Phaseolus vulgaris (60 days shell, 85 days dry) Open pollinated. Plump shiny black beans! Can be harvested as a shell or dry bean. Dry pods resist shattering, yet are easy to shell.
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Phaseolus vulgaris (60 days shell, 85 days dry) Open pollinated. Similar in shape, color and taste to baby limas, except much easier to grow in our climate and sweeter with a buttery texture. Excellent both as a shell and a dry bean.
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Phaseolus vulgaris (85 days) Open pollinated. Dense foliage produces medium runners, lavender flowers and good yields of thin delicate pods each containing 5-6 lustrous black seeds.
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Phaseolus vulgaris (65 days shell, 85 days dry) Open pollinated. Among the most beautiful of all dry beans. Tender skins disappear upon cooking.
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Beta vulgaris (53 days baby; 85 days full size) F-1 hybrid. Baby bunching beet or full-size storage beet. Smooth dark red roots with excellent sweet flavor.
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Brassica oleracea (botrytis group) (85 days) F-1 hybrid. Consistent yields of exceptionally tender, high-quality blue-green domed 8” heads with rather large beads. Tolerates some heat.
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Brassica oleracea (capitata group) (85 days) F-1 hybrid. Deep purple-red rock-hard round heads avg 4-6 lb. Excellent for long storage. Very cold hardy.
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Brassica oleracea (capitata group) (85 days) F-1 hybrid. 2-4 lb solid slightly flattened light green heads with dark blue-green waxy wrapper leaves. Adapted to close spacings.
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Daucus carota (85 days) Open pollinated. A stalwart storage carrot whose flavor improves with time. Also good for fresh eating and juicing. 7–9" heavy cylindrical roots.
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Zea mays (85 days) Open pollinated. Early and productive true flint corn superb for cornbread, johnny cakes and polenta. 8–12" ears with 8–12 rows.
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Zea mays (85 days) Open pollinated. This superior flour corn boasts hardiness, earliness and vigor. Ears are solid-colored and can be sorted for use based on kernel color: Pancake White, Parching Red, Parching Starburst and Brown Gravy.
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Cichorium endivia (85 days) Open pollinated. Also known as Escarole. Smooth broad green outer leaves with creamy yellow closely bunched center leaves. Especially good as a fall crop; tolerates frost under row cover.
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Cucumis melo (85 days) F-1 hybrid. Complex flavor, sweet white flesh. Round 2-4 lb fruit with sparse net. Green skin turns orangey-yellow when ripe. Harvest at full slip.
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Abelmoschus esculentus (85 days) Open pollinated. Big fluted tender green pods on sturdy plants. Will produce in central Maine, but better suited to farther south.
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Sinapis alba (70-85 days) Open pollinated. As easy to grow as the leafy mustards. The variety of mustard most familiar to American palates, but pallid without the addition of turmeric.
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Capsicum annuum (85 days) Open pollinated. Cone-shaped 2½x10" fruits taper to a blunt end. Ripens from green to yellow to red. Sweet, crunchy, fruity; ideal for grilling and frying.
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Capsicum annuum (65 days green, 85 days ripe) Open pollinated. Dark green 1x3" sausage-shaped blunt fruits. Brown netting appears as fruits ripen to dark red. Hot! 4,000 to 6,500 Scovilles. Early.
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Capsicum annuum (85 days) Open pollinated. 2x4" squat ribbed fleshy red fruits are thick-walled, crunchy and extra sweet. Plants are productive and fairly early.
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Capsicum annuum (85 days) Open pollinated. Beautiful tangerine color. Plants ripen more than a dozen of these small 2-3" round to slightly flattened thick-walled sweet and juicy fruits in a good year.
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Salvia splendens (70-85 days) Open pollinated. Glowing red tubular flowers grow along spikes on a big bushy low-maintenance shrub-like plant. Pollinators love them. 24" tall.
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Solanum lycopersicum (85 days) Open pollinated. Red oxheart nippled 8 oz heirloom paste. Consistent good flavor; sets the standard for paste tomatoes.
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Solanum lycopersicum (85 days) Open pollinated. Attractive orange cylindrical 3-4" paste tomato avg 4-5 oz. Best flavor, sprightly sweetness; makes ambrosial sauce.
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Solanum lycopersicum (85 days) Open pollinated. Red paste with psychedelic orange-yellow striations, distinctive nipple, 4-5 oz. Makes rich sweet tomatoey sauce.
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Solanum lycopersicum (85 days) Open pollinated. Deep red heirloom beefsteak with full-bodied flavor. Good-sized and crack-free, though they won’t take a lot of handling. Lots of ribbed 8-24 oz oblate fruits.
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Solanum lycopersicum (85 days) Open pollinated. Striped 1 lb irregular fruits. Yellow and red marbled flesh, silky smooth with complex low-acid fruity sweetness.
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Solanum lycopersicum (85 days) Open pollinated. Also known as True Black Brandywine. Rich and peaty flattened large heirloom beefsteak looks coal-dusted over crimson, with shadows of green, purple and brown.
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Solanum lycopersicum (85 days) Open pollinated. Very tasty rare pink 8–12 oz heirloom. Has performed well in cool wet summers. Potato-leaf foliage.
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Citrullus lanatus (85 days) Open pollinated. Shipper. Reddish-pink flesh. Round to oval 9-12 lb fruit with dark green skin splotched with lime green.
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Citrullus lanatus (85 days) Open pollinated. Glorious red sweet juicy flesh. Though it loves warm locales, Sunsweet is adapted almost anywhere.
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Cucurbita pepo (85 days) F-1 hybrid. Medium-sized multi-colored fruits have green, gold and yellow washed and flecked skin. Semi-bush plant with crown set.
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Cucurbita maxima (85 days) F-1 hybrid. 7x4" squash squash with no cup has jade sutures with jade splotches over forest green skin. 2" thick flesh. Early maturing.
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Zinnia elegans (85 days) Open pollinated. A trendy color in this superior series. A most elegant giant dahlia-flowered zinnia. Long stems perfect for cutting.
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Zinnia elegans (85 days) Open pollinated. 3-4' tall and bushy blooms with masses of brilliant 4-6" double flowers in red, yellow, orange, lavender, maroon, violet and white.
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Zinnia elegans (85-90 days) Open pollinated. Brilliantly hued large flowers on long stems come in an array of colors: oranges, yellows, red, magenta and pink with many petal forms.
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