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Beans - Fresh Snap - Gold Rush
This variety dates back to c. 1900. The bush habit plants are determinate, producing straight, round yellow pods up to 5" long. This variety is a reliable, early producer offering a 4 - 6 week harvest period when picked every 3 - 4 days.
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Beans - Fresh Snap - Fin De Bagnol
This French variety dates back to c. 1800. It is a strong producer of long, thin pods that are best picked every 2 - 3 days. This particlur variety is used widely for filet beans. A bush habit that tends to put out 12 - 14" vines with heavy yields. Ideal for both the backyard gardener and market garden farmer.
Beans - Fresh Snap - Royal Burgundy
This prolific producer is one of my favorites. Green leaves with purple veins turn out long, deep pruple pods that are so sweet you can eat them raw. A wonderful addition to any summer salad and an eyecatcher in the garden.
Beets - Chioggia
An Italian heirloom dating back to c. 1840. This gourmet red and white striped beet has a wonderful sweet flavour, that, when harvested young, is delicious raw. Heat and drought tolerant, it is best picked when no more then 2" in diameter.
Beets - Detroit Dark Red
This most widely sold beet is also an heirloom dating back to c.1892. Tall, tasty green tops reach 15" in height and roots hold their sweet flavour well into summer. Prolific and easy to grow.
Beets - Touchstone Golden
A favorite of mine int he garden and on the plate. These uniform yelow orange beets have a lovely sweet flavour and their greens are delicious. Best harvested when 3" in diameter, but hold well to much larger sizes. Be sure to thin when leaf is 3 - 4" tall. This will encourage better root growth as well as giving you an early beets greens treat.
Cabbage - Early Red Express
A lovely early variety that has performed well over the past three years. Early Red Express produces small, compact heads. Ideal for single meal preparations without having to worry about what to do with the left over cabbage. Excellent flavour and lovely appearance. The ideal candidate for an early summer coleslaw.
Cabbage - Mammoth Red Rock
Introduced in 1889, this exceptional variety of red cabbage produces solid round heads 8" in diameter and weighing 7-8 lbs. The Mammoth Rock Cabbage is red throughout, uniform, medium to small cored, and has fine flavor. High in Vitamin C and is great cooked, fresh in salads, or for pickling.
Cauliflower - Snowball
This heirloom variety first bred in the United States in the 1890's, has been gracing our gardens for the past 3 years. It can be harvested as small as 5cm or grown out to 15cm. It has a nice flavour and lends itself particularly well to curries.
Carrot - Nantaise
Growing to a characteristically uniform 8" long root, this Nantaise selection is small cored, crunchy and sweet.
Carrot - Berlicummer
This carrot has an exceptional flavour and a core-less 10" long root. It's a great later variety that stores well.
Carrot - Royal Chantenay
These big, dark orange carrots are a great all around variety. Wondeful sweetness lends them to juicing and fresh eating as well as freezing and canning. They reach 5 - 6" inches long and 2" in diameter at the shoulders. Definitely one of my favorites to grow and eat, our six year old loves pulling these out of the ground!
Carrot - Belium White
We've been growing this variety for the last 3 years and it never fails to impress. Even in our clay heavy soil, roots reach as long as 14"! This variety increases in sweetness as it gets larger and the crisp whiteness is eyecatching, a great addition to a multi coloured carrot patch.
Carrot - Dragon
An heirloom hailing from China, this carrot has a lovely purple skin with bright orange flesh. Tops have a purple tone that makes them easy to identify in the garden. Nice, sweet flavour when harvested at 4 - 5" long. This variety is always very popular at market and the dinner table.
Carrot - Atomic Red
Originating in Afganistan, India and China, red carrots are common place for many, but a new addition for those of us brought up on the orange carrot. Higher in lycopene that other carrots, this variety is lovely to cook and a nice addition to a multi colour carrot bunch. Roots can reach up to 10" long if left to mature.
Carrot - Yellow Solar
Originating in the Middle East, this carrot has been mentioned as far back as c.1880. Long 6 - 7" roots are soft yellow and very sweet.
Chard - Rainbow
Red, pink, orange, yellow and white stemmed, savoyed leaves make up this beautiful variety of multi coloured chard. Prolific producer with upright habit make it easy to grow and harvest. A great accent for any garden and very nutritious!
Chard - Rhubarb Red
An old standard heirloom variety producing prolific leaves that can be harvested again and again. Cut the outer leaves when they have reached 10" or more and leave the smaller, inner leaves to be harvested later. We harvest once a week to keep the plants growing strong and filling our plates. Beautiful, hearty plant. Don't forget to use the stems, they add lovely colour to any sautee or stir fry.
Corn - Hooker Sweet
This heirloom variety has been grown for over 50 years in Olympia, Washington by Ira Hooker. 4 - 5' tall stalks produce 5 - 7" ears with lovely purple colouring. This variety produces a great sweet cornmeal.
Corn - Painted Mountain
Grown for 30 years by Dave Christensen, in Montana, it is descended from over 70 indigenous corns sourced from Native Americans and homesteaders who lived in the harshest climates of the northern Rockies and Great Plains of the US and Canada. Some of the ancestors of Painted Mountain are now extinct and live on only in the gene pool.This genetic diversity is readily seen in the amazing range of colours in the plants kernels. Harvest is ideal for corn flour or decoration.
Cucumber - Marketmore
Originally produced by Henry Munger at Cornell University. This cucumber is a prolific producer of 8 - 9" fruit with a dark green skin and crisp, sweet flesh. Produces long into the summer.
Cucumber - Sumter
Productive plant producing 6" long fruit when fully grown. A prolific producer, Sumter is so sweet and crunchy, they never make it to the canning jar in our household! If you can resist eating these cucumbers at harvest time, try pickling them! All you need is salt, garlic, vinegar, dill and a little patience.
Eggplant - Long Purple Italian
This variety arrived in the North America c.1850 with some of the first Mediterranean newcomers. It's bright purple flowers are large and showy. The skin is dark royal purple in colour and the ivory flesh is firm and mild. Perfect eggplant for Eggplant Parmagiana! Easy to grow and hardy in our region. Shows some disease resistance.
Eggplant - Udumalapet
An eggplant hailing from India, we have been growing this variety for six years now and it is yet to dissapoint. Lovely purple and cream stripes ripen to purple and gold. Harvest when fruit is shiny and 4 - 5" long.
Greens - Specialty - Arugula
This easy to grow Arugula can be harvest as baby leaf or left to grow to maturity. Excellent for cut and come again gorwing. Sow seeds every 3 weeks for early spring for continuous harvest. A favorite with flea beetles, be sure to keep covered with row cover if flea beetles are present in your area.
Kale - Lacinato
Dating back to c. 1800, this heirloom variety hails from the Tuscany region of Italy. Commonly used in soups and stews, the leaves are a deep black-green and can reach 36" high with the drooping quality of a palm tree. The asthetic quality of this plant lends itself to most any garden and the flavour is delightful.
Kale - Red Russian
Flat, non-curled leaves are deeply cut, dark green and purple veined. An excellent addition to salads when young. As a mature plant its flavour is mild and delightful, by far our favorite of the kale family. This variety is also a show stopper in the garden and a great addition whether in the flower bed or the vegetable patch.
Leek - Tadorna
This classic leek, also known as Lyon, is extremely cold hardy, making it great for our cold Canadian winters. Stalk is tender and solid making this variety a favorite of ours in the kitchen.
Lettuce - Loose Leaf - Cracoviensis
A French heirlooom dating back to c.1885. Stunning in appearance, slightly ruffled leaves with hues of maroon on green. This variety is quick to bolt, plant in very early spring for best results.
Lettuce - Loose Leaf - Gold Rush
Lime green leaves have deeply cut margins and plant is extremely curly and crinkled. Wonderful sweet flavour. This variety holds well into the summer heat and is quite a crowd pleaser.
Lettuce - Loose Leaf - Italienischer
One of our most popular lettuce at market and with chefs! This variety of lettuce is tall, upright and sturdy, reaching 18" in diameter. Bright green leaves are deeply cut with a wonderfull sweet flavour and just right crunch. Holds well into the heat of summer. Be sure to give this lettuce extra space in the garden.
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Lettuce - Romaine - Forellenschluss
Originally developed in Germany c.1790, but considered an Austrian heirloom. Best harvested when 4 - 5" for cut and come again growth, or it can be left to form 6 - 8" tall romaine heads. the leaves are green with maroon speckling and flavour is subtle and sweet. Best planted for spring or fall harvests as this variety can bolt quickly in the summer heat.
Lettuce - Romaine - Rouge D'Hiver
This French heirloom dating to c.1880 is an excellent choice for both cut and come again as well as full romaine heads. Medium red tinted leaves hold wonderful flavour. Popular for baby leaf with good regrowth. Tolerant to the cold, but avoid hot weather plantings as this variety can be quick to bolt.
Lettuce - Salad Mix - Matchbox Select
We have put together a mix of our favorite salad varieties. Forellenschluss, Rouge D'Hiver and Gold Rush come together to creat a tasty and vibrant greens mix fit for any table. We recommend to harvest for every sowing in this cut and come again salad mix. Sowing a new crop every 2 weeks through out the season will ensure you have fresh green from May until mid October.
Onions - Storage - Riverside
This white storage onion grows to a 4 - 5" globe shape with yellow skin and will keep well for up to 5 months.
Onion - Red - Amposta
Intermediate day onion, this variety works well regardless of where you live. Wonderful sweet flavour lends it to making the perfect hamburger topping or summer salad. Produces large reddish-purple globe shaped onions.
Onion - Scallion - Evergreen Hardy
A Japanesse heirloom variety dating back to the late 1800's, this variety also goes by the name Nebuka. It is a bunching onion that is very cold hardy. We have planted these and watched them come back the following year. A wonderful upright onion, I like to plant them in bunches amongst the carrots for ease of harvest and little maintenance pest management.
Parsnip - Turga
Vigorous and prdouctive plants produce wide shouldered roots that grow well in heavy soils. Great for market gardeners, this variety is sweet and crisp with a hint of nutty flavour.
Peas - Shelling - Green Arrow
One of the most excitng times of the year is when the fresh shelling peas are ready for harvest. This heirloom variety hails from England and boasts easy to shell pods containing up to 10 sweet peas in each. Every year I try to freeze a few quarts, so that I can have that fresh summer taste in the middle of January. Plants can reach up to 3 feet tall, so a small trellis is recommended. Long harvest period for a determinate plant as well. A great variety for home and market garder alike.
Peas - Sugar - Sugar Snap
Winner of the All American Selection in 1979, this variety has proved to be a reliable producer ont he farm. Vines can reach up to 6 feet and need trellising in order to produce strong plants with heavy set. We plant this variety out in the early spring with a second sowing in at the end of May for a longer harvest period. Sugar Snap will provide a harvest for ateast 4 weeks from one sowing. Pods are very sweet and great for freezing, if you can resist them long enough to get them into the freezer! These are a hit with our kids and at the market.
Peppers - Hot - Black Hungarian
A mildely hot pepper with nice flavour, this heirloom from Hungary is also a beautiful addition to the garden. Purple stalks produce dark green leaves and purple flowers on 36" tall plants. A prolific producer, the fruit reaches 3 - 4" long, striking dark purple that looks black, giving fruit well into the fall. A staple in our garden for years.
Pepper - Hot - Cayenne
Growing up to 24" tall, it produces 5" long fruit that ripen to a bright dark red. This variety is great for fresh eating, preserving and drying, a real hit with some of the spice lovers in our family.
Pepper - Hot - Fish
A wonderful variegated pepper that ripens from green and cream striping to bright red and light orange striping. Medium heat in this heirloom is very nice and the plant produces prolifically.
Pepper - Sweet Red - Jimmy Nardello Frying
An Italian heirloom brought over c.1887 from the region of Basilicata by the Nardello family. This pepper is perfect for frying. Plants produce an abundance of 8 -10" peppers that turn red when ripe. Beautifully sweet, one of our favorites.
Pepper - Sweet - King of The North
An heirloom dating back to c. 1937, this vareity is great for northern gardeners. heavy setting plants produce blocky green fruit that ripen to red. Can be eaten when green or left to ripen further to red.
Pepper - Sweet Red - Marconi
An Italian heirloom that is also known as "Marconi Rosso". Large plants bear 12" long fruit with 3" wide shoulders. Ripening from green to red, these peppers are deliciously sweet and excellent for roasting and grilling. Trellis plants as they can grow up to 3' tall.
Pepper - Sweet - Orange Bell
This particular variety has been categorized as endangered. A beautiful deep orange when fully ripe and very productive growth habit. Fruit is four lobed and blocky with thin walls. Flavour is superb and great for fresh eating.
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Pepper - Sweet Yellow - Quadrato d'Asti Giallo
Hard to find variety, this classic Italian heirloom produces large four lobed fruit with thick walls. You can harvest the fruit when green, but be patient and wait for it to further ripen to yellow, the flavour is out of this world. Heavy producers, this variety is a great choice for market gardeners.
Pumpkin - Carving - Howden
Developed in the Berkshires of Massachusetts by John Howden in the 60's, this pumkpin is the ideal Jack o'Lantern variety. Plants produce 25 lb fruit that are deep orange and nicely ridged.
Pumpkin - Pie - Small Sugar Pie
Introduced to American seed catalogues c.1820, this vigourous plant produces 4 - 8 lb pumpkins. Excellent for pies and fun for little person Jack o'Lantern parties.
Radish - French Breakfast
A French heirloom dating back to c.1879, this beautiful radish boasts red shoulders tapering to a white tip. Lovely crunch and nice heat. Great for fresh eating, braising and preserving.
Radish - Cherry Belle
Originally from Holland, this heirloom was an All American Winner in 1949. An early variety with deep red skin and bright crispy flesh. The hottest radish we grow. Keep an eye on this variety durng heavy rains as it may split from all the water.
Radish - Watermelon
This Chinese heirloom has quickly become a staple in our fall garden. 3" roots have white skin and when cut open they reveal a lovely pink flesh. A wonderful mild radish that adds colour and texture to any fall dish. Sow for fall harvest as spring sowings will bolt quickly.
Spinach - Long Standing Bloomsdale
Another heirloom, introduced to catalogues in the US c. 1908. It iso ne of the most popular varieties around. Glossy dark green leaves hold a lovely nutty flavour even in the warmer months. Quick to bolt.
Squash - Summer - Cocozelle Zucchini
An Italian heirloom from the 19th century known as Cocozelle Di Napoli. This zucchini has a bush growth habit. Producing wonderfully flavoured fruits with light green on dark green striping. Sweet flesh lends them to fresh eating, great for vegetarian carpaccio. They are best when harvested under 12" long, but maintain nice flavour up to 16" in length. Great flowers for gourmet cooks too.
Squash - Summer - Early Golden Crookneck
An excellent producer of buttery, nutty, sweet flavoured yellow fruit. This variety dates back to at least c. 1828. Fruit grows to 9" with a thin hooked neck and round end. Best eaten when 6" in length. Great for grilling and roasting, the whole fruit can be eaten, seed, flesh and skin.
Squash - Winter - Buttercup
Dating back to c. 1928, this popular variety produces 3 - 4 lb blocky, dark green fruit. Golden flesh has a rich, sweet, buttery flavour. Great for storage. Buttercup squash is extremely versatile and can be used for baking, mash, puree, steaming and stuffed. It can also be used as as a substitute for sweet potatoes in many recipes.
Squash - Winter - Waltham Butternut
Introduced in 1970 by Bob Young of Waltham, Mass. One of the best butternuts, I have ever tasted, this variety produces large fruit weighing in at 3 - 6 lbs. Fruit is produced on long vines, so, best to give this variety lots of space in the garden. The small seed cavity is a treat, allowing you to enjoy more of the sweet, rich flesh of this winter squash.
Squash - Winter - Zeppelin Delicata
Heirloom variety dating back to c. 1894, this is one of the oldest varieties available. Delicata has always been one of my favorite with a sweet nutty flavour and crispy skin. A great squash for roasting, think roasted squash fries. This squash shows a beautiful green striping on ivory-cream making it an eyecatcher at the market as well as on the table. Vining habit.
Tomato - Saucing - Amish Paste
An heirloom variety, the Amish Paste hails from Lancaster, PA. It's a strong producer, giving fruit until heavy frosts set in. Unsurpassed flavour for saucing, this variety doesn't need any sweeteners to get that sweet tomato sauce taste. We use this variety for all our sauce preserving for the year, just cook down with a little salt and pepper and you have the perfect tomato sauce base. Plants can grow up to 5 ft tall and require trellising for best results. Indeterminate
Tomato - Slicing - Sub Arctic Maxi
A great Canadian tomato! I found this variety when I first started gardening and I have grown it almost every year since. Small, 3 ft plants produce an abundance of red, sweet 3 - 4" fruit in clusters of 4 - 5. A determinate variety and our earliest to mature. I find this tomato to have the perfect garden tomato taste. It can also be grown as far north as the Yukon. Released in 1976 by Dr. Harris of the Beaverlodge Research Station in Alberta.
Tomato - Slicing - Superfantastic
The only hybrid tomato I have ever grown, I've been saving the seed on this variety for the past 6 years and it consistently comes true to form. This slicing tomato is the ideal specimen for uniformity. 10 oz tomatoes are produced in clusters of 4 - 6 fruit on the vine. Lovely, classic slicing tomato, perfect for sandwiches and salads. Smaller growth habit makes this an ideal choice for small space gardens. An indeterminate variety, this will provide you with tomatoes all summer long.
Tomato - Slicing - Orange - Persimmon
Beautiful, vibrant, bright orange heirloom tomatoes dating back to c.This variety has a lovely sweet flavour great for salads and salsa's. An indeterminate plant that produce right up until the first frost. Fruits are uniform with few blemishes and look just like a persimmon when ripe.
Tomato - Slicing - Green - Green Zebra
Originally created by Tom Wagner in 1983, its lovely appearance and unique flavour make this a variety worth growing. Bright green, zebra patterend skin turns to a golden tone when ripe. Good flavour with slightly higher acidity makes this a great tomato for salsa. I like to use this variety with Sub- Arct Maxi and Gold Medal to create a breathtaking nacho topping. Indeterminate
Tomato - Beefsteak - Mrs. Bots Italian Giant
Originally from CastleFranco, in the Veneto region of Italy. This variety was brought to Canada in 1986 and has been grown primarily by the Bots family of King City ever since. Fruits are 4 - 5" in diameter and can weigh up to 2 lbs. Plants are very large and will need trellissing, but fruits are full of flavour and very versatile, lending themselves to both fresh eating and sauce making.
Tomato - Beefsteak - Gold Medal
One of my favorite tomatoes over the years. Created in 1976, this variety displays vigirous growth and above average yield for such a large tomato, fruit can weigh up to 2 lbs each. Lovely appearance with yellow orange shoulders and a blush bottom that shows through out the center of the tomato when sliced. Flavour is a perfect balance of sugar and acid, making htis a wonderful fresh eating tomato. Great for tomato salad, or simply on a piece of bread with your favorite cheese. Indeterminate
