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The Beet Gourmet Blend, 'Beta vulgaris', is an old fashioned beet. You can create gourmet salads and side dishes in a rainbow of jewel-tone colors. It is sweet, nutritious, and easy to grow. Aside from the health benefits, which include significant amounts of fiber, potassium, folic acid and vitamin C, beets come in a variety of colors, shapes and textures. Beets prefer deep, well drained soil with lots of organic material. They need to be kept moist. Price:
$2.69
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The Eggplant Baby Bambino, 'Solanum melongena (Hybrid)', is a baby eggplant with 1" fruits! The Bambino is great hors d'oeuvres, shish-kabobs and other eggplant dishes. It is also an attractive ornamental. In addition to not having the bitter flavor that some full-sized eggplants have, Bambino is a tasty and attractive addition to your garden. Eggplant prefers rich, deep, loose soils with large amounts of organic material. Provide 1 inch of water a week if it does not rain. Price:
$2.69
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The Tomato Patio Husky gold, 'Lycopersicon lycopersicum', is a vibrant gold colored tomato and an All America Selection. The Husky Gold is a great container plant with juicy, sweet, mild flavored tomatoes. Husky Gold is rare. It is a dwarf intermediate which means it will continue to produce right up to frost. Husky Gold has beautiful gold color tomatoes, high yields, compact plant, and disease resistance which make this plant a great choice. Prune the intermediate tomatoes in order to keep a single stem. Price:
$2.69
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Vegetable Seeds
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The Escarole Grosse Bouclee, 'Chicorium endiva', is a crackling, crisp, tender, snappy green that is a must green in Europe and for any salad. Grown properly, no green will match its flavor. There is a reason superb gourmet salads usually have Escarole, because Escarole adds flavor, texture, and visual appeal to any salad. Harvest in the fall after the first couple of light frosts because the flavor is actually improved after a light frost. In the spring, harvest before temperatures get above 90 degrees. Price:
$2.39
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The Gourd Hard-shelled Birdhouse, 'Cucurbita lagenaria', is commonly used to make birdhouses, pots, planters, bowls, toys, and hanging baskets. Once cured, hard-shelled gourds such as Birdhouse will last indefinitely and can be painted, carved, cut, or drilled as you would do with wood for literally hundreds of craft projects. Birdhouse gourds makes a great birdhouse. Hard-shelled gourds should be kept in the garden as long as there is any life left in the vines. Price:
$2.39
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The Gourd Hard-shelled Corsican, 'Cucurbita lagenaria', is used to make serving bowls, jewelry boxes, and many other beautifully decorated lidded containers. Once cured, hard-shelled gourds, such as Corsican, will last indefinitely and can be painted, carved, cut, or drilled as you would do with wood for literally hundreds of craft projects. The Corsican can be left the natural color or painted in any color desired. Hard-shelled gourds should be kept in the garden as long as there is any life left in the vines. Price:
$2.39
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Vegetable Seeds
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The Gourd Hard-shelled Long Handled Dipper, 'Cucurbita lagenaria', is wonderful for painting, decorating, or used as a water 'dipper'. Once cured, hard-shelled gourds, such as the Long Handled Dipper, will last indefinitely and can be painted, carved, cut, or drilled as you would do with wood for literally hundreds of craft projects. This dipper gourd can be used as a pot to hold plants or to dip water from a pot or other utensil. Hard-shelled gourds should be kept in the garden as long as there is any life left in the vines. Price:
$2.39
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Vegetable Seeds
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The Swiss Chard Bright Lights, 'Beta vulgaris (Cicla group)', has spectacular stem colors that can include yellow, gold, orange, pink, purple, or intermediate shades of these colors. Some believe the leaves of Bright Lights are tastier than spinach. The stalks crunch like celery but have a slight hint of asparagus. Bright Lights has an improved, lighter flavor and is delicious raw in salads. In warm climates, plant in late summer for fall/winter crop. Chard grows best in in well drained soil with lots of organic matter. Price:
$2.39
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Vegetable Seeds
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The Tomato Cherry Rainbow Mix, 'Lycopersicon lycopersicum (Hybrid)', is a beautiful mix of unique, tasty, fun gourmet cherry tomatoes. The rainbow of colors include orange, yellow, brown, red, green, white, pink with white stripes, and bicolor. The mix contains, Sundrop, Miribelle, Brown Cherry, Sweetie, Green Grape, Green, Super Snow White, Color Cherry and White Striped. They need at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a day. Prune the intermediate tomatoes in order to keep a single stem. Price:
$2.39
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Vegetable Seeds
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The Bean Bush Montpellier French, 'Phaseolus vulgaris', is a true gourmet French "filet" bean. It is featured in upscale French markets because of its exquisitely tender and delicate taste. The Montpellier French Bush Bean has 6 inch pods and should be harvested when only 1/4 inch in diameter. The Montpellier French produces longer, straighter, and darker green pods than other filet beans. This bush bean prefers rich, organic, well drained and warm soil. The soil must be kept evenly moist but not soggy. Price:
$1.89
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