Monday, April 4, 2011

Melinda’s Homegrown Veggie Starts


I have organically grown, hardened off, healthy heirlooms and other special varieties available in 4” pots for $2 each. I am planning a plant sale for Saturday, April 30 from 10- 3. If you would like to stop by before that date please call me at 438-5077. In addition to tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants, I have some greens and herbs.

TOMATOES
-Green Moldovan- bright green fruit, large and tasty
-Dr Wynche’s Yellow- big, glowing orange fruits, tropical sweet taste
-Pike County Yellow- delicious and productive, pretty orange fruit
-Missouri Pink Love Apple- large, rich tasting fruit, very ornamental
-Pink Icicle- delicious, sweet and prolific
-Japanese Black Trifele- colorful, pear shaped fruit with sublime flavor
-Paul Robeson- famous for great flavor, distinctive, sweet, smoky
-Violet Jasper- little Oriental jewels, pretty fruit, early, productive
-Bonny Best- great, red canning tomato, loaded with flavor
-Henderson’s ‘Crimson Cushion’- delicious, big, red fruits
-Illini Star- heavy, early, superior flavor
-Ananas Noir- exciting, beautiful fruit, outstanding flavor
-Pineapple- fantastic flavor and beauty
-Brandywine Red- a classic, one of the best
-Burbank- yummy, juicy, prolific
-Rainbow Cherry Mix- tasty, yellow, red and orange tomatoes
-Siletz- round, red, determinant, heavy yielding

PEPPERS
(hot)
-Early Hot Jalapeno- that says it all
-African Cayenne- thick walled, yellow to orange to red coloring, tasty
-Anaheim- medium hot, long roasting peppers
-Chinese 5 Color- vibrant rainbow of colors, good for containers or in ground
-Corne de Chevre- tasty, great for drying and fresh
-Hungarian Hot Wax- good fresh or canned, tasty
-Leutschauer Paprika- lovely drying pepper for powder
-Long Purple Cayenne- pretty fruits, unique and spicy

(sweet)
-Corno di Toro Rosso- deep, glowing red fruits, wonderful fresh or roasted
-Doux DEspagne- sweet and flavorful, good producer, disease resistant
-Friariello di Napoli- famous frying pepper, yummy and productive
-Odessa Market- great tasting, beautiful and dependable
-Thai Long Sweet- light green, tapered fruit, great for grilling

EGGPLANT
-Applegreen- early, tender and delicious
-Brazilian Oval Orange- small bright red fruits, delicious in antipasto, grilled or fried
-Diamond- dark purple, slender fruit, superb flavor
-Japanese Pickling- produces large, long fruits, sweet and mellow
-Japanese White Egg- full, rich flavor, heavy yields
-Kazakhstan- tear dropped shaped fruit, heavy yields, early
-Listada de Gandia- very popular variety, white with purple stripes, sweet and tender
-Long Purple- very hardy, sweet flesh
-Louisiana Long Green-light green banana-shaped fruit with pale stripes, sweet and mild, heavy yields, tasty
-Ping Tung- wonderful, purple, sweet, delicious
-Rosa Bianca- colorful, light pink-lavender fruit, sweet
-Thai Long Green- mild and sweet, beautiful lime green color
-Violette Longue Hative- superb flavor, beautiful fruit

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