
Baker Creek lets us pick varieties, so this year I tried to pick out varieties that were unique and fun, maybe a little different than what you can typically find in the home improvement stores locally. I mostly grow peppers so always happy to get more. The company ships out hundreds of thousands of seed packets a year, including this year’s cover star, the Black Strawberry tomato. Open to any trade, or give away if no one in interested. Horticulturist and garden writer Shannie McCabe contributes to the catalog, which spans nearly 500 pages this year, and details the stories and history of the seeds offered, as well as growing information. We are so grateful for the bounty supplied to our little library this year. I have 2 seed packets of Black Vernissage Tomato and 1 packet of Cabbage from Baker Creek as extras a few weeks back and looking to see if anyone is interested. This is an example of the timeline you would see based on your growing conditions. Becoming hard to find due to modern, flavorless hybrids. A good producer that makes a fine slicer too. Medium-sized fruit are round, red, meaty and loaded with flavor. Their thick, rich flesh is much tastier than modern paste types, and the fruit have very few seeds. Famous old canning tomato, also makes a meaty slicer. Their large size makes them a snap to can. They've donated to us twice before, back in 20 as well. This New Jersey canning variety is on the verge of extinction Large, 6-inch long, pepper-shaped fruit are packed with great tomato flavor. Jere collects many ethnic varieties each year through his. Groovy seeds for all your home and market garden needs. I put them in with other tomatoes for tomato sauce and not sure that will work either.


Very pretty and a lot of them, but DS and me just gagged. with over 1,300 varieties of tasty vegetables, fragrant flowers, and spicy herbs. Well, the taste test has been done on Black Vernissage Tomato and. Prolific vines are about 5 feet tall and vibrant. In our region, early blight is one of the top diseases that causes tomato plants to. Our plants fought through weeks of rain to produce good sized crops until season’s end. Brads Atomic (Baker Creek) multi colored. Baker Creek has sent us 52 packets of seeds this year. It all started in 1998 with Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, the company that now offers one of the largest selections of heirloom seeds in the U.S. These cherry sized fruits are perfect for salad, dehydrating and snacking, especially right off the vine.
