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Holy Basil or Tulsi (Kapoor)

Tulsi makes a wonderful, aromatic tea. Best flavor if leaves are picked before the plant flowers, but you can keep picking the leaves until frost. The light purple flowers are quite beautiful and very attractive to pollinators. Unlike other varieties of Tulsi which require a longer growing season, this variety (Kapoor) grows especially well in temperate climates like New England. 60 days.<br>

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North Carolina Heirloom Pickling Cucumber

A very prolific cucumber that makes terrific dill pickles that stay crisp and look quite beautiful and unique in the jar. Extremely rare. Creamy yellow fruits are blocky, about 3” long. Also great for slicing. Produces heavily throughout the season. 60 days.

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Green in Snow Mustard Greens

This variety really lives up to its name, producing beautiful, bright green leaves deep into December here in New England. Wonderful taste and tender greens are great for stir-frying. 45 days. <br>

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Italian Heirloom Tomato

A superb red tomato, with a rich tomato taste. Great for fresh eating, but also great for canning and cooking. Open a jar of Italian Heirloom sauce to get a wonderful burst of summer flavor in the dead of winter. 70-80 days.

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Fish Hot Pepper

An African American heirloom that was popular in the Chesapeake Bay area in the 1900’s, used especially for seafood recipes. This is a stunning plant, with variegated green and white leaves and peppers that are striped in a rainbow of colors. The compact stature lends well to container planting. Medium hot. 80 days from transplanting. <br>

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Patisson Panache Vert et Blanc

Patty pan summer squash that is sea foam green when young (the edible stage) and white with green stripes when mature. They are delicious when picked young, but you may want to let at least a few fruits mature, as they make great fall decorations. Keep the plants picked clean for best yields. 60 - 70 days. <br><br>

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Tiger Eye Beans

Flavorful dry beans from South America make their own delicious broth when cooked. Young beans can also be eaten green. Prolific grower, bush habit. 80-90 days. Plant after danger of frost has passed, 1 inch deep (thinning to 1 plant every 4 inches) in rows 18 inches apart.

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Freckles Lettuce

Romaine, beautiful bright green with dark red splashes or “freckles”. 60 days. Plant 12 seeds per foot, ¼ inch deep, and thin to 6 inches, in rows 2 feet apart.

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Dwarf Grey Sugar Peas

Tasty snow peas, plants are small and do not need a trellis, but grow well. This is an old, traditional type of edible podded pea. Pick them when they&#39;re small (a couple inches long). The pods should be completely flat, before the peas have had a chance to develop inside. Plant 1 seed every 1.5 inches, ½ inch deep in rows 22 inches apart. <br>

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Black Turtle Beans

Produces loads of small dry beans that make a thick, flavorful black bean soup. A favorite in Latin American cuisine. The water used for boiling is traditionally repurposed as a stock for Sopa Negra, but can also be used as a natural, pale purple fabric dye. Bush habit. 55 days. <br>Plant after danger of frost has passed, 1 inch deep (thinning to 1 plant every 4 inches) in rows 18 inches apart. <br>

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Pennsylvania Dutch Butter Flavored Popcorn

Tasty, high quality, heirloom popcorn with ivory white kernels. Has a buttery, somewhat nutty flavor. 115 days. Plant 1 inch deep, every 4 - 6 inches, thinning to 1 plant every 10-12 inches, in rows 30 inches apart.

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Golden Bantam Improved Sweet Corn

Delicious yellow sweet corn with “corny” flavor not found in modern hybrid super sweet varieties. 75 days. Plant 1 inch deep, every 4 - 6 inches, thinning to 1 plant every 10-12 inches, in rows 30 inches apart.

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Luther Hill Corn

​A tender, tasty early white sweet corn. Developed by New Jersey horticulturist, Luther Hill in 1902, the small 4’ stalks are ideal for backyard gardens. Two 4 -6 inch ears on each stalk. Grows well in New England. 70 days. <br>Plant 1 inch deep, every 4 - 6 inches, thinning to 1 plant every 10-12 inches, in rows 30 inches apart. <br>

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