A Vegetable Wishlist
December 14th, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 4 Comments
In her latest Washington Post column Barbara Damrosch writes
It’s raining seed catalogues and the forecast is for the downpour to continue well into January.
She then starts in on her vegetable wishlist, what she would like to see the “elves” at the “North Pole Experiment Station” tinker with in her favorite vegetables to make them even better. I second the motion for a pepper that’s just a little bit hot. And I never would have dreamed of a root crop that you could store for the winter and then pot up to sprout broccoli on the windowsill, but it sounds like a plan. The new varieties on the front pages of the catalogues are all “improved,” but what should they really improve? What’s on your vegetable wishlist? For that matter, what’s your favorite seed (or plant) catalogue?
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Kathy Purdy discovered the joys of writing in fourth grade, when she started corresponding with a former classmate. She's been writing letters ever since, first on looseleaf, then electronically, and now as weblog entries. That makes you, the blog reader, her pen pal. Her first independent (though frustrating) attempts at gardening were made in high school, though the gardening bug didn't bite hard until her mid-thirties, when she found herself mistress of a rural home on 15 acres. •
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4 responses so far ↓
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Bruce
// Dec 14, 2006 at 9:10 pm
In regards to a pepper that’s ‘hot but not blistering’, I would recommend the Mariachi. I grew them last year (I’m in Zone 5) and had an excellent yield, and they have a kick, but a very mild one. I bought the Mariachi peppers through Burpee.
Enjoy!
-Bruce
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Carol
// Dec 14, 2006 at 9:55 pm
My wish list…
Green beans that the rabbits won’t eat.
Corn that doesn’t fall victim to corn smut or ear worms.
Tomatoes that start to ripen in June instead of July!
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Kathy Purdy
// Dec 15, 2006 at 9:27 pm
I see Mariachi is an All American winner. Thanks for the recommendation, Bruce. Carol, you might want to try some season extending for those tomatoes!
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claude gadbois
// Apr 12, 2007 at 2:02 pm
i’m way up here in the sub artic altough it is getting warmer since 10 yrs or so our season even in a greenhouse starts about end of june till middle of sept,i’ve grown turnips’bell peppers,i have yet to grow tomatoes i know i can’t put them outside but is there some type that would bear fruit in such a short season,i’ve started inside seeds already,they must grow some in siberia ,if you have any suggestion it would be great i’ve about given up
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