Not a lot of selection from the nurseries this year. Here are some of the web descriptions of the varietals that we were able to acquire:
- Tomatoes
- Ananas noire (3) – “bright green with deep red streaks. Superb flavor that is both sweet and smoky with a hint of citrus.”
- Snow white (1) – “abundant quantities of delightful ivory-colored cherry tomatoes that ripen to a pale yellow 1/2 inch round tomatoes that are deliciously sweet.”
- Black krim (1) – “dark red-purple fruit, rich sweet flavor. One of the best. Very unique looking large fruit.”
- Orange amana (1) – “above average amounts of beautiful light-orange, irregular shaped (fluted) heirloom tomatoes that can grow 2 pounds or more. Excellent, sweet, almost tropical flavors.”
- Sungold (2) – “Intense fruity flavor. Exceptionally sweet, bright tangerine-orange cherry tomatoes.”
- Sweet 100 (2) – “hybrid cherry variety that produces incredibly tasty fruit. Some aficionados are so enamored with the taste that they call Sweet 100s ‘vine candy’ and eat cherries straight off the plant.”
- Cucumbers
- Lemon – “Prolific plants are easy to grow and seem to need less heat to ripen than some cucumbers, making this a good choice for cooler climates. It is also less apt to develop bitterness.”
- Marketmore – “possibly one of the most recognizable heirlooms, and rightfully so, decades after its initial introduction, this delicious refreshing cuke still boasts impressive disease and pest resistance.”
- Tendergreen – “Extra sweet, non-bitter flavor – even with its thin skin left on.”
- Bush beans
- Jade bush bean – “tender and sweet with a beautiful, dark green color.”
- Purple bush bean – “dark purple pods. Tops for flavor, versatility and easy harvesting.”
- Celine bush bean – “tasty and juicy beans with a strikingly bright, magenta color.”
- Pumpkins
- Wee B Little (2) – “baseball size pumpkins. 1999 All-America Selections winner. Fruits can be carved, cooked, or painted — this is one versatile vegetable. Vines have a semi-bush habit, so they don’t require lots of room to roam in the garden.”
- Wee B Little (2) – “baseball size pumpkins. 1999 All-America Selections winner. Fruits can be carved, cooked, or painted — this is one versatile vegetable. Vines have a semi-bush habit, so they don’t require lots of room to roam in the garden.”
- Eggplant(?)
- Potblack – “Compact variety bred especially for container growing produces an abundance of 2 to 3 oz. glossy, oval, black fruit over a long growing season.”
- Potblack – “Compact variety bred especially for container growing produces an abundance of 2 to 3 oz. glossy, oval, black fruit over a long growing season.”
- Raspberries
- Removed all of the dried canes, left anything that still looked viable with a bud.
- Trimmed to max length of about 6 feet so they don’t overgrow the space.
- Staked up each varietal bush with 1-2 bamboo canes.
- Ran a loop of twine about 1 foot around the bases for additional structural support
- Looked pretty sparse, but have really grown fairly bushy.
- The bottom planter has been given entirely to rogue raspberries. Propped them up to provide berries with more sunlight and less target for peeing dogs.
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