September 9 Depositions

The first few are Asian greens from different areas that can be eaten in salad or braised.
Komatsuna "Summerfest"- Mild, tender, Japanese greens for salad and braising mixes. Uniform, upright plants with slender, fleshy, rounded green stems and dark green, rounded leaves.
Vitamin Green or Bitamin Na- An entirely different and delicious leafy green brassica crop. Band-sow thickly for baby leaf mix. For bunching, mature leaves, avg. 12" x 4", are smooth and brilliantly deep green. The plants are slow-bolting and will grow for a second harvest. The tender leaves are flavorful, but not at all mustardy. Tolerant to both cold and heat.
Hon Tsai Tai- Purple flower stems and buds. A Chinese specialty. The young plants soon branch and produce quantities of long, pencil-thin, red-purple, budded flower stems. Pleasing, mild mustard taste for use raw in salads or lightly cooked in stir-fries or soups. For multiple harvesting of tender stems and leaves. Can be spring sown, but yields best when sown June through October for harvest from midsummer through winter (in mild areas).
Maruba Santo- With Maruba you get two vegetables in one. The loose round vibrant chartreuse leaves provide a mild piquant mustardy flavor while the flat white stems impart a juicy crisp pac choi taste. The flavor is more subtle and complex than that of other greens and if cut small is great for mesclun mix.

This one is a European favorite.
Très Fine Maraîchère Endive- Large frizzy endive with very fine ribs suitable for late spring and early summer harvests. Known to chefs as frisée. 19th century French heirloom.

The following three, along with Sylvetta Arugula planted last weekend are especially good for the colder months and can produce through the winter with a little protection
Claytonia (Miner's Lettuce)-Cold-hardy salad green.
Quantities of heart-shaped leaf pairs, each "wrapped" around a white-flowered stem. Hardiest of the winter salad greens, can tolerate moderate frost and can be grown all winter in mild regions or in cold greenhouses. The taste of the young leaves is wild and fresh. Suitable for multiple cuttings.
Minutina or Erba Stella- Especially for winter salads.
A cold-hardy salad plant for fall, winter, spring, and summer production. Small plant with a rosette of slender green leaves. Provides a crunchy texture to salads without fiber. Flower buds are edible. Regrows after cutting, but succession sow for best quality and appearance.
Large Leaf Corn Salad or Mache- Miniature gourmet salad greens, popular in northern Europe, France and Switzerland. The dark green leaves form a fancy rosette and the flavor is delicate. For best taste, grow in cool weather.