Seed Guide 2007 pgs 01/41 - McKenzie Seeds

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if planted, in a circle around a tire and a pole, may-pole or teepee fashion.The flavor is better than from bush beans. Pole beans are gourmet beans. Nutritional Facts: Rich in minerals calcium and potassium. Pole Bean Kentucky Wonder 101021 Pole Variety Pod length 7-8"(17-20 cm) oval dark green. Sow outdoors, directly into garden when soil is warm. Pole Bean Kentucky Wonder Wax 100991 The pods are round, 20 cm (8") long, with a creamy light yellow colour. Great fresh. A delicious home garden variety, best when pods are picked young. Use fresh or frozen. Sow outdoors, directly into garden when soil is warm. An application of nitrogen inoculant will improve yields. Pole Bean Romano 101028 Tallest Pole Variety Pod length 8"(20 cm) medium green. This is the tallest of McKenzie Pole Beans. Old favorite, long wide podded stringless green beans. Tender, meaty and flavorful. Excellent for freezing and canning. Sow outdoors, directly into garden when soil is warm. Pole Bean Scarlet Runner 101034 Ornamental Climber. Attracts Hummingbirds! Pod length 8"(20 cm), green. Bright scarlet flowers attractive to hummingbirds all summer. Scarlet runner is a fast-growing vine often grown for it's ornamental value on archways and patio walls. The blossoms are very large and a brilliant reddish orange color. In the fall, do not forget to harvest the beans for your kitchen. They are as nutritious as every other bean in the McKenzie line. When harvested early, these are very tasteful. The more beans you pick, the larger the leaves it will bear. Tender green beans. Sow outdoors, directly into garden when soil is warm. V E G E T A B L E S — BEET — botanical: Beta vulgaris Beets are generally slow sprouters but once they are up they produce lots of food. Since they survive in a wide variety of climates and soils, they are well suited for home gardens. For best results, soil should be adequately drained, deep, fertile, crumbly, and well supplied with organic matter. pH of 6.0-6.8. During dry weather, water enough to keep soil moist and prevent plants from wilting - be careful with watering not to make the soil into a cement block. Plant near bush beans, cabbage, lettuce, kohl rabi but not near pole beans.The leaves create a nice contrast of colour in your ornamental garden. Also very decorative combined with Silver Mound or Dusty Miller.Tops may be used as fresh greens in salads or may be cooked. Roots may be cooked as fresh vegetable, diced in salads, canned, pickled, or frozen. Tops are excellent in salads and taste like spinach when boiled.Thought to have originated in the Mediterranean area. The first record of recipes were by Romans in the second and third centuries. Nutritional Facts: Beets are nutritious, high in Vitamins and low in calories but high in calcium, sodium and potassium. Beets contain folacin and plenty of sugar which becomes tastefully apparent when cooked. Beet tops are rich in beta carotene, calcium and iron. Beet Cylindra Formanova 101057 Carrot-like dark red roots. Sow outdoors in early spring as soon as soil can be worked. Beet Detroit Dark Red 101064 Dark red round sweet roots. Sow outdoors in early spring as soon as soil can be worked. Beet Early Wonder 101078 Tall semi-globe dark red roots. Stores well. Sow outdoors in early spring as soon as soil can be worked. Beet Golden Detroit 130121 Sweet and tender round, orange roots with golden flesh. Stays gold-yellow 95
V E G E T A B L E S when cooked and does not bleed. Tops are deep, glossy green. Roots grow fast, but retain their sweet flavour even when quite large. Beet Ruby Queen 101082 Bright red short top. Semi-globe roots. Sow outdoors in early spring as soon as soil can be worked. — BROCCOLI — botanical: Brassica oleracea var. italica Nutritional Facts: Broccoli is one of the healthiest foods you can eat. It is rich in Vitamins and minerals. Broccoli also contains special enzymes and good amounts of beta carotene and Vitamin C. Broccoli Munchkin 120618 A dwarf open pollinated Broccoli. The plant grows approximately 30cm (1") tall but they produce big deep blue green heads. Cut the main head and you will likely harvest a good sized secondary head a little later. Vitamin Rich. Start seed indoors 6 weeks before the last frost. — BRUSSELS SPROUTS — botanical: Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera Cold-weather crop that likes rich welldrained moisture retaining soil. Brussel Sprouts are a cool season vegetable and are not recommended where the summers are long, hot and dry.Celery, dill, chamomile, sage, mints, rosemary, wormwood, onions, potatoes, hyssop, thyme, and beets all help keep insects away. Do not plant near strawberries or pole beans.Nutritious cooked vegetable and ideal for freezing. Pinching out the growing point at the top of the plant will encourage the development of the sprouts. Nutritional Facts: Rich in vitamin A, Protein, indoles, Vitamin C and Beta Brussels Sprouts Long 101094 Medium green small cabbage-like sprouts. Start indoors about 6 weeks early. Start indoors, thin to about 2" (5cm) each way to avoid overcrowding. After weather has settled set out in garden 18" (45cm) apart in rows spaced 2 ft (60cm) apart. Break off lower leaves as sprouts begin to form. Harvest after sprouts are 1" (2.5 cm) in diameter beginning with lower sprouts and working up plant. Plants will continue to produce until late fall. Light frost improves the flavor. — CABBAGE — botanical: Brassica oleracea var. capitata Cold-weather crop that likes rich welldrained moisture retaining soil (pH 6.5 to 7.0). Cabbage does well in cool weather.Cabbage grows well beside onions, beets, beans, lettuce, cucumbers, potatoes, celery, any aromatic herbs (except fennel), and nasturtiums. Avoid planting Cabbage near your tomatoes, pole beans or strawberries. Plant with thyme to deter the cabbage worm. Cabbages are used raw in vinegar-based and creamy cole slaws. Boiled cabbage is enjoyed along-side sausage. Stir fried cabbage adds an essential flavour to Oriental vegetable dishes. Rice and meat rolled in a Cabbage leaf make the popular Ukrainian favorite, Holobtsi. Cabbage broadens the flavour of all soups and is an essential ingredient in many family recipes for Borscht. Of course, the pickled variety, Sauerkraut is an essential with Bratwurst and Reuben Sandwiches. Nutritional Facts: Good source of iron and potassium. Rich in vitamin A, Protein, indoles, Vitamin C and Beta Carotene. Cabbag e Early Copenhag en 101102 Market Medium green globe. Diameter 6- 7"(15-18 cm). Start indoors about 6 weeks early. — CANTALOUPE — aka: Musk Melon botanical: Cucumis melo Cantaloupe will not grow well when the soil temperature is below 24º C (75 F). Does best in a fertile, light, sandy soil with a high organic content; pH 6.0-7.5. Warm, sheltered, sunny location. Needs a long 96 W W W . M C K E N Z I E S E E D S . C O M
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