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Demeter Certified Crop List DEMETER ASSOCIATION, INC. For Certification of BIODYNAMIC AGRICULTURE Biodynamic® System Plan Product Profile Company Name and Address: Turtle Tree Seed 10 White Birch Road Copake, NY 12516 Scope of Certification: Crops Operator: Lia Babitch Contact: Lia Babitch Current Certificate Issue Date: November 9, 2018 Certification ID #: BDF0225R1118 Demeter Certified Biodynamic® 615 Acres Total – 14 Cropped Acres Bean, Bush: Black Valentine, Contender , Golden Rocky, Provide, Provider Premium, Royal Burgundy, Jacob’s Cattle Bean, Pole: Rattlesnake, Red Noodle, Early Riser, Aunt Ada’s Italian, Fortex, Turkish Bean, Soup: Orca, Maine Yellow-Eye, Aunt Ada’s Italian, Black Turtle, Black Valentine, Drabo, Jacob’s Cattle, Nadak Pinot, Davis Family Blend Beet: Robuschka, Lutz Green Leaf, Detroit Dark Red, Three Root Grex, Feuer Kugel, Fodder Beet, Mammoth Long Red Mangel Burdock: Takinogawa Long Broccoli: Umpqa, Piracicaba Cabbage: Amarant, Filderkraut, Heike-Marie’s Improved, Early Bird Cabbage, Dottenfelder Storage, European Storage, Holsteiner Platter, Rodynda, Winterfrust, Savoy Chinese Cabbage: Granat, Nozaki Early, Houshu Carrot: Rolanka , Minicor, Early Milan Nantes, Rodelika, Scarlet Nantes Improved, Yellowstone Cauliflower: Overwintering-Spring Snow, Odysseus Celery: Ventura PO Box 1390 Philomath, OR 97370 (541) 929-7148 phone (541) 929-4387 fax 1 www.demeter-usa.org DEMETER ASSOCIATION, INC. For Certification of BIODYNAMIC AGRICULTURE Celeriac: Brilliant, Monarch Corn, Sweet: Ashworth, Harmony, Rose Potpourri Corn, Pop: Vermont Red Kernel, Glass Gem Corn, Flour: Hopi Blue Cucumber: Persian, Boston Pickler, Marketmore76, Marketmore 86, Slicing 97, Boothby Blonde, Shintokiwa Eggplant: Rose Bianca, Violetta Lunga, Black Beauty, Ping Tung Long Endive: Brussels Witloof, Emerald Escarole, Treffine Maraichere Frisee Chicory: Zuckerhut, Ascolana Fennel, Bulbing: Perfektion, Zefa Fino Greens: Garden (Upland) Cress, Karate Cabbage , Miner’s Lettuce, Corn Salad, Corn Salad - New York Hardy Arugula, Pepper Cress, Sorrel Greens, Asian: Ruby Streaks, Yukina Savory, Komatsuna, Kyona Mizuna, Mustard - Giant Red, Asian Green Mix, Tat Soi, Pac Choi - Dwarf Ching Chiang, Pac Choi - Prize, Hon Tsai Tai Kale: Delaway, Ruffles Kale, Judy’s Kale, Red Russian Kale, Lacinato Kale Collards: Champion Collards Kohlrabi: Lanro , Azure Star, Superschmelz Leeks: Musselburgh, King Richard, Long Fall, Ifra, Giant Carentan, Blau Gruener, Blau Gruener Winter Lettuce, Batavian/French Crisp: Victoria, Winter Density, Green Ice, Canasta, Slogun Lettuce, Butterhead/Bibb: Akcel , May Queen, Ermosa, Mikola, Nancy, Capitane, North Pole, Marvel of Four Seasons, Speckled Amish Butterhead Lettuce, Iceberg: Summertime Lettuce, Loose Leaf: Waldman’s, New Red Fire, Merlot, Red Tinged Winter Lettuce, Oak Leaf: Lingue De Canarino, Year Round Bronze Oak, Austrian Frilly Green Leaf, Blushed Butter Oaks, Cocarde, Fire Mountain Lettuce, Romaine: Rouge D’Hiver, Jericho, Kalura, Cimmaron, Ruben’s Red, Forellenschluss Lettuce, Unique Types: Anuenue, Bronze Rodan, Deer Tongue – Green, Cracoviensi Lettuce, Lettuce Mixes: Lettuce Mix Of Turtle Tree, Favorites, Turtle Tree Reds Melon: Golden Gopher, Charantais, Minnesota Midget, Delicious 51 PMR, Sharlyn, Bella Dulce Crenshaw Okra: Burgundy , Clemson Spineless Onions: Blanco Duro, Rossa Di Milano, New York Early, Clear Dawn, Bennie’s Red, Ailsa Craig , Valencia, Giant Zittau, New Red, Italian Red Torpedo, Stuttgarter PO Box 1390 Philomath, OR 97370 (541) 929-7148 phone (541) 929-4387 fax 2 www.demeter-usa.org DEMETER ASSOCIATION, INC. For Certification of BIODYNAMIC AGRICULTURE Scallions: White Spear Bunching, Evergreen Hardy Bunching, Ishikura Parsley: Giant Italian Plain Leaf , Moss Curled - Forest Green Parsnips: Turga, Cobham Improved Marrow Peas, Shell: Coral, Mayfair Peas, Snap: Sugar Lode, Cascadia Peas, Snow: Oregon Giant, Schweizer Riesen Peppers, Sweet: Jimmy Nardello, Orange Bell, Purple Beauty, Early Red Sweet, King of the North, California Wonder, Antohi, Lipstick, Aconcagua, California Wonder Gold, Sweet Paprika, Sullivan’s Favorite Italian Frying Peppers, Hot: Chiltepe (Bird Pepper), Aji Crystal, Hot Pepper Lantern, Padron, Early Jalapeno, Cayenne, Bolivian Rainbow, Anaheim Pumpkins: Young Beauty, Baby Pam, New England Pie Radishes: Sora, French Breakfast Improved, Purple Plum, Black Storage Spinach: Butterflay, Gamma, Matador, Steadfast, Winter Bloomsdale Squash, Summer: Raphael’s Gold, Langenaria Cucuzzi Edible Gourd, Success PM, Verde Chiaro D’Italia, Yellow Crookneck, Zucchini Mutabile Dark Green, Zucchini Dark Green, Zucchini Costata Romanesca, Zucchini Ronde De Nice, Zucchini Mutabile Squash, Winter: Honeynut, Long Island Cheese, Musque De Provence Fairytail Pumpkin, Sweet Meat, Sweet Meat Maxima, Tromboncino, Delicata, Buttercup, Buttercup Maxima, Black Forest Kabocha, Kindred Orange Buttercup, Red Kuri, Native American Hidatsa, Butternut Swiss Chard: Glatter Silber, Rainbow Tomato, Earliest: Sweet’N’Bright, Stupice, Glacier Tomato, Red Slicing: Berner Rose, Moskvich, Landis, Cosmonaut Volkov, Super Lakota , Ruth’s Perfect, Brandywine, Firework Tomato, Non-Red Slicing: German Green, Striped German, Indigo Apple, Golden Delight, Kimberton Hills Yellow, Persimmon, Black Krim, Black Prince, Ananas Noire, Djena Lee’s Golden Girl, Green Zebra, Tigerella Tomato, Paste: Hungarian Italian, Black Plum, Roma, Corne De Bouc, Myona, San Marzano Tomato, Cherry: California Sunshine, Blush, Lucky Tiger, Purple Bumblebee, Principle Borghese , Matt’s Wild, Chadwick’s, Snow White, Black Cherry Tomato, Unique: Blue Gold, Blue Gold Beefsteak, Earli Rouge, Robbin’s Red, Oxheart, Canadian Stuffing Tomato, Wapsipinicon Peach Tomatillo: Schoenbrunn Gold Physalis, Purple Tomatillo PO Box 1390 Philomath, OR 97370 (541) 929-7148 phone (541) 929-4387 fax 3 www.demeter-usa.org DEMETER ASSOCIATION, INC. For Certification of BIODYNAMIC AGRICULTURE Ground Cherry: Cossack Pineapple Turnips: Eastham Turnip, Rutabaga, Zuerche Watermelons: Ali Baba, Blacktail Mountain, Moon and Stars-Cherokee, Sugar Baby, Crimson Sweet, Early Moonbeam Herbs: Anise Hyssop, Basil, Basil-Holy, Basil-Lemon, Basil-Red Leafed, Bergamot-Lemon, Borage, Calendula, Chamomile-German, Chives, Clary Sage, Coriander and Cilantro, Dandelion, Dill, Echinacea Purpurea, Feverfew, Hyssop, Lavender, Lemon Balm, Mallow-Mauritanian, Marjoram-Sweet, Mullein From France, Milk Thistle, Nettle-Stinging, Sage, Savory-Summer, Spilanthis, Thyme, Tobacco-Hopi, Valerian, Yarrow Flowers: Ageratum-Blue Mink, Alyssum-White, Amaranth-Burgundy, Aster-China Double Mix, Aster-Diane’s Pink, Bachelor’s Buttons Courtin’ Bouquet, Bachelors Buttons-Blue, Bachelors Buttons-Red, Calendula-Orange, Calendula-Remembrance Mix, Calliopsis, Castor Bean, Cleome, Scarlet Cockscomb, Cockscomb Blazing Sunset Mix, Coreopsis, Cosmos-Orange-Bright Lights, Cosmos-Sensations Mix, Dahlia Mix, Echinacea Purpurea, Flax-Omega Blue, Flax-Perennial Blue, Four O’ Clocks, Foxglove-Purple, Foxglove-Yellow, Gold’N’Red Rudbeckia, Helichrysum (Strawflower), Hibiscus Manihot, Larkspur-Blue Spire, Love-In-A-Mis, Lupine Mix, Mallow-Mauritanian, Marigold-African, Marigold-Gem Mix, Morning Glory, Mullein From France, Nasturtium, Nicotiana-White, Petunia-Perseverance, Phacelia, Poppy-Jocelyn, Portulaca-Party, Purple Hyacinth Bean, Purpletop Vervain, Rudbeckia (Black-Eyed Susan), Salpiglossis, Snapdragon Panorama Mix, Sweet Pea-Edelwicke, Sweet William, Tithonia, Tobacco-Flowering, Zinnia-Aztec Sunset, Zinnia-Red Peruvian, Zinnia-Golden Bush Mix, Zinnia-State Fair Mix, Zinnia-Purple Dahlia, Sunflower-Standfast, Sunflower-Abendsonne, Sunflower-Peredovik, Sunflower-Raphael Garden Mix, Sunflower-Tarahumara, Sunflower-Giganteus Farm, Grain & Cover Crops: Amaranth-Burgundy, Broom Corn, Flax-Omega Blue, Fodder Beet Mammoth Long Red Mangel, Marigold-Nematocidal, Phacelia, Rye-Winter, Oats-Leonard, Barley-Robust, Sunflower-Peredovik, Vetch-Hairy, Wheat-Hard Red Winter, Pumpkin-Styrian Naked-Seeded Unusual Crops: Beet Berry, Broom Corn, Marigold-Nematocidal , Phacelia, Pumpkin-Styrian Naked-Seeded, Spilanthes The above information is provided as a description of the Biodynamic® system under certification. This document does not replace the Demeter Certificate. It is provided as customer service to assist in the representation of the certified Biodynamic® products. Authorization: (Member Services Coordinator) Date: November 23, 2018 PO Box 1390 Philomath, OR 97370 (541) 929-7148 phone (541) 929-4387 fax 4 www.demeter-usa.org .
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