Post by ferdzy on Jan 24, 2017 11:29:40 GMT -5
Slow and late as usual but here it is. I am not looking for much, but am happy to send things out and in particular there are a few things I would like to see increased for seed and would like to get back. Noted under each item, of course. Seed numbers are approximate. Packet is vague description, but I aim to send about as much as a typical purchased packet of similar seeds.
BEANS & PEAS: As typical the last few years I have lots of great stuff I can't offer due to anthracnose in the garden.
Situation improving, but not gone.
Beans – Monaco Musso Niriu (1 pack of 40) - 2012
Grown out before the anthracnose hit. Bit too late maturing for us, we have 150 ff days.
Beans – Polish Pole (Unopened packet from Heritage Harvest; 25) – 2013
Small, productive, unusual small very hard seeds. We planted one pack and said ho-hum, but your mileage may vary.
Peas – Dual – 2013-2015
Recent hybrid, dropped from commercial production. I like it though; nice second early pea that produces well for about 2 weeks. Freezes well. Can have high (11) count per pod, and a nice dark green pea, not too big. A few packets.
Peas – Large Manitoba – 2016
Described as a Manitoba heirloom, I am quite certain (after growing them out next to each other) that it is a selection of Laxton's Progress. A very good selection too; I would rate it as superior to Laxtons Progress. A few packets.
Peas – Carruthers Purple Pod – 2015
Irish heirloom shelling pea, with purple (inedible) pods and pale olive green peas. I find the peas less sweet than modern varieties, even a little bitter when raw but with a lovely smooth texture and fine when cooked. Freeze decently. May be more of interest to breeders than other gardeners, or maybe not - they are unusual and attractive. I have a few packets.
Peas – Mrs Vans – 2014
A Canadian west coast heirloom. A late pole pea, productive, tasty, freezes well... recommended. A few packets.
BRASSICAS: don't always do well for us in our sandy, mildly acidic soil but some do okay and we have seed.
Kale Sprouts - Kale Sprouts x Assorted Brussels sprouts (LOTS available) – 2015
From Kale Sprouts received in a trade from this board, allowed to go to seed and cross with assorted varieties of Brussels Sprouts. What will they produce? Dunno! Only one way to find out...
Cabbage - January King x Chieftain Savoy (Lots) – 2013
Cross saved from our garden a few years ago, the resulting seeds have done better than any other cabbage for us. That's because they are moderately adapted to our soil. If you have similar, worth a try.
Kale – Red Russian (lots) – 2010
Fairly standard and popular kale, but the fact is we don't love kale. Needs a germ test before it goes out but if you want it let me know.
HERBS:
Arugula – Basic – 2012
Dill – Turkish or Mammoth – 2016
Picked this up in Turkey a few years back, variety unknown but might be Mammoth. At any rate it produces large plants with MUCH better useable foliage than regular varieties. Plenty available.
Parsley – Garden – 2016
Regular garden parsley, more or less curled. Have lots.
MELONS:
Melon, Crenshaw – Sweet Freckles (LOTS) – 2016
Got this melon from Holly a few years back. Grew no other melon this year in order to produce lots of seed... yes this is a damn fine melon especially for those of us with slightly cool summers. Continues to ripen once picked, which is always (well okay, usually) useful. 90 days. Tends to all ripen at once, we dried our excess and I have to say dried melon is amazing.
Watermelons – Various (LOTS) - 2016 to back a couple of years
I have grown out a large number of moderately small to medium sized short season/cool tolerant watermelon varieties over the last few years including a fairly high proportion of Golden Midget (so chance of golden ripening gene in many seeds). Rather than me list at tedious detail exactly what I have, let me know what kind of melons you are interested in and I will try to match you up. All material is potentially crossed so is pot luck/breeding material. You can read up on (some of) what I've been doing at my blog for more detail.
ALLIUMS:
Leeks – Bandit x Giant Musselburgh x Inegol x Verdonnet (LOTS) – 2016
Have seeds from each named variety above, allowed to cross with each other ad lib. Inegol (a large Turkish variety, slightly tender but overwinters for me) is the latest flowering by some time and will likely be the least crossed up.
But you can hope.
Onions, Multiplier – Unknown hybrid x Banana (LOTS) - 2012
A chance cross between "shallots" in my garden. Seems to still be germinating okay (I've kept it in the freezer). Not guaranteed not to carry some male sterility, but I have been getting good seedy results. Vary from white to rose to purplish, in varying sizes and degrees of desire to split. Good breeding material.
Onions, Storage – Rose de Roscoff – recent
THE BEST onion in the world, bar none, and mighty hard to come by in North America (and elsewhere too for that matter). I have very little of this, I've already offered it to a friend with a seed company, and so while I am putting it out here, you are NOT necessarily going to get it. I am however looking for people to grow it out for pure (uncrossed with other onions) seed who would be willing and able to commit to doing that and sending me some back.
SOLANACEA:
Eggplant – Aydin Siyahi (Lots) – 2012/2016
I got seed for this in Turkey in 2013 and it has become a favourite eggplant of ours. It's a long, relatively narrow dark purple eggplant, nonbitter and good flavour. Early and productive. I grew out for seed this year and only got 4 ripe fruits for various reasons. My original seed is still germinating (as far as I know) but I worry it is getting old. I would like it if people get some of my old and and some of my new seeds, and grow both out for more genetically diverse but true varietal seeds. But I have enough to send to a few people who can't commit to that.
Tomato – Isis Red – 2014, 2015
Saved and named from seed sent to me by Holly, for Isis Candy. I was not crazy about Isis Candy but one plant had atypical red fruit rather than marbled, and I liked that one. I am not a fan of cherry tomatoes in general and red cherry tomatoes in particular. This is the first one I have liked. It is milder and less acidic than most red cherry tomatoes. It appears to be fairly stable but I have not grown out a lot of plants so cannot guarantee. Just a very few packs.
Tomato – Sunny Sweet (dehybridized Sun Sugar) – 2014
Edwin's (Mr Ferdzy) dehybridation project of the last 7 or 8 years! He appears to have achieved stability and success. Not huge amounts of seed, but several packets.
Tomato – Ferdzy's Salad Favourite (stable cross between Jaune Flamme and unknown red beefsteak type) – 2015, 2016
Has the growth habit and tomato size of Jaune Flamme with a more beefsteak tomato type flavour. So, large indeterminate plant with lots of small tomatos over a good long period. It's milder and less acidic than most salad sized tomatoes. It turned up as a chance cross in the garden and I like it because it is rare to get a tomato with this flavour in a small size. As the only real eater of raw tomatoes in our household, this is a great tomato for me - one tomato tops a salad portion or does a sandwich with no leftovers, etc. Seems to have some disease resistance and I have been selecting it for crack resistance (it is not too bad for that anyway) but may be popular with insect pests (according to report; I have had no problems). Seems BER resistant for me too. A few packs.
Tomato – Great White 2013
Our own reasonably isolated seed for this, often regarded as the best large white tomato. Nice flavour, very productive. A few packs.
Tomato – Franchi Red Pear 2015
Our own reasonably isolated seed for this, a good large multi-purpose tomato (good raw, but dense enough to use in canning). A few packs.
Tomato – Persimmon 2013
Our own reasonably isolated seed for this, starts early for a large tomato, goes to the end of the season, productive, lovely mild but rich flavour, good raw and dense enough to cook and can with. One of our favourite tomataoes. A few packs.
BEANS & PEAS: As typical the last few years I have lots of great stuff I can't offer due to anthracnose in the garden.
Situation improving, but not gone. Beans – Monaco Musso Niriu (1 pack of 40) - 2012
Grown out before the anthracnose hit. Bit too late maturing for us, we have 150 ff days.
Beans – Polish Pole (Unopened packet from Heritage Harvest; 25) – 2013
Small, productive, unusual small very hard seeds. We planted one pack and said ho-hum, but your mileage may vary.
Peas – Dual – 2013-2015
Recent hybrid, dropped from commercial production. I like it though; nice second early pea that produces well for about 2 weeks. Freezes well. Can have high (11) count per pod, and a nice dark green pea, not too big. A few packets.
Peas – Large Manitoba – 2016
Described as a Manitoba heirloom, I am quite certain (after growing them out next to each other) that it is a selection of Laxton's Progress. A very good selection too; I would rate it as superior to Laxtons Progress. A few packets.
Peas – Carruthers Purple Pod – 2015
Irish heirloom shelling pea, with purple (inedible) pods and pale olive green peas. I find the peas less sweet than modern varieties, even a little bitter when raw but with a lovely smooth texture and fine when cooked. Freeze decently. May be more of interest to breeders than other gardeners, or maybe not - they are unusual and attractive. I have a few packets.
Peas – Mrs Vans – 2014
A Canadian west coast heirloom. A late pole pea, productive, tasty, freezes well... recommended. A few packets.
BRASSICAS: don't always do well for us in our sandy, mildly acidic soil but some do okay and we have seed.
Kale Sprouts - Kale Sprouts x Assorted Brussels sprouts (LOTS available) – 2015
From Kale Sprouts received in a trade from this board, allowed to go to seed and cross with assorted varieties of Brussels Sprouts. What will they produce? Dunno! Only one way to find out...
Cabbage - January King x Chieftain Savoy (Lots) – 2013
Cross saved from our garden a few years ago, the resulting seeds have done better than any other cabbage for us. That's because they are moderately adapted to our soil. If you have similar, worth a try.
Kale – Red Russian (lots) – 2010
Fairly standard and popular kale, but the fact is we don't love kale. Needs a germ test before it goes out but if you want it let me know.
HERBS:
Arugula – Basic – 2012
Dill – Turkish or Mammoth – 2016
Picked this up in Turkey a few years back, variety unknown but might be Mammoth. At any rate it produces large plants with MUCH better useable foliage than regular varieties. Plenty available.
Parsley – Garden – 2016
Regular garden parsley, more or less curled. Have lots.
MELONS:
Melon, Crenshaw – Sweet Freckles (LOTS) – 2016
Got this melon from Holly a few years back. Grew no other melon this year in order to produce lots of seed... yes this is a damn fine melon especially for those of us with slightly cool summers. Continues to ripen once picked, which is always (well okay, usually) useful. 90 days. Tends to all ripen at once, we dried our excess and I have to say dried melon is amazing.
Watermelons – Various (LOTS) - 2016 to back a couple of years
I have grown out a large number of moderately small to medium sized short season/cool tolerant watermelon varieties over the last few years including a fairly high proportion of Golden Midget (so chance of golden ripening gene in many seeds). Rather than me list at tedious detail exactly what I have, let me know what kind of melons you are interested in and I will try to match you up. All material is potentially crossed so is pot luck/breeding material. You can read up on (some of) what I've been doing at my blog for more detail.
ALLIUMS:
Leeks – Bandit x Giant Musselburgh x Inegol x Verdonnet (LOTS) – 2016
Have seeds from each named variety above, allowed to cross with each other ad lib. Inegol (a large Turkish variety, slightly tender but overwinters for me) is the latest flowering by some time and will likely be the least crossed up.
But you can hope.
Onions, Multiplier – Unknown hybrid x Banana (LOTS) - 2012
A chance cross between "shallots" in my garden. Seems to still be germinating okay (I've kept it in the freezer). Not guaranteed not to carry some male sterility, but I have been getting good seedy results. Vary from white to rose to purplish, in varying sizes and degrees of desire to split. Good breeding material.
Onions, Storage – Rose de Roscoff – recent
THE BEST onion in the world, bar none, and mighty hard to come by in North America (and elsewhere too for that matter). I have very little of this, I've already offered it to a friend with a seed company, and so while I am putting it out here, you are NOT necessarily going to get it. I am however looking for people to grow it out for pure (uncrossed with other onions) seed who would be willing and able to commit to doing that and sending me some back.
SOLANACEA:
Eggplant – Aydin Siyahi (Lots) – 2012/2016
I got seed for this in Turkey in 2013 and it has become a favourite eggplant of ours. It's a long, relatively narrow dark purple eggplant, nonbitter and good flavour. Early and productive. I grew out for seed this year and only got 4 ripe fruits for various reasons. My original seed is still germinating (as far as I know) but I worry it is getting old. I would like it if people get some of my old and and some of my new seeds, and grow both out for more genetically diverse but true varietal seeds. But I have enough to send to a few people who can't commit to that.
Tomato – Isis Red – 2014, 2015
Saved and named from seed sent to me by Holly, for Isis Candy. I was not crazy about Isis Candy but one plant had atypical red fruit rather than marbled, and I liked that one. I am not a fan of cherry tomatoes in general and red cherry tomatoes in particular. This is the first one I have liked. It is milder and less acidic than most red cherry tomatoes. It appears to be fairly stable but I have not grown out a lot of plants so cannot guarantee. Just a very few packs.
Tomato – Sunny Sweet (dehybridized Sun Sugar) – 2014
Edwin's (Mr Ferdzy) dehybridation project of the last 7 or 8 years! He appears to have achieved stability and success. Not huge amounts of seed, but several packets.
Tomato – Ferdzy's Salad Favourite (stable cross between Jaune Flamme and unknown red beefsteak type) – 2015, 2016
Has the growth habit and tomato size of Jaune Flamme with a more beefsteak tomato type flavour. So, large indeterminate plant with lots of small tomatos over a good long period. It's milder and less acidic than most salad sized tomatoes. It turned up as a chance cross in the garden and I like it because it is rare to get a tomato with this flavour in a small size. As the only real eater of raw tomatoes in our household, this is a great tomato for me - one tomato tops a salad portion or does a sandwich with no leftovers, etc. Seems to have some disease resistance and I have been selecting it for crack resistance (it is not too bad for that anyway) but may be popular with insect pests (according to report; I have had no problems). Seems BER resistant for me too. A few packs.
Tomato – Great White 2013
Our own reasonably isolated seed for this, often regarded as the best large white tomato. Nice flavour, very productive. A few packs.
Tomato – Franchi Red Pear 2015
Our own reasonably isolated seed for this, a good large multi-purpose tomato (good raw, but dense enough to use in canning). A few packs.
Tomato – Persimmon 2013
Our own reasonably isolated seed for this, starts early for a large tomato, goes to the end of the season, productive, lovely mild but rich flavour, good raw and dense enough to cook and can with. One of our favourite tomataoes. A few packs.