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Garden Sweet Burpless Cucumber Hybrid
Nearly acid-free, or "burpless", these cucumbers are sweet tasting and nonbitter. Fruits grow 8-10" long and have a thin, smooth dark green skin. |
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Little Fingers Carrot - $ 1.59 The Carrot Little Finger, 'Daucus carota var staivus', is a baby gourmet mini-carrot carrot. Even if it is harvested early, it will have a deep orange color, a tender core and a sweet flavor. Did you know that grocery store baby carrots are actually cored regular carrots? Once you try the sweet and crisp flavor of this true baby carrot, you will never look back. The single most important factor in growing carrots is to have a deep, clod and rock free, well drained soil. A 50% peat moss mix with the soil is ideal. Even moisture is essential. |
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Long Purple Eggplant - $ 1.59 The Eggplant Long Purple-Japanese/Chinese, 'Solanum melongena', has a milder, more delicate flavor than regular eggplant. The Long Purple has few seeds and a thin skin that makes it easy to cook. Eggplant is a very international vegetable. The unique and tasty dishes cooked in Japan, China, Italy, Russia and other countries make eggplant a useful and tasty vegetable for your garden. Eggplant prefers rich, deep, loose soils with large amounts of organic material. Provide 1 inch of water a week if it does not rain. |
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Yellow Pear Tomato - $ 1.39 The Tomato Pole Yellow Pear, 'Lycopersicon Lycopersicum', has a sweet, mild, almost lemony flavor. Kids and adults will love this late 1800's variety as a snack from the garden. This gourmet treat is from the 1800's and it is still popular. Yellow Pears produce clusters of very attractive fruit you can eat like grapes all summer long. They are great for your d'oeuvres, salads. canning, and relish. They need at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a day. Prune the intermediate tomatoes in order to keep a single stem. |
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Cherry Belle Radish - $ 1.39 The Radish Cherry Belle, 'Raphanus sativus', has a mild flavor and solid white flesh that makes the Cherry Belle very popular. This spring radish grows best during the cool periods of spring and fall. The Cherry Belle is great if eaten fresh, in salads, or in sandwiches. It can be grown inside during the winter. The flower pods are edible and they will grow in the shade. They an be ready to eat in just 24 days. Harvest when the radish is 1 inch in diameter. Bigger radishes get pithy and hot. |
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Crimson Giant Radish - $ 1.39 The Radish Crimson Giant, 'Raphanus sativus', is as big as an apple with the same great mild flavor and crunchy texture of other spring radishes. This huge spring radish grows best during the cool periods of spring and fall. The Crimson Giant is mild flavored and is great eaten fresh, in salads, or in sandwiches. The flower pods are edible and they will grow in the shade. They can be grown inside if you have a big enough pot. Harvest when the radish is 3 to 4 inches in diameter. Bigger radishes get pithy and hot. |
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