Heirloom availability June 2009
Asparagus Mary Washington Available end of June
BEANS
Broad beans – Aquadulce
Purple podded pole bean –Amazing purple runner bean,very productive.
Dragon tongue bush bean – Dutch Heirloom
Valdo – yellow bush bean
Scarlet runners
BEETROOT
Detroit dark red Beetroot
beetroot-'chioggia' candy striped centre- Italian Heirloom....
golden beetroot – available end of June
CALABRESE – Romanesco Italia – apple green spiraled broccoli – Italian Heirloom
CARROTS
Carrot-Cosmic Purple -bright purple skin with yellow to orange flesh-sweet and spicy-
Carrot – purple haze (hybrid) due to low stock of OP
Carrot – Chantenay Karoo
Carrot – amarilo(yellow) available end of June
CAULIFLOWER
Cauliflower- purple of sicily – Italian Heirloom
CELERIAC
Celeriac-Giant of Prague
CAPSICUM
Poblano(ancho) chilli
purple beauty pepper -
CORN(Open-pollinated)
Indian rainbow
Golden Beauty(local from Vicksburg)
CUCUMBERS(PICKLING)
Snow's fancy pickling cucumber- High yielding plant
Boston Pickling
Lemon cucumber(looks like a round lemon ,sweet flavoured
EGGPLANT
Listada de gandia-mauve and white big eggplant - Italian Heirloom
ping tung ..thai purple eggplant -long and slim
LETTUCE AND SALAD LEAVES
Forrelenschluss lettuce.romaine- tasty and beautiful
speckled lettuce
Little gem
Parris Island Cos
Raddichio – Rossa di Trevisio Precoce , famous Heirloom from Trevisio , Italy
Mizuna
Nevada
RADISH
purple plum radish
radish 'helios-yellow
SPINACH AND CHARD
Monstrous viroflay spinach – Gourmet french Heirloom
Chard white silver
Fordhook giant(t)
SQUASH
Summer
yellow zucchini – avail. End of June
Prolific yellow straight neck squash
Winter
Futsu squash winter-Old Japanese variety
Turks turban
Marina di Chioggia
loofah – grow your own sponge
TOMATO'S
Brandywine tomato - Amish heirloom...gourmet's choice
Tigerella tomato – red with orangestripes,2 inch toms...produce early with high yields
Riesentraube- small very productive red toms - German heirloom 1800'S
Black cherry – Best tasting of the cherries
Pineapple big and tasty beefsteak
White currant tomato- tiny sweet pale yellowtoms ,vey prolific..
Beefsteak- Red
Golden monarch - Great tasting yellow Beefsteak,my favourite...yellow with pink streaks in
centre.Large. Tangy and sweet
Mystery Beefsteak- Huge---best of the season.Dark mahogany with green shoulders.most likely Cherokee purple
Marmande - French Heirloom...easy and productive,Determinate
Copia – Most beautiful of the striped tomatoes....gold and red striped, Large!!
San Marzano – Italian Heirloom....good for sauces and roasting
Purple Calabash – Deeply ruffled chocolate-brown to deep purple fruit. Wonderfully decorative
Costoluto genovese – old Italian preseving tomato.Heavily lobed and often convoluted.
Principe Borghese -egg shaped-characteristic sharp taste. Ideal for salads and sundrying.A huge v cropping tomato over the season.
Tomatillo-verde
Watermelon 'moon and stars'-amish heirloom - this is a small variety,most moon and stars are
much bigger.
Herbs
Basil genovese
Basil lemon
Coriander – SLO BOLT -Bumper leaf crop(o)
Chervil (curled)
Chives -common
Chives - garlic
Chamomile matricaria (german)
Rocket (wild)
Rocket (cultivated)
All seed packets are R20.00 except for purple and coloured carrots which are R30.00. This excludes postage.
Quantities
20 seeds- squashes
25-35 seeds- tomato,cucumber,eggplants,tomatillos
40 seeds- beans
200-250 - caulies,Kale,broccoli,radicchio,spinach,fennel,celeriac,mizuna,herbs etc
500 – 700 - carrots and lettuce
Only small quantities available at present. We hope to supply customers with seed on demand in the near future.
Best wishes for your garden,
Shannon Draper