Crop Plant Seeds For Sale In Stamford

* The leaves contain 'stevioside', a substance that is 300 times sweeter than sucrose. * The leaves have a very sweet liquorice-like flavour. * The dried leaves can be ground and used as a sweetener or soaked in water and the liquid used in making preserves.

* The Borlotti bean, also known as the Roman bean or romano bean (not to be confused with the Italian flat bean, a green bean also called "romano bean"), is a variety of cranberry bean bred in Italy to have a thicker skin.

* The large stalks are topped by deep green leaves. * Fordhook is a well known and very popular variety of Swiss Chard. Excellent for use in salads or steamed. It is cold hardy as well as tolerant of heat.

* Sweet basil has been used for thousands of years as a culinary and medicinal herb. * Ocimum basilicum , or Sweet Basil, is a culinary herb of major importance. It acts principally on the digestive and nervous systems, easing flatulence, stomach cramps,...

* The parents of these seeds were selected for their superior qualities relating to timber production and grown in a seed orchard in Denmark. * Cherry wood is also used for smoking foods, particularly meats, in North America, as it lends a distinct and...

* Trifolium campestre , commonly known as Hop Trefoil and Low Hop Clover , is a species of clover native to Europe and western Asia , growing in most areas, but specifically thriving on dry, sandy grassland habitats, as well as in fields, woodland margins,...

* Chia (Salvia hispanica) was the third most important food of the Aztecs in the time of Cortez (behind corn and beans and in front of amaranth), and has long been an important crop in Mesoamerica for the unique nutritional qualities of its seed.

Keep weed-free by tine weeding and shallow hoeing. Leaflets may shrivel and die. Chantenays are top-shaped and suitable for shallow or heavy soil. CopperCarrot rust flies and wireworms.

If left to grow, winter wheat makes good forage for livestock; or if allowed to mature it can be harvested mid-summer. This process is called nutrient cycling. Spring arrival brings re-growth that can be turned under as a green manure.

* Like other formerly foraged greens, corn salad has many nutrients, including three times as much vitamin C as lettuce, beta-carotene, B6, iron, and potassium. * Corn salad, also known as mache or lamb's lettuce, grows in a low rosette with spatulate...

* Linseed has a long history of medicinal use, its main effects being as a laxative and expectorant that soothes irritated tissues, controls coughing and relieves pain. * Flax was extensively cultivated in ancient Ethiopia and ancient Egypt .

* Although its botanical name Prunus persica refers to Persia (present Iran) from where it came to Europe, genetic studies suggest peaches originated in China. * The peach, Prunus persica, is a deciduous tree, native to North-West China, in the region...

For minimum soil compaction, use raised beds with 2 or 3 rows 16-24" apart, beds 5-6' on center. If necessary, thin young seedlings to 3/4-2" apart, depending on root size desired.

Sow 5-15 lbs./acre. * Rapeseed ( Brassica napus ), also known as rape , oilseed rape , rapa , rappi , rapaseed and (in the case of one particular group of cultivars , canola ) is a bright yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae (mustard or...

Common Vetch grows larger than Hairy Vetch, and is a valuable forage crop and beneficial insect attractant. More and more organic growers and gardeners are discovering the long list of benefits that growing cover crops such as oilseed radish, mustards,...

Generally the best harvest period lasts about 3 weeks (longer in cool, fall weather), after which time the roots may crack or the taste and appearance may decline. Tops are tall but have a weaker attachment to the root than other varieties.

* These small round cucumbers ripen to a lemon yellow color.

* Peanuts have a variety of industrial end uses. Rudolf Diesel ran some of the first engines that bear his name on peanut oil and it is still seen as a potentially useful fuel. Germination should take place within 2 weeks.

* Rheum palmatum , known as Turkey rhubarb , Chinese rhubarb , ornamental rhubarb , and East Indian rhubarb , is a plant in the family Polygonaceae . The other herbs included in the formula are Arctium lappa, Ulmus rubra and Rumex acetosella.

* A herbaceous, forage, perennial, cool season legume. The common name is Bird's-foot Trefoil (or similar, such as "birdsfoot trefoil"), though the common name is often also applied to other members of the genus.

It has an agreeable almond smell and flavour. * Plums are grown commercially in orchards, but modern rootstocks, together with self-fertile strains, training and pruning methods, allow single plums to be grown in relatively small spaces.

* This variety of seed will produce gourds common for making birdhouses.

* Northern Highbush Blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum ) is a species of blueberry native to eastern North America , growing from Nova Scotia and Ontario south to Alabama , and west to Wisconsin .

Tolerant to Southern Corn Leaf Blight. A very high sugar, extremely tender, white hybrid sweet corn. Sixteen rows of snowy white kernels on ears 8-9'' long.

Produces excellent yields of 15-18 pound oval shaped melons. Sweet, flavorful, bright red flesh.

Thornless semi-erect canes may need support under heavy fruit load. Summer-bearing floricane. Make sure that your hardiness zone lies within the zone compatability range of this variety before ordering.

Blueberries like their soil pH on the acidic side, between 4.5 and 5.0. Adding a soil acidifier (then checking the pH) will give you quart after quart of fat, super-nutritious berries for the entire blueberry season.