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Weird Vegetables - Spring 2009 - a list by ASewell

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Park Seed: Tomato Red Currant

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The smallest tomato you will ever see but so flavorful. Four of these fit on a dime! (via parkseed.com)

Updated Jan 14, 2009

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Park Seed: Cauliflower Cheddar Hybrid - An orange-colored Cauliflower very high in beta carotene.

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No, it doesn't have cheese in it or taste like cheese, but it has 25 times the amount of beta carotene as regular white cauliflower and a significant amount of Vitamin A. It also has that vivid orange coloring making it suitable for decorative dishes. Since it's a cool-growing crop it will bear in both the Spring and Fall. (via parkseed.com)

Updated Jan 14, 2009

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Park Seed: Romanesco Veronica - A Romanesco with lime-green heads covered in pointed domes.

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Yes --- you eat this. To me it looks like some sort of alien vegetation, but it is grown here on Earth. It's a member of the cauliflower family and is often called "Italian Caulifower". However, it's milder and sweeter than regular cauliflower. You can eat it raw or cooked.

Best as a Fall crop, it should be picked when the heads are small, for the ultimate tender flavor. (via parkseed.com)

Updated Jan 14, 2009

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Park Seed: Carrot Purple Haze Hybrid - A Nantes type Carrot with bright purple flesh and an orange core.

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Apparently this is the original color of wild carrots. This variety is very vigorous and easy to grow, and has a lovely sweet flavor. To take advantage of its bright color, serve it raw --- cooking will dull it. (via parkseed.com)

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Park Seed: Asparagus Purple Passion - A medium-sized purple Asparagus with tender, sweet spears.

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Purple Passion is a gourmet treat and relatively easy to grow, making it popular with asparagus gardeners and cooks. You treat it no differently than you would when growing the green varieties.

Gardeners are full of praise for Purple Passion's superior disease resistance and fine production of medium-sized yields. These easy-care, fuss-free plants are a great source of gourmet eating for years to come!

We sell well-rooted bareroot plants, and it is important that you plant them at once upon arrival--dry or withered roots are a problem for Asparagus. Prepare the soil well, adding plenty of organic matter and fertilizing with a well-balanced mixture such as 5-10-10. Asparagus has deep, spreading roots, so be sure the soil is well-worked. Set plants about 1 1/2 feet apart and water well during growth. Fertilize twice annually (before new spring growth and right after harvest). Cut no spears the first year, and cut only sparingly the second in order to encourage a great crop for the third year. If you want white (blanched) Asparagus, simply block out the light as the spears are forming by applying mulch on the plants. (via parkseed.com)

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Park Seed: Tomato Tomatoberry Garden Hybrid

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Just about an inch high and wide, it's perfect for salads, garnishes, and popping into your mouth whole, straight from the vine. The tomato that thinks it's a strawberry. (via parkseed.com)

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Park Seed: Tomato Cherokee Purple Organic

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Its deep, violet color and intense flavor set it apart. It is believed to have originated in the Cherokee Nation in Tennessee more than a century ago. (via parkseed.com)

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Flowering Potatoes | Buy from Gardener's Supply

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When you plant these six specially-selected potato varieties, you’ll enjoy almost a month of flowers in shades of blue, lavender, and white, followed by a bounty of colorful and delicious potatoes. Varieties include Red Cloud, Cranberry Red, Carola, All Blue, Onaway and Butte. 1-1/2 lbs. of certified organic seed potatoes fills a 3' x 3' or 4' x4' raised bed.

* Enjoy a month of flowers, then potatoes!
* Harvest six colorful and delicious potato varieties
* 1-1/2 lbs. of certified organic seed potatoes
* Shipping by growing zone begins in March and continues into June
* Ideal for growing in Gardener's Supply Potato Bin, sold separately (via gardeners.com)

Updated Apr 18, 2009

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Park Seed: Organic Corn Red Martian

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The deep red husks and kernels are as appealing to your eyes as your taste buds.

100 days. For a taste that's out of this world, treat your taste buds to the delights of Organic Corn Red Martian! This wonderful new corn is as appealing to your eyes as it is to your tummy, brightening the garden and your plate with deep red husks and kernels. Imagine how beautiful these unique plants will look growing next to your green vegetables. And the burgundy-purple cobs might be another way to entice those picky kids to try something new. Granted, once you taste the succulent, milky sweetness of these red kernels -- which are perfect right off the cob -- all else will be forgotten!

Red Martian offers two cobs per stalk (which make great additions to fall-themed arrangements when dried!). To ensure their color doesn't drain into the water when cooking, steam the cobs rather than boiling them. Pkt is 200 seeds. (via parkseed.com)

Updated Jun 7, 2009