(Lycopersicon esculentum) Indeterminate. A delightful small-to-midsize round red tomato with gentle ribbing; excellent flavour and keeps well, making it suitable for fresh eating or canning. I was impressed by its ability to set tresses of 5-6 fruits, which I’m not used to in tomatoes of this size. But the really delightful feature of Bosu is its disease resistance; we have had severe late blight problems, but these tomato plants stayed…
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(Lycopersicon esculentum var. esculentum) A sensible, round red slicing tomato. No fancy colours or shapes; just excellent flavour. Originally from Ukraine, this tomato is named for Soviet cosmonaut Vladislav Volkov, who died in 1971 in an accident during reentry on Soyuz 11. Plants are semi-determinate, climbing about 5’/1.6 m in our garden. They will be happiest if trellised. 50 seeds/packet.
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(Lycopersicon esculentum) Indeterminate. A paste/plum tomato with impressive disease resistance. We grew it next to potatoes; they keeled over with late blight but the tomatoes throve. Small, elongated fruits are ideal for canning and drying, but I also like just cutting them in half, sprinkling on some salt, and eating half-a-dozen or so. Comes with an interesting history: in 1958, E. F. Schwanitz collected it in Nahuizalco, El Salvador, a…
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(Lycopersicon esculentum) A large, slicing-type indeterminate tomato with fruits which go from green to tinted with purple and pink, still with a dark greenish base, when ripe. Delicious. I received this tomato from my uncle, Greg Cressman. He gardens in the front yard of his home in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, because the back yard is overhung by black walnuts, which tomatoes detest. As he tells the story, “One day I was…
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(Lycopersicon esculentum) This really is a perfect slicing tomato; not too large or small, excellent texture, just about unbeatable. Vines will get 6’/2 m tall, so a high yield is possible in a fairly small space, but trellising is important. Bred by Ruth Zinniker of East Troy, Wisconsin, one of the early biodynamic farmers in the United States.
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(Lycopersicon esculentum) Ten Fingers gets its name from its distinctive clusters of slim fruit. An excellent paste tomato, more productive even than San Marzano, this was an excellent addition to our gardens. We also found that they dry well in our solar dehydrators if sliced in eights lengthwise. Also called Dix Doigts de Naples. Determinate or semi-determinate; does not require a tall trellis, but would benefit from caging.
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(Lycopersicon esculentum) Determinate. Little round red fruits on tiny 30-40 cm/12-16” plants. An ultra-early dwarf variety from Russia, but keeps producing through the season. Would be ideal for growing in pots or in a cold frame, for those interested in producing home-grown tomatoes earlier in the year than any of their friends! From Paula Dubeski, who received them from Andrey Baranovski of Belarus.
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(Capsicum annuum) A Hungarian wax-type pepper; relatively mild, but with a bit of heat (mostly in the seeds). Ripens from lime-green to red. Great for pickling, and quite productive even unwatered and in cooler weather. NOTE: The photograph is not actually of Gabi. There was a little communication error between the seeds department and the kitchen department at Carrick Seeds/the Wiederkehr residence, and all the Gabi peppers got chopped up…
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(Capsicum annuum) A productive, hot little pepper. Knee-high plants keep flowering as long as you keep harvesting. I like to string the red fruits on a tread and hang them to dry in our kitchen for eating all winter long.
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(Physalis sp.) Prolific and weird. This is a fruit, not a vegetable. Low, spreading plants produce loads of little fruits, each wrapped in its own husk. Do not pick them; simply harvest by collecting the ones which drop off the plant. Leave them in the husks until the fruit turns a golden yellow, indicating it is ripe; until then, it is poisonous (ah, the joys of high-stakes food...) Once they…
(Cucumis sativus) An excellent slicing cucumber – vigorous, productive vines produce long, 9” fruits with no bitterness. Brilliant in salads.
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