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PLANT / ITEM DESCRIPTION
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PINK/RED SLICERS“reds” in heirlooms are often described as pink, purple, black, brown. But very reddish! |
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Brandywine-pinkish red, most popular heirloom originated in 1889. 1 pounders! |
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Prudens-Beautiful deep pink-red and rich taste like Brandy but doesn’t split
so easily. Our mainstay favorite slicer. |
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Black Krim-dark red beefsteak with rich sweet taste, from Black Sea of Russia.
Rare variety. Similar to Cherokee Purple, green shoulders and all. |
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Jet Star-a 30-year old popular hybrid variety our farmer-friend recommended.
Prolific quantities of red smooth fruits that rarely split, with outstanding
flavor. |
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OTHER COLORS
The non-red colors are low-acid and mild tasting, often fruity sweet |
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Valencia-Beautiful round bright orange tomato, mild, fruity sweet. From |
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Green Zebra-a magic tomato, green with dark green stripes, skin blushes yellow
when ripe. Green salsa or even tomato sauce! A unique color for tomato platters. |
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Yellow Perfection-perfect round little 2”
fruits, bright yellow and thin-skinned |
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PASTE Pastes have thick walls and less juice and seeds, perfect for sauce. Prolific plants. We have five varieties in the greenhouse so should have plenty to offer, including: |
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Long Tom–especially long red fruits with few seeds. Great saucers, good in
salads |
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Speckled Roman–red with a hint of orange and wavy yellow
streaks, a beauty! |
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Black Plum-Russian plum variety, 2 inch elongated plum-shaped fruit. Dark red
fruit. Close to a paste but thinner walls. Sweet and tangy. |
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CHERRY TOMATOES |
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Matt’s Wild Cherry–grape size, red wild cherry tomato, prolific.
Cute little stems with six bite-size tomatoes on each. Kids love ‘em! |
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Sun Gold–orange, super sweet cherry tomato. Hybrid, but too good to resist.
Our CSA members eat them all up on the car-ride home. |
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Be My Baby-Open-pollinated variety crossing an heirloom red with two kinds of
cherries to bring us a sweet prolific red cherry. A work in process since
1997 by a farmer called an “Eco” variety. |
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OTHER VEGGIES, HERBS |
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Tomatilla, Verde Pueblo–Green fruit inside a tan papery husk. Used to
make easy great salsa, other Mexican/Southwestern dishes. Sweet yet tart,
easy to grow. |
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Sweet Basil–a mainstay in our household, great for pesto,
tomato sauce, salads. |
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ACE Bell Pepper -green pepper, ripens to red. *Hybrid variety* |
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Purple Beauty Pepper-a beauty indeed, pretty purple skin, goes green if
cooked. Tastes like a regular green bell pepper. |
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Orange Pimento Pepper-green ripens to orange. Best ripe and cooked. |
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Jalapeno Pepper-Medium hot as far as peppers go. Great in salsa,
or stuffed. |
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$3.50 each plus 6%
sales tax. Please bring cash or check. |
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We are likely to have other seedlings for sale when
you pick up, check it out! |
SAVE
THE POTS AND RETURN TO US BY HANGING A BAG OF THEM AT OUR MAILBOX.
www.houseinthewoods.com
ilene@houseinthewoods.com 301-607-4048
~~~~~~House in the Woods Farm Seedling
Heirloom Tomato Seedlings (and more) For
What are Heirlooms Tomatoes? Heirlooms are…old, pure varieties
known for their unique colors and wonderful flavor. More than hundreds of these
family-heirloom varieties exist, seeds passed down and treasured for
generations. Hybrid tomatoes were developed by industry in the fifties for red
color and thick skin for transport to grocery stores. You won't find tomatoes
this good in the grocery store, and you won't find
these seedlings at a megastore garden shop.
Order form and details-- Attached is an order form which lists our varieties and pickup times. See our website for photos of many of the tomatoes. You can find more photos and descriptions at www.tomatofest.com. Plants are $3.50 each, plus sales tax. I don't really know how many I will have of each variety, so if we sell out of one, we will substitute another similar variety. Just let us know if you don’t want substitutions. Please see the order form for pickup times, or contact me to make another time arrangement. Please bring a box to take home your seedlings. Pay by cash or personal check.
Peppers
and herbs— This
year we are selling four kinds of pepper plants and basil. Check when you come
to the greenhouse. No parsley this year. Ask to see if there are other plants
too, we may have some to offer!
Return the pots--We would love to reuse the pots we sell to you. Hang a plastic bag of our pots from our mailbox after you plant, and we'll use them again next year. (We don't make much use of other miscellaneous sized pots, so we don't need others).
Thank you for supporting our farm! Please send this email to friends who might be interested in plants.
~~~~~~~~Planting timing and tips~~~~~~~~
When to
plant? Plan to
plant your tomatoes between May 5-20. The old wisdom
of planting tomatoes and flowers Mother’s Day weekend is a good one. Some
people plant early (with some extra risk of frost damage) and some wait until
early June. We have risk of a night frost through May, so watch the forecast if
you plant early. You can even rig up a sheet or row cover over some t-posts,
chairs or tomato cages for a cold night!
Transition time-- Your plants would benefit from a couple days of protection before you plant, if you can offer it. You can keep them in the pots on the sunny side of the porch for a couple days, bringing them in on colder nights. Next to your house, they will have some wind protection.
How to plant? Dig a hole deep enough to bury the lowest leaves. You can even bury a couple sets of leaves if the stem is that long. Tomatoes like it that way. They are really vines and will grow quite tall. Put the compost from your pot, and extra if you have it, into the hole too, or pour it around the plant. Pour a couple cups of water around the stem area, to melt the soil around the plant. Sometimes the leaves look sad for a couple days but then they perk up. In a week the leaves will deepen green and be happy. Put a sturdy tomato cage over each plant, right away or within a week before the plants get too big.
Return the pots--We would love to reuse the pots we sell to you. Hang a plastic bag of our pots from our mailbox after you plant, and we'll use them again next year. (We don't make much use of other miscellaneous sized pots, so we don't need others).
Ilene and Phil Freedman
301-607-4048
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