May 9th Kingston Farmers Market SEEDLINGS
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Seedling – Winter Squash, Sunshine Kabocha
Deep scarlet and delicious. Smooth, tender flesh that is sweet, bright orange, and excellent for baking, mashing, and pies. Can be consumed right at maturity.
Seedling – Pumpkin, Howden
The standard large pumpkin. Developed by John Howden of Massachusetts in the early 1970s, it defined "the look" in big Halloween pumpkins—deep orange color, defined ribs, and good handles. Fruits vary in shape and weight, typically averaging 18-26 lb. or larger. Avg. yield: 1-2 fruits/plant. Heirloom.
Seedling – Tomato, Rose de Berne
Dark rose-pink hue and well-loved heirloom flavor that is a perfect blend of sweet and tart.
Amazing sandwich tomato! Round fruits with meaty flesh perfect for slicing. Soft skinned, but not overly fragile and holds up well against cracking.
Indeterminate
- Resists cracking
- 4-8 oz
Seedling – Tomato, Great White
Big yellow-white fruits with mild flavor. The 12+ oz. fruit is meaty with few seeds, a mild non-acid flavor, and creamy texture. Medium-tall plants. Heirloom.
Seedling, Kale, Lacinato
One of the most tender kale varieties; ideal for raw kale salads and soups. Leaves are very dark blue-green and heavily savoyed, sweetening with each frost. Also known as Dinosaur or Tuscan kale.
Seedling, Kale, Red Russian
Stems are purple; leaves are flat, toothed, and dark green with purple veins. The plants mature medium-tall and leaves are tender compared to other kales. For salads and light cooking. NOTE: To extend storage life, dunk leaves in cold water post harvest.
Seedling – Tomato, Blue Beech
High-yielding heirloom paste tomato. This "sausage" type paste tomato produces large, 8–10 oz., elongated fruits that are easy to process into sauce. An excellent canning tomato, it also tastes great when eaten fresh. Attractive green shoulders give a distinct heirloom look. Fruits ripen during a concentrated period, allowing for a more efficient canning process. It is well-adapted to northern climates, and resists disease and blossom end rot better than others of its type. This strain of Blue Beech was originally brought to Vermont from Italy during WWII.
Seedling – Tomato, Green Zebra
Green-striped. A delicious, tangy salad tomato, ripe just as the green fruit develops a yellow blush, accentuating the darker green stripes. The 3–4 oz. fruits are the ideal size for slicing into wedges for salads. Productive over a long season.
Seedling – Cherry Tomato, Pink Bumblebee
Pink cherry streaked with gold. Excellent sweet flavor. Pink Bumble Bee is an alluring combination of light pinks, yellows and oranges and is great in a mix with the other Artisan varieties. 20-25 gm. fruits. Indeterminate.
Seedling, Brussels Sprouts, Dagan
Dependable midseason variety.
Perfect for "on the stalk" sprouts. Smooth, attractive, and holds very well in the field. Tall plants. Medium-large sprouts.
Seedling – Tomato, Amish Paste
A long-time favorite heirloom plum. Large for a sauce tomato, Amish Paste's slightly irregular plum-to strawberry shaped fruits avg. 8-12 oz. with excellent flavor. These meaty tomatoes are good in salads and great for processing. A Slow Food USA Ark of Taste variety. Indeterminate.
Seedling – Tomato, Purple Tomatillo
Rare purple tomatillo with exceptional appearance and excellent distinctive taste.
Much sweeter than the green types with superb flavor eaten fresh from the plant, grilled or in salsa. Deep violet skin color bleeds into bright green interior flesh. Harvest after the papery husk has split, when fruits are golf ball-sized and skin has turned purple.
