Eye-Catching New Fruits, Vegetables

Eye-Catching New Fruits Vegetables FARM HOME Food Looking for unusual fruits and vegetables to attract customers to your roadside stand or farmers market stall? Or maybe you re just looking for something new to impress your family and friends? Check out some of these latest new offerings by garden seed companies
Miniatures
    Thumbelina carrots have been around awhile but the miniature 1 1/2-in dia round carrots now have plenty of company with other miniature salad fixings
    Johnny s Select Seeds ph 877 564-6697; www johnnyseeds com offers Elegant Claremont Mini-Romaine lettuce that s ready at 9 in tall in just 46 days Johnny s also has a couple of bright red lettuce varieties Garrison and Red Rosie that are ready in as little as 28 days Samantha a small pointed-head savoy cabbage has excellent wrapper leaves
    Jung Seeds ph 800 247-5864; www jung seed com offers Cabbage Babies Triplet Hybrid with 1-lb softball-size green red and savoy varieties ready in 60 to 70 days Enjoy it along with Baby Star Romaine Lettuce Supplement the salad with Little Sweetie Hybrid Muskmelon softball size fruits that are perfect for a single serving
    Pinetree Garden Seeds ph 207 926-3400; www superseeds com offers a Watermelon Radish that will add sweet flavor and color to salads with its white skin greenish shoulders and bright red interior Small Miracle Broccoli saves garden space with compact plants just 1 ft tall and 1 1/2 ft wide Dome-shaped 6-in heads are tight with many flowerets
    Territorial Seed Co ph 800 626-0866; www territorialseed com brings back Mexican Sour Gherkin Cucumbers a heritage seed with 1 to 2-in fruits that look like mini watermelons with green mottled and striped skins They can be eaten raw or pickled Rocky Cucumbers a new variety is seedless rich green in color and best harvested at 2-3 in long for a one-bite treat

Oversize & Colorful
    Balance those mini veggies with some wow varieties
    Territorial Seed Co offers Red Noodle Beans 18-in garnet stringless beans They ll go nicely with Pinetree s bowling ball size Kossack Kohlrabi Eat the leaves like collard greens and store the sweet vegetable up to a month
    Territorial adds color to the garden with its Touchstone Gold Beet with bright orange skin and a golden interior
    The beets may color coordinate with Gurneys Seeds ph 513 354-1491; www gurneys com Cheddar Hybrid Cauliflower The cheesy-looking curds have 25 times as much beta-carotene as white cauliflower and a great flavor
    Most seed companies offer rainbow carrots Henry Field s ph 513 354-1494; www henryfields com carrots range in colors from white to purple that hold their color when cooked
    For end-of-the-season color Jung offers spooky pumpkins Batwing Mix Pumpkins are bicolor in dark green and orange when harvested early for decorative ornamental pumpkins At 20 lbs One Too Many Pumpkins have a strange appearance with white shells painted with red midribs and stippled veins With a little imagination they look like bloodshot eyeballs

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