BERRY CREEK FARM

Berry Creek Farm
Veggies and Herbs

Berry Creek Farm, 1342 VT Rte. 100, Westfield, Vermont

Opening May 1, 2012
Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 10am-5pm*
*(closed Sundays from mid-July-October)

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VEGETABLE	NAME	DESCRIPTION
ARTICHOKE	Tavor	90days - Improved variety, buds are green with purple tips and are sweet and tender.Typically 6-8 mature buds, avg. 3-4” diam. per plant, pants 3-4’ tall.
BROCCOLI	Arcadia	63 days - Stress tolerant. A rugged vigorous broccoli with mid- late maturity. Big plants with heavy, very firm, dark green, domed heads. Arcadia is tolerant to head rot, brown bead, downy mildew, and heat and cold stress.
	Amadeus	56 days. vigourous, medium -large plants with a lot of side shoots
BRUSSELS SPROUTS	Churchill	90 days - Early flavorfull easy to grow
	Diablo	110 days, late season , hold well in the field
CABBAGE
	Primax	60 days, early green cabbage with tender leaves and excellent flavor. Heads are 2-4Lb
	Storage No 4	95 days. A beautiful easy to grow cabbage for fall harvest. Capable of long term storage.
	Buscaro	105 days. large heads of gorgeous red/purple hue. Heads 4-5Lb
	Red Express	62 days - Uniform with very nice color. Head up quickly.
CAULIFLOWER
	Amazing	68 days - For summer or fall. Tolerant to heat or cold
	Veronica	78 days - Spiraled heads, lime green color, mild nutty taste.
	Cheddar	58 days - A beautiful early orange cauliflower that holds well in the field.
CELERY
	Tango	85 days self blanching,smoth non stringy varieties
	Affina	60 days. cutting celery with a rich aroma and quick regrow
CELERIAC	Mars	110 days - Large solid root,mild, crips celery flavor. Keep well fertilized and watered.
CUCUMBERS
	General Lee	66 days - 8”-8 ½” slicers keep producing, one of the best tasting cukes.
	Marketmore	58 days - Long slender, dark green cucumbers. Picks for relatively long time. Standard cucumber for the North.
	Green Finger	60 days - Smooth skin, never bitter. For inside or outside.
	Suhyo Long	61 days - Asian cuke, burpless, sweet mild flavor. Thorny but easy to rub off.
	Boothby Blonde	63 days - Heirloom,stubby,plump and oval with a yellow creamy skin. Sweet and delicate flavor
	Tasty Jade	54 days - Early, slender Japanese cuke. Burpless. Indoor or outdoor.
	Little leaf	58 days, pickling type, plant produce fruit under stress, for greenhouse or field
EGGPLANT
	Nadia	67 days - Classic large Italian, dark purple fruit. Tall, sturdy plants can set fruit under cool conditions.
	Rosa Bianca	73 days - Italian heirloom of light pink-lavender fruits.
	Little Finger	60 days - Long glossy black skin, harvest young for full flavor.
	Snowy	60 days - Graceful, ivory-white fruit. Nicely shaped, long, uniform fruit, mild non bitter flavor.
	Machiaw	65 D, Slender, deep pink ,Asian type
	Mangan	60D Tender excellent quality japanese type . Dark purple
	orient express	58days-slender glossy black fruit, oriental style
Husk Cherry	Goldie	75 days - Small orange berry with a husk. Sweet golden berries.
KALE
	Toscano	65 days - lacinato type dark green non curled leaves but heavily blistered ( savoyed0
	winterbor	60 days. A curled green leaves
	Redbor	55 days. Deepest red purple , frilly leaves
LEEKS
	king Richard	75 days - Early fall; develop to beautiful full size leeks, long white stem.
	Bandit	120 days, very winter hardy
LETTUCE
	Waldmann’s	49 days - Leaf lettuce, dark green ruffled leaves.
	Red Fire	55 days - Heavy slow bolting, well colored frilly leaves.
	Green Forest	56 days. Romaine, Tall, dark green, tip burn tolerant.
	Sylvesta	60 days - Light green butterhead with tighly packed hearts
	Pirat Butterhead	60 days - Smooth sweet and delectable. Well-blanched heart with red tinged outer leaves.
MELON
	Savor	78 days - The sweetest French melon. 2 Lb Charentais.
	Sarah choice	76 days - with its sweet and juicy flesh it is one of the best tasting cantaloupe
	Hannah’s	87 days - One of the best muskmelons 3-5lb. Green rind, orange flesh.
	San Juan	78 days.super flavor ivory color flesh. Ananas type
	orange honey	honeydew, 78D. crunchy crisp with an "orange popsicle flavor"
ONIONS
	Copra	104 days - Uniform “rock hard “yellow onion. Stay firm and flavorful.
	Cabernet	100 days. early, medium large globe shaped onion. 4-6 month storage
	Walla Walla	125 days - Juicy sweet onion. Short-term storage.
	Shallot Prisma	100 days - Red shallot 2-5 bulbs/plant, long storage.
OKRA	Millionaire	50 days - medium large sturdy plants, yield large quantities of dark green pods
PEPPERS
	Ace	50 days - Green / 70 days - Red. Early, highly productive, medium size. Nearly every flower produces a pepper.
	Red Knight	57 days - Green / 77 days - Red. Big, blocky thick-walled pepper. Fruity and sweet with good disease resistance.
	flavorbust	67 days - Green / 87 days - Yellow. Blocky yellow bells with sweet fruity taste.
	Gourmet	65 days - Green / 85 days Orange. Orange bell with thick juicy walls and fruity sweet taste.
	Islander	56 days - Lavender, 81 red. Light lavender skin, pale yellow flesh.
	Purple Beauty	55 dayspurple/75 red. Sturdy compact plant, reliable and high yield
	King of the North	50 days - Green / 70 days Red. Very bushy plants can produce up to 14-20 large, blocky fruits. Excellent sweet bell pepper for our short summers. short supply this year
	King Crimson	60-70 D Green to red. Bell pepper, medium size slighty later than king of the North but better quality and disease resistance
	Carmen	60-80 Green to red. Beautiful pepper of Italian type. Carmen has a lovely sweet taste for salad or roasting.
	Biscayne	60-80 days - Banana type, cylindrical, lobbed-end fruits famous for frying.
	Jalapeno	60-80 days - Hot sausage shaped pepper. 4000 to 6500 Scoville when fully ripe.
	Thai Dragon	50-70 days - Fiery red, Thai hot type. Can be dried, very productive small and slender. 80,000 Scoville when fully mature.
	Cheyenne	65-85 days - sweet and hot cayenne for fresh use for frying or salsas
	Serano del sol	55-75days. Fruits are 3-31/2 with a very hot flavor. Use fresh in sauce or Mexican dishes
	Czech black	65 days. black when immature the 2 1/2 long conical fruit ripen to a lustrous garnet. Not as hot as a jalapeno
	Krimson lee	62- 82 D red.Paprika . Thick walled frying pepper, medium heat
	Joe parker	70 days - Anaheim chili pepper for stuffing, grilling, roasting. Medium heat
	Maya red	75 days - Green / 100 days - Red - SUPER HOT, grow in protected area.
	Ancho	68- 88 days - Mildly pungent, authentic tasting ancho.
	Hot purita	70 Days. Peppers are 2" long ripening from pale yellow to purple striped then orangy-red when fully ripe
PUMPKINS
	Baby Pam	99 days - 4-5lb for making pie.
	Big Max	120 days - Can weight up to 100lb, awesome jack o’lantern.
	Dill’s Atlantic	120 days - Giant pumpkin.
	Howden	115 days - Northern standard 20-35lb fruit, vigorous grower.
	Rouge Vif D’Etampes	105 days - The Cinderella pumpkin, very flavorful.
	Moonshine	100 days - Very uniform, white smooth-skin fruit. Long dark green handles
	Jack-be-Little	95 days - Tiny flattened pumpkin-decorative for tables and displays.
SQUASH
Summer	Dark Green	50 days - Firm and creamy with good flavor zucchini.
	Yellow Crookneck	60 days - Bright lemon yellow summer squash.
	Goldy	50 days. Bright yellow skin zucchini with few spike and less tendency to greening.
	Patti Pan Sunburst	52 days - Rich yellow scallop, good yield of tender round squash.
	Ronde de Nice	52 days - Green with white speckling round zucchinis. Best flavor when 3-4" diameter
Winter
Buttercup	Bonbon	95 days - 4-5lb deep-green fruit with a prominent gray “button”.
	Sweet mama	88days. a kabocha type no cup, very sweet flavor
Butternut	Waltham	100 days - Tan 4-5lb fruit with a nutty flavor. Bush plant.
	Honey nut	100days, this 4-5" long "mini butternut" has a dark, healthy orange buff color. Good resitance to powdery mildew
Delicata		100 days - Cream colored skin with stripes, incredibly sweet flavor, size 1-2 lb. Bush.
Acorn	sweet Reba	90 days, bush type, fruit average 4-5/plant and 1.5-2lb
Hubbard	Red Kuri	95 days - Teardrop-shaped squashes with smooth sweet and dry flesh.
	Baby Blue	95 days - smaller size blue hubbard 5-7 lb fruit.
	Blue hubbard	100 D. Big hard-shelled squash, average 12-15 Lb
Kabocha	Sunshine	95D. Tender flesh, sweet and bright orange
Spaghetti		88 days - Medium-size pale yellow fruits with sweet and stringy flesh.
SWISS CHARD	Rainbow	A mix of colored chard
TOMATOES		in
		ind= indeterminate, det= determinate
	Big Beef	70 days - Early, flavorful, big globe shaped red ~ 10 oz fruit .
	Celebrity	72 days (det) - Good taste mid season. Fruit 7-8 oz.
	Jet Star	72 days (ind) - Early –mid season 7-8oz fruit with good flavor.
	Mountain magic	66days (ind). Excellent flavor and late blight resistant. 2oz fruit
	New Girl	62 days (ind) - Better tasting and more disease resistance than early girl.
	oregon spring	60days (det) first early harvest for cool northern locations
	Cosmonaut	65 days (ind) - From good to sublime taste. 8-12 oz fruit.
	Defiant	70days (det) Late blight resistant. Mid size slicer ( 6-8oz) with a good flavor and texture
	Indigo rose	75days (ind) fDarkest tomato bred so far, exceptionally high in anthocyanins. 1-2 oz coktail sized tomatoes.
	Orange Blossom	60 days (det) - Best early orange tomato. 6-7oz fruit.
	Taxi	64 days (det) - Yellow 4-6 oz sweet flavored. Concentrated early set.
	Sun Gold	57 days (ind) - Cherry - Intense tropical flavor, tangerine orange fruit.
	Supper Sweet 100	78 days (ind) - Should be staked, cluster of 1” sweet fruits.
	Black cherry	68 days (ind) .Two bite cherries with the dusky color and complex flavor of the best black tomatoes
	yellow mini	57 days(ind), excellent sweet juicy flavor, less splitting
	Yellow Pears	70 days (ind). Petite distinctive salad tomato.
	Roma	65 days, Plants are vigorous an strong. fruit have deep red color and mild flavor. Paste tomatoes
	San Marzano	78 days (ind) - Delicious, balanced acidic flavor for good sauce. 5- 6oz. Paste tomato
	Amish Paste	85 days (ind) - Wonderful flavor and production, 6-8 oz fruit, need a lot of pruning!
	Cherokee Purple	72D days - Heirloom - Unusual “weird and interesting” variety with full flavor.
	Pruden's purple	72 days (ind) agreat sandwich tomatoes with a taste as good or better than Brandywine
	Brandywine	78 days - Heirloom - The best tasting tomato. Large fruit up to 1 pound.
	Green Zebra	72 days - Heirloom - Green striped delicious tangy salad tomato. 3-4oz fruit.
	Black Prince	75D (ind) - Turn almost black with enough heat and sun. Excellent flavor.
	Black Krim	80 days (ind) Heirloom from Russia, rich in flavor
	Paul Roberson	78 days (ind) another Russian heirloom , a very good sandwich tomatoes.
	Tomatillo: Purple	75-85 days - Heirloom with exceptional appearance and taste.
WATERMELON
	Sugar Baby	80 days - Very sweet icebox type, red flesh
	Sunshine	75 days, yellow flesh, 8-10 lb, juicy and very sweet
	Orange Glo	90 days, Beautifull and sweet, dark orange flesh is very crisp
HERBS
	Anise	Annual, sweet licorice fragrance, an outstanding insectary plant.
	Arnica Chamissonis	Strong and distinct pine-sage odor when the leaves of mature plants are rubbed or bruised. Perennial
	Ashwagandha	one of the best rejunevators
	Astralagus	Promotes wound healing and stimulates the immune system. Perennial
Basil	Genovese	Variety of choice for pesto.
	Italian	Large leaves, pesto type.
	Thai	Spicy anise-clove flavor.
	Lemon	Strong lemon flavor.
	Red Rubin	Purple Italian type.
	Sacred	Known as Tulasi, Spicier than other basil
Bergamot		Perennial, bee balm family
Borage		Annual, reseed itself
Catnip		Make your cat happy! Perennial
Chamomille	German	Annual
Chives		Perennial
Chervil		Mild sweet anise flavor
Cilantro		Seeds only.
Cumin		This is the culinary cumin for Mexican and indian dishes
Dill	Bouquet	Good yields of foliage and seeds. (seeds only)
Echinacea	Purpurea	Common purple coneflower. Perenial
Elecampe		Perennial
Garden sorrel		Perennial
Hyssop		Perennial
Lady's Mantle		Perennial
Lavender		Munstead type. Perennial
Lemon Balm		Perennial herb often used in ice cream and teas.
Lemon Mint		Occasionally used in herbal teas, smell when crushed. Perennial
Lemon grass		Often used in soups and with fish. Perennial inside
Licorice		Perennial with protection
Lovage		Taste like celery Perennial
Marjoram		Sweeter & more balsam-like than oregano, used in aromatherapy.
Motherwort		Perennial
Oregano (Greek)		Perennial
Parsley		Italian Flat or Curly
Peppermint		The world's oldest medicine - and great with tea,too. Perennial
Rosemary		Perennial if wintered inside.
Rue		Perennial
Sage		Used as food seasoning and for medicinal purposes.Perennial
Savory		Winter (P) & summer (A)
Baikal skullcap		Perennial
Spilanthes		Know as toothache plant
Stevia		Incredibly sweet leaves are and alternative to sugar.
St Johnswort		Shrubby plant with yellow flowers.Perennial
Blue vervaine		Perennial
THYME
	German	Perennial.
	Creeping	Perennial.
	Summer	Annual more pungent flavor.

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