Hit the Dirt; More Seed Catalogs

Good morning. This is Sally Crossing Over at Schiphol hit the dirt now that we're starting seeds here a few more seed catalogues that have interesting vegetables that will further whet your appetite. If you have a small garden pine tree garden seeds new grass to Maine specializing in small packets at very reasonable prices is the. Case. For you. In the. Us. They have a new winter radish Misato rose that is five inches in diameter with a green skin and rose colored plush. A Middle Eastern white zucchini Dolly white that has pale green flesh and a mane Ellen cucumber Boothby is blonde that has a rich yellow a cream color and good flavor. Seed save us heritage from maintains about 18000 endangered vegetables that includes members family heirlooms endangered foreign varieties and varieties dropped from mail order catalogs their small catalog enables nonmembers to purchase and grow heirlooms and perhaps save seeds themselves. The selection is not large but enough to whet the appetite. Jenny Lind canteloupe a green

flash to sweet melon originating in Armenia Diamant eggplant from the Ukraine with fruit two to three inches in diameter and six to nine inches long growing in clusters of four to six and not developing any bitterness. Black hunger and pepper. Molly Hart how opinion are shaped with good flavor. Fe here I was on paprika a highly productive prick with exceptionally sweet forty five inch fruits especially good for drying and grinding for fresh cracked precut. Plum Lemon tomato with sweet three inch lemon shaped fruit first offering a guaranteed tomato with heavy crops of full flavor three to four inch round crimson fruit. And for those who have problems eating beans Jacob's cattle gasless amain Jacobs cattle be crossed with Mexican black turtle beans. Their tractor catalog from Shepherd's garden seeds of Torrington Connecticut is a mine of information plant descriptions and culture recipes and hard to find seeds. Last fall I tried lesson Otto kale a sweet thick dark

green strap leaved kale tender and delicious and I'm delighted to find that shepherds has the seeds of this Italian heirloom Romi found will is another Italian that is early 89 days and does not have the tough outer wrapping days of longer standing varieties and has a refined sweet flavor. Some seeds from this catalog are treated but also noted the Vermont bead seed company in Fair Haven Vermont as you might guess specialize in beans but doesn't neglect other vegetables have some flowers all the seeds untreated and come from all corners of the world. Among the new varieties are Cordoba Spanish to lay their first for they being from Spain that has seven stringless pods they can be picked smaller tender and delicious than 9900 bean of the year straight narrow Bush being an outstanding dark green fillet. From France that is prolific and shows strong disease resistance Calypso Bushby in for SNAP or drawing a highly disease resistant with eye catching half black and half white

beans. A Maine family heirloom king of the Earl is show or dry being vigorous producing maroon and tan kidney shaped beans and 65 days for Shell and 88 days for dry and a wonderful looking round zucchini from Europe. Rhonda nice light green sweet and tender. This small for home used for market as the skin is easily bruised. There are other catalogues that are well worth sending for and for paying the small fee if there is one. Garden City seeds in Montana has many certified organic element open pollinated seeds in a catalog so informative You hardly need any other resource for growing vegetables or Seeds of Change in Santa Fe New Mexico grows 100 percent of its seeds organically and is committed to preserving genetic diversity Abundant Life Seed foundation and Washington is dedicated to the same principles and contributes open pollinated seeds to the world seed found for distribution to those in need bountiful gardens in California is ranked number six in North America for the number of unique varieties they

carry all seeds are open pollinated untreated and are grown for flavor texture vigor and adaptability. For those of you who are inveterate catalog plant seed garden supply and garden publication seekers I recommend Barbara Barton's gardening by mail 5th Edition published at the end of last year and indispensable for a list of addresses and or email addresses for the catalogs mentioned here and in the last program. Please contact me at W E Are you or e-mail me at Sally K at Downeast dot net. This is Sally. I hit the dirt.