 Emerald Globe Artichoke
Uniformly beautiful artichokes and lots of them on plants that have shown freeze resistance
to 0 degrees F. 1-2 weeks later than Imperial Star, but up to nearly twice the yields under
some conditions! Give this a trial. (170 days) |
Imperial Star
Unquestionably the fastest maturing Green Globe artichoke available today. Excellent uniformity, very few off types. Compact plants can be spaced 18 in. apart in rows 4-5' apart. Eating quality is excellent, tending to be noticeably sweeter and more tender than other globe artichokes.
Origin: U.C. Riverside
Purple Romagna
This globe artichoke has a fairly tall plant (up to six feet) with artichokes that vary in color from green with purple hazing to mostly all purple. Purple artichokes have been popular in Europe for centuries. The purple varieties always command a premium price at farmers markets.
A long lived drought tolerant perennial that naturalizes most readily along
waterways and other moist places in many regions of the United States.
Asparagus will grow best on weed free heavily manured, garden soil that is
kept moist. When well grown it will produce its first supermarket size
spears 2 years (approx) from a March to April sowing.
Seed Germination/Emergence:
About 4-5 weeks. Keep the seeds moist (don't let dry!) and fairly warm
for best seed germination.Note:
Slugs can and will eat the tiny shoots off as fast as they emerge so
starting the seed in cell trays and transplanting is not a bad idea. Grows slowly
the first year.
Spacing:
Suit yourself. We've had success with it spaced 18"X18" apart in beds or
in rows 3-4' apart, 4-6" apart in the row. Overcrowding, not enough
fertilizer, and anything else that stifles growth will encourage the plants
to be spindly and unproductive for you.
Annual Care:
After fall frost kills tops, mow down
or weed eat and cover the beds with leaf mulch and manure. Water thoroughly
if nature doesn't and then cover with black plastic (not too early) to keep
weeds from developing. Worms and bugs will work the leaves and manure into
the soil. Gophers and mice can become a problem under the plastic so watch
for that. Remove the plastic in the spring, leaving it in place will
encourage the stalks to emerge during frosty weather. Shriveled stalks in
spring are usually the result of frosty nights.
U.C. 157 F2
A widely adapted green variety that has been very productive for us in several trial locations over the last 15 years. More capable of productively enduring drought, low soil fertility, and other problems than numerous other asparagus strains.
Landmark 
A fine choice for the home or market gardener as this variety is heavy bearing and has straight pods. An improvement over common green bean types with resistance to BCMV races 1 and NY 15.
Jumbo
Huge green and very tasty Romano type bush green bean.
At maturity the seed is like a large Pinto-dry bean.
Provider
An excellent early choice for a bush bean as it germinates well in cool soils and has resistance to several diseases. Very adaptable.
Purple Queen
A flavor favorite. The flowers and pods are dark purple and the plants also have a purplish tint in the leaves. The beans turn green when cooked and are very fine tasting. Tolerates cool soil like Provider.
Topcrop
Cans and freezes well so an excellent choice for the home gardener. Very early maturing green bean with resistance to common bean mosaic.
Indy Gold
A heavy bearing wax bean with tolerance to BCMV races 1 and NY 15. Uniform yellow pods with white seeds.
Bush Dry Bean
Black Turtle
Bush Lima Bean
Henderson's Bush
Dark as midnight beans are a little smaller than common Pinto beans. A very fine soup bean. Note: if they are cooked with other beans they will color all the other beans very dark.
An early bush lima with buttery tasty beans that can be used as a shell bean or as a dried bean. Widely grown variety and a good choice for home gardeners. A good source of vitamins A, B and C.
Bulls Blood
Chioggia
Cylindra
Detroit Supreme
Early Wonder Tall Top
Rosettes of attractive reddish purple leaves and typical beets of good
sweetness and quality. This beet can do double service as an edible
landscaping plant. The leaves make excellent "greens".
A basically white beet with red skin and red interior rings. Cooks up a lighter brighter candy red color than the Detroit types. An old Italian heirloom garden beet.
Long sweet dark red-purple carrot shaped beets. Perfect for juicing or slicing. Holds its excellent eating quality a long time in the garden and storage.
High Yields of uniform, globe-shaped roots. Solid, dark-red beets that cook
up tender, fine-grained and sugar-sweet. The leaves make delicious cooked greens.
One of the earliest beets. The beet tops make good cooked greens as the name implies. Can be planted every one to two weeks for a continuous harvest of fresh beets all summer long.
Golden
