Heirloom Vegetable Gardens: Updated see thread #1

[HallFamilyFarm]

Looked for a thread for Heirloom Vegetable Gardens. Did not find one. Please post what varieties of heirloom vegetables you are growing. Post some history of the variety if you can. Or just post your favorite one or two varieties.

Here are a few of mine:

Tomatoes:

Mortgage Lifter
Mortgage Lifter "UAM Strain"
Big Rainbow
German Queen
Bradley: Stacy
Old Bradley: Johnsville
Bradley: Steven
Brandywine
Cherokee Purple: Monticello
Hillbilly
Brandywine Pink
Crimson Cushion Beefsteak
Amana Orange
Aunt Ruby's German Green
Tigerella
Chocolate Cherry
Warren's Yellow

Watermelon:

Kobb's Gem
Kobb's Gem 37.2#
Mountain Hooser
Big Crimson
Hope NC Giant 145.5#

Black Diamond
Legacy
Moon & Stars
Allsweet
Congo
Long Crimson
Kleckley Sweet
Dixie Queen
Giza - Israel
Verona "Hope" Diamond 40.2#
Peacock
Royal Golden

Tendersweet

Desert King
Crimson Sweet, Yellow Meat
Tendersweet Yellow
Black Diamond, Yellow Flesh
Black Diamond, Yellow Flesh 39#
Moon & Stars Yellow Fleshed
Missouri Yellow Flesh (Similar Desert King)


Sugar Baby

 

[ChickenToes]

I would love to plant some heirloom tomatoes, like Cherokee Purple, but our growing season isn't long enough. I'll have to check out some of the other varieties you listed, though. I haven't heard of a lot of them, maybe some are earlier varieties.

 

[Illia]

Oh my god do I have to post a whole list of my heirloom vegetables?

Every single vegetable we have planned to plant this spring is heirloom, and there are SOOO many. I seriously doubt I could list them all. I could list the types of vegetables, but not all the varieties. I mean, Tomatoes alone I have 12 different varieties. . . But I have just about every vegetable known in the US.

 

[saddina]

Quick and dirty list (meaning from memory, I may miss a few)

Melons

Piel de sappo
Moon & stars, SSE stock
Evans' Sweet, SSE stock
Ginger's Pride
Collective farm woman
Ali Babba

Tomatoes
Plack krim
yellow pear
flame
dr carolyn
Cherokee purple
red zebra
mortgage lifter

basil
aniheim peppers
jalipieno
yamato cucumber
sikkim cucumber
birdhouse gourd
st valery carrot

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

Quote:
May I suggest a one gallon fiber pot, like the one roses are planted in. Start them indoors and by planting time they are two feet tall or more. Gets a good jump on the garden.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

The University of Arkansas/Monticello (UAM) completed an heirloom tomato study last year. UAM determined the best varieties for roadside market were: Mortgage Lifter, Arkansas Traveler and Cherokee Purple. This was based on production, flavor and quality of fruit. I have been blessed to meet Dr. Francis. His wife is our County 4H agent. Very nice folks. Dr. Francis walked me through his entire research project last year. He also gave me some plants. My Mortgage Lifter, Hall Strain should actually be called UAM Strain.

 

[Goose and Fig]

I have too many to list- but I love love love Brandywine tomatoes! They are a MUST in our garden!

 

[pdsavage]

I have so many i can't list them all,also i am planting lots and lots of diffrent berrie bushes and fruit trees..Oh yeah and nuts,herbs and the list goes on and on....
I am finally after studing it for a year doing permaculture with most of my front yard.

 

[rarebreedeggs4u]

I don't think I have time to list everything! I hope we do better with our garden this year. I raised hundreds of seedlings last year, finally got them in the garden (after relocating it because of record rainfall) and had an urgent hysterectomy a week later. Everything was weed choked and pitiful by the time I could work out there again. This year we want to go smaller and (I hope) a little smarter.

I still have almost all of the same seeds I used last year from Baker Creek (stored in the fridge). I broke down and bought some hybrid seeds last week too at the kids' begging

I have not started anything yet though. My seed starting racks have brooders on them

I think I'll pull out cups & boxes tomorrow since the weather will be too nasty to be outside.

What is it too late to start for our NW Arkansas weather? We're a bit higher than most of NWA up here on our mountain too

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

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Laura, I would go ahead and start them. Am a bit further south of you in Monticello. Get them started in cold frames, greenhouse or a plastic covered chicken coop. Then when all chance of frost is gone, you can transplant them.