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Italian red tomato. Original heart shape with a beautiful tip which, it seems, inspired its name. Very dense flesh, excellent for sauces and sandwiches. Its resistance to diseases and the abundance of its fruits compensate for its late production. I would recommend it for market gardeners, because it handles well (no pun intended) and keeps for a long time. One of our top three!

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Gradually acclimate to outdoor conditions about 10 days before planting by taking them out during the day. Lay the plants horizontally, slightly arching the plant to bring the leaves out.

The perennial onion is very practical in the garden. Low maintenance, it grows producing an onion tiller of about 10 or 12 onions the size of a leek. It is edible in its entirety, not just the leaves! It flowers very early in the garden, and you can separate the tiller with a shovel to transplant it to other places. It does not keep well indoors but overwinters outdoors well covered with dead leaves. Several varieties of perennial onions are available on the market, our lineage comes from Ferme Miracle.

Wait for autumn to consume.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Leave a foot with a few onions in the ground, so the following year you will have a small "grove" of onions.

Lovage is an aromatic and medicinal perennial from the Apiaceae family. Its taste is somewhat reminiscent of parsley and celery. It is also called perpetual celery, bastard celery and mountain celery. It is used in sauces, stews and soups. Dried, its leaves will replace bay leaves and lovage salt will replace onion salt. Flowers and seeds are also edible. Leaves, stems and roots can be eaten cooked or raw. Its flowering umbels stand on stems up to 2 meters high. Lovage was once very present in the gardens of the first settlers. Archaeologists, when they flush out this tenacious perennial, can deduce that there were ancient colonization sites at this location. In Europe, it was consumed abundantly to fight scurvy. Already in the Middle Ages, the cultivation of this vegetable plant was recommended. It was also very common in the cuisine of ancient Rome.

You can start consuming it from the 2nd year.

Tomato striped with yellow and green, very sweet, with emerald green flesh. The fruits grow in clusters and weigh about 80-110 g. Excellent in salads, it is particularly tasty stuffed with vegetables and au gratin, since it keeps its shape even after cooking. Good sweet-acid balance.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Gradually acclimate to outdoor conditions about 10 days before planting by taking them out during the day. Lay the plants horizontally, slightly arching the plant to bring the leaves out.

This tomato looks a lot like the Green Zebra. Its yellow-streaked red fruits grow in clusters. It is late, quite juicy, very productive and of uniform quality.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Gradually acclimate to outdoor conditions about 10 days before planting by taking them out during the day. Lay the plants horizontally, slightly arching the plant to bring the leaves out.

Plant about 1 meter high. Very round fruits about 8 cm in diameter. Rare variety of red tomato, with firm flesh and excellent taste. All red tomatoes dream of being Plourdes. Cultivated by the family of Aurélius Plourde of Saint-Alexandre de Kamouraska, Quebec, since 1925. Given to Jeannot Pelletier and later to René Paquet, who cultivated and observed it before sharing it in the Catalog des Semences du patrimoine Canada and make it available to everyone. According to René Paquet, who told the story of this Quebec treasure to Semences du patrimoine, "it's a beauty from yesteryear who, over time, unfortunately came to forget its identity. , its roots".

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Gradually acclimate to outdoor conditions about 10 days before planting by taking them out during the day. Lay the plants horizontally, slightly arching the plant to bring the leaves out.

Crisp spring lettuce, with elongated, strongly cut leaves and a soft green color. Its taste is very sweet. It's easy to grow, and if you let it go to seed, watercress will reseed itself every year. It can also be used as lettuce to cut, as and when needed. Italian heritage variety.

Also known by the English name of "Montreal Market Muskmelon", or "Montreal Nutmeg Melon", this melon with green flesh and a slight taste of nutmeg has practically disappeared. The first traces of the Montreal melon come from the Jesuits, who cultivated it in 1684. It enjoyed strong popularity in the early 1900s and until the 1950s, when galloping urbanization, the lack of succession and the high cost of labor signed its death warrant. It was cultivated by three families, the Aubins, the Décaries and the Gormans. According to the Potager d'antan, the melon was meticulously selected from the middle of the 17th century before being stabilized in 1870 under the name Melon de Montréal. In the 1880s, the American seed merchant wrote in his catalog that he was one of the biggest sellers throughout New England. In short, it was forgotten when the farms disappeared from the Island of Montreal, before being found by a journalist in a gene bank in the United States. Here it is now, smaller than it was in the original photos, but with the same great taste! Please note that if you wish to save your own seeds, you must ensure that no other variety of melon grows at a kilometer around, otherwise you will have to pollinate it by hand.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Cultivation of the Montreal Melon is difficult. It requires rich soil, abundant watering and heat. The maturity of the melon is difficult to establish and, once picked, it keeps for a very short time. However, it is delicious!

This aromatic perennial is adored by pollinators, thanks to its large spikes of nectariferous mauve flowers that feed the bees all summer long. The leaves, with their aniseed taste, are excellent in herbal tea. A garden is not complete without its fennel agastache plant! It will reseed itself in your garden. Blooms mid-July to early September

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The fennel agastache is very easy to grow.

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Nettle seeds do not all germinate simultaneously. CAUTION, invasive plant.

In 1995, a bag of 200 seeds was discovered in the attic of a house that had been abandoned for several years in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, by a carpenter making repairs. Neighbors said there hadn't been a vegetable garden at this address for over 60 years. Mr. Gérard Parent, to whom they were given, tried to grow them, but only three germinated. From these plants come all the Mémés de Beauce known in Quebec.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Gradually acclimate to outdoor conditions about 10 days before planting by taking them out during the day. Lay the plants horizontally, slightly arching the plant to bring the leaves out.

Plant about 2 to 2.5 meters high. Fruits 10 cm in diameter weighing between 180 and 300 grams. Smooth pink-red skin, juicy and sweet pinkish flesh. Adapted to cool climates and short seasons. Discovered in the 1930s by a grower from the Joliette region named Dufresne, it was later perfected by Father Armand Savignac of the Clercs de Saint-Viateur. This monk adopted a vegetarian-type diet to stem his chronic digestive disorders, combined with a muscular deformity called "torque", and began to cultivate several varieties in his garden, including Dufresne.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Gradually acclimate to outdoor conditions about 10 days before planting by taking them out during the day. Lay the plants horizontally, slightly arching the plant to bring the leaves out.

Edible perennial. Its name comes from the Latin sanguis (blood) and sorbere (smell, absorb) and refers to the haemostatic properties of the plant, linked to the tannins contained in its roots. It is also very rich in vitamin C.; Before parsley dethroned it, it was used in salads, sauces, omelettes, soups, etc. Its flavor is reminiscent of cucumber. We pick the leaves according to our needs. In the garden, it requires little care, just a little love and fresh water. In Quebec, it resists winter well and can be eaten late in the season. Harvest young leaves throughout the summer.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Very rustic. In the spring, put a light layer of compost on the surface and mulch. If grown in a pot, let it dry out between 2 waterings. Renew the mulching before winter.

C. moschataVery popular in the last century, this winter squash has practically disappeared in favor of more standardized and high-performance varieties. No doubt her elongated shape and twisted neck made her undesirable in the age of industrial trade and transport. It is moreover to meet the new market criteria that we would have developed, from the Canada Crookneck, the Butternut variety. The Canada Crookneck is however delicious. She is listed on the Slow Food Ark of Taste. Excellent in soup, it will be exquisite transformed into fries. It is so sweet that it can replace sweet potatoes in all your recipes.;In recent years, it has reappeared among small seed companies. At Terre Promise, we want to preserve it, cultivate it and share it for many years to come!

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Perfect for the culture of the three sisters. Be careful, squash and pumpkins do not like having disturbed roots. If you are seedling indoors, transplant gently. For this reason, we prefer to sow directly in the garden.

Tigernut, or ground almond, is a grass that produces small, almond- and coconut-flavoured tubers at the roots.;;;Tigernut is used to prepare a refreshing sweet drink, known in Spain as the name of horchata de chufa (sedge milk or, more precisely, tiger nut orgeat). In Africa, it is generally eaten fresh or dried as a delicacy, like peanuts or coconut. A delicious juice is extracted from it. It also makes excellent oil and even flour, and is often found on market stalls. This tuber is one of the oldest cultivated plants in ancient Egypt. Tigernut was undoubtedly an important element in the diet of ancient Egypt. In dynastic times, for example, it was made into cakes. The yellow nutsedge is annual, non-invasive in our climates, because the cold of our winters prevents it from reproducing.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Soak the tubers in water at room temperature for 24 hours before planting them. Germinates best in heat.;Tubers don't tend to germinate all at once, it can take up to three weeks from the first to the last germination.Tip After soaking your tigernuts, you can leave them in a sprouter (or a bag with a damp paper towel). As they sprout, transplant them into pots of soil.

This Italian type tomato gives the best canned tomatoes. Little juice, very fleshy, it is sweet and delicious. Despite its sordid name, which literally means "banana legs" (have you ever seen bananas running?), it looks proud and its plant is healthy.

When planting, lay the plants horizontally, slightly arching the plant to bring out the leaves upwards.

Very productive dwarf yellow bean. Its taste is delicious and it does not pale in comparison with the Beurre de Rocquencourt bean. It is eaten young for its yellow and tender pods, or when ripe for its black seeds. It will ensure you a bountiful harvest over a long period of time. The more you pick, the more it will produce. This traditional variety comes to us from Sainte-Hélène de Kamouraska, in Bas-Saint-Laurent, where the family of Rollande Labrie (born in 1923) has always cultivated it. We are proud to make it accessible to the public and to ensure its safeguard.Originally, the butter bean comes from Algeria. It was introduced in France in the 1840s under the name Haricot d'Alger. Thereafter, the French developed several varieties of yellow beans with black seeds, including the famous Beurre de Rocquencourt, named after the city of the same name near Versailles.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.
Avoid handling or removing weeds when the beans are wet to prevent the spread of disease. When the seedlings have started to sprout, ensure that the plants do not lack water until the first true leaves appear.

Aunt Alice (Marie-Alice Laflamme Gosselin) was still growing her cucumber at age 90. She chose the largest and most beautiful to produce seeds that she soaked in milk, the day before Saint-Antoine, before planting them in the garden, in good rich and fertile black soil. Then, the succession not being there, the last seeds were entrusted to a passionate man who introduced us to this excellent variety.;This very productive cucumber is resistant to diseases. It is easy to digest. We prefer small cucumbers to larger fruits, for their juicy, crunchy and fragrant flesh.;Exceptional heritage variety.

Few seeds because it is difficult to extract seeds from this cucumber, it gives really little.

In addition to its notable advantage of not staining the fingers when handled, this beet will seduce you with its golden orange color, its flesh surrounded by pale yellow and its sweet taste. Delicious raw or cooked, it retains its pretty color when cooked. Its edible leaves and stems are almost as good as its root.;A small, early growing beet that is easy to grow!

Brassica napus ssp. pabularia A heirloom variety of Siberian-style kale, Red Russian forms delicious bluish-red wavy leaves with purple veins. Its size is much larger than most varieties of kale. Pick the leaves when they are still young and tender or when they are fully ripe. Their flavor will be even better after a frost. This variety was introduced to Canada around 1885 by Russian merchants. Particularly disease resistant.