Produce Briefs...
Hot House Cucumbers
Similar to common cucumbers, hothouse cucumbers are much longer, contain fewer seeds and are most often called English cucumbers.
Pea Tendrils
These delicate vines have a distinctive and robust flavor that tastes like a cross between sweet peas and spinach.
Grower
Seasons/Availability
Heirloom tomatoes are primarily a summer crop.
Current Facts
Maryann Carpenter follows the unwritten farmers' rule of ethics; never reveal your secrets - competition is fierce! The information behind this special heirloom mix remains unpublished except for the one safe fact; it contains many of the most popular varieties available.
Description/Taste
These heirlooms are hand-picked the day before they are sold at the market. Each tomato is perfectly ripe in color and flavor or they are simply not picked. A perfect blend containing a myriad of colors and tastes, the flavors range from sweet, smoky, melony, rich and tomato-true.
Geography/History
Heirloom tomatoes come with more than one definition, perhaps because there are so many varieties with so much unique history. For certain, they are an open-cultivated cultivar of tomato whose seeds have been passed along from a single crop generation to another. Most importantly, what allows them to maintain the heirloom name is that no genetically modified organism can be used in their production.
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Seasons/Availability
Heirloom tomatoes are primarily a summer crop.
Current Facts
Maryann Carpenter follows the unwritten farmers' rule of ethics; never reveal your secrets - competition is fierce! The information behind this special heirloom mix remains unpublished except for the one safe fact; it contains many of the most popular varieties available.
Description/Taste
These heirlooms are hand-picked the day before they are sold at the market. Each tomato is perfectly ripe in color and flavor or they are simply not picked. A perfect blend containing a myriad of colors and tastes, the flavors range from sweet, smoky, melony, rich and tomato-true.
Geography/History
Heirloom tomatoes come with more than one definition, perhaps because there are so many varieties with so much unique history. For certain, they are an open-cultivated cultivar of tomato whose seeds have been passed along from a single crop generation to another. Most importantly, what allows them to maintain the heirloom name is that no genetically modified organism can be used in their production.
