Cucumis melo (75 days) F-1 hybrid. Exceptionally early, reliable, and even-ripening 2½–3½ lb melons with high sugar content and rich muskmelon flavor. Favored by organic market farmers and serious melon fans.
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Pycnanthemum virginianum 24-36" tall. Makes a tasty minty tea traditionally used to settle indigestion. Spreads readily. Densely flowered, attractive to pollinators. Native. Z4.
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Acorus americanus 24-36" tall. Water-loving bog plant with broad sword-like foliage that smells sweetly of citrus and vanilla when crushed. Roots traditionally used as an aromatic bitter for digestive upsets. Z3.
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Pyrus communis Late fall. Bittersharp traditional English perry pear. Medium acidity, high tannin, everything you want for blending into perfect perry. Z4.
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Pyrus communisThis is a twig for grafting. Late fall. Bittersharp traditional English perry pear. Medium acidity, high tannin, everything you want for blending into perfect perry. Z4.
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Paeonia lactiflora 34-36" tall. Fully double type. Dark sensational burgundy red is unusual and arresting. Pairs well with any color. Great cutflower. Z3.
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Capsicum annuum (88 days) Open pollinated. This rare Pennsylvania Dutch heirloom packs considerable heat. Rarely eaten raw, the peppers were traditionally used for pickling and pepper vinegar.
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Capsicum annuum (70 days) Open pollinated. Semi-hot and semisweet for perfectly balanced homemade paprika. Thick-walled light yellow to red fruits hold up well in roasting and in the traditional use as a stuffing pepper.
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Recommended for cell-tray seedlings, but not for soil-blocking. Warms more quickly and drains better than Fort Vee, but might need additional fertilizing prior to transplanting.
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Helianthus annuus (120 days) Open pollinated. A traditional variety of giant single-stem sunflower with large seed heads. One to grow if you want to eat the seeds or plant a maze. 6”12'.
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Lathyrus latifolius Open pollinated. The traditional English cottage sweet pea. Shades of rose, white and pink in big clusters. Good cutflowers. Climbs 6'.
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Solanum lycopersicum (65 days) Open pollinated. Deep red slightly flattened 8-12 oz globes. Always tasty, occasionally sublime. Superb home-garden variety with commercial potential.
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These loppers use a simple ratcheting mechanism to increase the pressure from your grip five-fold. Branches up to 1½" cut cleanly with less strain and fatigue than with traditional loppers.
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Requires less effort than conventional pruners. The handle shape allows fingers to move naturally, reducing the fatigue and blistering brought on by a hard day’s pruning. Left-handed.
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The handle shape allows fingers to move naturally, reducing the fatigue and blistering brought on by a hard day’s pruning. Requires less effort than conventional pruners. Right-handed.
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Biochar helps your soil sequester more carbon and emit less nitrous oxide. Also provides a dream home for beneficial bacteria and fungi, while preventing essential nutrients from leaching away.
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NPK: 3-4-6.1 By popular demand! A Fedco Blend formulated to meet the needs of field-grown (outdoor) fruiting Solanaceous crops: tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and tomatillos.
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Agricultural Sulfur. Use to make soil pH more acidic. Often helpful for both lowbush and highbush blueberries, and for potatoes. Lowering the pH of gravel paths will help control weed growth.
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Silicon is linked to improved yields, especially recommended for cannabis, orchard crops, cucurbits, sweet corn, grains and forage crops. Also helps build resistance to powdery mildew.
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Malus spp. Early fall. Also called Snow. Ruby-red fruit with tender white flesh. Excellent fresh eating, sauce and fresh cider. Keeps until late December. Z3.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Early fall. Also called Snow. Ruby-red fruit with tender white flesh. Excellent fresh eating, sauce and fresh cider. Keeps until late December. Z3.
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Malus spp. Fall-winter. The most distinctive, complex, unusually flavored apple you'll ever try! Hardy, productive, reliable. A staff favorite. Z3.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Fall-winter. The most distinctive, complex, unusually flavored apple you'll ever try! Hardy, productive, reliable. Z3.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Fall. Medium-sized tart citrusy crisp dense firm fruit. Excellent for dessert and cooking. All-purpose. Good keeper. Annual bearer. Z4.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Fall-winter. Medium-sized intensely flavored apple is fine, juicy and tender. Keeps till January. Blooms early-midseason. Z4.
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Malus spp. Be the proud keeper of a sister tree to one of many rare varieties planted at the Maine Heritage Orchard. $30 from the sale supports the project.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Fall-winter. Large size with coarse juicy sparkly crisp and melting flesh. All-purpose; famous for winter pies. Keeps until spring. Z3.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Fall. Bittersharp cider apple. Among the best red-fleshed varieties. Prized for its size, vigor, disease resistance and deep red juice high in anthocyanins and antioxidants. Z4.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Late summer. Extremely hardy large cooking and dessert apple. Large hollow core sometimes fills with delicious juice. Uniquely shaped, beautiful and rare. Z3.
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Malus spp. Summer. The standard Maine summer cooking apple, especially pies. Medium-sized dark red fruit. Juicy subacid white flesh tinged with red. Z3.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Fall-winter. All-purpose apple from Pennsylvania. Especially great for pies. Store into late winter. Z4.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Late summer. Medium-sized spice-flavored apple. One of the best for pies. Very good fresh eating, too. Probably blooms midseason. Z4.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Late summer. 20x30' White single flowers on large somewhat weeping tree. Red-blushed roundish 1½-2" fruit good for cooking and cider ripens late summer. Z4.
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Malus spp. Late summer. Medium-sized, highly-flavored fruit. Good balance of acid/sweet. Crisp and juicy fresh-eating. Stores up to seven weeks. Z3.
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Malus spp. Fall. Bittersharp cider apple. Dark red crabapples look like enlarged cranberries. Mostly tart and slightly sweet with a bitter finish. Z4.
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Malus spp. Fall. Bittersharp cider apple. Among the best red-fleshed cultivars. Prized for its size, vigor, disease resistance and deep red juice. Z4.
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Malus spp. Fall. Bittersharp cider apple. Small astringent very juicy fruit. The most bitter apple you’ll ever taste. Not for eating fresh! Z4.
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