Annual Plant Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant For Sale In Chicago

* A poultice of the boiled seeds has been used in the treatment of boils. * The shoots, tendrils, and leaves of the plant may also be eaten as greens. Taken with Achyranthes spp the seed is used to treat aching teeth and gums, boils etc.

Oval to round fruit with red sweet flesh and small seeds, maturing in 85 days. * It was an All American winner in 1964. * Crimson Sweet is a heirloom variety that has been around a long time.

* The bush grows to a maximum height of 13 feet (4 m ), and the prickles are sparse to scattered along the stalks.

Tenella yields small almond -like hairy fruits with characteristic flavor. 'Fire Hill' is a popular cultivar with red flowers. It grows to 1.5 m (5 ft) and is a popular ornamental plant in cold temperate regions, valued for its profuse spring blossom...

* Raspberry fruit may protect the liver. * A herb tea is made from the dried leaves. * Polyphenolic compounds from raspberry seeds are efficient antioxidants. * A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit.

It is considered to be a substitute for ginseng and is said to be a tonic for both the male and the female sex organs. This species is used for similar purposes in southern China. The plant likes some shade with moist, well-drained soil.

* Produces an abundance of long yellow sweet peppers from mid summer until frost.

The passion fruit is round to oval, yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior filled with numerous seeds. The ripe aromatic fruit is allowed to wrinkle and develop sweetness, it is then eaten raw, juiced, made into a syrup...

Oval to round fruit with red sweet flesh and small seeds, maturing in 85 days. * It was an All American winner in 1964. * Crimson Sweet is a heirloom variety that has been around a long time.

* It preferes cool growing temperatures and will tolerate some shade. If you let some go to seed, the pods are edible. It is never pithy and stays crunchy in the refrigerator. It's flavor is mild and is great fresh, in salads or sandwiches.

* It is used in both fresh and dried forms, to not only "heat up" curries, pickles and chutneys, but also to impart two distinct flavours to them. * In 2007, Guinness World Records certified that the Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia) was the world's hottest...

It is also a fairly good source of essential fatty acids, which is fairly unusual for a fruit. It is being investigated as a food that is capable of reducing the incidence of cancer and also as a means of halting or reversing the growth of cancers.

* The fruit has been part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for thousands of years, used to treat arthritis, leg edema, and cramping in the calf muscle. * This plant is widely cultivated in temperate regions for its twining habit and its showy flowers...

* Requires a rich, well-drained moisture retentive soil and a very warm, sunny and sheltered position. Germination should take place within 2 weeks. Moschata acts as the genetic bridge within the genus and is closest to the genus' progenitor.

While oats are suitable for human consumption as oatmeal and rolled oats, one of the most common uses is as livestock feed. Oats are a nutrient-rich food associated with lower blood cholesterol when consumed regularly.

* The fruit is juicy with a very good flavour. * Rubus spectabilis ( Salmonberry ) is a species of Rubus native to the west coast of North America from west central Alaska to California .

It grows in well-drained, loamy or sandy soils. * Has light gray bark; rounded crown; often used in bonsai; an important native element of Japanese forests. It is native to Japan where it is widespread and often one of the dominant trees of Japan's deciduous...

* The fruit has a slightly acid, sweet aromatic flavour, they can be eaten out of hand or cooked in pies, sauces, jellies etc. * Loquats are unusual among fruit trees in that the flowers appear in the autumn or early winter, and the fruits are ripe in...

It usually grows to only 3-5' tall and features 5-petaled, showy, white flowers in drooping clusters which appear before the leaves emerge in early spring. * Running serviceberry is a deciduous, early-flowering, stoloniferous shrub which typically suckers...

* The plant is high in certain antioxidants. The syrup is used as a nutritional supplement, especially for babies. * In Bulgaria, where it grows in abundance, the hips are used to make a sweet wine.

Korean pine nuts Korean pine differs from the closely related Siberian pine in having larger cones with reflexed scale tips, and longer needles. In the north of its range, it grows at moderate altitudes, typically 600-900 m, whereas further south, it...

Frangula caroliniana ), the Carolina Buckthorn , is an upright shrub or small tree native to the Southeastern United States . There is a local disjunct population in Mexico as well.

A pleasant mild flavour, with a similar texture to the leaves, they make a pleasant and pretty addition to the salad bowl. * 2 1/2" deep purple flowers on a plant that resembles a small hollyhock; likes full sun; biennial or perennial; native to Europe,...

The seed contains about 20% of an edible semi-drying oil. It has an agreeable almond smell and flavour. * This is the most commonly grown plum at least in Europe, and most prunes (dried plums) are made from fruits of this species.

The poor taste is probably due, at least in part, to the presence of tannins. It is an evergreen tree growing up to 15 metres tall. The process can be speeded up by grinding the seed into a powder prior to soaking.

The seed, or the oil from the seed are normally used. In a prehistoric cave in the Republic of Georgia dyed flax fibers have been found that date to 34,000 BC . * Flax was extensively cultivated in ancient Ethiopia and ancient Egypt .

* Nelumbo nucifera , known by numerous common names including Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, or simply lotus, is one of two species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae.