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Red Calaloo

Red Calaloo Specialty Green

Amaranthus tricolor (120 days) Open-pollinated. Calaloo is a Caribbean stew that has many local variations, and is the name of the greens usually used in the dish, which also varies from island to island. This type is used in Jamaica, in the namesake dish as well as in many others. Although CR was never a fan of amaranth greens, considering them barely edible forage, the tricolor blaze on the tall upright Calaloo in August, more red than Hopi Red Dye, induced him to eat a bit. Wow! It was soft smooth easy eating—and that was raw, straight out in the field. Grow it as an ornamental and then eat it. Prefers warm conditions. ③


4301 Red Calaloo
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C: 16g for $10.00  
D: 80g for $23.00  
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Grains

The selections here are rare heirloom varieties especially designed for small- or homestead-scale production. Most of them are decorative in both form and color, making great accents to bouquets and wreaths, but the revived interest in food security and sovereignty is what inspires us to list more edible and heirloom grains every year. In the early 1800s Maine was the breadbasket of the U.S. Wheat and rice do not demand huge space and can be threshed with a little ingenuity. With good fertility, proper spacing and reasonable diligence, it is quite possible to harvest 10 lb of heirloom wheat from 100 plants in a 10x10' plot. A 100' row of rice can yield 6–10 lb.

Larger-scale growers and farmers, those seeking larger quantities of more mainstream varieties, or those looking for cover crops should check out the Organic Growers Supply list of Farm Seed.