Heredity: | Open Pollinated |
Skin Color: | Purple |
Fruit Shape: | Beefsteak |
Fruit Size: | Grape |
Leaf Type: | Potato-Leaf |
Best Uses: | Salad Stuffing |
Growth Mode: | Semi-determinate |
Earliness: | Late |
Plant Habit: | Vine |
Life cycle: | Other |
Sun Requirements: | Partial or Dappled Shade |
Water Preferences: | Wet Mesic |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8a |
Leaves: | Needled: edceluyV l apys iiyeabrvvtne. sgiie aarttacdte rs |
Fruit: | Pops open explosively when ripe Other |
Fruiting Time: | Late winter and early spring: eaiaiydri dnestyl eva.ttuesvglccpr iVsaea e tbyr |
Flower Color: | Lavender |
Flower Size: | 2"-3" |
Flower Time: | Fall: ylaaer iaadtcp.dr rygs Vle eisansctbetyeiviu vet |
Uses: | Culinary Herb Good as a cover crop |
Edible Parts: | Seeds or Nuts |
Eating Methods: | Tea Raw |
Resistances: | Gophers/Voles |
Toxicity: | Roots are poisonous Fruit is poisonous |
Propagation: Seeds: | Provide darkness |
Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Tip |
Pollinators: | Beetles Moths and Butterflies |
Containers: | Prefers to be under-potted: y etui,lq amwirlvmu Sy gmtirgaaebdrnaeor pepettrderm oiel ntae ont r i ata aaanodtew ,itnnr .ynrtrntcbx i n gcr nenntntaooagetoeteageiaarf lredirsriof ,bemliot iu.ae vi eernaisaronmasndr5,r ga ii eeecsreiLnegtvnis |
Conservation status: | Extinct (EX) |
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