Weedwhacker's Plant List: heirloom

A note from Weedwhacker
Abbreviations used:
PSS: 2014 Piggy Seed Swap (Ella's Garden on Cubits) / Ptree: Pinetree Seeds / AHS: Amishland Heirloom Seeds
JSS: Johnny's Selected Seeds / Park: Park Seeds / TT: Totally Tomatoes / Burp: Burpee Seeds
Shum: Shumway Seed / Gurn: Gurney's Seeds / TF: TomatoFest / FYF: Forever Yong Farms /
HF: Henry Field's / LSC: Livingston Seed Company / SSE: Seed Saver's Exchange / S&S: Seeds 'n' Such

HH: Hoophouse / GH: Greenhouse

WS: Wintersown
V (i.e., "WS/V," "indoors/V): sown in vermiculite

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illustration from the 1910 catalog, Burpee's, Philadelphia, Penns

Garden Onion (Allium cepa 'Southport Red Globe')
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110 days to maturity
2014: Ptree
2015: Ptree


Garlic (Allium sativum 'K's Backyard')
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Source: Baker Creek 2015
First planted in fall of 2015 (10/7/2015)
from the rareseeds website: "(Softneck) Very Rare. This is a big, pearly-pink Artichoke variety that we found growing in an old Santa Fe garden in 1998. It originally had very small cloves the size of sunflower seeds and it is now our biggest softneck garlic. We have sent it to growers across the country and it seems to grow well in both coastal and cold regions – grower Paul Parma in Southern California said he'd never seen a garlic so huge. It has a rich, classic Italian flavor."

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Beet (Beta vulgaris 'Crosby's Egyptian')
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55 days to maturity
2014: Ptree
2015: Ptree (2014)

Young plants, 34 days after sowing seeds

Beet (Beta vulgaris 'Cylindra')
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58 days to maturity
Various sources.
My favorite variety, very reliable for me; nice to slice for canning.

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Beet (Beta vulgaris 'Golden')
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55 days to maturity
Source: Ptree

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Rutabaga (Brassica napus 'Laurentian')
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Source: Ptree


Turnip (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa 'Golden Ball')
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60 days to maturity
2014: Ptree

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Cucumber (Cucumis sativus 'Early Cluster')
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52 days to maturity
2014: Shum

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Carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus 'Tendersweet')
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2014: Ptree

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Carrot (Daucus carota var. sativus 'Nantes')
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72 days to maturity
Source: Ptree

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Runner Bean (Phaseolus coccineus 'Sadie's Horse Bean')
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Runner bean
vegetables
ornamental

Stems and flowers are purple, as well as the beans

Pole Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris 'Blue Peter')
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vegetables
Originally obtained from Seed Savers' Exchange in mid 1980s, grown ever since then from my own saved seeds.

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Dry Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris 'Cranberry')
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Bush bean
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2015: PSS
Note: There is also a cranberry pole bean. (see the Amishland seed site)
"Can be used as a snap, shell or dry bean. As a dry bean, the variety stores exceptionally well. Maroon-colored beans are decorated with darker red, cranberry markings. This variety, dating back to the 1800s, is well-suited to short-season, cool summer climates."
** The beans that I have growing appear to be very similar as "Gross Brothers Vermont Cranberry bean" sold by Victory Seed. Pods are slim and flat, look like they would be good snap beans. There seem to be MANY different types of "cranberry beans," many with red-streaked pods (which mine are not).

Good Mother Stallard beans (fresh shelly beans)

Dry Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris 'Good Mother Stallard')
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2021: SSE
Seeds are maroon and white. Given to SSE by John Withee; named for Carrie Belle Stallard of Wise County, VA. The variety dates to at least the 1930s. Used as a dry bean, described as having a "wonderful rich, meaty flavor; great for soups." Also said to be excellent as a green shell bean, with a somewhat nutty flavor.

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Snap Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris 'Grandma Nellie's Yellow Mushroom Bean')
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Pole bean
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2015: AHS
2016: saved seeds
Originally from Russia; "The unique trait of this variety is that the flavor of the pods is similar to mushrooms when cooked" Described as "pods open when dry ("shatter")" but this has not been my experience. Dark brown seeds.
8/10/16: Very pleased with this bean this year; very productive of flat but thick yellow pods!

Seeds.

Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris 'Lazy Housewife')
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2021: Burpee
Introduced by W. Atlee Burpee in 1885. Can be picked young for snap beans, used as "shelly beans," or left to mature for use as dry beans. The seeds are white and almost perfectly round, like pearls. About 80 days for snap beans.

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi

Dry Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris 'Mayacoba')
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a/k/a Mayacoba Canario
2015: PSS (not growing this year)
" Mayacoba Canario Bean is an heirloom dry shell bush variety known for it's beautiful beans in shades of yellow with little to no distinctive eye." http://www.azuredandelion.com/...

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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Aunt Ruby's German Green')
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indeterminate
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79 dtm
"Oblate 12–16 oz fruits blush lightly yellow and develop an amber-pink tinge on the blossom end when ripe. Don't allow them to get too soft before picking. The green flesh of this beefsteak is faintly marbled with pink. Flavor sweet and tart, rich and spicy. The central large tomatoes are the best. Flavor deteriorates when cold weather sets in."
1st grown in 2015; excellent flavor, beautiful color, productive.

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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Jung's Wayahead')
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determinate
heirloom
O.P.
vegetables
63 days
2021: Jung's Seeds
Early, quite similar to 4th of July but has thinner skin; very productive


Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Salvaterra's Select')
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indeterminate
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vegetables
70-80 dtm
2021: SSE
Winner of the paste/sauce SSE taste testing in 2017. Supposed to have above-average productivity.

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