Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Summer. One of the best-flavored early apples for northern growers. Crisp, tender, juicy subacid. Glossy red round fruit. Z3.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Fall-early winter. One of the first American varieties. Unforgettably peculiar sweet flavor. Very low acidity. Truly all-purpose. Z4.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Summer. Size and shape of an egg. Crisp, crunchy with spicy sweet flavor. Exceptional fresh-eating. Precocious, annually productive. Z2/3.
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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. This is a twig for grafting. Fall. Medium-sized. Tender juicy sweet tart white flesh. Famous all-purpose variety. Especially good pies. Small-med size tree. Z3.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Fall. Small but flavorful. Crisp, juicy, tart, tangy, spicy. Good in hard cider. Keeps until January. Bears young, heavily, annually. Z4.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Summer. Medium-sized fruit with almost solid beet red flesh: a real eye popper! Very good and extremely tart. Good addition to cider and sauce. Z3.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Winter. One of the oldest American apples. Reddish juice is great for cider. Outstanding pies. Excellent keeper. Z4.
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Ocimum basilicum Open pollinated. Vigorous mulberry-tinted basil with anise fragrance makes a highly decorative tall bushy plant. Slow to bolt.
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Ocimum basilicum (70 days) Open pollinated. Impressive yields from shapely plants well suited to pots or the field. Classic sweet Genovese flavor and a marvelously potent aroma. Resists powdery mildew.
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Ocimum basilicum (60 days) Open pollinated. Purple stems and flowers of standard Thai, but displayed upon a strong bushy umbrella form with wide and beautifully ample flowers.
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Ocimum basilicum (70 days) Open pollinated. The choice of many connoisseurs for making pesto. Leaves are slightly smaller and finer than Sweet Basil with more aroma and potency.
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Ocimum basilicum (70 days) Open pollinated. The choice of many connoisseurs for making pesto. Leaves are slightly smaller and finer than Sweet Basil with more aroma and potency.
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Ocimum basilicum Open pollinated. Lettuce-leaf type has very large ruffled leaves suitable for rolling or stuffing. Flavor similar to sweet basil.
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Ocimum basilicum minimum (70 days) Open pollinated. 8" and maintains a compact mound of light green leaves and white flowers. Its leaves are small, thin and strongly scented.
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Ocimum basilicum (70 days) Open pollinated. The heaviest-yielding variety, recommended for drying, all-around great eating, and large-scale pesto production.
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Ocimum basilicum (70 days) Open pollinated. The heaviest-yielding variety, recommended for drying, all-around great eating, and large-scale pesto production.
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Ocimum basilicum (60 days) Open pollinated. An attractive 12-18" fine-leaved plant with purple stems, seed heads and flowers. Lends its distinctly strong licorice-anise basil flavor to Thai food.
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Ocimum basilicum (55 days) Open pollinated. Bright, lemony and fragrant. Upright, mounded plants doesn’t get leggy. Delightful in salads, teas, desserts, marinades, lemonade and more.
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Cicer arietinum (105 days dry) Open pollinated. A garbanzo developed to be tolerant of cold soils and light frosts. 2' plants with ornamental flowers bear abundant two-seeded pods with black medium-sized beans.
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Phaseolus coccineus (70 days snap, 95 days shell) Open pollinated. 10-12' tall. Mottled black and purple seeds. Ornamental brilliant scarlet blossoms. Snap or shell bean.
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Glycine max (83 days) Open pollinated. Large beans with exceptional soybean flavor when eaten fresh. 2' compact plants are great for small gardens.
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Glycine max (91 days) Open pollinated. Vigorous thigh-high vines make early concentrated sets of light green pods, averaging two beans per pod.
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Monarda fistulosa 3-4' tall. Our native wildflower species with aromatic lavender blossoms. This is the variety most commonly used for medicinal purposes. Z3.
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A liquid combination of yeasts, actinomycetes, and bacteria. Promotes plant health and growth, and improves nutrient absorption and soil fertility. Our cannabis-growing friends can't do without it.
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Inoculates peas, sweet peas, cowpeas, dry beans, peanuts, lentils, limas, vetch, and Sunn Hemp. We recommend using fresh inoculant each time you plant a legume.
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This guide forgoes a full taxonomy of each species in favor of highlighting a few unique traits that single out each one. Features plenty of color photos of each detail to help you ID your trees.
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Cucumis sativus (55 days) Open pollinated. Straight medium-green 7–8" cukes are spectacular: crunchy and aromatic with stem ends never getting bitter.
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Cucumis sativus (63 days) Open pollinated. Maine heirloom. 3-4" short plump oval cream-white fruit with black spines. Excellent fresh eating.
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Melothria scabra (65 days) Open pollinated. Vigorous but delicate climbing vine. Profuse bearing of 1" oblong green and white fruits. Eat fresh or pickled.
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Cichorium intybus (60 days) Open pollinated. Savory Italian chicory with deeply toothed red-veined leaves. Best in cool weather, can become bitter in heat.
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Cichorium endivia (42 days) Open pollinated. French heirloom. Large frizzy sweet endive with very fine ribs. For late spring and early summer harvests.
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Cichorium intybus (80 days) Open pollinated. White-veined leaves turn from green to variegated burgundy red in cool weather. Romaine-shaped heads. Best for fall crops.
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Portulaca oleracea var. sativa (50 days) Open pollinated. Golden-green leaves with succulent texture and mildly acerbic flavor. Ideal addition to mesclun.
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