![]() The mottled light and dark green rind is very pretty, becoming rough like tree bark just before harvest. We find the thick rind helps these watermelons hold up blemish-free until late in the season. Heirloom Scaly Bark watermelon dates to at least 1881. Black Turtle Bean comes to us from the student farm at Berea College in Kentucky. These sweet little yellow peppers have only a trace of spiciness and one of our growers, Jack Woodworth of O'possom's Bottom Farm in Gate City, Virginia, recommends baking them stuffed with goat cheese.ĭrying beans now have their own section in the catalog. Seed savers may be particularly interested in growing Trinidad peppers, as they're a different species than almost all other peppers (except for Aji Dulce and scotch bonnets like Habanero). Steve Solomon, founder of Territorial Seed Company, bred it for over-wintering in Oregon's Williamette Valley. We've added a new fava bean - Sweet Lorane fava - which can be grown as a fall or spring crop or as an edible winter cover crop in areas with milder winters. We have a good supply of flavorful, productive Schronce’s Deep Black peanut (but those further north should grow short season varieties instead). Fast Lady Northern Southern Pea is a new short season quick-cooking lady-type from Carol Deppe, author of Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties and The Resilient Gardener. We have lots of new southern peas, some newly available as organic certified seed. South American Yellow Dynamite popcorn showed impressive resistance to lodging in last summer's hurricane rains and Ashley cucumber was a very productive slicer for us all summer. Many of our popcorn and cucumber varieties are newly available certified organic. Exciting changes include: Lots of certified organic varieties. We’ve added 37 new varieties, and many varieties are newly available as certified organic seed. The webstore is fully updated with newly available and returning varieties. This is our 30th Anniversary Catalog! It includes an article about how Southern Exposure began. If you do not receive your catalog in the next 1–2 weeks, you can request a free copy online. The catalog arrives in homes in December. Having trouble reading this email? Go here to view it.
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