Allium cepa (aggregatum group) Pinky-bronze skin. (110 days) F-1 hybrid. Lustrous pinky-bronze shallot with elongated 4–5" bulbs that are easy to peel and slice. Sweet and slightly citrusy when raw, also great sautéed.
Malus spp.This is a twig for grafting. Early fall, red-striped skin, white flesh. Medium bittersweet cider apple. Sweet, crisp and juicy. Soft, astringent, tannin. Useful for its early ripening. Midseason bloomer. Z4.
Malus spp.This is a twig for grafting. Winter, golden yellow skin, yellow flesh. A Golden Delicious for the north. Large golden-yellow bronze-blushed aromatic fruit has crisp and juicy yellow flavorful flesh. Keeps all winter. Z3.
Malus spp. Late summer, deep red skin. These culinary crabapples are a tasty snack fresh off the tree, better after storage. Especially good for brandying. Keeps well. Z2/3.
Full of tools to plan for success before your first seed hits the soil. If I’d had this book when I started farming, I would have avoided many mistakes!
Vicia faba Annual or winter annual legume. Great for fixing nitrogen, and building large amounts of biomass. Bell beans will happily sprout in half-frozen soil, and tolerate a wide range of soil conditions.
A cover crop blend of 40% buckwheat, 40% BMR sorghum/sudangrass, and 20% Sunn Hemp for nitrogen fixation. Loves heat. First-rate smother crop and biomass builder formulated to reliably winter-kill.
Triticum aestivum Winter annual grain. Extremely cold hardy hard red wheat. Flour has great flavor and texture, and sturdy plants make great straw. Good for small spaces. Well adapted to New England. Will Bonsall fave!
Vitis spp. Very Early. Large seedless blue berries good for fresh eating, juice or raisins. Resists cracking and performs well in hot wet summers. Very vigorous. Z5.
Pyrus communisThis is a twig for grafting. Mid-late summer. Very juicy melting sweet fruit. The perfect pear for fresh eating. Makes great pear wine. Z4.
Pyrus communis Late summer, red-blushed greenish yellow skin. The best-quality large hardy pear available. Very good fresh eating with sweet “high flavor.” Good canning. Z3.
Pyrus communis Midsummer, red-blushed green skin. Sweet dessert and canning pear. Eat them fresh, can them in quarters, and juice the rest. Fireblight-free. Z3.
Six red ball traps, apple maggot lure and a jar of Stiky Stuff. Provides Apple Maggot Fly monitoring for a small orchard, or suppression for 1—3 trees.
Use to monitor and trap insects, including apple maggot fly and cherry fruit fly. Use 1-6 traps per tree (depending on tree size) to significantly reduce apple maggot damage.
Allium cepa (aggregatum group) Golden bronze skin. (105 days) Open pollinated. Handsome golden-bronze 1¼–2" bulbs uniformly divide into triples and quadruples, store into the spring, and have a luxurious caramel flavor.
Solanum lycopersicum Pinkish red skin. (80 days) Open pollinated. Lithuanian heirloom; productive pink 6-oz paste, subtly tapered to a rounded tip. Smooth full flavor.
Brassica rapa Bright red skin, rose-blushed white flesh. (55 days) Open pollinated. Round red-skinned tennis ball-sized turnip. White flesh blushed rose pink. Compares to Scarlet Ohno Turnip.
Cucurbita maxima Red-orange skin. (95 days) F-1 hybrid. Kabocha. Deep red-orange skinned 4 lb buttercup-shaped fruit with rounded shoulders and no "cup" on blossom end. Excellent flavor.
