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Waltham Butternut Bloomsdale ORGANIC SALAD/MICRO GREEN LACINATO KALE 60 days. Also known as Di- nosaur or Tuscan kale, leaves are heavily savoyed and dark blue- green. Sweet leaves are ideal in raw salads and juiced. 1/4 oz $4.99 1/2 oz 1 oz 1/4 lb $8.99 $14.99 $22.99 RUBY RED SWISS CHARD 55 days. Sweet and tender rhubarb-like stalks with dark green, heavily crumpled leaves. These 18-24” plants yield all sum- mer and into the fall. Use fresh, fro- zen or for ornamental purposes. 1/4 oz $1.99 1/2 oz $2.99 1 oz 1/4 lb $4.99 $14.99 FORDHOOK 62 days. Broad, dark green leaves with white veins and 2.5” wide stalks. Crop is abundant all season and even after light frosts. Excellent for greens. 1/4 oz $1.99 1/2 oz $2.99 1 oz 1/4 lb $4.99 $14.99 ORGANIC SPINACH BLOOMSDALE 45 days. Outstanding strain of savory-leaved spinach. In- demand for home and market gardens. Plant is uniform and com- pact while leaves are large, dark green, blistered and crumpled. 1/4 oz $1.99 1/2 oz $2.99 1 oz 1/4 lb $4.99 $14.99 ORGANIC SQUASH WINTER TABLE QUEEN ACORN (BUSH) 85 days. This individual-sized squash is popular for home, market, garden and shipping. Trailing vines produce ribbed, thin-shelled fruits. Flesh is light yellow and bakes dry and sweet. 1/4 oz $2.99 1/2 oz $4.49 1 oz 1/4 lb $7.99 $24.99 WALTHAM BUTTERNUT 95 days. Uniform in shape and size, with a good interior texture and color, fruits can reach 12” and weigh 3-6 pounds. Flesh is rich, nutty, dry and yellowish- orange. Vines are vigorous with high yields. 1/4 oz $2.99 1/2 oz 1 oz 1/4 lb $4.49 $7.99 $24.99 SPAGHETTI 90 days. Medium-sized, 3-4 pound oblong fruits. The fruit's interior is ready for serving like spa- ghetti 100 days after seed is sown. Can be stored several months in a cool, dry place. Vigorous spreading vines. 1/4 oz $2.99 1/2 oz $4.49 1 oz 1/4 lb $7.99 $24.99 DELICATA 100 days. Delicata has a fine, sweet, potato-like flavor. Fruits are 3” in diameter and 6-8” long. This variety is cream-colored with green stripes from blossom to stem. 1/4 oz $2.99 1/2 oz $4.49 Ruby Red Swiss Chard BURGESS BUTTERCUP 100 days. The most widely- planted buttercup. Flattened turbans, measuring 5-8” in di- ameter, weigh up to 3-5 pounds. Harvest when yellow markings on the fruit’s underside turn orange. 1/4 oz $2.99 1/2 oz $4.49 ORGANIC SQUASH SUMMER EARLY PROLIFIC STRAIGHT- NECK 55 days. Lemon-yellow, lightly-warted, club-shaped fruits are tastiest under 7”. With firm, thick and fine-grained flesh, this variety is particularly popular in Northern re- gions. 1/4 oz $2.99 1/2 oz $4.49 1 oz 1/4 lb $7.99 $24.99 DARK GREEN ZUCCHINI 55 days. Early vigorous bush plant with straight, smooth and dark- green mottled fruits that are best at 6 -8”. With a firm, greenish-white flesh, this heavy yielder has a fine flavor. 1/4 oz $2.99 1/2 oz $4.49 1 oz 1/4 lb $7.99 $24.99 Order by email: [email protected] 1 oz 1/4 lb $7.99 $24.99 Prices and varieties subject to supply/availability. Page 25 1 oz 1/4 lb $7.99 $24.99