Edible Rainbow Garden. Rosalind Creasy
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Название: Edible Rainbow Garden
Автор: Rosalind Creasy
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Кулинария
Серия: Edible Garden Series
isbn: 9781462917679
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Harvest the spears by snapping them off an inch above soil level. No harvest is recommended the first year. In the second year, limit the harvest to three weeks. In subsequent years, harvest for six to eight weeks, and until the spears begin to thin to a pencil thickness.
Fertilize with fish meal after the harvest. In mild climates, cut down plants when they turn brown; in cold climates wait until early spring as the stalks help maintain a snow cover.
Varieties
‘Purple Sweet’ (‘Sweet Purple’): old variety; large, tender, deep burgundy spears; sweet flavor; Park Seed Company and R. H. Shumway’s carry this variety as rooted crowns
How to prepare: The purple pigments in asparagus are anthocyanins and they fade quickly when cooked. Young shoots are delicious raw in salads or served with flavorful dips. If you cook the purple asparagus, simmer it in an inch of water with ¼ cup of lemon juice to help maintain some of the color, the longer you cook it the more color it loses, so whenever possible serve them al dente.
BASIL
Ocimum basilicum
‘Red Rubin’ basil and Lemon Basil
While there are many types of basil, the ones we are interested here have purple foliage.
How to grow: Basils are annual herbs that glory in hot weather and wither with frost. Plant it in full sun in fertile, well-drained soil with much organic matter. Start basil seeds inside a month before the weather warms up in spring, or use transplants from the nursery. Place plants about 1 foot apart and keep them moist during the growing season. Fertilize with a balanced organic fertilizer every six weeks and after a large harvest.
Occasional pests are slugs and snails, and cucumber and Japanese beetles. When harvesting, leaves are picked by hand or cut. Keep the flower-heads continually cut back or the plant will go to seed and give few leaves.
Varieties
‘Osmin Purple’: purple leaves and stems; glossy, slightly ruffled leaves; fragrant; lavender flowers
‘Red Rubin’: purple leaves; fragrant; pink flowers; similar to the old standby ‘Dark Opal’ but more uniform
‘Purple Ruffles’: dark purple, ruffled leaves; fragrant; lavender flowers; seedlings are variable, select most colorful plants as you thin
How to prepare: The purple basils are high in anthocyanins. To best enjoy the color, use these basils raw in salads, sandwiches, and as a garnish. They will lend some of their pink color to vinegars and apple jelly. If you cook, puree, or mince purple basils though, they turn a disappointing brown.
BEANS
PURPLE AND YELLOW SNAP BEANS
Phaseolus vulgaris
‘Royalty Purple Pod’
‘Dragon’s Tongue’
‘Wax Romano’
Purple and yellow snap beans are more popular with children than their green cousins.
How to grow: Beans are adaptable annuals and are planted after all danger of frost is past. Purple and wax varieties can tolerate colder soil than most green snap beans. They need full sun and a good, loose garden loam with plenty of added humus. Sow seeds of bush beans 1 inch deep in rows 18 inches apart; thin to 6 inches. Pole beans need a strong trellis to climb on. Plant the seeds 1 inch deep; thin to 8 inches apart. If the plants look pale midseason fertilize with fish emulsion. Beans are best watered deeply and infrequently.
Beans have their share of pests, including bean beetles, beanloopers, whiteflies, aphids, mites, and cucumber beetles. Anthracnose and leaf spots diseases are most prevalent in humid climates.
Harvest snap beans when the seeds inside are still very small and the pods are tender. Make sure to keep all beans harvested or the plants stop producing.
Varieties
Renee’s Garden offers a combination package of green, purple, and yellow beans in retail stores.
Purple Snap Beans
‘Hopi Purple String Beans’: purple bean with black crescent-moon-shaped stripes; can be grown with little or no irrigation; available from Native Seeds/SEARCH
‘Purple Queen’: 55 days; bush; purple pods and flowers; sweet flavor; common bean mosaic-virus tolerant
‘Royal Burgundy’: 51 days; bush; dark purple pods; vigorous
‘Royalty Purple Pod’ (‘Royalty’): bush; deep-purple pods and flowers; vigorous; some resistance to Mexican bean beetles
‘Trionfo’ (‘Trionfo Violetto’): 65 days; pole; deep purple pods and lavender flowers; vigorous
Yellow Snap Beans
‘Cherokee’: 55 days; bush; sweet, wax bean; early; high yielding; widely adapted; rust and common bean mosaic-virus resistant
‘Dragon’s Tongue’ (‘Dragon Langerie’): 65 days; bush; unusual creamy yellow wax bean with purple stripes; available from Bountiful Gardens
‘Pencil Pod Wax’
‘Pencil Pod Black Wax (‘Pencil Pod’): 53 days; bush; tender yellow pods with black seeds; early
‘Roc D’or’: 57 days; bush; slender yellow pods; productive; resistant to common bean mosaic virus and anthracnose
‘Wax Romano’: 58 days; bush; light yellow pods with meaty texture; vigorous
Yellow Anellino (‘Gancetto Burro’): 80 days; pole; small, crescent-shaped pods; rich bean flavor
Renee’s rainbow collection beans: green slenderette, ‘Roc D’or,’ and ‘Purple Queen’
How to prepare: Yellow wax beans keep their color when cooked and are used as you would any snap bean, boiled or steamed until just tender, though cooking times are short as the beans turn to mush quickly. Try them in a three-bean salad garnished with raw purple beans. The purple beans get their color from anthocyanins and loose the purple color and turn a vivid green when boiled СКАЧАТЬ