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2017 Country Taste Farm New Varieties trials
Tomatoes:
Chapman
Heirloom: Beautiful, deep red fruit is quite large,
weighing from 1 to 2 lbs. with dense, meaty flesh and extraordinary flavor.
Katana Tomato These uniform, high-shouldered, beefy red slicers set early and
continuously..
Damsel Organic Damsel produces avg. 10-12 oz., globe-shaped fruits with
beautiful, pink skin. Shares flavor qualities (sweet, rich, and tangy) with
traditional pink heirlooms, such as Brandywine and Pruden's Purple.
Fredrick F1 Frederik produces 7-9 oz., beefsteak
tomatoes with very good flavor. Deep round fruits have light ribbing. High
yields of large, flavorful fruit.
Mini Head Lettuce
Dragon: Mini green romaine.
Organic Compact and uniform. Leaves are
thick and have an excellent crisp texture. Heads are very dense, hold well in
the field, and can be attractively marketed with mini red romaines.
Breen: Breen forms a very compact, mini head early.
The short plant averages 8" tall and is very slow to become oversized.
Baby Egg Plant Compact May work well in our CSA Box.
Strawberry :
Archer: We are on the waiting list for this plant, if
we do get plants they will yield next year this new variety developed at
Cornell University by Courtney Weber. Early season, Very large to huge fruit
size, excellent flavor.
Pepper:
Orange
Blaze F1: All America Selections
winner due to early maturity, sweet flavor and disease resistance. It matured
to a beautiful orange color earlier than the comparisons.
Sweet Corn:
We are changing some of our sweet corn varieties to provide
early maturing and reduced corn
earworms. The early corn will be (SE) Sugar Enhanced, Great Taste But not as
Sweet as (SH2) Super Sweet Type which
will be ready 2-4 weeks later. These two types can be used in Organic
Production. To Control Corn Earworm we will try a sweet corn using Attribute II
insect-protected variety, not approved by ORMI. We trying this because in many
years the later corn has been so infested with earworms you could not eat it.
Ambrosia: Superb eating quality (SE)
Sugar Enhanced. Early Germination, bicolor sweet and ready for summer picnics.
This will be the first to mature. Can be organic
Xtra-tender 2472XR. Hybrid Bi-Color Super sweet types (sh2) Very
tender with good sweetness. Early bicolor with strong husk cover and determined
tip fill. Xtra-tender has been one of
our long time favorites. Can Be Organic
Xtra-tender 2171. Hybrid Bi-Color Super sweet types (sh2) Strong
Vigor and high flavor for an early season. Can Be Organic
SV9010SA: Hybrid Bi-Color Super sweet types (sh2)
Attribute II Insect Protection to control corn earworm. Not Approved for Organic
Production.
