Malus spp. Fall, dark red skin. Bittersharp cider apple. Dark red crabapples look like enlarged cranberries. Mostly tart and slightly sweet with a bitter finish. Z4.
Malus spp. Late fall, russeted yellow skin. Full bittersweet cider apple. Lots of tannin. Light yellow fruit mostly covered with tan russet. Combine with other late varieties. Z4.
Phaseolus lunatus (95 days) Open pollinated. A pole lima that will actually ripen in the Northeast! Vigorous vines produce large pods of tender, sweet and delightfully beany limas.
Phaseolus vulgaris (90 days) Open pollinated. Produces 4-5 beautiful black-and-white beans per pod, with a texture similar to Yellow Eye. Doubles in size when cooked.
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Anethum graveolens Open pollinated. Variety generally grown for its seeds. Can also be used as dill weed, but the foliage is slightly darker, coarser and stronger-tasting than that of Bouquet.
Sambucus canadensis 4-10' x same. An old reliable elderberry, considered by some to be the largest-fruited and heaviest-bearing cultivar. Rounded shrub. Z3.
Brassica oleracea (acephala group) (65 days) F-1 hybrid. Crinkly and very curly, of the Dutch borecole type. Upright uniform productive plants hold well in the field in all weather conditions and continue to grow.
Brassica oleracea (acephala group) (60 days) F-1 hybrid. Tall plants with ruffled red leaves; color intensifies in cool weather. Very cold hardy ornamental edible.
Laser-cut birchwood markers. Each tag is engraved with a crop’s name and a charming line drawing to represent it. Set of 20 stakes covers the most common annual garden crops. Made in WA.
Treated with non-toxic white paint, these are the official stakes in Fedco trials. At the end of the summer, names stand out clearly and the stakes show little deterioration. Made in Maine.
A broad-spectrum preventative product made with Bacillus subtilis for the control or suppression of many important plant diseases. May be used as a drench or foliar spray.
Easier to use in sprays and suspensions than micronized sulfur. Two to four well-timed applications can be effective on apple scab when combined with good orchard sanitation practices.
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Cucurbita maxima Slate blue skin. (95 days) Open pollinated. Classic small hubbard. 4-5 lb version of the much larger Blue Hubbard. Compact growth habit.
