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Greetings, Local Food Lovers!
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Place your order from Western Maine Market today or early tomorrow morning for pick-up or delivery this Friday or Saturday.
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Welcome, New Subscribers!
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A warm welcome to our new subscribers! Western Maine Market operates weekly, year-round, offering products from a number of local farms and food businesses. You will receive just one email per week from us, on Wednesday mornings, as a reminder of ordering day, with a list of new products added to our inventory that were not available the previous week.
We offer free delivery along a route from Farmington to Kingfield to Phillips to Strong & Freeman or delivery with a fee north of Kingfield. That northern delivery fee can be split between multiple customers.
We have self-service pick-up locations in various Franklin County towns. For our Rangeley customers, a volunteer picks up orders from us in Farmington and can meet you in Rangeley to get your order to you.
For those picking up in Farmington, you have the option to meet us at the Farmington Farmers' market, Friday or Saturday, where you can do in-person shopping directly with local farmers in addition to picking up pre-orders.
If you have any questions, please feel free to send an email to info@westernmainemarket.com or call or text Deborah at 207-860-0703. |
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Survival socks
Menu Group: Artisan Works
Section: Clothing
Category: Socks
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Vendor: Happy Snowman Alpaca Farm
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Much of our alpaca fiber after shearing is sent to the New England Alpaca Fiber Pool where these socks are made (in Massachusetts). They come in various colors (beige, brown, charcoal, red, sometimes pink, blue, sometimes purple, green)
BEST to contact me with color and sizing preferences
HappySnowmanAlpacaFarm@yahoo.com |
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Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
Menu Group: Food
Section: Baked Goods
Category: Pies
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Local rhubarb and organic strawberries baked in our all-butter crust made with Maine Grains organic pastry flour.
Filling: rhubarb, strawberries, white & brown sugar, non-GMO cornstarch, cinnamon, salt.
Crust: Maine Grains organic flour, butter, water, sugar, salt.
Contains milk & wheat.
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Jumbo Bakery Style PEANUT BUTTER Cookie
Menu Group: Food
Section: Baked Goods
Category: Cookies
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Vendor: Happy Snowman Alpaca Farm
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Ingredients: All purpose flour, brown sugar, PEANUT BUTTER, butter, milk, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, sea salt, and baking soda.
Allergens: Eggs, milk, NUTS, wheat, soy
Homemade jumbo-sized chewy peanut butter cookie goodness!! This cookie takes up the entire palm of my hand... and then some! Buy one or save a little by buying a package.
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DOG TREATS
Menu Group: Food
Section: Baked Goods
Category: Other
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Vendor: Happy Snowman Alpaca Farm
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Small Bones, PUMPKIN/PEANUT BUTTER:
Homemade Peanut Butter treats (small) come 20 pieces per bag (1.5 inch each). Pumpkin is SO good for dogs, and peanut butter is just delish!! Tested and approved by my sister's dog T-Bone (aka Bonesy, Mr. Bones, and Tee). He has only 3 teeth left and he loves them!!
Only 4 all-natural ingredients, and no preservatives:
Whole wheat flour, pumpkin puree, peanut butter, and eggs
As there are no preservatives, these are good in the fridge for 2 weeks (if they last that long) or 6 months in the freezer.
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Goat Milk Yogurt - Greek
Menu Group: Food
Section: Dairy
Category: Yogurt
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Vendor: Depot Street Dairy
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Thick amd creamy greek yogurt made with our Guernsey goat milk. Milk, culture and rennet. Unsweetened.
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Ricotta Style - Farmer's Cheese
Menu Group: Food
Section: Dairy
Category: Cheese
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Vendor: Depot Street Dairy
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Fresh cheese. Ricotta style. Delicious extra protein for your eggs, salad, and pasta. Use in your stuffed shells recipe in place of ricotta. Also makes a great snack drizzled with balsamic vinegar!
Milk, vinegar, salt
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Goat Milk- Unpasteurized
Menu Group: Food
Section: Dairy
Category: Milk
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Vendor: Depot Street Dairy
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Raw whole goat milk from our herd of Guernsey goats. Primarily grass fed and supplemented with local grains.
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Eggs
Menu Group: Food
Section: Eggs
Category: Chicken
Description:
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Vendor: Happy Snowman Alpaca Farm
Eggs
Vendor: Whitehill Farm
Extra large sized eggs! For when a "Large" egg isn't quite enough! Significantly larger than regular large eggs ...large eggs weigh 55-60 grams and extra large are 65 grams and up! Golden yolks just like regular large eggs.
Nice large eggs, different shades of brown, some white ...and the occasional green one! Our older layers are still giving us nice eggs and the new flock is now laying more actual large and nice large eggs, more large than mediums and smalls! They are all enjoying goodies: veggie scraps - coming from the House AND EXTRA greens and trimmings from cooking.
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Beef
Menu Group: Food
Section: Meat
Category: Beef
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Vendor: Depot Street Meats
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Bottom Round Roast: Belted Galloway beef. Delicious and moist slicing roast . Dry aged 2 weeks for a beefy and tender cut.
(pictured) Shank--meaty soup bone: 3/4-1" thick meaty soupbones. Delicious for soups and bone broth and perfect for Osso Buco!
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Goat
Menu Group: Food
Section: Meat
Category: Goat
Vendor: Depot Street Meats
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Pastured young goat, born and raised on our farm.
(pictured) Bone-in Leg Roast. Give this easy recipe a try: https://practicalselfreliance.com/goat-leg-recipe/
Shank: Braise these shanks for a delicious stew!
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Lamb
Menu Group: Food
Section: Meat
Category: Lamb
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Vendor: Depot Street Meats
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Lamb chops: Everyone's favorite chop! Mostly loin chop, some rib chops mixed in. Tender, sweet and tasty pastured lamb. Broil, bake, grill or pan fry. Cook in garlic, your favorite herbs and butter for a delicious meal!
Lamb Shanks-2 in pack: Sweet and mild pastured lamb shanks. Braise in broth, garlic and herbs for a melt in your mouth meal!
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Broccoli & cheddar quiche
Menu Group: Food
Section: Prepared Foods
Category: Quiche
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Our all-butter crust made with Maine Grains flour, filled with broccoli, Cabot's Seriously Sharp cheddar cheese, local eggs, organic milk & cream, salt, & pepper. Contact barefootfarmerdeborah@gmail.com for other filling options.
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Apple butter & Applesauce
Menu Group: Food
Section: Preserved Foods
Category: Fruits Canned & Processed
Description: Apple Butter! Sauced and simmered till it's just right ...thick and spreadable.
Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Apple Butter! Sauced and simmered till it's just right ...thick and spreadable.: Our own Empire and Cortland apples, sauced and then simmered for hours! Unsweetened with just a hint of cinnamon.
Just Applesauce! Unsweetened, made from our own Certified Organic apples. Cortland and Empire apples slowly cooked into thick applesauce.
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Aroniaberry Jelly!
Menu Group: Food
Section: Preserved Foods
Category: Jams Jellies Butters & Spreads
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Robust flavor reminiscent of currants! Aronia, or chokeberry, is a native North American shrub that thrives in our area. This is a delicious and underutilized fruit with a full and robust flavor that reminds me of currants. The fruits are dark and loaded with antioxidants, as much or more than elderberries.
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Cleopatra's Cucumber Chips
Menu Group: Food
Section: Preserved Foods
Category: Pickles
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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A true tangy taste treat! Apparently, Queen Cleopatra of Egypt credited including pickles in her diet with contributing to her health and legendary beauty! These beautiful slices are tangy and sweet, a real treat!
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PLANTS AND SEEDS
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
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Iris plants - 2+ yrs, 6" pot
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Flowers Perennial
Category: Iris
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Vendor: Hemlock Hill Farm
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Classic bearded iris, a favorite garden perennial. Deep blue-purple coloration. Each pot contains a minimum of 5 well established 2-3 year old plants.
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Basil seedlings
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Herb Seedlings
Category: Basil
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Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
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Annual, culinary herb! The heaviest-yielding variety, recommended for drying, all-around great eating, and large-scale pesto production. Cut plant to 4-6" above the ground as they begin to flower. Full Sun, 8" Spacing.
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Paste Tomatoes
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Tomatoes - Paste
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Amish Paste
(pictured) Grandma Mary's (68-I) OP Large meaty 6-10 oz paste tomato. Sets even in cool weather.
Orange Banana
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Slicing Tomatoes
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Tomatoes - Slicing
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Golden Jubilee tomato: Bright golden orange, mild flavor, low acidity. 2 ½-3 inches, a tasty slicer.
Green Zebra: Beautiful and delicious green slicing tomatoes. You can tell when they're ripe both by feeling them and when they yellow slightly.
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Goldie
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Tomatoes - Slicing
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
Deep orange beefsteak fruits, frequently bi-lobed, average 16–20 oz. Often the first large tomatoes to ripen in the garden. Do not harvest until it has a unique rosy blush. Indeterminate. 24-36" spacing
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Martha Washington
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Tomatoes - Slicing
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
Heirloom-quality pink slicer. Easy to grow under varied growing conditions. Globe-shaped pink fruit weigh from 8–12 oz. Indeterminate. 24-36” spacing.
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Rose de Berne
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Tomatoes - Slicing
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
A Swiss heirloom and a Brandywine cousin, the depth of rich fruit flavor makes Rose de Berne Tomato great for sandwiches and, truly, everything else. Soft, translucent pink skin rarely cracks, even on the largest of the 4 to 6-ounce tomatoes. Rose de Berne is pure abundance once she starts producing and some Late Blight tolerance offers extra weeks of harvest even when disease arrives. Indeterminate. 24-36" Spacing.
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Black Krim
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Tomatoes - Slicing
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
Russian heirloom. Deep brown/red, 8-16 oz. tomatoes have brown/green shoulders that get darker with more heat and sunlight. Indeterminate. 24-36” Spacing.
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Jet Star - Low Acid
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Tomatoes - Slicing
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
Low acid!!!! Firm and crack- resistant. Medium- large tomatoes are perfect in a salads, canning, sauces, or on a BLT. Sturdy and compact plant, and disease resistant. Indeterminate. 24-36" Spacing.
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Yellow Brandywine
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Tomatoes - Slicing
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
An orange old-timer with rich flavor. Sturdy plant with dark green, large potato-leaves. Heirloom with good yield of ribbed fruit with a yellow-orange skin and an orange interior. An orange version of Brandywine. This potato-leaf variety can be finicky to grow, with roughly shaped fruit one year and smooth the next. Indeterminate. 24-36" Spacing.
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Beefsteak
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Tomatoes - Slicing
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
Cooks Garden Favorite. Large, ribbed fruits, 1-2 lbs. each. Solid, meaty and juicy heirloom tomatoes, an excellent slicer. Distinct heirloom flavor. Great all-purpose variety for slicing, cooking, using in salads, canning and fresh eating. Indeterminate. 24-36" Spacing.
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Green Bean - Provider
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Beans
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
Bush bean. 5 1/2" fleshy, round pod green beans.Tolerates cool soils. Compact plants are easy to grow and adaptable to diverse conditions. Produces Purple seeds. 2” spacing.
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Broccoli - Tendergreen
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Broccoli
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
Exceptionally fast growing! 6–7" semi-domed heads are lighter weight than the later-season varieties. The medium-large beads do a good job of shedding water. Pleasing blue-green color, tender and delicious flavor. 2–3" (occasionally 4") side shoots to harvest following the main stem.
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Red Acre Cabbage Seedlings
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Cabbage
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
The plant produces medium sized, maroon heads that can liven up any dish. Sweet and delicate flavor.
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Cucumber seedlings, 4" Pot
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Cucumber
Vendor: Hemlock Hill Farm
Well established cucumber seedlings in 4" root training pot. Please specify variety or farmer's choice.
Straight eight - classic slicer, smooth fruits up to 8" long
Homemade pickles - pickling variety, updated from boston pickling, good disease resistance
Marketmore 80 - prolific, medium fruits with white spines
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Ping Tung
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Eggplant
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
Long eggplant named for Pingtung county in Taiwan. Great for cooks who prefer to work with uniform slices. Vigorous stress-tolerant plants start producing early for a decent overall yield. Its light purple color is especially attractive if harvested before full maturity. As it approaches its full 11", its skin darkens but retains a pleasing sheen. Its sweetness will keep you coming back for more. 18" Spacing.
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Annina
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Eggplant
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
Slightly curved 8" extended-teardrop shape covered with purple and lavender streaks with emanations of ivory and light pink. Performs just as you expect a hybrid to, but with the aesthetic and flavor of the most cherished heirloom. Glossy, teardrop shaped fruits are uniform and gorgeous with bright green calyxes. 18" Spacing.
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Rosita
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Eggplant
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
Pink-lavender with white shoulders, pear-shaped, 4-6" wide by 6-8" long. Sweet tender white flesh, no bitterness. Early and productive. 18" Spacing.
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Nadia
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Eggplant
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
Consistently productive, bear dark purple, 7 to 8 inch teardrop-shaped fruits that are firm at harvest, providing a good shelf life. Perfect for slicing and grilling. 18” Spacing.
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Lettuce - Merlot
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Lettuce
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
Merlot is a loose-leaf type lettuce with an intense deep burgundy color. The plant is slow bolting, ideal for cut and come again culture. The leaves are frilly and crispy making them an excellent addition to your salad.
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Lettuce - Romaine
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Lettuce
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
Silky smooth green romaine leaves reach for the sky in this amazing lettuce with origins in the desert.That means this romaine is extremely bolt resistant remaining sweet, tender and crisp under the early summer sun.
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Shishito Pepper
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Peppers
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
These trendy Japanese peppers appear on menus everywhere. Delicious sauteed in oil, perfect for tempura and stir fries. The plants are highly productive with a long season.12" spacing.
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California Wonder Pepper
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Peppers
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
For early production of large green or red bell peppers.
Plants are large and early to bear big crops of large, thick-walled fruits. Widely adapted. 12-18” Spacing
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Summer squash
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Squash - Summer
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
Zephyr Summer Squash - Distinctive, slender fruits are yellow with faint white stripes and light-green blossom ends. Harvest young at 4-6" for unusually delicious, nutty flavor and firm texture. 18-24" Spacing.
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Paste Tomato - San Marzano
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Tomatoes
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
One of the best paste tomatoes of all time! Whole 4–6 oz. tomatoes peel easily and cook down quickly. This strain originates from Parma, Italy, where it was developed for the 1950's canning industry. This strain has a very traditional San Marzano shape and appearance as well as a vibrant red color. Indeterminate. 24-36” spacing.
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Paste Tomato - Plum Regal
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Tomatoes
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
Medium-size plants produce high yields of blocky, 4 oz. plum tomatoes. Fruits have a deep red color with good flavor. Good disease resistance. Determinate. 12-24” Spacing.
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Sun Gold Cherry Tomato
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Tomatoes - Cherry
Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
Exceptionally sweet, bright tangerine-orange cherry tomatoes. Indeterminate. Vigorous plants start yielding early and bear right through the season. Indeterminate. 24-36” Spacing.
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