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40 DTM. F1
Red cylinder, mild white flesh.
Harvest when 4-5 inches long.
Eat raw or stir-fry mild roots, tops & pods.
Chinese variety.

Very early: 38 DTM.
F1 Hybrid
Thick fleshy oval leaves.
High Resistance to Downy Mildew 1-12, 14 & 15. Some resistance to: Downy Mildew 13.
Prefers rich, fertile, uniformly moist organic soil and pH 6.5 - 7.5.
Territorial Seeds #SP779

Daisy found this T&M article with detailed advice about getting Alstroemeria seeds to germinate.
Warm-cold-warm moist stratification.

http://garden.org/thread/view_...
http://www.thompson-morgan.com...

This gave them fairly good results with moist seeds:
60F for 2 weeks
Refrigerator for two weeks - 40F
Then 50F

Then it suggests a lot of detail that boils down to:
3 seeds in a cup of moist mix, covered with plastic film.
70F for three weeks
40F for three weeks.
Then 70F again. Expect germination in 10 to 14 days,
Don't try to separate seedlings, they have fussy roots. Plant as a clump if necessary.

French heirloom snow pea (before 1860). Large, flat green pods for steaming, stir-frying, or eating raw. Gourmet flavor. Creamy-white blooms.

'Flashy Lightning' first forms a mini-head, then a denser butterhead before bolting. It combines oakleaf and butterhead traits. The maroon splashes become pink in the blanched heart. Crisp, mild, sweet, very low in bitterness.

Many of Frank Morton's new lettuce varieties are said to be well adapted to the PNW and organic growing conditions.

Early medium-size or almost full-size romaine type.
Light green leaves dappled with deep crimson.
Tender, high yield, tasty.
New OP variety in the "Flashy" series from Frank Morton of Shoulder to Shoulder Farm.
Baker Creek #LT176

Pak Choy Taipai Red F1
Brassica rapa (Chinensis group)
Glossy, purple-red leaves. Very light green stems & veins. Long stems (good for baby leaves)
Adds color and texture to mesclun mixes. Best color in cool weather. Very slow bolting.
20 days for baby leaves, 50 DTM. Emerges in 10 days at 70°F.
~280 seeds / gram

(Example: NE Seed Co. # 30287)

Extremely cold-hardy WINTER butterhead type. Bolts quickly in heat. OP (51 DTM)
Compact, lime-green 6–8" heads.

Overwintered in Maine with only snow cover.
(Transplant out under cover 2–3 weeks before first Fall frost. They'll grow to 4–6", then stall until days grow longer. )

~800 seeds per gram
(examples: Fedco # 2814NO and Territorial #LT453)

Dark green Mizuna with red stems.
Deeply divided, finely serrated leaves.
(Mild peppery mustard flavor?)
Somewhat like 'Kyona' but more finely serrated.
40 DTM. 21 days for baby leaves.

Called "a hybrid of mizuna and kyona" by Mark Mathew Braunstein in
Microgreen Garden: Indoor Grower's Guide to Gourmet Greens.
('Kyona' is said to be Brassica juncea and 'Altor' said to be B. rapa,
so if Mark is right, that's an inter-species hybrid.)

Green stem Bok Choy 'Dong Zhi'. F1 Hybrid. 55 DTM.
Cold tolerant - best in cool areas
Brassica rapa Chinensis Group
Strong cold tolerance & late bolting.
Vigorous & high yield.
I found this at Tainong Seeds .
"Dong Zhi" might mean "Winter Solstice."

Napa Chinese cabbage. New F1 hybrid. Delicate flavor. Tenderness is between lettuce and regular cabbage.
65 DTM: grows fast for short seasons. Grows best at 60° - 65° F.
Spring crops yield small leaves for salads. Fall crops for heads of cabbage.
Spring: direct sow 1 to 2 weeks before average last frost.
Fall: sow 8 to 10 weeks before average first fall frost.

I found this at Botanical Interests but it's no longer in stock.

It's a tall white-stem Bok Choy F1 hybrid rather like Joi Choi.
Very upright. Heads are less open than some Bok Choy.
Avg. 330 seeds per gram. Green seed.
I found "White Flash" at JohnnySeeds, # 3033, but they no longer offer it.

Dark green romaine with creamy center. Savoyed leaves form a whorl.
Dense heads of mini size or medium size. "Great flavor."
Resists downy mildew races 1-16, 19, 21, 23. MT0-30.

Indigo Apple is a very new "black" variety, or "blue and red" variety, developed by Brad Gates at Wild Boar Farms in Napa, California. The original cross was made by PKS Heirlooms.

Indigo Apple seeds were introduced commercially by Wild Boar Farms in 2013, in their F5 generation.

Ancestry includes 'OSU Blue' and 'Indigo Rose'.

It is said to be indeterminate, very vigorous, regular-leaf with small, 2-6 ounce, round, blue-and-red fruits. The fruits are usually blue on top, perhaps because the top gets the most sun.

Old-time favorite for salads or cooked greens. Mild, pleasant, nutty flavor.
Very tender, oval green leaves form small rosettes.
Direct sow in fall or early spring. Succession-sow.
This is cold-hardy to 5 F, and it may over-winter, especially under cover.

From Baker Creek, Item # OG104C.
They got it from "a West Coast distributor" with no country of origin listed.

A small, green, romaine-type lettuce.
The small blanched heart is a gourmet delicacy.

'Little Gem' has some heat tolerance, but it grows better in cooler temps.
In hot climates, 'Little Gem' is best as a spring or fall crop.
If you have mild summers, succession plant it all summer long.

Like most lettuces, it needs moist rich soil. 33-50 DTM.
800 seeds/gram. (One gram is listed as seeding a 15' row.)
Because the heads are compact, thin to 6.5" x 6.5" for maximum yield.

Barely cover seeds. Germination temperature: 40-75°F. Emerges in 2-5 days.

Fargesia rufa is very cold hardy for a bamboo. It tolerates one-night exposures down to -10º F in still air and only loses its leaves. Colder or windier nights or prolonged cold spells will kill the culms or even the roots. Mine was completely flattened and lightly buried by a snow storm, but it sprang back without harm when I brushed the snow off.

Fargesia rufa prefers some shade and tolerates considerable shade.

{Edited to reflect information from OldGardener}
According to the American Bamboo Society, Fargesia species in general do not tolerate very high summer temperatures,
but humidity must be a factor, as OldGardener points out below.
http://www.bamboo.org/BambooSo...
http://www.bamboo.org/BambooSo...

Maximum height is 10 feet.
Maximum culm diameter is 0.5 inches.
Clumps droop into a "mushroom" or "umbrella" shape.
Clumps expand by only an inch or a few inches per year. Rhizomes are shallow and easily contained by shallow barriers.

Flowers are said to be shaped like toothbrushes.
The culms are smooth and have very few branches.

Leaves and stems are thick, juicy and acidic, like lemon juice (some say sour). It's slightly salty.
Covered with small white "crystals" which give it an unusual "velvety" texture.
Perennial, said to be hardy to Zone 9 but frost tender.
Fragile, requires protection from hot sun

Pole bean. Yellow pods.

The black-seeded variety of 'Marvel of Venice' takes 78 days to mature, but is said to have higher yield and better flavor than the white-seeded variety (54 DTM).

Both have yellow pods and are pole beans (7 foot vines, or longer).

The white-seeded variety has Romano-shaped pods 8" to 9" long and 3/4" wide.

Sow in warm soil - at LEAST 60 F soil temperature, though over 75 F gives faster germination.