Here is the Eggplant of your parmigiana dreams! With glossy, 8-9″ long, teardrop-shaped fruit, this versatile heavy fruiter will give you the taste and tenderness that will keep you coming back for more. 76 days from germination to harvest means a long season of spectacular fruits!

Outstanding dependability and an abundant harvest starting early in the season are the calling cards of this easy to grow selection that is perfect for the northeastern U.S. gardens. Long, narrow and deep purple with lovely purple calyx, this fruit is as good looking as it is tasty in so many ways.

One of the more difficult things about growing Eggplant is the plants tend to be a little mean. They are usually well protected by spines on the plants and the fruit calex meaning that, sometimes, you have to bleed a little to get at the those tasty fruit. ‘Calliope’ makes Eggplant growing fun again since it is totally devoid of those pesky spines and because it has one of the happiest looking Eggplant fruit you’ll ever see! You’ll ooh and aah over the 2 to 4 inch long oval bright purple fruit with the brilliant pattern of white streaks. You’ll also rave about the productivity of this little beauty that will gives you baskets of sweet looking fruit a mere 64 days after transplanting!

A distinct selection of native Persimmon noted for its rapid, upright growth and weeping branches. Will reach 10 to 15 feet tall and 5 to 7 feet wide. Female variety, so will produce golden 1″ fruit in the fall. Not only a unique ornamental, ‘Magic Fountain’ produces a much sought after fruit. Let the fruit remain on the tree after the leaves fall, and through a few hard freezes to insure sweetness.

Strongly growing with a broadly oval shape, this native tree blooms in May with fragrant greenish-white flowers as long, deep green foliage emerges. 1-2″ diameter tasty fruit matures in fall with an orange to purplish color. Easy to grow. Fruit is colorful and highly prized. Tree can be used as a specimen. Drought resistant with few insect problems. May need (2) plants to ensure proper pollination.

Here is a plant that there is no doubt you would be the first one in your neighborhood to grow. Persimmon is not a tree normally found in the northeast nor is its fruit, wildly popular in many other countries in the world, anything more than a curiosity here. Having said that, this hardiest variety of Persimmon will make a spectacular ornamental in your yard with the reward of providing you with great quantities of great tasting, multi-use fruit perfect for eating fresh or cooking with. ‘Jiro’ is a rounded, vigorous tree with large, course textured foliage that blooms inconspicuously in spring. Its self-fruitful nature means that it will bear fruit without having a pollinating neighbor and its fruit, looking like a large tomato, will load up in massive numbers on its strong branches. ‘Jiro’ is a non-astringent type of Persimmon meaning that you can enjoy eating it fresh right off the tree without your lips puckering when they mature in October! You’ll enjoy its custard like flesh consistency and its mellow, cantalope-like flavor. You’ll also enjoy how nice it will look when its large leaves color up beautifully in fall.

A richly cinnamon flavored variety whose juice fruit is spicy-sweet, reminescent of coffee cake. The medium sized non-astringent fruits are a bright orange and ready to harvest in the fall.  The tree is vigorous and easy to grow. ‘Coffee Cake’ develops its rich sweet flavor best when it is pollinized. Let the fruit remain on the tree after the leaves fall, and through a few hard freezes to insure sweetness.

Fast growing and easy to care for Lemongrass is a delightful addition to your kitchen garden or home landscape. Lemongrass is a tall green grass that has a mild lemon flavor typically used in Asian cuisines. Medicinally it is used to relieve cough and nasal congestion. The essential oil is both fragrant and antifungal properties it is used in perfumes, soaps and deodorants. Lemongrass is harvested for both the stalk and the foliage. The inner bulb of the stalk is the main part used in cooking, to harvest, cut, twist or break off a stalk that is at least 1/4″ thick as close to the ground as possible. Remove the outer woody fibrous parts and leaves. Extra Lemongrass stalks can be refrigerated or frozen whole or chopped up to 6 months. The leaves (fresh or dried) can be chopped and steeped in boiling water for 5 minutes or longer to make a delicious tea. Thai cooks use the top of the grass in tea, soups, and stews for a strong lemon aroma. Consider planting Lemongrass around a patio or pool as its oils repel insects such as mosquitos.

There is no more vigorous and productive Cucumber available! This disease resistant, vining beauty will be loaded with narrow, deep green, 10″ long fruit 55 days after germination and will keep the sweet, crunchy Cukes coming throughout the summer!

Your small space garden will thank you as much as your taste buds will when you plant this All American selection. With a vine that grows half the size of normal Cucumbers, this plant takes up far less space while producing a bumper crop of tasty, 8″ long tender cukes that will have you salivating. Even better, this plant is far more resistant to the many fungal problems and insects that sometimes will cause your other Cucumbers difficulties. ‘Salad Bush’ will produce starting 57 days after germination and continue to produce heavily throughout the summer. Try growing it in a container with a trellis to take advantage of its climbing ability…it will make bountiful deck planter that will keep you in the Cucumbers right outside your back door!