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Mid-season variety. High-yielding plant with 400 - 500 g white fruits. The flesh is white with an excellent flavour. The variety has good resistance to disease. Very good flavour of young mushrooms with a hint of cucumbers!!! Highly dietary vegetable. -
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Early (45-55 days) ancient French heirloom variety. Young squashes are bright, lemon yellow, tender turning to saturated orange, strong and crunchy when ripen. Each stage has its own taste with a delicious nutty flavor. Use young, delicate, very sweet squashes up to 7.5 cm for roasting, grilling, and pickling. When 12-15cm they are great for toppings and soups with a zucchini-like texture. Double culture for summer use and long-term winter storage. -
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Early (45-55 days) open-pollinated variety. Young squashes are pale green, tender turning to white, strong and crunchy when ripen. Each stage has its own taste with a delicious nutty flavor. Use young, delicate, very sweet squashes up to 7.5cm (3in.) for roasting, grilling, and pickling. When 12-15cm they are great for toppings and soups with a zucchini-like texture. Double culture for summer use and long-term (winter) storage. -
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Roots are long and tapered like carrots, with off-white skin and white flesh. The upright, grass-like leaves and edible, second-summer purple flowers distinguish it from scorzonera. An excellent storage root, salsify can also be overwintered for spring harvest, like with parsnips. This is a biennial vegetable which averages 20-25 cm long and 2.5 cm round. -
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Salsify is popular in Europe. This root vegetable is eaten grated or cooked. As a relative to the lettuce family, tt has grass-like foliage and purple flowers in the second year. The foliage and flowers are edible and the roots can be left in the ground until needed. It is also known as Oyster vegetable. In soils which freeze cover with a thick layer of straw and a row tunnel to harvest during winter months. -
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Improved Giant Prague variety. The giant root is excellent for stews and soups. Start 8-12 weeks indoors. -
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Certified Organic. Sweet peas inside big, sweet pods combine for a delicious flavor treat. High yields of large, medium-green, flat pods follow white-flowered vines. High resistance to Fusarium wilt race 1, pea enation mosaic virus, and powdery mildew. Eat fresh, add to salads or use in a stir fry. -
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This early 1900’s introduction is the standard by which all the others are graded. Each large pod grows on 75 cm stems and has pods containing 7-9 peas. This main crop pea variety has been used by gardeners from coast to coast for more than 100 years. It has a distinct pea flavour which is superior and is excellent for freezing but like all peas are best straight out of the garden. -
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An improved version of the world-famous Sugar Snap pea, Super Snap typically matures 6 days earlier and boosts your yields with its double podding capability. Plumper pods are another improvement, and their crisp texture and sweet flavor are unmistakably Sugar Snap. Super Sugar snap pea seeds produce vigorous climbing vines that should be trellised. They will easily grow 2m or more in good soil. Peas love lots of sun and a trellis is essential to help prevent disease, breakage, and rust. Using a trellis aids in picking these sweet tender crunchy pods. -
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For bean lovers everywhere, this wax bush bean has an outstanding flavour, although we found that they take a bit longer to cook than other fresh beans, they quickly became a favourite. This charming wax bush bean is an old heirloom from Europe. It has yellow-green pods that are streaked and mottled with a gorgeous purple. Plants grow to be between 60-75 cm tall in a bush growth habit. The flavour of the pods is excellent and a must-try! This bean can be harvested as a green bean when pods are crisp or left to mature further and harvested as a shelling bean. The seeds are a mottled brown and very tasty. These pods are versatile both in their use, and their unique colouring. They can be used either fresh or as dried beans, and there is no other variety with coloring quite like theirs. -
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The tendergreen variety of bean produces abundant yields of 12-18 cm pods. Tendergreens are resistant to common bean mosaic. This is a bush type bean plant, so it can grow independent of a pole or support. This plant is best suited for a more advanced gardener, as the window for harvesting is rather short, about two weeks. It is beneficial to sow a few different plants about ten days apart. These plants pay off well, with tender and delicious green pods with a mild and delicious taste. This is a great main crop variety for gardeners who enjoy freezing and canning. -
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These seeds can be sown indoors by placing them two inches deep in potted soil, and transplanted outside after seven to ten weeks, when the threat of frost has passed. Conversely, you may sow them directly outdoors by placing them 5 cm deep in the soil, 22-25 inches apart, and with 45 cm between rows. Because these seeds will grow in a vine, they will need a support trellis, such as a cane or frame. It is best for the roots to put your frame in place when you plant as these vines grow quickly. Regular watering is required, and these vines will grow to impressive lengths in a relatively brief period of time. 3-4 Meter vines are covered in attractive red blossoms borne in clusters. The more you pick, the more they produce. Most should bear pods from late July and harvest can continue until the first frosts, or longer if plants are protected. Beans are at their best when fresh, young, and tender. They should be harvested when the pods are thin, snap easily, and while the seeds are still small and pale in colour. Picking green beans often help to promote more growth and increase yields. As the pods get older they develop string and the pod-walls become more fibrous, with pronounced bumps on the surface indicating that the seeds are enlarging and that moisture is going into the seed from the pod. -
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One bite of this gourmet French climbing bean and your mind will be made up: Algarve must become a permanent part of your veggie patch and 3 Sisters planting! The flavour is fabulous and very sweet. The yields huge, and the harvests earlier than most others. 50 days from sowing to harvest. Grow this in a high tunnel greenhouse or outdoors. -
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Admires bean is a dwarf, medium early variety that produces stringless, green, broad pods reaching 15 cm in length. They strike with their excellent taste and tenderness. White seeds that contain large amounts of proteins, carbohydrates, and B vitamins are hidden within the pods. The best European bush slicing bean! Superior in taste and yields. Produces flat beans which are 15 cm long and 2.5 cm wide. This is an early healthy variety.
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Start by sowing the seeds one to two inches deep, with a space of three to four inches between plants. The use of a low tunnel for the first month of growing (Until June 20th) will help in the production of these lovely tender beans. The Yard Long can tolerate acidic soils and will require full sun. Water them often so that they don’t wilt in the sun. Due to the nature of a vine, support, such as a trellis, will be needed. Pods grow long and slightly heavy, so they will need strong support. The pods take two to three months to reach maturity, at which point they should be anywhere from 25-80 cm long. you will want to start picking them when they are 20-25 cm long. Once pods begin to reach this size, they should be harvested each day to encourage production on the vine. -
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This bean needs a longer growing period so start these indoors in mid-May to early-June. These are ancient Asian legumes, commonly grown as a pulse or dried bean but also sometimes used fresh. They have been cultivated for centuries in China and Japan as well as other countries in the East. The plant itself grows 30-60 cm in height, producing yellow flowers followed by clusters of pods. Young tender pods can be picked early and used much as you would use snap peas. These beans are excellent for container growing but they enrich the soil significantly so you may want to sow them outdoors in beds or your main garden area. Adzuki beans are linked to several health benefits, ranging from heart health and weight loss to improved digestion and a lower risk of diabetes. An average plant can produce up to 120 pods. -
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The best bean to try in 2021. Unlike most beans, fava beans prefer cool weather and are best planted in early spring as soon as the soil can be worked. Sow 2.5 cm deep, 10-12 cm apart, in rows 40-90 cm apart or use wide-bed style planting, giving each plant 25 sq.cm of space. Vroma produces large, 15-18 cm pods with 4–5 large seeds. Cook like a shell bean when the seeds are pale green or wait until pods are dry for shelled beans. Strong, heat-tolerant plants resist lodging. Light brown seeds. These lovely plants reach 1-1.5 M high and are self-supporting. -
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The perfect tomato plant for Calgary! This early maturing plant produces high yields of 280-450 gram deep red tomatoes which are 10-15 cm in diameter. They are sweet and flavorful. Perfect for salads, sandwiches, and canning. Plants will yield well even in cool weather. Cold tolerant. It is parthenocarpic, meaning it can set tomatoes without pollination. An excellent choice for home gardens. A variety developed in 1994 by Dr. James Baggett of Oregon State University, Oregon, USA. Disease Resistant: V, F. Determinate. Grown Organically. Start indoors, great for the greenhouse, and outdoor growing. Plants grow to 1-1.2 M tall. -
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Growing on an upright bush, bright yellow, stringless pods of 10-15 cm are easy to spot among green foliage. Delicious buttery flavour. When planted in full sun they are prolific producers reaching a height of 37-50 cm tall and spread 37-50 cm. -
Stunning, brightly-colored spikes create a strong feature in the early summer garden. Its pea-like flowers grow in dense spires. Scatter through cottage or wildflower gardens or mass plant in the border. Purple, deep blue, red, pink, yellow, cream, and white. Lupins prefer a full sun position but will also grow well in semi-shade, they do not grow well in full shade. They grow well in a wide variety of soil conditions although chalky and/or waterlogged soil will be a problem if not improved before planting. If the ground is clay, lots of compost dug into the planting area will greatly increase their chances of surviving winters. Once your Lupins start to flower create new plants if you want more of a certain colour, gently separate the little offset at the base of a mature plant and replant it. -
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Our best parsnip seeds. Classic parsnip shape with a deep crown-set, wide, rounded shoulders, and roots that quickly taper. White Spear plants are vigorous and roots are uniform in shape. The roots are very white with smooth skins and a fine, mellow flavour that is very sweet as a roasted vegetable or simply chopped into soups and stews. It has excellent storage ability both in the ground and in cold storage. The ideal size for harvest is 30 cm. Many roots grow to more than 45 cm when soil is loose and left in the ground until frost. White Spear parsnip is the best choice for early spring planting and harvesting in early summer. Parsnip may be covered with mulch and left in the ground for winter harvest or until the following season for seed collection. -
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A single stalk of this variety can bear 50-100 dark-green Brussels sprouts over an extended period. Compact plants produce sturdy spikes with edible florets that mature from the bottom up and take on sweeter tones after a light frost. Introduced in the 1890s Long Island Improved is open-pollinated. Mature 90 days from transplant. Brussels sprouts are members of the cabbage family. This hardy, cool-season vegetable requires temperatures below 70 degrees Fahrenheit to produce good-quality, flavorful sprouts. In mild, Mediterranean climates, plant spouts during the months of June through September for a late fall or winter harvest. The Brussels sprout plant is grown as an annual vegetable, although it is a biennial. Growing upright, the sprouts develop along the stalk of the plant in the leaf axils. -
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The sprouts are a bit smaller than green Brussel sprouts, but they’re much sweeter. Resembling a combination between the purple sprouting broccoli and the standard Brussel sprout, this new variety pleases both the eye and the palate with small, sweet sprouts and a crimson red colour that deepens as the seasons change and the frosts come on. The leaves are good to eat too. In fact, both the sprouts and the leaves are sweet enough to be used raw in salads, but also taste lovely steamed or braised. Use a row cover and frost cloth for winter harvesting. If covered you can let the Brussel sprouts flower the following season to harvest seeds. -
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The name says it all this cauliflower is pristine white and the name says it all; Amazing. Medium-size plants with domed, solid curds and self-blanching, upright wrapper leaves when well fed. Tolerant to both heat and cold stress. Perfect for a new cauliflower grower, with large wrapper leaves that grow upright and shelter this cauliflower from the sun. The plants are medium-sized and will grow well in high altitudes and cooler climates as well as having the ability to withstand heat.