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Green Globe Artichoke
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Tender Perennial. Likes a long growing season with mild winters and rich soil. Easy to grow and quite delicious. Simply boil and eat the fleshy outer leaves like asparagus, dipped in butter. A gourmet's delight, grown on such an attractive plant that it is often found in the flower garden. 3 to 6 foot plants with 3 to 4 inch heads. 1/32 oz. $1.75.
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Mary Washington Asparagus
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Perennial. Resistance to some rusts and blight, 60-day cutting season, most popular U.S. variety and the standard commercial strain, early long straight spears with tight tips. Pour warm water over seeds. When cool pour off water. Do this two more times then sow seeds 2 in. deep. Cut asparagus after 3 years. 1/32 oz. $1.55, 1/2 oz. $5.20, 1 oz. $6.90, 1/4 lb. $13.75. Click on add one to basket button below to choose size.
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Contender Bush Bean
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Matures in only 40 days. Productive and heat and virus resistant. Pods are 6" long, thick, slightly curved, oval, tender and stringless. Good for canning and freezing because it matures over a short period of time. 1 ounce packet $1.50, 1/4 lb. $3.55. Click on add one to basket button below to choose size.
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Blue Lake Pole Bean
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Old favorite variety with a sweet, beany flavor. Highly productive 5 to 6 foot vines. 60 days. 1 ounce packet $1.70, 1/4 lb. $4.10. Click on add one to basket button below to choose size.
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Kentucky Wonder Pole Bean
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Brown seeded. Has a superb flavor that is much sought after. Vines are vigorous and very productive. Pods are 9" long and stringless. Delicious fresh or dry as a shell bean. 64 days. 1 ounce $1.65, 1/4 lb. $3.95. Click on add one to basket button below to choose size.
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Dixie Speckled Butterpea
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Heirloom variety. Does well in hot, dry weather. Early and productive. Delicious, butterbean flavor. 70 days. 1 ounce $1.50, 1/4 lb. $3.35. Click on add one to basket button below to choose size.
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Henderson's Bush Lima Bean
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Extremely early baby limas continue to bear till frost. Does well in all climates. 65 days. 1 ounce $1.50, 1/4 lb. $3.25. Click on add one to basket button below to choose size.
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Jackson Wonder Bush Lima Bean
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Good fresh or dried. Heavy yielder. Speckled beans. Sets pods well under hot conditions. 66 days. 1 ounce $1.60, 1/4 lb. $3.90. Click on add one to basket button below to choose size.
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Florida Speckled Pole Lima Bean
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Bears well in hot, humid climates. Delicious, sweet flavor. 86 days. 1 ounce $1.60, 1/4 lb. $3.45. Click on add one to basket button below to choose size.
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Early Wonder Beet
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Dark purplish-red, 3 in. flattened globes, used as a first early variety or for a midsummer, bunching beet for home or market gardens. Tall vigorous dark-green 16-18 in. tops tinged with maroon, excellent for greens. Beet greens are very nutritious. One cup of beet greens has more iron than a hamburger patty. 54 days. 1/16 oz. $1.65.
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Detroit Dark Red Beet
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Nearly globe shaped, blood-red 2.5 to 3 in. diameter solid roots, main crop canner for home gardens. The standard for beets. 60 days. 1/16 oz. $1.65, 1/2 oz. $2.70, 1 oz. $3.55, 1/4 lb. $6.55. Click on add one to basket button below to choose size.
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Broccoli Raab
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Rapini. Italian heirloom broccoli. The tender stems, buds, and flowers have a wonderfully delicate slightly bitter/spicy/peppery broccoli flavor which can be enjoyed in salads, stir-fried, or steamed. Likes cool weather so sow the seeds in the very early spring or wait until late summer for a fall crop. Harvest just before the flowers open. Also known as asparagus broccoli. 45 days. 1/32 oz. $1.65.
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De Cicco Broccoli
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Open-Pollinated. Old reliable European variety, 2-3 feet tall light green plants. Small main heads followed by many side shoots. Harvest main head when about 3 inches to encourage side shoot production. Good for spring or fall crop. Non-uniform in maturity, more variable and more productive than hybrids, excellent quality. 48 days. 1/32 oz. $1.50, 1/2 oz. $2.85, 1 oz. $3.75, 1/4 lb. $7.50. Click on add one to basket button below to choose size.
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Waltham 29 Broccoli
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Open-pollinated. Compact stocky 20 inch plants. High yields of compact, dark blue-green, well rounded, medium large heads with small buds. The best variety for Fall planting because it withstands cold. 80 days Spring, or 135 days Fall. 1/32 oz. $1.50, 1/2 oz. $2.85, 1 oz. $3.75, 1/4 lb. $7.50. Click on add one to basket button below to choose size.
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Catskill/Long Island Improved Brussels Sprouts
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Open-pollinated. 50 to 100 dark green, tight, tender 1.25 to 1.5 in. heads which mature in succession on strong, compact, 20 to 24 in. stalks. Begin harvest with lower sprouts and work up the stalk. Good producer for spring or fall harvest. Good freezer. High in vitamin C and low in calories. 85 - 110 days. 1/32 oz. $1.55, 1/2 oz. $4.10, 1 oz. $5.45, 1/4 lb. $10.85. Click on add one to basket button below to choose size.
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All Seasons Cabbage
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Large, 9 to 14 lb. heads are round & flattened on top and ideal for winter storage. A sure header that is yellows and heat resistant. A strong grower with fine flavor. 95 days. 1/32 oz. $1.60, 1/2 oz. $2.85, 1 oz. $3.80, 1/4 lb. $7.60. Click on add one to basket button below to choose size.
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Bok Choi/Pak Choi Chinese Cabbage
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Chinese non-heading type. Two vegetables in one - tasty spinach-like leaves and crunchy, sweet stems. Cold resistant. 45 days. 1/32 oz. $1.70, 1/2 oz. $3.45, 1 oz. $4.55, 1/4 lb. $9.10. Click on add one to basket button below to choose size.
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Charleston Wakefield Cabbage
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Dark green, very solid 6 x 8 in. heads, 4 to 6 lbs, great for home gardens or trucking, slow to bolt. A good overwintering type for the South. 70 days. 1/32 oz. $1.60, 1/2 oz. $2.85, 1 oz. $3.80, 1/4 lb. $7.60. Click on add one to basket button below to choose size.
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Chantenay Carrot
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Solid redish-orange roots are 6-1/2 inches long by 2-1/2 inches wide. Fine grained and tender with a sweet delicate flavor. 68 days. 1/16 oz. $1.60, 1/2 oz. $3.75, 1 oz. $5.00, 1/4 lb. $10.00. Click on add one to basket button below to choose size.
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Michihili Chinese Cabbage
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Oriental type. Such a mild, sweet flavor compared to regular cabbage that it can be used raw in salads. Also great in stir-fry. With a texture between cabbage and lettuce, leaves are mild, sweet and don't cause digestion problems like regular cabbage. Crisp, tender, tall cylindrical head with excellent flavor. Lightly fold head to blanch to a creamy white. Plant in early July for a Fall crop. 70 days. 1/32 oz. $1.60, 1/2 oz. $3.95, 1 oz. $5.25, 1/4 lb. $10.45. Click on add one to basket button below to choose size.
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