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Vegetable Garden
Bean, Bush,Tenderpod
HEIRLOOM. Stays
tender and stringless
even when fully
Mature. All-
Selections winner.
Introduced in 1941
and still a favorite.
Delicious heirloom’s
tender, meaty,
stringless medium-
green 4½–5½" beans
complement every
entrée: pasta, fish,
beef; makes for
snappy, crunchy
snacking. Superb as a
dried shell bean. Well
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Pepper, Sweet,
California Wonder
HEIRLOOM. The
standard bell pepper.
HEIRLOOM. The
standard bell pepper
for many decades, this
1928 introduction is
still the largest open-
pollinated, heirloom
bell you can grow. A
perfect stuffing pepper
-
thick-
and flavorful.
Tomato, Mortgage Lifter HEIRLOOM. Legendary,
huge beefsteak consistently wins taste-
Huge heirloom beefsteak (up to 4 lb.; Average
2 1/2 lb.) Consistently wins taste-
in the 1930s by a gardener who planted the four
Biggest varieties he knew and crossed one with
Pollen from the other three. He did this for six
seasons and created a variety that produced
immense, tasty fruit. He sold the plants for $1 a
piece and paid off his $6000 mortgage in 6 years.
Potato, Yukon Gold
Create a garden gold
rush with these
flavorful, yellow-
skinned and yellow-
fleshed potatoes.
Plant these in your
garden and you will
have a goldmine of
yellow-
-
ready to harvest in
100 days. Potatoes
are perfect for
browning or your
favorite recipe. All
mini-
disease-
seed potatoes.
Carrot, Danvers 126
Heirloom carrot
developed in 1886.
Market gardeners in
Danvers,
Massachusetts,
developed this
variety and shared it
with Burpee in 1886.
The root is a rich, dark
orange and is 6-
long. A first-
carrot for all soils.
Cabbage, Brunswick. German heirloom with dense,
firm drum-
Brunswick is a seldom-
heirloom that dates back to the 18th Century. An
excellent late-
drum-
choice for homemade sauerkraut. Stores well for
long periods.
Squash, Delicata.
An heirloom squash
that tastes like a
sweet potato.
Introduced in 1891,
Delicatas taste is
remarkably similar to
that of sweet
potatoes, but its much
easier to grow. The
vines produce plentiful
cream-
striped oblong fruits,
about 3" in diameter
and 6" long.
Corn, Golden Bantam
HEIRLOOM. This
variety made yellow
sweet corn popular.
The very first yellow
sweet corn introduced
by Burpee in 1902—an
era when white corn,
thought to be more
refined, ruled the
American dinner
table. Still the
standard for old-
fashioned corn flavor,
5 stalks often bear
two (highly roastable)
ears apiece. Suited for
early planting, thrives
in cold soils.
Onion, Cippolini Red. Gourmet onion is prized for
delectable, deep flavor. 120-
gourmet-
oh-
flattened, disc-
flavor. Ranging from 1-
variety's bulbs have pale, translucent purple flesh
and copper-
onions beautifully complement herbs and bold
cheeses. When roasted, firmly-
flesh caramelizes for sublime sweetness. When
pickled, onions make music alongside charcuterie.
Will keep for up to a month.
Pepper, Sweet, Marconi
Rosso Organic. A
sweet pepper from
Italy that is delicious
green or red. In Italy,
this regional favorite
is eaten both in the
tasty green stage and
the super sweet, fully
mature red stage.
Multi-
sweet pepper is
delicious whether raw
or fried, grilled or
stuffed. All season
long, the sturdy 30"
plants produce a
bounty of long 8-
tapered peppers.
Cauliflower, Snowball
Self-
in the cool weather.
A flavorful heirloom
variety that produces
6-
heads. When colder
weather arrives, its
leaves will curl upright
and self-
Cantaloupe, Hales Best Jumbo. HEIRLOOM. This
muskmelon became widely popular because it
combined excellent flavor with earliness. 1920s
overnight muskmelon sensation, owing its
popularity to excellent flavor with earliness.
Beautifully ribbed oval melon with deep-
and golden netting. Firm, salmon-
aromatic and sweet. A refreshing breakfast treat
and a savory hors d’oeuvre when partnered with
prosciutto. Thrives in hot weather. Plant at the
base of a trellis so vines can climb.
Pepper, Hot, Jalapeno
Gigante. A giant of
jalapeño peppers. The
largest jalapeño
peppers are only at
Burpee! This ones the
choice for stuffing
poppers and making a
party-
green or red, either way
they are delicious and
hot!
Lettuce, Little Gem.
Little Gem is one of
the best tasting and
most trouble-
lettuces you can
Grow. Cooks Garden
Favorite. The small,
robust green heads
are perfect for
individual salads,
and its firm upright
habit makes it great
for sandwiches as
well. Little Gem is
the one to grow for
Hearts of Romaine.
Asparagus, Millennium. Super-
deliver season after season. Enjoy succulent spears
that grow back each year. Proven to out-
varieties! Hardy, well-
in heavier soils. 'Millennium' asparagus is flavorful,
tender and delicious any way you prepare it.
Perennial in zones 3-
Vegetable Garden Message Board
Montana Giant' has a robust earthy flavor with garlic that peaks with a high heat intensity but mellows quickly. This hardneck Rocambole type has easy to peel cloves that are large and excellent for cooking. 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. Hardneck variety.
Bay leaves add earthy flavor to stews, soups and sauces. Dry leaves for fragrant wreathes and garlands. Bay merits a place in every herb garden. Attractive ornamental shrub is well adapted to serve as a houseplant, as well as outdoors. Plant’s dark-