Tb Turtletree Biodynamics 10 White Birch Rd, turtletreeseed.org Copake, NY 12516 1-518-329-3038 Te Territorial Seeds PO Box 158, www.territorialseed.com Cottage Grove, OR 97424-0061 Tel. 1-800-626-0866 Tg Tomato Growers Supply P.O. Box 60015, Ft. Meyers, Fl Company 33906 www.tomatogrowers.com 1-888-478-7333
Th Thompson & Morgan Inc. PO Box 1308, Jackson, NJ 08527- www.thompson-morgan.com 0308
Tel. 1-800-274-7333 Vegetable Varieties
Tt Totally Tomatoes 334 W. Stroud Street, Randolph, WI www.totallytomato.com 53956 for Northern Tel. 1-800-345-5977 V Vesey’s Seeds, LTD York, Prince Edward Island, Canada Minnesota www.veseys.com 902-892-1048
Vi Victory Seeds PO Box 192, Molalla, Or 97038 www.VictorySeeds.com
Vt Vermont Bean Seed Co. 334 W. Stroud St, Randolph, WI www.vermontbean.com 53956
Tel. 1-800-349-1071 Some Possible Catalog Sources M Main Potato Lady P.O. Box 65, Guilford, ME 0443
Www.mainepotatolady.com 1-207-717-5451
Ni Nichol’s Garden Nursery 1190 Old Salem Road NE, Albany, We acknowledge and appreciate the assistance from all our www.nicholsgardennursery.com Oregon 97321-4580 Cook County gardeners who have met over the years and Tel. 1-800-422-3985 continue to meet and discuss the old and new vegetable varieties. Your input is extremely invaluable to new gardeners Pk Park Seed Company 1 Parkton Ave., www.parkseed.com Greenwood, SC 29647 in our county. Tel. 1-800-213-0076 Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
P Pinetree Garden Seeds PO Box 300, www.superseeds.com New Gloucester, ME 04260 Tel. (207) 926-3400 Each variety listed will have the approximate days to maturity. Days to maturity should be used as a relative guide. It generally takes longer for crops to mature in Northern Minnesota unless Pr Prairie Road Organic Seed 9824 79th St. SE you are using season extenders like a greenhouse, hoophouse or prairieroadorganic.co Fullerton, ND 58441 Tel. (701) 883-4416 caterpillar low plastic tunnel. R Reimer Seeds P.O. Box 206 Each variety listed will also have some abbreviations for the www.reimerseeds.com Sainte Leonard, MD 20685-0206 catalogs listed at the back of the booklet where these seed varieties may be found. (This is not an inclusive list.) Re Renee’s Garden Seeds 6060 Graham Hill Rd. At the end of this catalog you will find some mail order seed www.reneesgarden.com Felton, CA 95018 catalogs / web addresses mentioned where you might find some Tel 1-888-880-7228 of the varieties listed. All catalog sources are not listed for each S Stokes Seeds Box 548, variety recommended, only a few. The recommended vegetable www.stokeseeds.com Buffalo, NY 14240-0548 varieties we have listed are suggestions and the list is not Tel 1-800-396-9238 intended to be all inclusive. The seed sources are listed as a convenience and no form of endorsement is implied. Sa Sandhill Preservation Center 1878 230th St. Seed may be available from many other sources. www.sandhillpreservation.com Calamus, IA 52729
Tel. 1-563-246-2299 Some Possible Catalog Sources Happy gardening to all of you! Sc Seeds of Change PO Box 15700, If you have horticulture questions, please feel free to stop by or www.seedsofchange.com Santa Fe, NM 87592-1500 call the Cook County Extension office: Tel. 1-888-762-7333
Cook County Extension Sh R.H. Shumway’s 334 W. Stroud Street, Ste. 1, CC Community Center Building www.rhshumway.com Randolph, WI 53956-1274 317 W. 5th Street Tel. 1-800-342-9461 Grand Marais, MN 55604 (218) 387-3015 Ss Seed Savers 3094 North Winn Rd. www.seedsavers.org Decorah, Iowa 52101 [email protected] Tel. (563)-382-5990
St Seed Treasures 8533 Hwy 25 Seedtreasures.com Angora, MN 55703
A Annie’s Heirloom Seeds P.O. Box 467 www.AnniesHeirloomSeeds.com Beaver Island, MI 49782 Some accepted definitions used in this booklet: 1-800-313-9140 Organic - This refers to the way plants and seeds are grown. Plants and B W. Atlee Burpee Company 300 Park Ave., Warminster, PA 18974 seeds labeled as organic must be grown and processed in accordance with www.burpee.com Tel. 1-800-888-1447 the United States Department of Agriculture National Organic Program (USDA’s NOP) which prohibits the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, genetically engineered seeds and materials, sewage sludge Bc Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds 2278 Baker Creek Road (biosolids), and fresh manure. Organic growers and processors and the www.rareseeds.com Mansfield, MO 65704 Tel. (417) plants and seeds they produce, must be certified as organic by an 924-8917 inspection agency accredited by the USDA. Organically grown (OG)
D Dixondale Farms P.O. Box 129, Dept. WP07, Carrizo Certified Naturally Grown (CNG) - This label is a non-profit eco- www.dixondalefarms.com Springs, TX 78834-6129 Tel. (877) 367-1015 labeling program for small farmers that grow using USDA organic methods but are NOT a part of the USDA Certified National Organic Program. F Fedco Seeds, Tubers P.O. Box 520-A, Waterville, ME www.fedcoseeds.com 04903 Open-Pollinated -(OP) A seed which produces offspring just like the Tel. (207) 873-7333 parent plants. Open-pollinated seed allows growers to harvest and save seed for the following year. These seeds are a result of either natural or G Gurney Seed & Nursery P.O. Box 4178, Greendale, Indiana human selection for specific traits, which are then reselected in every www.gurneys.com 47025-4178 crop. The seed is kept true to type through selection and isolation. Tel. (515) 354-1491 Seed varieties are pollinated by having bees or wind pollinate the flowers. Ggg Gourmet Garlic Gardens 12300 FM1176, Bangs, TX 76823 Their traits are relatively fixed, within a range of variability. www.gourmetgarlicgardens.com 1-325-348-3049 Self-Pollinated - Plants that can self-fertilize themselves usually with the help of insects or wind. H Joseph Harris Co, Inc. 355 Paul Rd., P.O. Box 24966, www.harrisseeds.com Rochester, NY 14624 Heirloom - (HL) The definition of heirloom seeds or plants varies 1-877-892-9197 depending upon who you talk to but we are going to use the following for Hms High Mowing Seeds 76 Quarry Road, Wolcott, VT 05680 the sake of this booklet. A plant or seed variety that has been preserved www.highmowingseeds.com Tel. 802-472-6174 by local growers or gardeners in a specific area where the seed has been selected over numerous years and saved. A variety that was in existence
Some Possible Catalog Sources before 1951 when vegetable hybridization become more prevalent. J Jung Seed Company 335 S. High St., Randolph, WI 53957 www.jungseed.com Tel. 1-800-247-5864 Hybrid - A plant resulting from the cross mating of two distinctly different parental types. Jn Johnny’s Selected Seeds 1 Foss Hill Road, RR 1 Box 2580, www.johnnyseeds.com Albion, Maine 04910 Tel. 1-877-564 F1 Hybrid - (F1) A more restrictive definition of hybridization is plant -6697 improvement designed to exploit the phenomenon of hybrid vigor (or heterosis, as it is scientifically termed) by crossing two inbred parents to Js Jordan Seeds 6400 Afton Rd, Woodbury, www.jordanseeds.com MN 55125 form F1 hybrids. You probably do not want to save seeds from these Tel. (651) 738-3422 plants as they are bred specifically for characteristics that do not come true from the seed they produce. Jsc John Scheepers 23 Tulip Drive, P.O. Box 638, www.kitchengardenseeds.com Bantam, CT PVP - Protected plant variety. Breeders have rights to the plant varieties 06750-0638 Tel. (860) 567-6086 for 25 years from sexually or tuber propagated plants. How Vegetables Are Pollinated Tomatillos, Ground Air-borne Insect-borne Pollen Self- Biennial Vegetables Pollen Vegetables Pollinated Aunt Molly’s (OP) 65-70 days (A,Bc,Bg,G,H,J,Ni,P,R,Ss,Te,Tg,Tt) Vegetables Vegetables * Sweet and fruity ground cherry that originated in Poland. When Beets Asparagus (M /F) Beans Beets ripe, it turns a golden orange and drops to the ground. Makes a Carrots Broccoli Chicory Brussels Sprouts
tasty jam or smoothies. Stores 3 months in the husk. Celery Brussels Sprouts Eggplant Cabbage Corn Cabbage Endive Carrots Toma Verde (OP) 60 days (Hms, Jn,Js.Jsc,R,Tg,Tt,Vi) Onions Cauliflower Lettuce Celeriac Early, green tomatillo that is extremely prolific in the outdoor gar- Spinach Celeriac Peas Celery den. Fruit is ready to harvest when the husks split and fruit color (M/F) Celery Peppers Collards changes from a yellow-green to a green. Great for making salsa or Swiss Chard Chinese Cabbage Potatoes Kale an addition to any Mexican dish. Will reseed itself …. Collards Tomatoes Kohlrabi Cucumber (some M/F) (most kinds but Leeks Eggplant not all) Onions Turnips
Kale Parsley U of M Extension Kohlrabi Parsnips Gold Ball (OP) 45 days (A,Bc,F,P,R,Sa,Sh,Tb,Te,Th,Vi) Melons Radishes, winter Mustard Rutabaga The skin is smooth and yellow with golden-yellow flesh. The best Okra Salsify size to eat the globes is when they peak in sweetness at about 3” in Onions Swiss Chard diameter. Some folks prefer these to rutabagas. Excellent when Parsley Turnips roasted or great even eaten raw with dip! Parsnips Purple Top White Globe (OP) 50days (A,B,Bc,F,G,H,Hms,Jn,Js,Jsc,Ni,P) Pumpkin Squash Popular variety with purple tops and white bottoms. They can attain Radish 6” in diameter that can be used to feed livestock or people. Great in Rutabaga salads or with greens when small globes and if larger work well in Turnip soups. Be sure to thin them well for good sized roots. Watermelon Watermelon
Sugar Baby (OP) 79 days (A,B,Bc,F,G,H,Hms,Ni,S,Sh,Jn,Js,Jsc,P,S,Tb,Te)
The only watermelon we have been able to grow and ripen in our
county. They are 3– 8 lbs or so, but only do well where they get a • Self-pollinated vegetables are the easiest kinds of open-pollinated lot of heat and sun. If you can find that location, you will have a vegetables to begin saving your garden seeds from year to year. Make good crop. Kids love growing these! sure you keep the ‘best’ plants for your seed saving.
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it helps to put your seed packets in tightly sealed glass jars with silica gel packets to Cook County reduce moisture and store them between 32 and 41 degrees F. The refrigerator can work quite nicely as a storage area. Cook County U of M Extension CherokeePurple (OP)75 production. for tomatoes heirloom better grafting successwith great had folkshave some Locally, rootstocks. for those vegetative that are more scions want select to youmight and morefruiting rootstocksencourage tomato Other fruit. producing at great are already that scions thoserootstocks with match want to yougrowthsomight plant strong encourage rootstocks varieties tomato Some plant. ofthe scion, orpart top the from tomatoes by the reflected is produced oftomatoes type The oftomato). variety different (a ofplant part top the is the thescion and tomato) of (one plant variety rootofthe part the is rootstock the or grapes, apples like grafting Just flavor. heirloom that keeping while disease reduce and yields rootstocks increase may heirlooms those onto Grafting cool orconditions. in wellwet do as not may production, lower disease, to bemoresusceptible might that varieties heirloom older, and tomatoes are oftenindeterminate These flavor. great have that grow to tomatoes offolkswant lot A • • • tomatoes? graft people do Why Sakura Sakura (F1) Star Jet (F1) Opalka(OP)
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Asparagus Mr. Fumarole (F1) 65 days (F) Jersey Supreme (F1) (B,F,G,J,Jn,P,Pk,Sh,V) 3-6” pinkish plum tomato with great flavor when used to make tomato All male asparagus hybrid. Vigorous and highly productive. sauce or soup. Some ripened in the field, and the rest ripened indoors Resistant to rust and tolerant to fusarium crown and root rot. Best after picking. Good roasted as well. for high yield and fine flavor. Produces earlier than ‘Knight’.
Millennium (F1) (J,Jn,R,Re,S,Te,Vt)
Taxi (F1) 65—70 days (Te,Tt) Cold-hardy asparagus adapted to heavier soils. Grows mor vigor- ously than Jersey Supreme and over a longer period. Higher Baseball-sized, lemon-yellow tomatoes that are attractive and production of male plants. determinate. These have been successfully grown in outdoor fields in Purple Passion (OP) (B,F,G,H, J,Jn,Jsc,N,P,Re,Te,V) Cook County. Purple asparagus from Europe that turns green when cooked. Cooks say this is the finest tasting asparagus. Spears are medium sized and Tomatoes (Cherry) very tender. Productivity may be less but spears are usually larger.
Cupid Hybrid 66 days (Js.Pk,R,S,Tt)
U of M Extension Asparagus needs to be put into a permanent bed with a pH of 7 – 7.5. Many Cook County soils are acidic so U of M Extension Great grape tomato that when fully ripe holds its quality and flavor. pick up a soil testing kit from the office before purchas- Prolific grower with a long season of fruit production and high re- ing your lime. Soil tests can be are sent to the sistance to disease and cracking. Best when fully ripe for exc. flavor. University of Minnesota for a fee of $17 for a basic test for organic matter, pH, phosphorus and potassium. Gardener’s Delight (OP) 65 days (B,F,P,R,Tg,Th,Tt)
Old German heirloom that has clusters of large cherry tomatoes of 6 Beans, Green Bush – 12 all summer long. Indeterminate, crack resistant and very prolific. Works well outdoors in the field in Cook County. Blue Lake 274 (OP) 58 days (A,B,Bc,F,G,H,J,Js.Ni,P,Pk,R,S,Sc,Sh,Te,Vi,Vt) Sungold (F1) 65 days (B,F,G,J,Jn,Js.Jsc,Ni,P,Pk,Re,Te,Tg,Th,Tm,Tt) Plump tender pods, 6 1/2 “ long, with white seeds. Good flavor, excellent for canning, freezing, long bearer. Probably one of the Rapidly becoming one of the most popular cherry tomatoes. Sweet, widest grown beans for the flavor. tart, yellow / orange fruits. Flavor develops early to make this a great snacking tomato. They do have a tendency to crack.
Derby (OP) 55 days (J,Ni,Pk,R,Sh,Vt)
Sweet Chelsea (F1) 67 days (F,R,Tg) 1990 All American Winner—7” beans are produced over a long period of time and remains tender due to extra slow seed growth. Large, sweet cherry tomato with a great flavor. It is disease resistant Dragon’s Tongue (OP) 57 days (A,Bc,H,Hms,Jn,Jsc,P,Ss,Te) and provides a heavy yield. Great for salads and just plain eating. Bears the full season, indeterminate, low in acid. Flat pods are pale yellow with purple streaks. Best picked at 6– 7” long, light brown seeds, prolific, purple color disappears when Sweet Million (F1) 65 days (G,J,Pk,R,S,Sh,Te,Tg.Th,Tt,V,)
Cook County cooked. Not very good when frozen.
The sweetest tomato in many trials. Indeterminate plants should be Cook County Empress (OP) 57 days (Pr,Ss) caged. Yields are terrific with a seemingly endless supply of 1” cher- Introduced by Gurney’s as an experimental bean in1979. It is a ry fruits resistant to cracking. good green snap bean for fresh eating, freezing or processing. Pods are 5-6” and stringless. Good flavor. Jade (OP) 53 days (Bc,G,Hms,Jn,Js,Jsc,P,Pk,Pr,R,S,Sa,Sc,Te,V) Tomatoes Long, straight, stringless 6 1/2” pods held well above ground. Harvest continues over a long period regardless of heat or stress. 4th of July Hybrid 65 days (B,R) Provider (OP) 52 days (A,B,F,G,H,Hms,J,Jn,Js,Ni,P,Pk,R,Re,S,Sa,Sh,Ss,StTb,V,Vi,Vt) Indeterminate tomato that does well in open field with nice 2” toma- toes. Big enough for slicing they remain firm but are also juicy. Germinates well in cool soils. Long, medium green fleshy round Very productive. Taste tests rated this variety higher than Early pods, 5—51/2 “. Disease resistant, flavor has been described as ‘beanier’. Can also be eaten as a dry soup bean if allowed to mature. Girl. Not as early here as touted to be (not 49 days) w/tough skins. Black Prince (OP) 75 days (A,Bc,F,Jn,R,Sa,Tb,Te,Tg,Tt,) Top Crop (OP) 52 days (G,J,Js.R,Sh,Vi,Vt,)
A longer day variety that needs additional heat with plastic or micro- One of the best beans for all around use. AAS winter in 1950. climate to ripen. Mahogany brown color with excellent flavor— about 2-3” diameter. Makes a sweet tomato sauce. Indeterminate. Early Girl Hybrid 59—64 days (B,G,H,J,Jn,Js,Ni,Pk,R,Sh,Tg,Tt) Beans, Pole
Excellent early slicing tomato. Produces a heavy crop of 4 – 6 oz Blue Lake (OP) 60 days (G,Hms,J,Js.Jsc,P,R,S,Sc,Sh,Te,Vi) fruit, bright red. Indeterminate plants need to be caged. This has U of M Extension consistently performed well in Cook County for years out in field. Great flavor and quality of this bean makes it a long-time favorite This is blander in flavor than later maturing tomatoes. There is also for freezing, canning, and fresh use. Begins bearing early and a bush Early Girl that is determinate. provides good yields of 6” smooth dark green pods.
Fresh Salsa FI 65—75 days (B) Emerite (filet) (OP) 53 days (Jsc,P,St,Vt) U of M Extension
Chop this one into pieces and the pieces remain firm. Very nice for Growing over 11”, the pods may be picked young at 7” length for making salsa or bruchetta or canning for sauce or tomato cubes. extra-tender “filet” beans. Dark green, firm-textured bean are great Trialed in open field in Cook County. Determinate. at any size. Walnut brown seed. Very good frozen bean. Fortex (OP) 60 days (B,J,Jn,Ni,P,Sa,Tb,Te,V) Glacier (OP) 55 days (A,Hms,Jn,Jsc,Ni,R,Sa,St,Te,Tg,Vi) Early dependable pole bean with an extended harvest. Pick at 7” for Early semi-determinate tomato that produces orange-red, 2” tomatoes. an slender bean or wait until they grow 11”. This is a stringless Fairly sweet for an early producing tomato. bean with brown seeds. Very meaty nutty taste. Kentucky Blue (OP) 62—65 days (A,B,G.H,Hms,J,Js.P,Pk,R,Sh,Te,V,Vt) All American Winner that combines the best qualities of Kentucky Juliet (F1) 60 days (F,H,J,Jn,Jsc,P,Pk,R,Tg,Tt) Wonder and Blue Lake beans. Best harvested at 7” long. Unique 1999 AAS winner that is very prolific, very uniform fruit and is sweet flavor when eaten raw.
great for salsa, salads or tomato sauce. This variety looks ripe early Monte Gusto (OP) 58days (B,F,J.Jn,Jsc,P,Te,V,Vt) on with great color but is best when left on until fully ripe for the Great yellow pole bean with great color and flavor. Bright color best flavor. It has performed the best with the warmer summers Cook makes them easy to see and pick. Great flavor. County is starting to experience. Indeterminate. Northeaster (OP) 56 days (A,Jn,F,Hms,P)
Cook County Determinate Tomatoes—Need no pruning other than removing Delicious rich sweet flavor that stays tender and stringless. Good for suckers below the first branch that has pea-sized fruit on it. freezing. Huge, flat, buttery pods.
Indeterminate Tomatoes—Recommend having only 1 to 4 stems, Cook County allow these to grow until they flower before tying to supports. Do not plant your beans in soil less than Remove suckers. About 30 days before frost, top the plants to 50 degrees F or they will not germinate. allow fruit that has set an opportunity to ripen. Best temps are 60 – 80 F. Cook County U of M Extension Cylindra Dark Detroit Dark Red (OP) 58days (A,B,Bc,F,Hms,Js,Jsc,Ni,Pk,R,Sa,Ss,St,Tb,Tm,V,Vi) 3 Root Grex (OP)3 RootGrex 54days (Sa,Tb) Moneta Chioggia Nearly all beet varieties grow well in Cook County. County. in Cook well grow varieties beet Nearly all Boldor(OP)55 days (G,J,Jn,Te,Th,V) GoldRush (OP) RocDor Carson familiar once again like ‘Albino’. Yellow beets are beets Yellow ‘Albino’. like once again familiar Some of the white beets are also becoming more more becoming also are beets thewhite Some of usually very sweet and don’t bleed when canned. when bleed don’t and sweet very usually slices than round beets. Sweet, dark red roots are 8” long. Excellent Excellent long. darkroots redare 8” Sweet, beets. round than slices A unique long and cylindrical beet gives 3 gives beet and cylindrical long unique A color when used raw in salads, goodgreens. salads, raw in used when color Beautiful U.S. the knownwellin becoming is variety garden home flavor. Italian This Sweet scarlet skin. inside; rings pink and White
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Cook County U of M Extension Cook County U of M Extension Early JerseyEarly Wakefield 70 OP days(B,F,Js.Ni,P,R,Sa,c,Sh,Ss,Th,Vi) Ruby Perfection(F1) (F1) Famosa 75days (H,Jn,Hms,Sc) RedExpress 62days a floating row cover to reduce the chance of infesta- chance the reduce to row cover a floating Katarina(F1) 45days (P,Te) Grow your broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage under under and cabbage cauliflower broccoli, Grow your Megaton105 days Stonehead(F1) transplants you set out to prevent cutworms from from cutworms prevent out to you set transplants Red cabbage when planted next to green cabbage cabbage green nextto planted when Red cabbage tion from cabbage butterflies. Make sure you put you Make sure butterflies. cabbage tion from cutting the young transplants off at the soil line. line. soil off atthe transplants theyoung cutting several layers of newspaper collars around the the around collars newspaper of layers several pretty long in the garden. the in long pretty 2 from range heads The stillgrown. is variety heirloom this the1840’s, in Introduced sauerkraut in the county. 16” dia + size. Mild, sweet flavor. sweet +Mild, dia size. 16” county. the in sauerkraut for making that folksuse local heads enormous cabbagehas This great in cooked dishes with very good flavor. verygood with cooked dishes in great a is mid This smaller gardens and short season. short and gardens smaller apart. forPerfect about8” the be planted size can smaller to due 2 small into quickly up Heads hold well in the garden. Perfect for a meal or two. Tiara is similar. is Tiara or two. meal for a Perfect garden. the in well hold 8 to down Single appears to be less desirable so some pests. some so desirable be less to appears stand a long time before bursting. This has been grownbeenlong a beforeThis has here fortime yrs.stand bursting. Heads across. lbs 4 6” about Averages ormaking. kraut eating for fresh Excellent heads. solid veryround, with earlycabbage An for storing. best ofthe one is cabbagethat yielding Heavy color. interior and exteriorred 7 flavorful solid, produces hybridRedcabbage - serving mini serving - 12” spacing. Heads are 4 Heads spacing. 12” -
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cabbage. These can be closely planted together together can beclosely planted These cabbage. 4 lbs that are conical and flavorful. Itlasts flavorful. and are conical that lbs 4 –
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8” heads with purple with heads 8” - blue heads. It is Itis heads. blue
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9” long, 3” wide, 1.5 3” long, 9”
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Cook County U of M Extension Cook County U of M Extension Cherry Belle (OP) 22BelleCherry (OP) days (A,B,F,G,H,Hms,J,Js,Jsc.Ni,P,R,S,Sa,Sc,Sh,Ss,Te,Vi) Purple(OP) Plum Laurentian(OP) (OP) Joan 90 Sparkler FrenchBreakfast 28(OP) days (A,Bc,F,G,H,Hms,J,Js.P,R,Re,S,Sh,Ss,Te,Th,Vi) Butterflay(OP) All American winner with delicious flavor and a smooth, round form. round smooth, a and flavor delicious with winner American All time. incrediblyshort inchsize an 2 a in rootsredachieve Intense but also has a very delicate flavor. a verydelicate has also but 3 A tender, and sweet. and tender, Very crisp, andextremeearliness. quality, appearance, handsome it combines as varieties tipped white the of mostpopular ofthe One ourgrowing season. in seed the collect and it wereraise to able They flesh. white crisp purple being and skin with one this liked Kids Great with mashed potatoes or mashed and frozenuse. for later orand mashed potatoes mashed with Great root. club to goodresistance and tops purple rootshave fleshed Yellow rutabagas. textured and best sweetest ofthe one is Joan and emergence in cold weather, slow to bolt, good for earlyspring. good for bolt, slowto weather, cold in emergence and vigor Great leaves. darkglossy green large, with variety Productive but stores well forwellwinter. stores but rootclub Notresistant root,yellow flesh. smooth and top purplish deep a has It grown today. or rutabaga turnip Swede verypopular A –
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Rainbow(F1) 67days YaYa (F1) YaYa68 days ( B,F,G,H,Hms,J.Jn,Jsc,Ni,Sc,Sh,Te,V,Vt) ScarletNantes (OP) 68days (A,B,F,G,H,Hms,Js,Jsc,Ni,Pk,R,Sa,Ss,St,Tb,Vi,Vt) Rodelika(OP)72days Mokum Bolero then transfer them to a damp paper towel. Enclose Enclose towel. paper damp toa them then transfer before sowing, soak seeds in water for an hour and hour an for in water seeds soak sowing, before the seeds in the wet paper towel and put inside an put inside and towel paper thewet the in seeds Carrots are slow germinators. Starting 3 slowStarting Carrots germinators. are extend your season. extend yousocan veryoverwinters sand also in well It soils. heavier in workswell and juicy verysweet, but juice for carrot Grownespecially colorvariability. 7 with tops strong Verysweet, root colors. the flavorsupon based different with mix Coloredcarrot 5 with earlytype Nantes an Nelson, as as sweet quite Not uniform. bita more and smoother a but little Nelson to similar carrot is This clay clay to in roots do better Thicker flavor. crisplong. 6” Sweet, average and tapered slightly Long – 7 storage. term chartsfor long the and besttops fresh the among is The taste winter. isfavoriteand afor fall type, this Nantes heavy A about 6” long, brittle, delicate, you end up digging them up but up but digging them up youend delicate, brittle, long, 6” about eating for fresh Great —
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Cook County U of M Extension Cook County U of M Extension Minuteman(F1) 47 Bishop(F1) Amazing 58 OP Candid(F1)Charm 65 days + (F,Js,Pk,Te) Tango Utahor 52 If you don’t want to grow celery, but would like but like would celery, grow want to youIf don’t you haven’t had luck with celery before, give this one a try. a one this give celery before, with luck had youhaven’t If yields. in makesbigdifference a ofFusariums Tolerance varieties. older moreofthe and than flavor yields better hybrid delivers This grow. as they heads the protect Theself crops. fall and summer for Great to recommend. weused that type Fremont Improved andcold. ofboth isheat tolerant that variety blanching a self is Thisnice orproduction. earlyfall summer for late Great over 2 lbs. 8” size with good heat tolerance. goodheat with size 8” lbs. over2 well a andproduces consistent is It great earlyvariety. for is an that cauliflower Earlyhybrid the perennial herb lovage or celery. cutting herblovage the perennial lent curds and flavor. and curds lent excel- with producedheads consistently nice has It cauliflowerhere. other than later are sometimes that ofcauliflower heads Nice size heavy drinker. drinker. heavy and feeder Heavy bolting. prevent to are warm temperatures once outdoors February. Transplant late to indoors mid aroundStart
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fullerkernels that germinate better in cool,wet soils. Isolate. (SSW)SuperSeedWare This is an improvement Super on Sweets. Larger, coldsoilsthan supersweets and notdoes need to be isolated from (sh2types) (triple sweets) Combinestenderness with Increased sugar.It does better in ‘Synergistic’(sy) Ears are comprised 75%of se kernels and25% sh2kernels. harvest.after (supersweets) Isolate up to 1/4 mile to preventcross pollination. (sh2)‘Shrunken’ Greatly heightened sweetness and slow conversionto starch starchto slowed. (se)(se+) ‘Sugary Enhanced’ Increased sweetness and conversionfrom sugar tional cornflavor. ( su) ‘Normalsu) Sugary’ Sugars convert to starch rapidly after harvest. Tradi- Flint(ZeaCorn maysindurata) (ZeaDent Corn mays indenata) Fordhook(OP) Giant 50 BrightLights 55 (OP) Type of flint corn that when heated, pops from moisture turning to steam. to turning pops moisture from when heated, cornthat offlint Type (Zea Popcorn mays everta) Americans. Native ofcorngrown by types oftheoldest One blue. starch Soft Flour( Corn mays Zea amylacea) corn” “Indian ofcolors. range a with kernels and shell Hard outer corn” “Field foods. processed ormake feed to forlivestock used Often OrnamentalCorn SweetCorn Standard sugary corn that is eaten by people in immature milk stage. milk immature byeatenin people is cornthat sugary Standard etc. ears, mini chosenbeen fortones, color have that corntypes Different for each color. Ornamental. color. foreach different and milder taste the coloredmake stocks Bright 1998. in winner AAS an was variety this Cook county, in well does chard All savoyed with white veins and broad white stems. andbroad white veins white with savoyed and green are medium The chard.leaves Swiss green standard The - filled kernels that are can easy Primarily but kernels that white grind. to filled
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Cook County U of M Extension Cook County U of M Extension Dakota Dakota Black (OP NorthernXtra Bear IslandFlint (OP)Corn 85 SugarBuns (se+) PaintedMountain (OP)85 days (Bc,F,G,Hms,J,Jn,S,St,Te,Vi) Café (Sy)F1 68days Trinity(se+) F1 Quickie(se) F1 F1 64day (P,R,Te) must be isolated. There is also a bi a also is There beisolated. must but Very sweet Goodcool germination. soil plants. 5’ short, on ears yielderofbig8 High corn. yellow sweet super earliest ofthe One veryornamental. are also that darkhave maroontall plants 4.5’ Short years. several past the in trials in maturedCook County has only popcornthat The reallyliked!” I grownthat here theonly cornI’ve is “This says, grower Cook County ears.One 8” fills cornthat sweet Nice yellow can eat it like sweet corn. Grind it once seeds harden for flour, etc. for flour, it onceharden Grind corn. seeds like sweet it eat can you or stage, green milk in picked When Anishinaabe. the with ed associat- is it where originated, init Canada island an after Named the home garden. home the forgreat a variety and tall stalks 6’ are grownon These diameter. bi Great 5 ears, 7” cornvarieties. early periodofmany harvest longest for the garden the twoweeksin up to tender remain will early corn. This tender most sweetest, The Makes a nutritious flour. nutritious Makesa or grits. forroasting grinding, beused also can cornbut mental 6 with plants 5’ Short soil and tastes great! tastes and soil bi Hybrid, - color with ears very large, about 8” long and 2” in 2” in and long 8” about verylarge, ears with color - -
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Dark Red Dark Norland Early, Red Anaheim(OP) Carola Carola MidSeason Yellow Mariachi(F1) Czech Black(OP) 58+ days (F,Sa) Bintje LateBintje Mid JalapenoEarly (OP)66days HoChi Minh (OP)68 days Known best as the potato for delicious, golden fries Goodkeeper. fries golden for delicious, potato the as best Known blight. late and scab to besusceptible can but tuber large a Produces flesh. creamygolden and yellow skin smooth with tubers Oblong Stress increases conditions. heat. field adverse the under grown well and has salsa for awesome is that pepper Mildly hot jar forstorage. a orinto flaked strung being either well Dries Very hot! ripen a to yellow. gold that peppers cayenne long, 4 in 1980’s. Vietnamese via Immigrant Minnesota to Came The 2.5” fruits are blackish fruits 2.5” The long up 8” to Fruits stuffing. and frying, forroasting, popular is that pepper Mildly hot Plants have purplish colored leaves and purple flowers. Mildly hot. flowers. and purple colored leaves purplish have Plants flavor. rich a with to heat Jalapeno a similar has Flesh red. garnet are thick 2 short, These red. they turn when are hottest Jalapenos medium and storability good.and medium is dormancy Tuber when are moist baked. and mashing boiling, Goodfor yellow flesh. yellowand skin smooth, with are oval Tubers variety for later in the season. the in for later variety forlargerones. apart 12” and potatoes 6 Plant flesh. white and skin red Smooth well. stores it for early and varieties summer digging best ofthe One - walled and juicy. Set fruit cooler conditions. fruit under Set juicy. and walled
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(B,Bc,F,G,Js.Ni,Pk,R,Sa,Tb,Tt,Vi) -
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purple when immature but ripen to a to ripen but immature when purple (B,F,H,Hms,J,Jn,Js,P,Pk,Pr,St,Tt,V) (F,H,Pk,B,)
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Cook County U of M Extension Peas, Pea Shoots Cucumber Information
Dwarf Gray Sugar (OP) 10 days (Hms,Jn,Pr,R,Sa,Ss,Vi) Cucumbers (Cucumis sativus) belong to the cucurbitae family along with watermelon, melon, gourds, squash and pumpkins. The cucumber is thought to originate in India, where Shoots are great for garnishes and salad mixes. Other varieties can it is found wild with small, bitter fruit. be used but these are very tender and have great flavor. Cucumbers are monoecious plants which have separate male and female flowers on the same plant. The male flowers appear first and female flowers shortly later. The female flow-
Peppers, Sweet ers have small immature fruit at the base of the flower and male flower do not have any- that is how you can tell what flower is female and male. Pollen is transferred from male to female Ace, New Ace (F1) 60 - 70 days (H,Jn,R,Tt,V) flower by bees or other insects. When pollinated properly, female flower develops into fruit. There are different types of cucumber hybrids such as gynoecious varieties that produce Extra –early, highly productive. Small to medium-sized bell predominantly female flowers, and seeds of monoecious varieties are mixed with it for polli- peppers. This hybrid resists blossom drop in adverse weather. A nation. They are very productive when a pollenizer (male flower) is present and more disease good one to try if you have not had success. New Ace is about 5 days resistant than the monoecious varieties. There are also cucumber hybrids that produce fruits earlier with less production and a bit larger peppers. without pollination called parthenocarpic varieties resulting into fruits that contain no seeds. Such varieties need to be isolated from standard varieties to prevent cross-pollination and
U of M Extension Carmen (F1) 60—80 days (F,H,Hms,J,Jn,P,Pk,R,S,Tg,Tt,V) development of fruits with seeds inside. These are often the ‘greenhouse cucumbers’ grown Best tasting sweet Italian frying pepper. AAS winner. Wait for the because they don’t need to have any insects for pollination. Cucumber varieties can cross U of M Extension darkest red hue before picking and they will be the sweetest in flavor. pollinate with one another but not with squash, pumpkins, muskmelons, or watermelons. Gypsy (F1) 60 days (B,J,Js,R,Tg,Th,Tm,Tt) Dutch type cucumbers or English/ European cucumbers are the long (11 – 16”) thin skinned cucumbers wrapped in plastic that you commonly find in grocery stores. They re- AAS winner with great vigor, heavy producer with thick walls. Very quire temperature growing conditions between 65 – 90 degrees, lose moisture rapidly, and reliable producer. are easily damaged with their thin skin – hence, the reason for being plastic wrapped at the Jimmy Nardello (OP) 80—90 days (B,Bc,F,H,Jsc.Ni,P,R,Sa,Ss,St,Tb,Te,Tg,Tt) market. These cucumbers have a tendency to produce all at once – not a great trait for the home gardener. They also need to be isolated from monecious and gynoecious cucumbers to Delicious sweet pepper from Italy that is being grown in hoophouses prevent cross-pollination. in our county. Produces loads of thin, long peppers up to 10” long. The parthenocarpic Beit Alpha cucumbers from the Middle East are similar to the Dutch Great cooked or raw, they work well in salsas, salads or grilled. this type cucumbers except they are shorter, blockier, and less susceptible to damage after being They are also perfect for pickling or drying. grown. They are also more tolerant of both high and low temperatures (50- 100F) You can still eat the skin but they don’t need to be wrapped in plastic for protection or water reten- King of the North (OP) 68 -70 days (Bc,F,H,Hms,J,Ni,P,R,Sa,St,Tb,Tg,Tt,Vt) tion. The huge, blocky shape of these thick walled, bright fruits make American slicing cucumber examples would be –Marketmore 76 – uniform, dark green them a popular choice for stuffing. Mild tasting regardless of fruit that is monecious and include Sweet Slice and Sweet Burpless. Newer slicers are touted maturity. as bitter-free when they have less cucurbitacins (bitter compounds) in their parentage. Lipstick (OP) 53-73 days (Bc,R,Sa,St,Tb,Tt) American pickling or smaller cucumbers- County Fair – seedless if isolated from other cucumbers; Calypso – gynoecious, early maturing; SMR Wisconsin 58 and National Pickling Great sweet pepper for salads, cooking, salsa. Very reliable at green – monoecious. Pickling cucumbers may or may not have West Indian gherkin parentage
Cook County or red stage with heavy yields even out in the open field. (Cucumis anguria) along with Cucuris sativus. Peacework (OP) 65 days (F,Tb,) Burpless – Diva – gynoecious, parthenocarpic; Sweet Slice – monoecious slicing; Bush –
Salad Bush – slicing; Spacemaster – slicing; Bush Pickle – pickling. Burpless cucumbers Cook County Early red pepper that did well in field trials in Cook County. Green usually refer to the fact they have an oriental heritage and are grown on a trellis. That may and yellow in the field. Heavy producer. or may not indicate that they have less cucurbitacins as bitterness can also be caused by heat and drought If they are listed at bitter– free , then they have no cucurbitacins. Studies have shown the question of burpiness or less seems to hinge on the variety you are growing and the burping susceptibility of each person, rather on the name of ‘burpless’. Cook County U of M Extension Sweet (F1)Slice Marketmore65(OP)76 days (A,B,Bc,F,G,H,Hms,J,Jn,Js,Ni,P,Pk,Pr,R,S,Ss,V,Vi) (F1)58 Diva 58days (G,H,J,Jn,Ni,P,Pk,R,Sh,Tg,Th,Tt,Vt) (Fi)Corinto Little Leaf Boothby’sBlonde Shintokiwa(OP) Calypso be peeled. A favorite with local gardeners. local with favorite A bepeeled. 10 bitterness. no and hybridflavor Mild burpless popular cucumber. bea to Continues about 9 about itgets and panels hog growon cucumbers!I it best ofmy one is This sizes. discoloredlittlelarger a becomes at end the when better are 6 They well. all Great greenhouse. Good parthenocarpic.theand for field and both are gynoecious Thecucumbers cavity. seed a verysmall have and These grow slicer. cucumbers 7 productive most Earliest, Old standard open standard Old spines. white with Parthenocarpic pickling. and eating for fresh great 3 stress. and to tolerant disease to Veryresistant cucumber. aversatile Itis nice slicer. as a it use long 6 when grow it and let can You pickles. bread &butter great long atmakes 4” used when that crisp, cucumber heirlooma is This cucumbers. Heavy
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(OP)63days — - — pollinated variety that is highly disease resistant. disease is highly variety that pollinated 8” long with good disease resistance. taste They resistance. disease good with long 8” 62days (H,J,R,S,Sh,Te,Tg,Tt,Vt) –
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GreenArrow (OP)75days (A,H,Hms,J,Js.Ni,P,Pk,R,Sa,Sc,Sh,Ss,St,Te,V,Vi) Big,Mr. SuperSugar Snap SugarAnn (OP) Knight Oregon(OP)Giant60 Cascadia(OP) 62day (F,Hms,J,Js,Ni,P,R,S,Sc,Sh,Tb,Te,Tm,V,Vt) Wando(OP)70 days (A,B,J,R,Sa,Sh,Js.Jsc,Vi,Vt) Maxigolt(OP) 62days (Jn) like big peas. It is an All is an It peas. like big oryoureally if growchildren to one isfunwith a This peas! Huge added resistance to powderyto mildew. resistance added has earlierand days several Bears flavor. crisp sweet forextra pods eventhicker with original snap sugar ofthe qualities great the All pairs are bornein pods and forfreezing 9 with 4” pods with pea pollinated Open 1/2” pods. Average 2’ vines do not need support. 1984 AAS. 1984 do not need support. 2’ vines Average pods. 1/2” verygoodextra a Still or fresh arepodsthat frozen.tender great lovely A with snow pea variety. Sweet pea shelling later. anda pea snap a pea, snow an all has vinethat 32” short, A yielding. is high and tall 30” about grows wellIt under alsopollinates cooler crops, conditions. of pea it sowings for later beused andcan ofheat theeffects to resistant More are 3 they as support orwithout be grown with Can flavor. excellent with late variety Outstanding mosaics. several wilt, common to Tolerance 24” vines. Short peas. 8 about with pods, 4” Double podded pea. podded large Earliest
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Cook County U of M Extension Onions (Storage) Eggplant
Candy (F1) 85+ day (B,D,G,H,J,Jn,Js,P,Pk,R,Re,S,Sh,Te,Tt) Casper (OP) 70 days (Bc,R,Sa,Ss,Tg) Day-neutral onion that is big and sweet. You can sow in late fall for over wintering or go ahead and start from seed indoors and trans- An old white variety that has been dependable in cold climates. It is
plant out in early spring. Has kept well for some folks in the county. becoming popular once again with 6” fruit.
Copra (F1) 104 days (D,J,P) Galine (F1) 65 days (F,Jn,)
Uniform, rock hard storage onion. They dry quickly due to thin High-yielding black bell type that are 6-7” long, 3-4” in diameter. necks and have remained in good condition until spring in the root They do quite well even in our northern climate. One to try. cellar. Start early from seed indoors and transplant outdoors. Early long day onion. Orient Express (F1) 58 days (Jn,Tg)
Red Wing (F1) 116 days (D,F,Hms,J,Jn,M,Ni,P,Pk,Sc,Te) Dark purple, long 8—10” fruits. This eggplant can set fruit in cold weather and under heat stress. of M Extension Best long day red onion for keeping but may not always grow well if
U of M Extension we have a long cool season. They like cool springs with warmer Garlic Short Day Onions are varieties that require 10– 12 hours of daylength. They are best for southern states. Bavarian Purple (stiff neck type) (Te) Intermediate Day Onions require 12—14 hours of Best variety grown over 10 years with no disease or loss. in Cook daylength and do best in the mid-section of the country. County. A good variety to start with when growing garlic. Long Day Onions require 14-16 hours of daylength. They work best in our northern climate. German Extra-Hardy (stiff neck type) (Ggg,H,Jn,M,P,Ss,) Unique Onions will do well in both northern climates and
the intermediate part of the country. Planted in the fall, this garlic is rated very highly for northern U Growing from seed: Start about 12 wks. before setting climates. Flavor is very good and it stores very well. out, try: Patterson (as good as Copra), Borettana cipollini, Music (stiff neck type) (B,G,Ggg,H,Hms,Jn,Jsc.P,Pr,Re,Ss,Te) Clear Dawn, Dakota Tears, Red Wethersfield. Planted in the fall, this garlic has out-produced other varieties in Parsnips trails. White skinned with a blush of pink, medium hot flavor, lasts
up to 9 months. Very cold tolerant.
Lancer (OP) 120 days (Hms) Greens High germinating seeds. Long slender roots, very sweet. You can leave this one in the ground over winter and harvest roots in the spring. Grows well here. Try this as a new vegetable! Arugula (OP) 21 baby—40 days (Bc,F,G, J,Jn,Js,Jsc,Ni,P,Pk.Ss,Tb,V) County
Turga (OP) 100—110 days (Bc,Bg,Sa,Tb,) Standard salad green with long dark leaves that adds spice and
Cook County flavor to salads. Flea beetles love this one so cover with reemay... Vigorous and productive variety that has extra wide roots that are sweet, crisp and nutty tasting. It is very smooth and uniform. Bull’s Blood Beet Greens (OP) 21 baby—50 days (Bc,H,Jn,Hms,P)
Beautiful tops and stalks are perfect to add to your greens mix either
in salads or eaten alone. Beets remain small so grow for leaves. Cook Cook County U of M Extension Natacha EscaroleNatacha (OP)(Jn) Early WonderBeet Green (OP)(F,Hms, Jn,Js,P) Vates CollardsVates (OP) days75 (Bc,F,Jn,Js,P,R,S,Sc,Sh,Ss) RedMustardGiant (OP) Green 20 GeorgiaSouthern Collards (OP) (B,Bc,Bg,Hms,Js,Ni,r,Ss) Basil,Genovese value. samenutritious the of much with growing sprouts do than to andsafer easier Much winter. all sandwiches micro and enjoy lights under trays seed in indoors seeds spinach greens, beet collards, rabi, lettuce, Microgreens: Basil,Sweet 70days (B,F,G,H,J,Js,Jsc,Re,S,Sc,Sh,St,V,Vi) from cabbage moths by growing under a floating row cover.floating a under by growing moths cabbage from collards Protect and fried. stir steamed raw, for eating north up cold. Great and heat both goodto resistance has that heirloom Old beets. forbaby up size roots while greens beet for early are perfect growing tops Quick also good braised with cider vinegar or soil sauce & sesame oil. &sesame sauce soil or cider vinegar with goodbraised also Excellent forweather. slow coldAutumn cooking, the and boiling Long salad. ina or of mixed place lettuce in salad base a as beused can hasIt variety grown This folks wellSuperior. flavor.along Lake for moredelicate milder a with endive than moretender and Wider tinted leaves. They have a mild mustard flavor that can be added to beadded can mildmustarda that flavor They have leaves. tinted purple large, with Japaneseplant ornamental beautiful a is This salad for fresh flavor. forfresh salad great eating. Works well for pesto also. Works forwell pesto eating. great all forand drying recommended variety, yielding Heaviest Basil. Sweet than morepotency but smaller leaves has This pesto. for making basils best ofthe One - standing and heat resistant, these greens produce a crop into cropinto a produce resistant,greens these and heat standing
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Cook County U of M Extension Cook County U of M Extension Nancy (OP) Nancy Northpole (OP) RedSails Merveille desQuatre Saisons (OP) (OP)Freckles coming more common instead of separate varieties. varieties. separate of instead morecommon coming Blushed(OP)Cos Butter Most lettuce does very well in Cook County. Start in Cook County. well very does Most lettuce reduce bolting in many varieties. Mixtures are be- are Mixtures varieties. many in bolting reduce transplants early indoors for lettuce in June. Plant Plant June. in lettuce for indoors early transplants Anuenue some seeds later in June behind your peas or poleor peas your behind in June seeds later some beans to keep from bolting early if we have warm warm have we earlyif bolting keep from beans to weather. You can also use 30% shade cloth to shade cloth 30% use also can You weather. Not for the summer forNot the Lime frost. beforefirst a Cold gundy red. Nice and crisp, resists resists sunburn. crisp, Nice and red. gundy greenbackgroundBright bur- with leaves. fringed ruffled, overlaid headswith compact Attractive, lettuce. leaf red bolting Slowest Crisp with a great flavor. Rapidly becoming a favorite variety here. variety favorite a Rapidlybecoming flavor. great a with Crisp butterhead Combination bitter. getting from it growingkeepto well round a surrounding leaves glossy bright non and crispy, Compact, makes up forit. up makes &texture Flavor others. than worse yearsis some but rot, bottom to usuallyIt is slowlong time. a aroundbeen has that Nice butterhead with red making it nice for inclusion insalads. for inclusion nice it making red with are tinged Leaves cold. and heat withstand to ability for its Seasons’ ofFour also ‘Marvel knownas lettuce Butterhead heirloom French color. of splashes red with romain Nice green ourcounty. in itself reseeded full babyand leaf for both Great -
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Rosemary (A,B,Bc,F,G,H,J,Jn,Jsc,Ni,P,R,Re,S,Sh,Ss,V) Parsley, Giant Italian 70 days (A,B,Bc,G,Hms,J,Jn,Jsc,Re,S,Sc,Sh,Ss) Oregano,Greek Lovage90days Chives(Perennial) (A,B,Bc,F,G,H,Hms,J,Jn,Js,Jsc,Ni,P.R,Re,S,Sc,Ss,St,V) Epazote55days Dill,Bouquet, Fernleaf, Goldkrone, Super 40Dukat+ days Cilantro ,Caribe55days Caraway (Perennial)Caraway place it outdoors in the summer where it will receive lots ofheat. lots receive will whereit summer the outdoorsin it place indoorsand plant overwinterthis can You forseeds. germination 30% only about cuttingsand with easiest propagated Rosemary is for drying. andgreat stems Very upright flavor. awesome having leaves dark green huge, with variety yielding Veryhigh Dries well. sauces. tomato forpizzaand is traditional that flavor Very strong Greekcooking. and for Italian great Darkleaves a lot of spicy bean dishes while impartingflavor.while great oflotspicy dishes beana year foruse harvested and bedried can and welldoes cooking that Mexican traditional in Used and flowers can be used dried or fresh for a slight oniony flavor. It is It oniony flavor. slight fora or dried fresh beused flowers can and lilac with Hardyperennial grow 6’ tall here. growtall 6’ can It celery. easier growto and flavor than thesame impart leaves The ofcelery. place in can beused that Cook County in Perennial Cook County. in well done have varieties dill ofthese All strains. flavored better Oneofthe summer. duringthe beused also herbcan Fresh winter. the used throughout and bedried can that foliage ofexcellent Lots lesshere. hardy little bea to Seems flavor. ‘garlicky’ a flowers and haswhite ourcounty.Garlic chives in plant indestructible nearly a sandy soil. sandy fulland sun Likes pastries. stews,breadsand forsoups, are used seeds isand self will here hardy that plant Biennial
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Cook County U of M Extension Cook County U of M Extension Kolibri RedRussian 60days (A,B,Bc,F,H,Hms,Jn,Js,Jsc,Ni,P,R,S,Sa,Sc,Ss,Tb,Te,Vi) Beedy’sCamden Thyme,German Tarragon,French Sage, Broadleaf Kossak(F1)80 days (G,Hms,J,Jn,Js.P,R,Sh,Th,V,Vt) and gravies. You can also dry the leaves and use them through the through use them and alsoleaves can dryYou the gravies. and casseroles for soups, Great winter. the during coveredcarefully if well in well Grows protection. with here Overwinter seed. than rather cuttings is grownusually from It ourarea. grown in often most one is the and flavor strongest probablythe has Tarragon French The Mexican. and French, Russian tarragons: main are 3 There started. back orplants new becut can they overtime, becometoowoody they If coverage. snow or verygood boughs balsam and straw with either protection need will but County Cookhas in overwinteredIt been fresh or dried. beused can This winter. and tender. You can keep in cold storage forstorage3 cold canYou in keep tender. and sweet remains variety dia.this 8” to Up for storage. variety Giant flesh. Nearlywhite fiberless ‘slaw’. or salads in growto Easy variety. excellent purple excellent An season. your ‘greens’ extend will that temperatures verygood foralso micro is variety This flavor. delicate a with verytender is that kaleheirloom Siberian A bolt.Slowto tender. blue wavy Abundant Open
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