Eating Greeneville

Farming, bartering and foraging for meals in East Tennessee.

What’s Growing in 2017?

:::ASIAN GREENS:::
– Ching Chang Bok Choy
– Extra Dwarf Pak Choy
– Purple Pak Choi
– Red Giant Mustard
– Southern Giant Curled Mustard
– Tatsoi

:::BEANS:::
– Black Cherokee Trail of Tears
– Blue Coco Pole Beans (purple)
– Cantare Bush Green Beans
– Golden Gate Pole Bean (yellow)
– Jacob’s Cattle Bean
– Provider Bush Green Bean
– Red Noodle Yard Long
– Vermont Cranberry
– Windsor Fava Bean
– Yellow Haricot Vert

:::BEETS:::
– Bulls Blood – Chioggia – Cylindra
– Detroit Dark Red – Golden Grex – Touchstone Gold
 
:::BRASSICAS::
– Brussel Sprouts
– Cabbage (brunswick) – Cabbage (greyhound)
– Cabbage (kalibos) – Cabbage (red express)
– Cabbage (frigga savoy)
– Chinese Cabbage (fun jen)
– Chinese Cabbage (hilton)
– Chinese Cabbage (michihili)
– Collards (georgia southern) – Collards (vates)
– Kale (red russian) – Kale (scarlet) – Kale (dwarf blue curled) – Kale (elephant)
– Kohlrabi (purple vienna) – Kohlrabi (white vienna )- Kohrabi (winner)

:::BROCCOLI:::
– Calabrese – De Cicco
– Early Purple Sprouting
– Limba – Romanesco – Solstice

:::CARROTS:::
– Atomic Red – Cosmic Purple – Jaune du Dobbs
– Napoli Early Hybrid – Nutri Red – Over The Rainbow Mix
– Parisian – Purple Haze – Pusa Asita Black Carrot
– Red Cored Chantenay – Solar Yellow – Shin Kuroda
– Tonda di Parigi – Yellowstone
 
:::CAULIFLOWER:::
– Erfurter – Purple of Sicily
– Snowball – Vitaverde (green)
:::CELERY & CELARIAC:::
– Brilliant Celeriac
– Redventure (celery) – Tendercrisp (celery) – Zwolsche Krul (celery)
 
:::CORN:::
– Dakota Black (popcorn) – Espresso (bi-color sweet corn)
– Glass Gem (flint / flour corn) – Hopi Blue (flint / flour corn)
– Serendipity (bi-color sweet corn)
– Spring Snow (white sweet corn) – Strawberry Popcorn
 
:::CUCUMBERS:::
– Boston Pickling
– Hmong Red (golden + brownish orange asian type – large salad cuke)
– Lemon Cucumber (yellow specialty cuke / round / crisp)
– Marketmore 76 (slicer – crisp – tasty)
– Mexican Sour Gherkin (pickling – looks like tiny watermelons)
– Painted Serpent (long fruited – from Armenia – good raw or cooked)
– Poona Kheera (golden + russet brown slicer from India)
 
:::EGGPLANTS:::
– Applegreen (rounded – light apple-green)
– Black King (oval – black – from japan)
– Galine (bell shaped italian style – dark purple)
– Mitoyo – (oval, tear dropped shaped – nearly black – sweet even when raw)
– Pingtung Long (light purple – elongated type from taiwan)
– Rosita (pear shaped – pink lavender- from puerto rico)
– Swallow (purple black – elongated asian type)
– Thai Green Long (lime green – long & slender- thai variety)
– Turkish Orange (bright orange with green stripes – 3″ round fruit – sweet & rich)
 
:::GREENS MISC:::
– Arugula (rocket)
– Chard (five color silverbeet aka rainbow chard)
– Chard (fordhook giant white)
– Chard (golden) – Chard (red rhubard)
– Garland Serrated Chrysanthemum
– Mizuna Lime Streaked – Mizuna Red Streaked
– Pepper Cress – Spinach (bloomsdale) – Spinach (tyee)

:::HERBS:::

– Anise Hyssop

– Basil (genovese) – Basil (red rubin)
– Basil (sacred / tulsi) – Basil (thai)
– Borage – Chervil – Cilantro
– Dill (bouquet) – Dill (hera)
– Fennel (florence) – Fennel (perfection) – Fennel (zefa fino)
– Garlic Chives – Greek Oregeno
– Parsley – (dark green italian) – Parsley (hamburg rooted)
– Root Parsley (arat) – Rosemary – Sage (broadleaf) – Thyme (german)
 
:::LETTUCE:::
– Black Seeded Simpson – Bronze Mignonette
– Devil’s Ear Lettuce – Green Dear Tongue – Lollo Rossa
– Mache – Mayan Jaguar Romaine – Oak Leaf
– Parris Island Romaine – Red Romaine – Rouge D’Hiver – Slobolt
– Speckled Amish – Tom Thumb – Webb’s Wonderful Iceberg – Winter Density
 
:::MELONS:::
– Banana Melon
– Blacktail Mountain (red / watermelon)
– Cream of Saskatchewan (white – cream / watermelon)
– Crimson Sweet (red / watermelon)
– Early Moonbeam (yellow / watermelon)
– Orange Orchid (orange / watermelon)
– Petite Yellow Fleshed (yellow / watermelon)
– Wilson Sweet (red / watermelon)
– Golden Gopher (muskmelon) – Halona (muskmelon)
– Jenny Lind (muskmelon) – Rocky Ford Green Flesh (muskmelon)
 
:::OKRA:::
– Burmese – Bowling Red – Cajun Jewel
– Clemson Spineless – Cowhorn
 
:::ONIONS / LEEKS:::
– Bleu De Solaize Leek – Bulgarian Giant Leek
– King Richard Leek – King Sieg Leek

– Cipollini – Copra – Crystal White Wax

– Evergreen Hardy White Scallions

– Red Marble – Red of Florence – Rossa Di Milano

– Rossa Lunga di Tropea – Walla Walla Sweet Spanish

– White Spear / Bunching – Yellow of Parma

:::PARSNIPS:::
– Andover

– Javelin / hybrid

:::POTATOES:::

– multiple varieties of baking, new potatoes, fingerlings and specialty types

 

:::PEAS:::
– Cowpeas – California Blackeye
– Cowpeas – Mississippi Silver
– Cowpeas – Ozark Razorback
– Green Arrow Shell Pea
– Oregon Sugar Pod
– Sugar Snap
 
:::PEPPERS:::
– Bulgarian Carrot Chile (polished fluorescent orange – hot)
– Carmen (red – horn shaped – sweet)
– Cayenne (red- hot)
– Early Jalepeno (green to red – sausage shaped – hot)
– Golden Marconi (yellow – italian variety – crisp – sweet – fryer)
– Jimmy Nardello (red – long curved – sweet – fryer)
– Lilac Bell (purple lilac coloring – crisp – juicy – sweet)
– Mini Chocolate Bells (chocolate brown – great raw – sweet)
– Mini Red Bells (red – look like christmas ornaments – sweet)
– New Ace (red – bell – sweet)
– Shishito (green – 3″ long – slightly wrinkled – highly acclaimed fryer)
– Sweet Pimiento (red – bell – sweet)
 
:::RADICCHIO:::
– Castelfrance – Chioggia Red Preco
– Fiero – Frisee (Tres Fine Maraichere)
– Palla di Fuoco – Pan di Zucchero Chicory

– Rossa Di Treviso


:::RADISH:::
– Black Spanish Round – Cherry Belle Radish
– Daikon (japanese minowase) – French Breakfast
– Gloriette Radish – Green Chinese Luobo
– Misato Rose – Purple Plum

– Watermelon Radish – White Icicle

 

:::SQUASH / PUMPKIN:::
– Black Beauty Squash – Butterbush Butternut – Candy Roaster – Cheese Pumpkin
– Cocozelle – Connecticut Field Pumpkin – Costata Squash – Crookneck Squash
– Delicata – Eight Ball Summer Squash – Lemon Summer Squash – Luffa Gourd
– New England Pie Pumpkin – Red Kuri – Sunburst Patty Pan – Sweet Dumpling
– Table Queen Acorn – Waltham Butternut – Zephyr Summer Squash


:::TOMATILLOS:::
– Amarylla Tomatillo (yellow polish variety – very sweet
– Verde Tomatillo (green – rich flavor)

:::TOMATOES:::
– Aunt Ruby’s German Green (green & light yellow flesh – sweet, tart, rich & spicy – 12ox+)
– Be My Baby Cherry (red cherry hybrid – rich& sweet)
– Black Cherry (chocolate cherry – complex, juicy & delicious)
– Blush (red and gold elongated cherry – almost roma sized – complex, meaty & sweet)
– Cherokee Purple (deep dusky purple pink – large 10oz+ slicer – very sweet)
– Garden Peach (champagne yellow – 4oz fruit with peach fuzz)
– German Johnson (deep pink – large 12oz+ slicer – juicy beefsteak)
– Glacier (reddish orange – small 2 to 3 inch fruit – salad type)
– Green Zebra (bright green with dark green stripes – 4oz – sweet & tangy)
– Hog Heart (red italian paste tomato – shaped like banana pepper – sweet & meaty)
– Honeydrop (honey colored cherry hybrid – almost tastes like white grapes)
– Jubilee (golden orange – sweet – mild – 8oz+)
– Orange Banana (orange paste tomato – sweet & fruity)
– Pink Berkeley Tie Die (port wine color with metallic green stripes – large – rich)
– Solar Flare (red with gold metallic stripes – 6oz to 10oz slicer – meaty & flavorful)
– Sungold Cherry (apricot yellow orange – incredible flavor)
– Wild Boar Farms Crazy Cherry (pale yellow – oval shaped cherry – sweet)
– Yellow Brandywine (yellow – slightly ribbed- creamy, complex and tangy – 1lb+)
 
:::TURNIPS:::
– Gold Ball Turnips – Purple Top Turnips – Red Round Turnip
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