04/02/2021
These happy plants are jut waiting to be planted and grown in your garden! Nine varieties ready to go!
Tomatoes - Cherokee Purple, Black Krim, Supersweet 100, Green Zebran and Amish Paste.
Peppers - California Wonder, and Early Jalapeno.
Melons - Jubilee Watermelon and Edisto 47 Cantaloupe
Asking $3.00 for each 4" pot.
Pick up in Saint David AZ, or a meeting can be arranged in Vail or Serria Vista areas.
Green Zebra Tomato
Beautiful chartreuse with deep lime-green stripes, very attractive. Flesh is bright green and very rich tasting, sweet with a sharp bite to it (just too good to describe!). A favorite tomato of many high-class chefs, specialty markets, and home gardeners. Green Zebra Tomato is a tomato variety developed in the 1980s that is now considered to be a classic among striped and bi-color tomatoes.
Type: Slicer
Days To Maturity: 78 days
Fruit Weight: 2-4 ounces
Cherokee Purple Tomatoes
The Cherokee Purple is an old heirloom tomato that has an outstanding flavor. This tomato dates back to pre-1890 and is recognized as an old Cherokee Indian heirloom that originated in Tennessee. This variety has a semi-meaty flesh with an average seed/flesh ratio. The Cherokee Purple offers some of the best flavor with an earthy-sweet, rich taste that is delicious eaten raw. This tomato has a beautiful purple skin with a slight pinkish-red hue. This plant produces large vines with large beefsteak fruits that average 8-20 ounces. The Cherokee Purple is an indeterminate tomato that will keep producing all summer long and into the first frost in fall time.
Type: Beefsteak
Days To Maturity: 85 days
Fruit Weight: 13 ounces
Black Krim Tomato
The Black Krim Tomato is a popular dark purple Russian heirloom with slightly black shoulders that has a rich, sweet flavor that always scores high in tomato test trials! This meaty, juicy tomato variety contains an average amount of seeds on the inside. The Black Krim develops a darker color and a sweeter flavor the longer it matures on the vine. This variety is growing in popularity within farmers markets and different restaurants.
Type: Beefsteak
Days To Maturity: 80 days
Fruit Weight: 8 ounces
Supersweet 100 Tomato
The Supersweet 100 Tomato has a flavor with an extra sweetness and an outstanding yield production that keeps coming back! This tomato tastes like candy and has an increased disease-fighting ability than the beloved classic, Sweet 100. This hybrid is a delicious treat that is also one of the most nutritious tomatoes available anywhere! The Supersweet 100 has a higher vitamin C content than any other tomato. The small 1 inch tomatoes have a bright red skin and flesh.
Type: Cherry
Days To Maturity: 70 days
Fruit Weight: 1 ounces
Amish Paste Tomato
The Amish Paste Tomato is an excellent tomato with a wonderful, juicy taste for making tangy sauces or sliced for fresh eating! This tomato produces bright red 8-12 ounce fruits that vary greatly in shape from an oxheart variety to a rounded plum-shape.
Type: Paste
Days To Maturity: 85 days
Fruit Weight: 8-12 ounces
Jalapeno Early
Jalapeno Early is a prolific producer, and you can harvest up to a week earlier than other jalapeno varieties! With a continuous harvest until frost, you’ll find lots of ways to use your bountiful crop. A favorite in Mexican dishes, these 3” long peppers will be your favorite too. Use jalapeno peppers fresh, dried or pickled. Harvest jalapeno peppers at any stage of growth, from green to a matured red. Hot peppers can be grown in containers on the patio, and can also be grown indoors, providing they get enough natural or artificial light.
California Wonder
Sweet California Wonder Bell Pepper is one of the most popular large bell pepper plants around. The fruit is delicious for snacking, salads, sautéing or stuffing. These bell peppers pack plenty of crunch and vitamins, including vitamins C and A. The 4-inch fruit will be mature about 75 days after planting. Harvest some early and while green but leave enough on the plant to turn red and sweeter. Cut the stem of the pepper; avoid twisting it.
Jubilee Watermelon
The Jubilee Watermelon is a sun-loving, dark green striped watermelon with a very sweet red flesh that is perfect for a picnic or hot summer day! The Jubilee can grow to be 25-40 pounds. This watermelon is also disease resistant making it perfect for home gardens. Enjoy this large beauty all summer long!
Edisto 47, Cantaloupe
The oval fruits grow large (three to five pounds) on vigorous vines. The are medium netted with light ribs. Bred as a larger improved Edisto-type melon, ‘Edisto 47’ does well in hot, humid conditions and exhibits improved disease resistance to alternaria, powdery mildew and downy mildew