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Vegetables and Herbs Planned for Colchester Farm in 2008
- arugula
- beans: standard and French green beans, a purple-podded variety, and yellow wax beans
- lima beans
- soybeans or edamame
- beets
- bok choi - 2 varieties: one smaller, green-stemmed variety and one taller variety with white stems and dark green leaves
- broccoli
- cabbage: red, green, savoy and chinese or napa varieties
- carrots
- cauliflower
- celeriac
- celery
- cucumbers: two varieties: long, slender slicing cucumber and a smaller, pickling variety
- eggplant: three Italian varieties: classic dark purple, striped white and purple, and white -- two Oriental varieties: one a long, slender, dark purple, and the other a more lavender color
- flowers: daisies, bachelor's buttons, snap dragons, zinnias, black-eyed susan, sunflowers, etc.
- herbs: basil, chives, garlic chives, cilantro, dill, marjoram, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, thyme
- kale: winterbor (ruffled green), red russian (purple-tinged, flat-leaved), nero di toscano (dark green, crinkled, narrow leaf)
- leeks
- lettuce mix
- head lettuce: green and red oakleaf, butterhead, french crisp, and romaine varieties
- mesclun mix: a mix of lettuces, baby swiss chard, beet greens, kales, tatsoi, and mizuna
- melons: traditional orange-fleshed cantelope types plus a sweet green-fleshed variety
- onions: red, white, yellow storage, sweet yellow and mini purple varieties
- peas: shell, snow, and sugar snap
- peppers, sweet : green turning red, orange, yellow and purple bell varieties
- peppers, hot: jalapenos, ancho, anaheim, and cayenne
- potatoes, fingerling: yellow inside and out with waxy texture (Banana) and one with a dark rose-red skin with yellow waxy flesh (French Fingerling)
- potatoes: Dark Red Norland and Red Pontiac (dark red skin and moist, firm-textured white flesh),Yellow Finn (yellow skin and bright yellow flesh with moist, firm texture), German Butterball (yellow with light russet skin with yellow, medium-dry flesh), and All Blue (dark purple skin and moist, firm-textured purple flesh)
- pumpkin: new england pie
- radishes: french breakfast (a red and white longer shaped radish) and champion (round red)
- scallions
- spinach
- summer squash: yellow, straight-necked
- patty pan squash: flattened, star-shaped yellow and green (flying saucer) and a light-green scalloped variety
- zucchini: 2 varieties of long green (one dark green and one prominently ribbed, striped variety; one long, yellow variety; and one round, green variety
- sweet potatoes
- swiss chard: white-stemmed, red-stemmed and rainbow-colored stems with green leaves
- tomatillos
- tomatoes, cherries, rainbow-mix--red, orange, yellow, and "black"
- tomatoes, red: 4 varieties of early and midseason small and large
- tomatoes, plum
- tomatoes, heirloom: cherokee purple (dusky brownish-purple skin with brick-red flesh), black from tula (deep reddish brown), brandywine and pruden's purple (deep pink skin with red flesh), pineapple (marbled red and yellow), goldie (deep orange with a little red streaking on bottom), black krim (dark purple), green zebra (yellow blush with green stripes and tangy flavor)
- turnip: purple top white globe and sweet white varieties
- watermelons: several different varieties: small, ice-box sized with sweet pink to red centers, one orange-fleshed and one yellow-fleshed variety
- wintersquash: acorn, butternut, sweet dumpling, and spaghetti squash
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Colchester Farm | P.O. Box 191 | Georgetown MD 21930 | (at 31285 Georgetown Cemetery Rd)
Site Designed by Theresa Mycek
Updated May 9, 2008
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