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Vidrine’s Midget Cowhorn<br />
Okra<br />
(Abelmoschus esculentus) 30-75 seeds per<br />
packet. This African native and staple of the Deep<br />
South really thrives on heat! Slaves from Angola<br />
called okra “ngumbo” which became gumbo, a<br />
popular name for several okra dishes to this day.<br />
Does best when direct-sown into warm soil, but<br />
can be started earlier indoors and transplanted, so<br />
long as the young plants aren’t allowed to become<br />
root bound. Soil for okra need not be especially<br />
rich; plants are drought tolerant but produce more<br />
with adequate moisture. Keeping pods picked<br />
encourages further production.<br />
BOWLING RED #OK120<br />
Lovely plants that grow 7’-8’ tall and have deep red stems.<br />
The great-tasting pods are long and thin, being quite tender<br />
even when longer than most. This heirloom has been grown<br />
by the Bowling family of Virginia since at least the 1920’s. Pkt<br />
$2.25<br />
BURGUNDY #OK102<br />
55 days. Pods are a beautiful, deep red, and stems are also<br />
red. Very tender and delicious. Ornamental; tasty. Pkt $2.50<br />
or 1/4 lb $8.00<br />
BURMESE #OK111<br />
We are proud to offer this heirloom variety from Burma<br />
(Myanmar.) Large pods are tender, spineless, and finely<br />
flavored. The plant starts yielding early, and production lasts<br />
until frost. Pkt $2.00<br />
CLEMSON SPINELESS #OK103<br />
60 days. Plant is spineless; tasty green pods, best picked<br />
small. Developed in 1939. Pkt $1.50 or 1/4 lb $6.00<br />
EAGLE PASS #OK133<br />
From the area around Carrizo Springs and Eagle Pass, Texas.<br />
Productive plants are a favorite of the local farmer who<br />
grows this variety. A great okra that is less slimy than others;<br />
big pods are tender and delicious. Pkt $2.00<br />
EDNA SLATON’S CANDELABRA #OK135<br />
Graceful, branching plants, reaching shoulder height, give great<br />
yields of 12-inch cowhorn-type pods, which remain tender even<br />
after reaching a large size! The prickly pods are a pretty, pale green.<br />
Performed well in the hot and dry conditions of summer 2011,<br />
when others failed. Originated in Georgia. Pkt (20 seeds) $2.50<br />
EMERALD #OK105<br />
58 days. A Campbell Soup Co. variety from 1950; early, round<br />
and smooth, deep-green tasty pods; high quality and early,<br />
tall plants. Pkt $2.50<br />
FIFE CREEK COWHORN #OK113<br />
An heirloom that has been in the Fife family since around<br />
1900 and believed to have came to them from a Creek Indian<br />
woman who stayed with them for one year in Jackson,<br />
Mississippi. Large, long pods stay tender longer than most;<br />
huge plants are very productive. Pkt $2.50<br />
GOLD COAST #OK136<br />
Spineless pods are light green and often reach 6” in length<br />
while remaining tender. Compact plants to about 5 feet tall<br />
are very well branched, producing plenty of sweet, tender<br />
pods. A bit later than some types; very drought tolerant.<br />
Throw in resistance to root-knot nematode and you’ve got a<br />
great variety for the Deep South. Recommended! Pkt $2.50<br />
HARLOW’S HOMESTEAD #OK128<br />
Our grower received this okra from a man named Mercer, who<br />
had received it from his own grandfather in the 1960’s. This okra<br />
is said to be passed down from some of the original Tennessee<br />
homesteaders and grown for generations. Pick at finger-length<br />
for superb pickles, or slice the ribbed pods and fry. Plants grow<br />
to 6-7 feet tall and are drought tolerant. Pkt $2.25
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