Category Archives: Vegetables
Baby Corn Bonus

Cook’s Garden Favorite. If you have never grown these sweet creamy little ears of corn — only 3 to 3 1/2 inches long 1/4- to 1/2-inch in diameter and less than an ounce at harvest – you are in for a treat! Perfect for salads and Asian cuisine. Plants will grow 4 1/2 to 5 feet but baby ears ready to pick when plants are only 18 inches tall. For heaviest yield plant seeds 1 inch apart harvest early and keep on picking as new ears form. Average yield of 3+ ears per stalk....
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Pepper Hot Poblano (Ancho)

Called Ancho when dried Poblano when fresh. This is one of the most popular peppers grown in Mexico. Plants grow to 2 1/2 ft. tall. Fully ripened red fruits are much hotter and flavorful than the earlier picked green ones. Days to maturity are from time plants are set in garden. For transplants add 8-10 weeks....
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Tomato Mountain Magic Hybrid

A true breakthrough when it comes to disease-resistance. This scrumptious campari tomato withstands the big three threats besetting tomatoes: late blight early blight and fruit cracking. Count on a crop of sweet great-tasting 2 oz. fruits on indeterminate plants....
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Leek Dawn Giant

This leek is huge up to 15″ long and 2″ across but what really makes it special is how extraordinarily early it is to grow. You can forget about the hassle of starting the seed indoors. Just sow the seeds directly in the ground in early spring and you’ll be pulling long succulent stems by midsummer on into fall. One packet will plant 18′ of row....
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Pepper Hot Big Thai Hybrid

Medium hot 4-5″ fruits on 30″ plants mature quickly from green to dark red and dry fast on the plants. Harvest about 69 days after plants are set outside. Tie several peppers on a long string to hang for drying. CAUTION: Use rubber gloves or clean hot peppers under running water to avoid skin burn from the pepper juice....
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Pepper Sweet Chinese Giant

Sweet Chinese Giant was twice as big as the largest bell pepper of its day. Plants are a compact 24″ tall. Fruits are usually 4 by 4″ but Mr. Burpee pointed out that if you thin the fruits they can grow 5″ across and 6″ long. Truly remarkable then and now....
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Cucumber Picklebush

Burpee bred Picklebush has unbelievably compact vines that get only 2′ long. White-spined fruits have classic pickle look deep green with paler stripes. Up to 4 1/2″ long 1 1/2″ across at maturity but use them at any size. Very productive and tolerant to powdery mildew and Cucumber mosaic virus....
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Garlic Purple Glazer

Originating in South Russia the highest yields are produced in areas with very cold winters. Glazed purple bulbs with a tinge of gold are stunning. Purple Glazer produces a deliciously tender and mild garlic scape and the cloves offer a medium well-rounded flavor. Fantastic flavor makes Purple Glazer is one of the best varieties for baking. Harvest fall planted garlic the following season late spring or early summer about 240 days from planting. Harvest spring planted garlic the same season about 90 days from planting. Averages 11 cloves per bulb. Hardneck variety....
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Onion Sturon Organic

Medium round brown globes have sweet yellow flesh. This is a high yielding onion that resists bolting. Does well in storage. Certified Organic Seed....
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Onion Red Creole

A short-day mid-sized onion especially suited for southern climes. Excellent for storing the hard thick flattened pale red bulbs have pungent spicy purple-red flesh....
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Garlic Thai Fire

Thai Fire is a Turban garlic from Bangkok with rich complex flavor. Nut brown to royal purple colored bulb covers give way to cloves that gradually increase in heat intensity from first bite. Turbans are among the earliest harvesting garlic but will sprout quickly within a couple months of harvest. Harvest fall planted garlic the following season late spring or early summer about 240 days from planting. Harvest spring planted garlic the same season about 90 days from planting. Averages 7 cloves per bulb. Hardneck variety....
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Garlic Chinese Pink

Chinese Pink is the earliest to harvest in spring when planted the previous fall. You can have garlic at least a month earlier than main season varieties. Has a deliciously strong flavor with a mild heat making it great for baking. Harvest fall planted garlic the following season late spring or early summer about 210 days from planting. Harvest spring planted garlic the same season about 90 days from planting. This turban garlic is best consumed within 2-4 months of harvest. Averages 11 cloves per bulb. Hardneck variety....
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Pepper Sweet Gypsy Hybrid

This All-America Selections winner is a very prolific frying pepper that is also recommended fresh in salads. Tapered fruits grow 4 1/2″ long by 2 1/2″ wide and matures from yellow to orange to red....
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Cauliflower Snowball Self-Blanching

A flavorful heirloom variety that produces 6-8 pure-white heads. When colder weather arrives its leaves will curl upright and self-wrap....
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Tomato Delicious

Huge solid scarlet fruits average 1 lb.; some even weigh 2 lb. Smooth crack-free excellent slicer with extra delicious flavor....
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Tomato Cherokee Purple

This large dark purple heirloom tomato from Tennessee is rumored to have come from Cherokee gardeners. With its rich full flavor it’s often compared with Brandywine. The flesh is brick-red and very attractive sliced on a plate. Plants produce large vines that yield tomatoes fully 5″ across and 3 1/2″ deep....
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Bean Lima Fordhook 242 Bush

All-America Selections winner. This Burpee bred bean is heat-resistant and thrives in adverse conditions. The heavy yields of 4″ pods with 3-5 large beans each are excellent for freezing. Proven tops for productivity flavor and wide adaptability. Bush varieties mature earlier than pole limas and don’t need support. A 2 oz. seed packet will sow a 15-ft. row....
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Broccoli Di Ciccio Organic

De Cicco is an excellent choice for extended harvests for home gardeners. Vigorous plants yield 3-4″ blue-green heads. After cutting the main head more side shoots develop producing many more small to medium-sized heads through the summer. Good for steaming stir-fries and for freezing. Sow indoors six weeks before transplanting outdoors. Certified Organic....
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Tomato Roma VF

Compact plants produce paste-type tomatoes resistant to Verticillium and Fusarium wilts. Meaty interiors and few seeds. GARDEN HINTS: Fertilize when first fruits form to increase yield. Water deeply once a week during very dry weather....
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Shallots Dutch Yellow

Very expensive to buy in stores they’re so easy to grow that you can use them lavishly. Plant in spring (fall in the South) and harvest in fall or plant in fall to overwinter for spring use. Space sets 12″ apart. 10 sets will plant a 10 ft. row....
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