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Subject: Re: Seed catalog query
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Date: Tue, 24-Jan-84 14:25:21 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 24 14:25:21 1984
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OK -- As long as we're doing a little mid-winter dreaming,
here are the catalogs I send for, and the seed varieties
from each I have found particularly successful/attractive
and why:

     Stokes Seed Co, Buffalo, NY:
          Giant Musselburgh Leek.  You too can grow leeks
        like the handle of a baseball bat!  Good flavor.
          Hollow Crown Parsnip.   Vigorous, good flavor,
        avoids some of the usual difficulties with germination.
          Butter King Lettuce.   Excellent flavor.

     Burpee:
          Delicious tomato.  Not resistant to anything, but
        the best tomatoes I have EVER tasted.
          Perpetual swiss chard.  The best flavor I know of
        in swiss chard.  Small center rib.
          Sugar Snap peas.  If you haven't tried them, try
        them.  A little slow producing (70 days).

     Park:
          Kuta squash.  For my money, the best summer squash
        I know.  As a winter squash, forget it!  Doesn't freeze well.
          Waltham Butternut squash.  Vines go all over the
        place, but fine flavor and heavy bearing.  Keeps and
        freezes well.
          Sorrel.  A perennial herb featuring large, lemony
        leaves.  If you're going to make leek and potato soup,
        a sine qua non.   Also makes a good soup on its own.

My favorite gardening book, by the way, is "Crockett's Victory
Garden".  The month-by-month organization is what I particularly
appreciate about it.

Bill Graves (floyd!wgg)