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This fragrant tobacco is a popular ornamental plant for its scented flowers. It exhibits visually and olfactorily appealing features, making it a popular addition to gardens for those seeking a plant that is both aesthetic and fragrant.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.

Discover an ancestral and robust climbing snow pea that provides an abundance of pods over an extended period. The tender pods, measuring between 10 and 12 cm, will bring a deliciously sweet flavor to your dishes until the first frost.

Using a net or stakes can aid in harvesting, as it can reach a height of 2 meters. Peas thrive with consistent watering.

According to records, this olive-shaped red radish was cultivated in Port Williams, Nova Scotia, in the 1860s. Originally called "Early Scarlet Olive," it was sold for 5 cents per pound package in local markets and featured in Maul's seed catalog in 1893. The "Early Scarlet Globe" radish is known for its rapid growth and crisp, slightly spicy flavor.

CARE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Make multiple successive sowings throughout the summer for multiple harvests.

The "Dix Doigts de Naples" tomato, originating from the Naples region in Italy, is a semi-determinate variety of the San Marzano type. It consistently produces elongated red fruits in clusters. These hollow tomatoes, low in juice and seeds, are ideal for canning, sauces, coulis, and salads.

CARE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Gradually acclimate to outdoor conditions about 10 days before planting by exposing them during the day. Lay the plants horizontally, gently bending them to bring the leaves upward.

The Tango lettuce, recognizable by its deeply lobed and curled leaves reminiscent of endive, has a light pale green hue and an oak leaf shape, forming a small compact head. Due to its tendency to bolt quickly, it is ideal for early harvesting, reaching the baby stage in 28 days and a full head between 45 and 60 days. To maintain a continuous supply, sow seeds every 3 weeks.

These round, tender, and multicolored radishes are quick to harvest

This variety of small to medium tomato, resistant to diseases, offers a surprising citrus flavor. Introduced to France by Norbert Perreira, its thick skin, of a vivid orange-yellow, resists cracking. The abundant fruits grow in clusters on an indeterminate plant, requiring good support. Their fruity and lemony taste intensifies when grilled or dried.

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

We don't have much information about this tomato. If you have any additional information to share with us, please don't hesitate to write to us. The 100-year tomato is a beefsteak-type tomato. The tomato is large, red, and juicy.


MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Gradually acclimatize 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.

A premium red bell pepper, designed to perform in cold climates

Discover the ultimate extra-thin dwarf bean! Compact plants with tender pods

RARE, almost extinct!

This variety of tobacco no longer exists today, we received it from a Canadian Gene Bank where the original sample had been frozen for almost 40 years (1987).
We managed to germinate it and we are making it available again in Quebec. If you have more information about this tobacco, please write to us. Harvest your seed and share it again so that it does not return to oblivion.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:
If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.

Also called "little red tobacco", this annual variety, with pink flowers, grows easily in all types of soil. Rustic, early and small in size, it matures in six weeks and produces a full-bodied tobacco.;Considered a sacred plant, tobacco occupies an important place in the Amerindian pharmacopoeia and is used in various rituals.;This tobacco, also called "petit tabac rouge" or "small red canadian" is mentioned as far back as 1807 by the W.M Ewing & cie in their catalog of 1897. In Quebec, the Petit Canadien has been cultivated for more than a hundred years. From 1884, it was marketed by the J. O. Forest factory in Saint-Roch-de-L'Achigan. Considered rare.

BOTANICAL INFORMATION
Latin name: Nicotiana tabacum
Common names: Petum, small red tobacco
English: Small Red Canadian tobacco
Family: Solanaceae

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:
If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.

Native plant with lanceolate leaves, which produces beautiful lavender-colored flowers from late summer to early fall.
Propagation by roots (rhizomes), can thus form large colonies. Popular with pollinators including hummingbirds.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

The seeds must undergo cold stratification, see the information on this subject on the stratification sheet

Also known as Red Perilla, Purple Shiso is a plant native to East Asia, prized for its aromatic leaves and its multiple culinary and medicinal uses. Its purple or reddish leaves, sometimes tinged with green, emit a characteristic fragrance, both minty, spicy, and slightly citrusy. Used in many Asian cuisines, such as Japanese, Korean, and Chinese cuisine, purple shiso is often used fresh as a garnish, wrapped around sushi, or finely chopped in salads and stir-fried dishes.

Note: Shiso seeds can be challenging to germinate. Performing a brief stratification followed by soaking the seeds for 24 hours before sowing will greatly aid in the process. Refer to the document "The Key to Germination: STRATIFICATION" in the Blog menu for more information on this topic.

Easy to grow in temperate climates, purple shiso is an annual plant that thrives in well-drained and sunny soil. Cultivated from seeds, it is commonly planted in vegetable gardens or used as an ornamental plant for its decorative leaves and pleasant fragrance.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
If you want to harvest seeds for the following season, it is preferable to leave it early enough for indoor sowing to allow it to complete its cycle.

Early European yellow bean known for its precocity. Its pods, measuring 15 cm long, are slender and tender. It boasts a particularly smooth and sweet taste and remains productive even in challenging conditions. Harvest when the beans are round but thin. If the pods remain on the plant for too long, the beans will become fibrous and starchy.

Tomato developed at the St-Hyacinthe experimental station. No other information available.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Gradually acclimatize 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.

Cloud cabbage is a perennial cabbage native to the Caucasus. It is very imposing, reaching up to 2m in height, that is to say about the size of an adult person. The leaves also impress with their size, which can reach up to 50 cm in diameter. Although a little tough, they are edible and complement salads in particular. Its name comes from its flowering; at the end of June and in July, thousands of small white flowers bloom simultaneously creating a veritable cloud. As if the sight weren't enchanting enough, these flowers give off a bewitching scent of honey. These flowers are also rich in nectar and attract many pollinators. The cloud cabbage lives about ten years, and usually flowers from the 2nd year. It won the Award of Garden Merit. of the Royal Horticultural Society.

BOTANICAL INFORMATION
Latin name: Crambe cordifolia
Common names: Crambe, Heart-leaf Crambe, Caucasian Crambe
English: Greater sea-kale, colewort, heartleaf crambe
Family: Brassicaceae

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Scarifying or stratifying the seed can hasten germination, which is naturally slow and random.