BERRY CREEK FARM

Berry Creek Farm
Veggies and Herbs

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

Opening May 6, 2010
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	Imperial Star	85 days - specially bred for annual production, Imperial star produces the first season from seed. 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.
	Windsor	56 days. Heat tolerant, early variety producemedium-small blue green domes
BRUSSELS SPROUTS	Gustus	99 days -medium size, flavorful and easy to grow.
	Diablo	110 days, late season , hold well in the field
CABBAGE
	Farao	64 days, Delicious early cabbage
	Storage No 4	95 days. A beautiful easy to grow cabbage for fall harvest. Capable of long term storage.
	mammoth red	100 days. A large late storage cabbage with a crisp sweet taste
	Red Express	62 days - Uniform with very nice color. Head up quickly.
CAULIFLOWER
	Cassius	65 days - For spring or fall, hold well in the field.
	Veronica	78 days - Spiraled heads, lime green color, mild nutty taste.
	Graffiti	80 days - Stunning, flashy purple heads. True cauliflower head on large plant.
	Cheddar	58 days - A beautiful early orange cauliflower that holds well in the field.
CELERY
	Tango	85 days self blanching,smoth non stingy varieties
	Giant Red	100 days - More powerful and distinct celery flavor.
	Safir	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, 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.
	Louisiana	75 days - Long green fruit, vigorous plant.
	orient express	58days-slender glossy black fruit, oriental style
Husk Cherry	Goldie	75 days - Small orange berry with a husk. Sweet golden berries.
KALE
	Lacinato	62 days - Primitive looking, solid leaves are bumpy in appearance and are deep, dark green in color.
	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
	Tadorna	100 days - Dark blue –green foliage, holds in the field into winter.
	Blue de Solaize	110 days - Very hardy can survive the winter. Mild flavor.
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.
	Ermosa	48 days - Butterhead. Dark green summer Boston with tolerance to summer condition.
	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.
	Maverick	75 days - Cantaloupe, 3-4lb fruits, disease resistance, excellent sweet flavor
	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 posicle flavor"
ONIONS
	Copra	104 days - Uniform “rock hard “yellow onion. Stay firm and flavorful.
	Red Baron	115 days. deep red outer skin and beautiful inner ring of royal purple
	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.
	Orion	65days green / 85 red.Widely adapted and multiple disease resistances. Pepper up to 5" wide
	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 crimson	63D green, 75D red. Good disease resistance medium size with four lobes and thick wall
	Jupiter	65D green,75D red. Jumbo peppers, good for stuffing and freezing
	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
	Turino	68 days - Green / 80 days Red. Sweet Italian roasting pepper.
	Corno di Toro	75 days - Green / 85 days Red. Italian heirloom, very vigorous plants with good flavor.
	Italia	55 days Green / 75 days Red. Sweet pepper - Delicious, long Italian type. Corno di Toro type, average 2 ½ * 8” very productive.
	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.
	Dulce	65-85 days - A mild jalapeno which retains the characteristic chile taste. short supply for this year
	Thai Dragon	50-70 days - Fiery red, Thai hot type. Can be dried, very productive small and slender. 80,000 Scoville when fully mature.
	Joe’s Long Cayenne	60-85 days - Unbelievably long slender cayenne pepper. Perfect for homemade hot sauce, and dries well for ristras.
	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	62D green, 82D red. Sweet and spicy paprika type. Good choice for roasting, grilling and salsa. medium hot
	Krimson spice	86D red. A hardy delicious spicy paprika pepper for the North
	Anaheim	70-90 days - Anaheim chili pepper for stuffing, grilling, roasting.
	Chilipeno	65 days - Adds excellent flavor, medium heat to salsa.
	Maya red	75 days - Green / 100 days - Red - SUPER HOT, grow in protected area.
	Ancho	68- 88 days - Mildly pungent, authentic tasting ancho.
	Numex	60-85 days - Highly ornamental, sunset colored fruit, fruit are edible and very hot
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.
	Valenciano	110 days - Clearly the whitest pumpkin. Medium size, good for pie
	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 less prone to greening.
	Meteor	49 days, spineless for easy harvest
	Patti Pan Sunburst	52 days - Rich yellow scallop, good yield of tender round squash.
	Eight Ball	40 days - The sweetest and squash flavor from round zucchini, very early.
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, heathly 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	honey bear	85 days , 4" round mini acorn, compact bush plant
	sweet Reba	90 days, bush type, fruit average 4-5/plant and 1.5-2lb
Sweet Dumpling	sugar dumpling	90days - Very sweet tender orange flesh. 4” squash.
Red Kuri		95 days - Teardrop-shaped squashes with smooth sweet and dry flesh.
Blue Hubbard	Baby Blue	95 days - 5-7 lb fruit.
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 .
	Big Boy	78 days(ind) - a heavy producer of 16oz smooth skinned, firm and very tasty 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.
	pink beauty	74days (ind) 6-8oz fruit with a full tomato flavor
	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.
	BHN 826	72days (det) full tomato flavor and a good texture, high yielding
	Estiva	70 days (ind) - Truss tomato, 6-7oz fruits, excellent taste, good disease resistance.
	Piriform	78 days(ind) super flavor, pear shaped 7-9oz fruit. Short supply
	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
	sweet olive	57 days,(det) baby red grape tomatoes
	yellow mini	57 days(ind), excellent sweet juicy flavor, less splitting
	Yellow Pears	70 days (ind). Petite distinctive salad tomato.
	Juliet (Roma)	60 days (ind) - Sweet plum cluster, 12-18fruit/cluster, 1 ½ -2oz.
	Roma	65 days, Plants are vigorous an strong. fruit have deep red color and mild flavor
	San Marzano 168 (Roma)	78 days (ind) - Delicious, balanced acidic flavor for good sauce. 5- 6oz.
	Striped cavern	80 days (ind), Beautiful stuffing tomato, red fruit with yellow stripes. Short supply
	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.
	Pineapple	85 days (ind) - Striped tomatoes, unique mild low acid fruity sweetness taste. Up to 1lb.
	Garden Peach	71 days (ind) - Juicy and very sweet, yellow fruits blush pink. ~ 2oz.
	Rose de Berne	80 days (ind) - Medium size pink tomato with a robust flavor. ~ 5oz.
	Orange Banana	85 days (ind) - Roma the best flavor and sweetness, not a heavy yielder.
	Black from Tula	80D (ind) - Heirloom from Russia, rich full flavor.
	Black Prince	75D (ind) - Turn almost black with enough heat and sun. Excellent flavor.
	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
	Peace	75 days. Give peace a chance a yellow flesh watermelon sweet, juicy with flavor and texture to please
HERBS
	Anise Hyssop (P)	Sweet licorice fragrance, an outstanding insectary plant.
	Arnica Chamissonis (P)	Strong and distinct pine-sage odor when the leaves of mature plants are rubbed or bruised.
	Astralagus (P)	Promotes wound healing and stimulates the immune system.
Basil	Genovese	Variety of choice for pesto.
	Italian	Large leaves, pesto type.
	Thai	Spicy anise-clove flavor.
	Lemon	Strong lemon flavor.
	Cinnamon	Cinnamon flavor.
	Red Rubin	Purple Italian type.
Catnip (P)		Make your cat happy!
Chamomille	German	Annual
Chives		Perennial
Cilantro		Seeds only.
Dill	Bouquet	Good yields of foliage and seeds. (seeds only)
Echinacea	Purpurea	Common purple coneflower. Perenial
Hyssop		Perennial
Lady's Mantle		Perennial
Lemon Balm (P)		Perennial herb often used in ice cream and teas.
Lemon Mint (P)		Occasionally used in herbal teas, smell when crushed.
Lemon grass (A)		Often used in soups.
Lovage (P)		Taste like celery
Lavender (P)		Used in dried flower arrangements - a fragrant, pale purple flower - buds are used in potpourris. Dried and sealed in pouches, placed among stored items of clothing to give a fresh fragrance and as a deterrent to moths.
Marjoram (A)		Sweeter & more balsam-like than oregano, used in aromatherapy.
Motherwort		Perennial
Oregano (Greek)		Perennial
Parsley		Italian Flat or Curly
Pennyroyal (P)		Member of the mint genus.
Peppermint (P)		The world's oldest medicine - and great with tea,too.
Pleurisy root (P)		Attracts butterflies.
Rosemary		Perennial if wintered inside.
Rue (P)		Lacy blue-green ornamental. Caution when handling the plant.
Sage (P)		Used as food seasoning and for medicinal purposes.
Silver sage (P)		White sage
Saltwort (A)		Long, succulent leaves with a crunchy texture
Savory		Winter (P) & summer (A)
Baikal skullcap		Perennial, look like a shiny rosemary
Spilanthes (A)		Know as toothache plant
Stevia (A)		Incredibly sweet leaves are and alternative to sugar.
St Johnswort (P)		Shrubby plant with yellow flowers.
THYME
	German	Perennial.
	Creeping	Perennial.
	Summer	Annual more pungent flavor.
	Orange	Annual with citrus flair.
Valerian (P)		Perennial
Wormwood (P)		Feathery, silver-green foliage

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