GOOD KING HENRY Chenopodium bonus-henricus

Perennial            Uses: culinary, medicinal   Wholesome potherb. Shoots gathered when 12cm/5" high are peeled, boiled and eaten like asparagus. Young tender leaves are prepared like spinach. Excellent remedy for indigestion.

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RAMPION Campanula rapunculus

Perennial            Uses: culinary medicinal   So tasty are the roots that there is a Grimm tale about the unfortunate child Rapunzel (German for 'rampion')who was given up to a witch after her father was caught stealing roots from the witch's garden. First year roots and tender basal leaves are edible. Blue bell-flowers in June or July.

Tomato, Glacier OG (56 days) Det. Glacier ripens around the same time as the sub-arctics with about the same size (1-2"), and almost no cosmetic defects except yellow shoulders, but there the comparisons end. Glacier’s rich tomato flavor relegates the insipid sub-arctics to the compost pile. It is also superior to the highly touted Siberia tomato, to Stupice, to Early Temptation to Bloody Butcher and, in fact, to every other tomato in the same class that we’ve tried. Originally from Sweden, 1985. Potato-leaf foliage. Michael Goldman of Freeland, MD, reported having ripe fruit by June 15 two years in a row. NOFA-VT or MOFGA-certified.

Tomato,  Ida Gold OG (59 days) Det. Often these delightful orange 2-bite low-acid fruits are the first tomatoes to ripen for us. They are early and prolific even in bad tomato years. Developed specially for the North by the University of Idaho. An indifferent performer in so-so soil, but a bountiful yielder when fed compost and rotted manure. MOFGA-certified.

Tomato, Cherokee Purple OG (77-80 days) Ind. but with relatively short vines. Shows good disease resistance. No list of the best-tasting heirloom tomatoes would be complete without Cherokee Purple, an unusual variety from Tennesee, said to have originated with the Cherokee Indians. Fruits are globes to slightly oblate, averaging 10-14 oz, with dusky brownish-purple skin, dark green shoulders and brick-red flesh. Their real attraction is their rich taste, which has been described as “smoky,” “sweet rich juicy winey,” “delicious sweet,” and “rich brandywine flavor” by some of the 20 aficionados who are maintaining it in the Seed Savers Exchange. Ranks in my top five for flavor. Sarah Stahl says it “turns skeptics into believers with one bite.” Expect some concentric cracking. Amy LeBlanc suggests the vines should not be pruned because the delicate fruits sunburn easily. IA or CCOF or MOFGA-certified.

Tomato, German Johnson OG (80 days). An old heirloom probably from Virginia or North Carolina. This large ind. regular-leaf plant, one of the parents of Mortgage Lifter, is known for its copious yields of pink meaty fruits, mild but with more than a touch of sweetness. They often exceed 1 lb. MOFGA-certified.

Tomato, Juliet Hybrid (60 days) Ind. There will be no lack of Romeos who want to nibble on these and no lack of the scrumptious little plum-shaped fruits for them to adore. They come in clusters everywhere, 12-18 1-2 oz. grapes to the cluster and an astounding 50-80 per plant. The glossy red fruits have an engaging sweetness that will make you want to keep popping them in your mouth. They are good stewing tomatoes and excellent salad tomatoes, but we thought they had too much juice to be ideal for paste until we stuck them into our 2005 test. To our surprise, we found their sauce to be tangy with a diverse complex richness and full sweet tomato flavor. As if earliness and good flavor weren’t enough, this 1999 AAS winner is firm enough to hold on the vines for up to two weeks, crack resistant, tolerant to LS and LB, and fairly invulnerable to insect or slug damage. Considered second-most popular tomato by Maine market growers.

Tomato, Whippersnapper Cherry (52 days) Det. Whippersnapper is the welcome bearer of pinkish tart fruits that come earlier than any other cherries. While a treat unto itself, Whippersnapper also whets the appetite for the later redder sweeter cherry tomatoes. Not disease resistant, should be followed by a succession variety more vigorous.  

WATERLEAF Talinum triangulare

Tender Perennial            Uses: culinary, medicinal (Leaf ginseng, Surinam spinach) Attractive edible houseplant with glossy, dark-green whorled leaves and tiny red flowers. Young leaves and tender stems have a slightly sour taste. Can be chopped and added in salads, or parboiled, steamed, sauteed or added to soups. Should not be overcooked or it gets too soft and mucilaginous. In Indonesia, this herb is as highly regarded as ginseng, giving the whole body a strengthening boost. In Chinese medicine, the roots of a related species are used to treat general debility in the same way as ginseng.