Malus spp. Late fall. Exquisite dessert fruit is fine-grained juicy and snappy. Clean fruity finish with superior aromatics. Keeps until March. Likely hardy to Z3.
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Malus spp. Fall. Modern apple bred for disease resistance, shelf life and flavor. Great fresh eating. Flesh stays white when sliced. Easy-to-grow annual producer. Z4.
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Malus spp. Fall. An offspring of Frostbite and Chestnut apples. This russeted dessert apple is small, but packs a lot flavor. We eat them raw or baked whole rolled in cinnamon and sugar. Z4.
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Malus spp. Summer. Modern PRI-bred variety. Mildly tart, spicy and rich flavored. Great fresh eating quality. Disease-resistant, scab immune. Blooms mid-late season. Z4.
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Malus spp. Summer. The standard Maine summer cooking apple, especially pies. Medium-sized dark red fruit. Juicy subacid white flesh tinged with red. Z3.
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Malus spp. Fall. Medium-large red-fleshed apple. Use for sauce, pies. Very sharp and bitter in cider. Two-toned flowers, bronze-red foliage. Z3.
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Malus spp. Fall-winter. Medium-large, sharp, crisp, rich, aromatic dessert apple. Also good in cider. Great fresh eating till January. Blooms midseason. Z4.
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Malus spp. Fall-winter. Large high-quality sweet dessert fruit. A modern apple worthy of the grocery-store world. Keeps most of the winter. Z4.
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First published in 1973, this comprehensive guide to canning, freezing and drying the garden’s bounty has been updated and offers useful recipes and trustworthy food-safety protocols.
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Capsicum annuum (74 days) Open pollinated. This large blocky market-type pepper produces good-sized glossy dark green 3–4 lobed peppers on tall bushy plants, even in adverse conditions.
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Widely known to effectively repel burrowing mammals like moles, voles, gophers, rabbits, ground squirrels and armadillos. Much cheaper and more versatile than granular castor oil products.
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Zinnia elegans Open pollinated. Small 2' plants with flowers 2½-3" across. Wide range of colors includes orange, yellow, white, pink, lavender and scarlet.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Fall. Medium-sized apple. Perfectly balanced flavor, aromatic crisp juicy tender flesh. All-purpose. Tree bears young and annually. Z4.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Fall-winter. Medium-sized juicy tender crisp lively lively dessert apple. Exceptionally delicious. Blooms early midseason. Z4.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Summer. Medium-sized fruit with almost solid beet red flesh: a real eye popper! Very good and extremely tart. Good addition to cider and sauce. Z3.
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