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Dwarf Charming Golden Marguerite

The Dwarf Golden Marquerite, \’Anthemis tinctoria `Charme\’, has daisy-like, 1\” bright yellow flowers. The feathery, fragrant foliage forms a tight, symmetrical mound that will add to any landscape. It will bloom from May to October and will accept poor soil conditions, being drought tolerant. If deadheaded, it will bloom all summer long. Try Anthemis `Charme\’ with Veronica `Royal Candles\’PPAF, Echanicea `Double Decker\’ PPAF or Coreopsis rosea `American Dreams\’. It is a sure garden pleaser. PPAF

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Hales Best Jumbo Muskmelon

The Muskmelon Hale\’s Best Jumbo, \’Cucumis melo-Reticulatus Group\’, is an old time favorite with a fabulous flavor. Hale\’s Best has very thick, sweet salmon-pink flesh with a small seed cavity. Talk to old timers and they still swear by Hale\’s Best. Hale\’s Best grow and stays sweet in a wide variety of conditions, particularly drought. The muskmelon is about 6 inches in diameter and weighs about 3.5 pounds each. Muskmelons prefer light and well drained soil. Muskmelons use a lot of water but they should not ever be soggy wet.

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Purple Beauty Bell Pepper

The Pepper Bell Purple Beauty, \’Capsicum annuum\’, is a compact plant with very meaty, thick-fleshed, sweet, purple peppers. It is unlike most peppers which start out green, this one starts out purple and provides color early in the season. This is another exciting pepper to add to your collection of beautiful sweet bell peppers. Peppers use quite a bit of water but prefer to be watered deeply and not too often. Blossom pruning will improve fruit size. Pinch off about 50% of the flowers.

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Golden Ingot Ivy

The Golden Ingot Ivy, Hedera Helix, is a triangle leaf-shaped Ivy that is dainty, elegant, and compact. This Ivy can fill a pot fairly quickly. The variegated leaves feature an overall lemon yellow tone with gray splotches and an emerald green rim.Named Ivy of the Year for 2003 by the American Ivy Society. It is hardy in cold areas down to minus 20 F. It can be grown in full sun to almost full shade, depending on where you live. It is easy to grow, moderately self-branching and not invasive.

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Bush Bean Trio

The Bush Bean Trio, \’Phaseolus vulgaris\’, is a three-bean \”salad\” in a packet. This trio of Blue Lake 274, Cherokee Wax, and Purple Queen bush beans is unsurpassed for flavor, productivity, reliability and hardiness. They have a wonderful fresh flavor and are ideal for canning or freezing. They create a colorful combination for creative cooking. In very hot summer areas, beans should be planted in mid-March. The soil should be well drained and high in organic matter.This packet plants 2-10 foot rows.

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Barrett Browning Small Cupped Daffodil

The Daffodil \’Barett Browning\’, \’Narcissi small-cupped, a fall planted bulb, is an exquisite flower. The flowers are beautifully shaped and unusually colored with a fiery orange cup and white flower petals. The plant also exhibits nice green foliage. The blossoms last up to 4 weeks and appear in mid spring. If necessary, very large clumps of bulbs can be lifted as soon as the leaves wither, and then they can be divided and replanted as soon as possible. After flowering, let the leaves yellow before cutting them back. The plants are deer, rabbit, and squirrel resistant.

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Sonata Apple Tree

The Sonata apple has a taste that is similar to a Golden. It is a medium sized apple with excellent flavor. It is a very attractive apple, with a bright, pinkish red blush over a yellow background. With a firm and finely grained, creamy colored flesh, it is cold hardy and highly precocious and productive. The Sonata keeps well in storage, retaining its flavor essences better than Gala. Matures similar to Golden Delicious. Primary assets are the combined excellent cosmetics with a pleasant exciting flavor.

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