Download First Annual Vegetable Seeding Catalogue

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7612 Country Rd 28, Campbellcroft
2015
First Annual
Vegetable Seeding
Catalogue
Planting and eating food you
have grown can be educational
and enlightening. I look forward
to sharing gardening stories
and recipes, with you at the
markets and the farm.
This little catalogue is some of
the seedlings we will have for
you to plant in your garden.
With limited space in the
greenhouse we can only grow
so much. To make sure you get
the heritage plants you want,
order early.
Index
Cole Crops (brassicas)...............................................1
Cucumbers................................................................2
Eggplant....................................................................3
Greens.......................................................................4
Order Form................................................................5
Peppers.....................................................................7
Squash.......................................................................8
Tomatoes...................................................................9
This & That...............................................Back Cover
Cucumber
This is one vegetable of my childhood and connected to some fond memories.
Walking in the fields on a summer day, reaching down and picking a cuc, rubbing it on your shirt and bitting into it. The taste well it tastes like a cucumber.
Now with some of the heritage varieties I’m making new memories.
English Telegraph
English cucumber produces long,
straight, green fruits that average
12-18” long, are non-bitter and
have fewer seeds than regular
cucumbers. Trellis for straighter
fruit, this is a strong grower and
prolific producer.
Cole crops
Are brassicas, the family of Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Kale, etc. I
can’t say these are my favourite vegetables but I’m learning to like them. Kale has
become one that I do like, and it likes the cool weather so it’s a great spring or
fall crop.
Long Fellow Cucumber
Blue Curled Scotch Kale
Compact plants yield
tender, blue-green,
crinkled leaves that are
quite delicious, very
cold hardy.
Russian Red Kale
Very tender and mild,
a pre-1885 heirloom
variety. Oak type leaves
have a red tinge, and
stems are a purplish-red.
Early Jersey Wakefield
Cabbage
Introduced in the
1840’s, with tasty, 2-lb,
sweet and flavorful,
conical heads.
Long Island Improved Brussels
Sprouts
First seen in the 1890’s This heavyyielding, semi-dwarf plant, loaded
with firm sprouts that have an excellent flavour and freeze well. With a
slightly sweeter taste after a touch
of frost
Field cucumbers are the ones of
my child hood. This variety was
introduced in 1927 being developed from “Emerald”, a variety
from the late 1800’s believed to
now be extinct. Long Fellow produces straight fruits up to 15” in
length, with dark green skin and
white spines.
Lemon Cucumber
We grew this heritage vine
from 1894 for the first time in
2014. It looks like a lemon,
bright yellow, round fruits have
mild skin and crunchy texture.
The plant is very productive. I
really like this fresh. I also had
a few people buying them to
pickle.
Greens
Eggplant
This is one of those vegetables that you have to try. We grew a bit of it when I
was a kid but I got really introduced to it during my time in the city, in the cuisine
of many cultures. Cooking it can be a creative, flavour experience but it can also
be as simple as brushed on a little balsamic vinegar, and oil and then BBQ
Little Finger
I really like the little
purple-black fruits. They
grow in clusters on
sturdy, compact plants.
I like to pick them when
there about the size of
my index finger, a mild,
sweet taste and tender
texture.
Casper
This is new for us this
year. A medium size,
smooth ivory-white fruit
that should have a very
mild mushroom-like
flavor. Prolific plant. Fruit
ripens early.
Rosa Bianca
We planted this for the
first time in 2014 This
eggplant had a rich,
mild flesh and a firm
texture.
A summer staple on the farm, with lettuce at the core. What I have come to really
enjoy is some of the other greens, arugula, endive and sprouts in salads and
chard, spinach and dandelion steamed and sautéed. I could spend the summer
with just the greens.
Green Oak Leaf
Red Oak Leaf
Parris Island Cos Lettuce
Swiss Chard
Arugula
Frisee Endive
An ancient French heirloom lettuce. Heat-andcold tolerant, this lettuce
is sweet and tender
and can be harvested
throughout the summer.
The Red has been grow
that well that we’re trying this one for 2015
Beautiful, deep burgundy oak-leaf shaped
leaves when mature. I
was amazed at how red
this gets when grown in
full sun.
This is a classic romaine
used in Caesar salads.
Forming tall, slightly-ruffled heads of dark green
leaves with a white
heart, this lettuce has a
crisp, sweet flavour and
is slow to bolt.
Black Beauty
A Deep purple variety that
produces larger fruits. This is
the standard style you will find
in the local grocery store. This
has a wonderful flavour and
store well. This plant will produce well if picked regularly.
I was Introduced to this
by my Aunt Marry as a
kid. Broad, dark green
and rich flovour. The
plant is both heat and
cold-tolerant and both
stalks and leaves can be
eaten. She would sautéed it in Tomato sauce.
A salad green with a
slightly peppery taste
that is easy to grow and
doesn’t mind the cold.
I find that if you continue to pick the outside
leaves this will continue
to produce.
Mild, nutty flavour with
a slight bitter and hardiness, making it great for
salads. Its frilly finely-cut
leaves can be used in
salads, sautés, soups,
and stews. Blanche
before harvest.
Vegetable Seeding Order form
4 Cell Pack
(4 plants)
4 Cell Pack
(4 plants)
Sweet pea current Tomato
(1 plant)
Russian Red Kale
Green Gage
Tomatoes
Cole Crop
Chadwick’s Cherry
Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage
Long Island Improved Brussels Sprouts
Long Fellow Cucumber
Green Zebra
Box Car Wille
Garden Peach
Cuc
Black From Tula
Lemon Cucumber
Beefsteak
Little Finger Eggplant
Orange Strawberry
Casper Eggplant
Federle plum Tomato
Rosa Bianca Eggplant
Bowling Red Okra
This & That
Eggplant
English Telegraph Cucumber
Black Beauty Eggplant
Green Oak Leaf
Red Oak Leaf
Greens
Parris Island Cos Lettuce
Swiss Chard
Arugula
Aunt Molly’s Ground Cherry
Tomatillos
Birdhouse
Total Number of:
Total Number of 3.5” Pots ________ X $3.25 = __________
Bull Nose Sweet Pepper
Peppers
Early Jalapeno Hot Pepper
Garnet Rose Leaf Lettuce
Total Number of 4 Cell Packs ________ X $5.00 = __________
Frisee Endive
Sweet Banana Pepper
(1 plant)
Broad Ripple Yellow Current
3.5” Pot
Blue Curled Scotch Kale
Sheepnose Pimento Sweet Pepper
3.5” Pot
Sub Total : ___________
Farmer’s choice mixed 4 cell box
Heritage tomato box 4 different tomatoes ________ X $7.00 = __________
Heritage lettuce box 4 different lettuce ________ X $5.00 = __________
Black Hungarian Hot Pepper
Long Red Cayenne Hot Pepper
Heritage Garden small Started Kit ________ X $12.00 = __________
Squash
Black Beauty Zucchini
Ronde De Nice Zucchini
Heritage Garden large Started Kit ________ X $15.00 = __________
Yellow Bush Scallop Squash
Small Sugar Pumpkin
Butternut Squash
Acorn Squash
2 - 4 cell boxes includes: 2 tomato, 2 sweet pepper, 2 kale, 2 lettuce
3 - 4 cell boxes includes: 2 tomato, 2 sweet pepper, 2 hot pepper,
2 eggplants, 2 kale, 2 lettuce, 2 cucumber.
Total : ___________
Name: __________________________ E-mail:_______________________________
Pick up Point (check one) : Fairmount Park Farmer’s Market m
Port Hope Farmer’s Market m
At the farm m
Peppers
Squash
Hot and sweet, I remember as a kid one of the adults (the same one ) would
always try to get you to bite into a hot pepper he’d bite it and then offer it to
you. One thing to note is that the seeds are the hottest part of a pepper if you bit
below seeds the pepper is not as hot. Here is a selection of both hot and sweet.
There are so many types and heritage varieties from all over the world, some are
familiar some weird. With great versatility, from simple baking to stuffing the summer squash Ron De Nice, to roasted butternut squash ravioli. One of the surprises
of 2014 was the Red Kuri Squish. It had great flavour and an interesting texture.
Bull Nose Sweet Pepper
Bull Nose was introduced in the 1850’s.
The blocky fruits are 3”
long x 2” diameter and
are often characterized
by a crinkled “nose” on
the blossom end. The
peppers can be eaten
green but ripen to red.
Early Jalapeno Hot
Pepper
A compact size (2’) plant
that matures very early,
setting fruit under cooler
conditions. The 2-3” fruits
are thick-walled and
juicy. Eat fresh, cooked,
dried, and in salsa.
Hottest when ripened to
a deep red.
Sheepnose Pimento
Sweet Pepper
Sweet Banana Pepper
I remember my mother
using these when we
made tomato sauce. The
small sweet fruits have
thick flesh and keep well
in the fridge for a couple
of weeks or more.
The plant grows to 2’,
and produces up to 6”
long fruits, that change
colour from green to yellow to orange to crimson
red. They are sweet at
all stages, but sweetest
when red.
Black Hungarian Hot
Pepper
Long Red Cayenne Hot
Pepper
I really enjoyed growing
this Hungarian heirloom.
Purple-veined foliage,
purple flowers and 3-4”
fruits that start out black
and ripen to red. This
lovely plant grows to
36”. Medium-hot, great
flavour.
I remember these
hanging in the kitchens
of some of my Aunt’s
homes. A pre-1827.
heirloom pepper that is
hot!, 5” long ,wrinkled
pods are dark green to
bright red. Dries well.
Cocozelle Zucchini
At market people ask
me about this Italian
heirloom zucchini. It
produces large numbers
of beautiful fruits that
are dark green with light
green stripes, great for
slicing, frying and on
the BBQ.
Small Sugar Pumpkin
An old favourite for
canning and making
pumpkin pies. Fruits are
about 7 lbs, wonderfully sweet Flesh is
fine-grained.
Ronde De Nice Zucchini
This unusual French heirloom zucchini was new
to the farm in 2014.
It’s round, with light
green speckled skin and
dark green stripes. The
fruit can be harvested
when it is 1-2” across
or allowed to grow until
large enough to stuff.
Butternut Squash
This variety, introduced
in 1970, is a heavy
producer with 9 - 10”
long, buff-coloured fruit.
An AAS winner, it has
excellent flavour, and
stores well.
Yellow Bush Scallop
Squash
Scallop squash, AKA
Pattypans or as I like
to call them Spaceship
squash. These are great
when 2” across or when
let grow larger, are still
tasty. With creamy flesh
and a nice flavour.
Acorn Squash
This compact bush form
of Table Queen acorn
squash is great for
small spaces. The fruits
are small, 1-2 lb., dark
green and deeply-ribbed
exterior with a goldenyellow interior.
Tomatoes
Garden Peach
This is a new one for us this year
- the seed catalogue reports “ developed in 1898. This unusual tomato
produces an abundance of 3-5 oz.
fruit with a slightly fuzzy yellow
skin, blushed with pink. The fruit is
juicy & sweet with a bit of tartness,
and is an excellent keeper.” The
Cottage Gardener
In 2014 we had a bad tomato season, we tried 14 different varieties. In 2015 we
are up to 18, here are a few from last season that worked well for us and a few
new ones. It’s amazing the colours that heritage and open pollinated tomatoes
come in. Red, green, yellow orange and more they can make a beautiful salad.
Broad Ripple Yellow
Current
Sweet pea current
I really enjoyed growing
these in 2014. Even in
a poor season it was
prolific producer with
A sweet tasting small
fruit - a bit larger than
currents.
These are the size of
current, and produced
lots of tiny tomatoes
with a real old fashion
tomato in flavour. Plants
will produce more and
be easier to pick if either
staked/caged or in
hanging container
Green Gage
Green Zebra
Named after the green
gage plum, we grew
them for the first time in
2014. About the size of
a plum and sweet. As
with other yellow tomatoes they seem to be less
acidic.
This tomato is named for
its shades of yellow &
green, with darker green
stripes. The flavour is a
sweet yet tart balance of
sugar and acid. A mid
sized tomato that I found
great for slicing, salads
and cooking.
Chadwick’s Cherry
These tomatoes are
sweet, juicy and prolific.
I find the (1.5”) round
fruits to be a medium to
large cherry tomatoes.
Popping them in your
mouth while picking will
happen but there will
still be lots for salads.
Box Car Wille
A really nice mid to
large tomato with an
old fashioned taste. Red
fruit average about 1 lb
and are quite blemish
free. Great for tomato
sandwiches!
Black From Tula
Originally from the
Ukraine, this heirloom
produces large, slightlyflattened, black/red
fruits with dark green
shoulders. The largest of
the blacks, it has a rich,
full flavour. Makes a
good slicer.
Beefsteak
The tomato that gave
large tomatoes their
descriptive moniker. This
variety produces large,
red, meaty fruit that
average almost a pound
each and full of rich,
sweet flavour. Great for
sandwiches and salads.
Federle
Orange Strawberry
Brilliant orange, oxheart fruits that’s almost
perfect heart shape.
The flavor of the meaty
fruits is robust, complex
and surprisingly tart for
an orange variety. Few
seeds and solid flesh
make this variety good
for canning or sauce.
Tomato sauce has been always been
a part of my life. This variety is new
for us this year. This heirloom should
produces heavy yields of long, red
fruits with a rich, full taste and very
few seeds. It should be great for
sauce, salsa and stews. We may
even try drying a few.
Although the back cover is the end of a book, I like to see it as the beginning.
The beginning of a conversation about that book you just put down or in this
case a few things that may inspire your garden and flavour your table.
This & That
The farm is a dream, a passion and some days an adventure, just as life is. One
thing I believe is that I need to be open to new things. Each year I like to try a
few new or different vegetables. Some you’ll find here and others we’ll have at
the farm, either to try, or to grow for seed for the following season.
Bowling Red Okra
Lovely plants that grow 7-8 feet tall
and have deep red stems; the great
tasting pods are long and thin, being
quite tender, even when longer.
Garnet Rose Leaf Lettuce
True bright garnet red and savory
leaves set this apart from some other
red Romaine types. This one is red right
through to the center. This one is great
for containers.
Aunt Molly’s Ground
Cherry
This is becoming a
staple at the farm, it’s a
great producer and the
fruit is sweet and firm.
It’s great in salads, in
desserts, on it’s own,
or in preserves
Tomatillos
In 2015 we’ll grow
2 varieties of Tomatillos. This is a Mexican
heirloom variety that
produces a firm bright
green with hints of purple. It’s great for salsa
and other cooking.
Birdhouse
The popular gourd for making bottles, birdhouses and
many other useful items, like
dance rattles etc. Let it mature on the vine as long as
possible. Then hang to dry,
the seeds inside will start to
rattle.
The seeds used to start these plants come from 2 great companies that focus
on heritage seed - The Cottage Gardener and Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.
If your looking for heritage seeds either is a great place to start.