Details Open-Pollinated: yes Type: indeterminate Shape: pleated, ovate Color: pink Maturity: 72 days Size: 4-5″ Yield: ? Taste: “excellent sweet low-acid flavor” Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Sources: (where to buy) Territorial Seed Co Results from My Garden: new for 2015 Season Source Dates Spacing Maturity Plants Yield/Plant AVG SIZE Disease 2015 […]
Details Open-Pollinated: yes Type: determinate Shape: grape cherry Color: olive yellow skin, spring green flesh Maturity: 80-90 days Size: 1″ Yield: “very productive plants” Taste: SSE: “addictive, spicy sweet flavor” Amy Goldman: “Good; sweet & fruity” Disease Resistance: ? Notes: SSE claims these seeds to be selected from Thomas Wagner’s Thompson Seedless Grape, which according […]
Details Open-Pollinated: yes Type: indeterminate Shape: baby plum, beaked Color: golden yellow Maturity: 75-80 days Size: 1″ Yield: “enormous yields” Taste: “excellent sweet taste” Disease or Environmental Tolerance: rarely a cracked fruit susceptible to Fusarium & Verticillium Notes: aka: Little Blonde Girl East German heirloom obtained by SSE from Gatersleben Seed Bank Amy Goldman loves using […]
Details Open-Pollinated: yes Type: indeterminate Shape: round cherry Color: red Maturity: 75-80 days Size: 1.5-2″ Yield: “extremely productive” Taste: “great full flavor” Disease Resistance: ? Notes: “originally from the Ben Quisenberry collection” “a very old type, tried & true” “Ben preferred this variety for canning whole” “a favorite for salads and fresh eating” Sources: (where to […]
Details Open-Pollinated: yes Type: cherry Shape: round Color: black-purple tops and crimson bottoms Maturity: 75 days Size: 1-2 oz Yield: ? Taste: “sparkling” Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Territorial Seed Co says their Indigo series of tomatoes have high levels of anthocyanin, an antioxidant found in blueberries Sources: (where to buy) Territorial Seed Co Results from […]
Details Lycopersicon esulentum Open-Pollinated: yes Type: indeterminate Shape: typical tomato shape; labeled as a slicing tomato, but each year mine are no bigger than a large cherry tomato Color: pale yellow with a pink blush; matte finish, so it looks like peach fuzz Maturity: 80-90 days Size: 3-5 oz tomatoes, per seed packet 1/2 oz in […]
Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Sources: (where to buy) Results from My Garden: 2014: used seeds saved from last year’s harvest. It appears to be a hybrid: leaves are definitely typical Tahitian (dark green, big, with white stripes radiating out […]
General Traits: tomato has a hearty flavor (NCG)
Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage Details Open-pollinated Heirloom Type Shape: space-saving pointed heads Color Maturity: 63 days Size Taste: good flavor Productivity Disease Resistance resists cabbage yellows Notes: recommended by A-Z for being well-adapted to different soils Where to Buy Amazon Burpees Sources Footnote A-Z Title Gardener’s A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food Author(s) Tanya L. […]
General traits for Early Girl Tomatoes: Hybrid or Heirloom? Hybrid Type Indeterminate (vine), although I’ve seen seeds & plants from other vendors that were determinate (bush) varieties. I obtained my seed for the indeterminate variety from Gurney’s. Maturity 52; very early variety; good for short and cool growing seasons; very fast set & ripening […]