red, each spire maturing with lots of black edible grains (seeds). Stunning addition to flower arrangements and very eye catching in the garden. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	ARTICHOKES - GLOBE 'Green Globe' An ornamental edible. Produces flower heads in the first year from seed. Deep green buds with purple thistle hairs. Thick tasty hearts. Produces offsets each year for increased yields the following. Divide clumps every three years. 6 months. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	BEANS - POLE 'Purple Peacock' Highly ornamental vigorous vines covered in pink flowers all summer/fall. High yields of tender, round dark-purple pods. Beans turn green when cooked. Grows well in cooler conditions. An ornamental edible for a children's teepee or to pretty up the flower borders? 70 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	BEANS - POLE 'Musica Romano' Highly productive tender 8" long, stringless runner beans. My favourite for 'melt-in-the-mouth' tender runner beans. Freeze well. 65-70 days. Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Criss crossed bamboo poles work wonders for supporting a long row of these. 65-70 days. Quantity:

	BEANS - POLE 'Lazy Housewife' (1882) 70 days. Prolific yields of long green beans that set in clusters, which make them easy to pick. An entirely stringless bean with distinct rich flavour makes this heritage variety a superstar. White flowers followed by medium green pods each with 5 to 7 beans. Picked young, the beans are brittle, fine-textured, and have a fine flavor. 'Lazy Wife' also produces first-rate dried shelling beans, if the pods are left to ripen longer. Today, this bean is rare. Quantity:

$2.95	BEANS - BUSH 'Ameythst' Smooth round purple beans very productive from sturdy bushy plants, which do not need staking. Tender and delicious flavour. Freeze well. Height 24". Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	BEANS - BUSH 'Vanguard' High yields of 7" long, dark green bush beans, with smooth, tender round pods. Sturdy bushy plants do not need staking. Keep picking for higher yields. Height 24". Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

	BEANS - BUSH 'Maxibel Filet' The first full sized stringless filet bean. Very straight dark green pods 7" long on sturdy bushy plants. Unsurpassed flavour and very prolific. Sturdy plants do not need staking. Easy to harvest, the more you pick the more they produce. My favourite variety for tender filet beans. (A must for salad Nicoise) 55 - 60 days. Quantity:

$2.95	BEETS Lutz Green Leaf (Heirloom) 75 days. Large slightly elongated beets and sweet eating greens. Sow early spring for summer crop and early summer for fall/winter crop. Good keeper. Perfect for baking, boiling, pickling or grating raw on salads. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	BROAD BEANS Crimson Flowered (Rare 1778) Three-foot tall stalks produce 6" long smooth pods with smaller fava beans inside. These succulent beans melt in your mouth if cooked at a rolling boil for ten minutes- exactly! Bright-crimson flowers along sturdy stalks in spring always catch admiring comments. Sow in February/March and harvest fresh beans in June/July/August, dried beans later. Beans freeze well too. You can sow in November, but may have to reseed many that rot. Favas are leguminous plants, which improve soil because they add nitrogen. Click on image to view larger frame. This is a strain of fava bean originating from the UK, which dates back to 1778! This was before plant breeders bred for the black and white flowers we see today. Thanks to Mrs. Cutbush from Kent these seeds have survived by being handed down through many generations of gardeners. At age 90 Mrs. Cutbush gave some of these precious seeds to the Henry DoubleDay Research Association Seed Library, from where I received a packet. I have grown these beans ever since and am pleased to make them available to you. When we grow out these heirloom varieties we make sure they don't become extinct to future generations of gardeners. Quantity:

$2.95	BROAD BEANS Black Flowered (Sport of Crimson) Three-foot tall stalks produce 6" long smooth pods with smaller fava beans inside. Sow in February/March and harvest fresh beans in June/July/August, and dried beans later. Beans freeze well too, the succulent beans melt in your mouth, if cooked frozen at a rolling boil for ten minutes- exactly! You can sow in November, but may have to reseed some that rot in wet winters. Favas are leguminous plants, which improve soil because they add nitrogen. Click on image to view larger frame. This was a chance sport of the Crimson flowered bean but with black flowers. Black flowers are so unusual in nature I thought it worth stabilizing this trait. Quantity:

$2.95	BROAD BEANS Mr Barton's (Heirloom) A strain saved by Mr. Barton of Victoria, BC. Similar to Green Windsor. Long pods produce high yields of large tasty favas on 3 foot stalks. Good shelled or dried. Sow February/March for beans in July/August. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	BROAD BEANS 'Green Windsor' Heritage Amazing yields on sturdy 3 foot stalks. Long pods, each with 7-8 buttery beans. Green Windsor has long been a favourite variety for broad beans. Sow in February/March and harvest fresh beans in June/July/August, dried beans later. Beans freeze well too. You can sow in November, but may have to reseed many that rot. Favas are leguminous plants, which improve soil because they add nitrogen. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	BROCCOLI - WINTER Nine Star Perennial Sprouting Cold-hardy perennial plants produce the first heads of white broccoli in March/April, followed by masses of the tender, sweet white broccoli shoots. Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: It produces 3 weeks earlier than purple sprouting broccoli, so extend your season of harvest by growing both! Seed May/ June, transplant by July/August. 200 days. Quantity:

$2.95	CARDOON Cynara cardunculus Clumps of serrated silvery leaves emerge in January. Stunning purple, thistle-like flowers appear in July. Winter hardy and fast to establish. Height 4 to 6 feet. A striking relative of the artichoke. A perennial with huge silvery/green leaves and purple thistle flowers, which are spectacular cut or dried. It is the fleshy stalks of immature leaves that are eaten, not the flower heads as with globe artichokes. Young celery-like leaf mid-ribs are edible. When new leaves emerge in spring, and reach 24" tall, wrap newspaper around the plant and harvest a month later. Can be marinated, or steamed. Considered a delicacy in Italy. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	CRESS - GREEK Lepidium sativum 45 days. Bushy 12" tall plants can be harvested 6 weeks from sowing. Direct seed in spring once the soil has warmed up. Easy to grow plant grows in any soil. Bushy plants are covered in frilly cress leaves. If allowed to go to seed, the seeds are good for sprouting. Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Mix cress seeds with mustard seeds and sprout them on a windowsill for mustard and green cuttings that add a distinctive peppery taste to sandwiches and salads. Quantity:

$2.95	CHICORY 'Rossa di Treviso' 80 days A beautiful ornamental edible from this Italian chicory. Long, pointy leaves in deep red and white offer delicious bitter greens for salads and sandwiches or garnishes. Showy edible border plant. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	CORN SALAD Mache 'Vit' Compact rosettes of winter greens provide fresh-eating fixings for sandwiches and salads from fall to spring. Direct seed in fall for continuous harvests of mild greens. When the garden warms up in spring corn salad self-seeds for a future fall crop. Cold hardy enough to grow through winter without protection, but more productive under one level of protection. A good container winter vegetable. 50 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

	CRESS- Dutch Broadleaf Barbarea verna 50 days. Dark-green greens, similar to watercress, but grown on land. Rich source of Vitamin C. Self seeds readily. Adds tartness to salads & sandwiches. Fast growing. Quantity:

$2.95	CRESS Lepidum sativum Wrinkled Crinkled Crumpled 35 days Cress adds a distinctive peppery taste to sandwiches & salads. Thrives in cool weather. Sow every 2 weeks for continuous harvests. Self-seeds readily; save some for sprouting. Ht 6". 35 days. Fast growing mild salad greens that thrive in cool weather. Excellent source of Vitamin C. Sow every 2 weeks for continuous harvest of small tasty cress greens all summer. Self-seeds readily. Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Mix cress seeds with mustard seeds and sprout them on a windowsill for mustard and cress cuttings that add a distinctive taste to egg sandwiches and salads. Quantity:

	CUCUMBERS Japanese Baby Green 65 days. Fast growing vines need support for huge yields of crunchy, sweet snappy spineless cucumbers. Best eaten 6" long. TIP: For continuous harvests grow in 5-gal pots, feed liquid seaweed. Quantity:

$2.95	CUCUMBERS Lemon 65 days. 4", lemon skinned with pale-yellow juicy flesh. Very productive vines can be grown on obelisks or up strings. Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: For continuous harvests round grow in 5-gal pots & feed with liquid seaweed. Mild, sweet, round cukes with lemon-coloured skin and lime-green flesh. Very productive vines which can be grown on trellises or up strings. Open pollinated for seed saving. Quantity:

$2.95	ENDIVE 'Howe Sound' Nutritious slightly bitter greens considered a healthy addition to salads. Large rosettes of deep-cut frilly leaves, blanched white in the centre. Leaves can be harvested often. Easy to grow as part of a mixed mesclun patch for intriguing tossed salads. Endive, a member of the Chicory family, has been harvested as healthy wild greens in Europe for centuries. 75 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	GOOD KING HENRY Chenopodium bonus-henricus Perennial, vegetable whose leaves are eaten like spinach, and shoots are a delicacy. Earthing up over the roots in early spring produces blanched shoots, which will appear 2 weeks before asparagus does. If Good King Henry is well manured it will yield an abundant supply of delicious shoots. The shoots should be peeled, tied up in bunches like asparagus, and boiled in deep water until tender. Seed life 5 years. Height 24 to 30". Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	GROUND CHERRIES Physalis peruviana 'Aunt Molly's' Golden-orange ground cherries, with a fruity pineapple flavour, grow in papery husks. When ripe they will drop to the ground. There's no need to stake the 2-foot tall sturdy plants. Eat fresh, in fruit salads, deserts, sweet sauces or as a preserve. They will produce good yields in all but a long, cool summer. 75 to 80 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	KALE Purple Leaf 110 days. An ornamental edible with year round production of curly purple-red leaves of excellent eating quality. Vigorous with good cold tolerance. If cut back will regrow. Height 3 feet. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	LEEKS 'Durabel' 125 days. One of the best overwintering leeks for flavour and tender texture. Late to bolt, so you can harvest through to April. (Hard to find this seed commercially now.) Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	LETTUCE 'Brunia' Red oak leaf type with pointy leaves with bronzed margins. Works well as a cut-and-come-again, but will grow into a large lettuce if left. Slow to bolt. Crisp eating lettuce. 65 days. French origin. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	LETTUCE 'Drunken Woman' (Rare Heirloom) Red-fringed, slightly wavy, bright-green leaves turn this leaf lettuce into a real showoff. Slow to bolt, providing on going harvests of tasty salad greens. Definitely a floozy of a lettuce! 65 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	LETTUCE 'Ears Of The Devil' (Rare) Gorgeous lettuces with large, glossy, tapered green and burgundy leaves. Great eating flavour. Slow to bolt in the warmth of the summer sun. One of our most popular lettuce varieties. 70 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	LETTUCE 'Webb's Wonderful' Crisphead lettuce with large heads full of juicy crinkled leaves. Distinct flavour and firm texture makes this a popular variety for market in the UK. Slow to bolt. One makes a big salad. 65-70 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	MIXED SUMMER LETTUCES A diversity of tastes and textures from 5 colourful summer lettuces. Grow a patchwork quilt of salad greens. Sow a small amount regularly for continuous harvests throughout the summer. Pretty enough for the flower garden! Click on image to view larger frame. Contents: Flame, Brunia, Rossa di Trento, Red Deertongue, Crisp Mint. Quantity:

$2.95	LETTUCE 'Red Deertongue' (1740) Extra hearty lettuce with triangular leaves, rounded at the tip with red leaf margins. Bonus of juicy mid-ribs. Good choice for a 'cut-and-come-again' lettuce, for picking individual leaves or leave to mature to a hearty lettuce. Good heat tolerance, slow to bolt. 60-70 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	LETTUCE 'Flame' 60 days. An ornamental edible for the front of the border. A unique crimson-red looseleaf lettuce, with eye-catching appeal. Slow to bolt in warmer weather. Bred for quality greens. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	LETTUCE 'Crisp Mint' 60 days. Romaine-type lettuce, with long slender leaves with crunchy texture perfect for Caesar & summer salads. Stands well in the garden. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	LETTUCE 'Rossa di Trento' Italian Heirloom 60 days. Beautiful red-tinged, wavy leafed lettuces, one will fill the bowl! Crunchy, juicy texture perfect for summer salads. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	MESCLUN MIX Summer Blend A mix of lettuces, arugula, spinach, coriander, orach & kales for tasty greens. Seed in blocks and harvest as 'cut-and-come-again' greens. Continuous sowings for long harvests. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	MIXED WINTER LETTUCES A mix of cold-hardy winter lettuces bred to cope with short days and cold wet weather. To extend the season of harvest over winter grow under one level of protection. Click on image to view larger frame. Contents: Kweik, Arctic King, Brunia, Winter Density, Ice Queen. Quantity:

$2.95	LETTUCE- WINTER 'Arctic King' Cold-hardy butterhead bred to cope with short days and cold wet weather. Grows fall through winter & early spring. Over winter months use a cold frame or grow under row covers. 70 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	MESCLUN MIX Winter Blend Cold-hardy lettuces, arugula, coriander, corn salad, spinach & kales offer nutritious winter greens. Seed in blocks, for 'cut-and-come-again' salad greens. Continuous sowings for long harvests. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	MAGENTA SPREAN SALAD GREENS Easy to grow. Direct seed spring thru' summer. Iridescent magenta coloring on leaf tips makes a beautiful show in the garden. Young tender greens with a delicate flavour. Self seeds readily. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	MINER'S LETTUCE Claytonia montia Young leaves mild and tender for winter salads and sandwiches. They eventually form a funnel-like rosette framing a white flower. Easy to grow from a direct seeding. Do not cover seed. Height 3".Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	ONIONS Superior Perennial Bunching Perennial bunching onions, offer juicy scallion greens and pungent small white onions. A single onion will multiply into a bunch of scallions in one season. Spread these around the garden! Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	ORACH-PURPLE Atriplex hortensis 'Mountain Spinach' Fast-growing purple leaves for salad pickings or steamed as spinach. Keeps purple colour when cooked. Easy-to-grow. Self seeds. Sun or part shade. Pinch tips for bushier plants. Ht. 30".Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	PEAS 'Brazilian Snowpeas' Huge yields of tender snow peas on 5' robust vines adorned with pretty pink flowers. Good dried soup pea if left to mature in pod. Perfect for stir fries, side dishes and fresh eating. 100 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	PEAS Asparagus Peas An ornamental edible vine with showy red flowers. Picked young & tender the 4-angled seedpods (with an asparagus flavor) are eaten lightly steamed or raw with dips. Height 18". Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS Banana Supreme A 'wax' type. Long tapered peppers are thin-walled, juicy, & crisp. Can be eaten fresh or pickled. High yielding. 80days. Height 24". Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Grow one plant per 2-gallon pot in a hot spot; feed with liquid seaweed through the summer for best results. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS 'California Wonder' Good yields of blocky four lobed peppers with thick walls. Juicy and crunchy. Perfect for fresh eating. 65 days. Height 36". Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Grow one plant per 2-gallon pot in a hot spot; feed with liquid seaweed through the summer for best results. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS Early Jalapeno 3" thick-walled pungent peppers for fresh eating, salsas and pickling. Green peppers hottest when ripen to red. Grow well in cooler conditions. 65-70 days. Height 24". Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Grow one plant per 2-gallon pot in a hot spot; feed with liquid seaweed through the summer for best results. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS 'Hungarian Black' (Heirloom) Early peppers. Lots of purple/black 4" peppers on sturdy 18" plants. Medium hot flavour. Great dried pepper. 60-70days. Ht. 24". Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Grow one plant per 2-gallon pot in a hot spot; feed with liquid seaweed through the summer for best results. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS 'Italian Sweet' (Heirloom) 5" tapered, thin-walled bright red peppers crunchy & sweet. Height 24" 85 days. Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Grow one plant per 2-gallon pot in a hot spot; feed with liquid seaweed through the summer for best results. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS 'Jingle Bells' Sweet mini- bell peppers ripen to red. Highly ornamental, productive and early ripening. Height 30" 70 days. Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Grow one plant per 2-gallon pot in a hot spot; feed with liquid seaweed through the summer for best results. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS 'Klari Baby Cheese' Baby Gouda cheeses ripen from yellow to red. Sweet thick-walled peppers for fresh eating. High yields for long harvests. 65 days. Ht. 30". Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Grow one plant per 2-gallon pot in a hot spot; feed with liquid seaweed through the summer for best results. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS 'Pepperoncini' Italian Heirloom Bushy plants with slender 5" peppers, sweet as they ripen to red. For fresh eating or pickling. 70 days. Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Grow one plant per 2-gallon pot in a hot spot; feed with liquid seaweed through the summer for best results.