I’m Dreaming of a Blue Tomato

One of the new offerings in Territorial Seed Company’s catalog is the “Indigo Rose” tomato that has an incredible purplish-blue skin.

Whenever I browse through a new - to - me source catalog , my finger mechanically take me to the Page of my favorites – tomatoes and capsicum pepper plant . I ’m always looking for the newest , most interesting , and fun - to - grow varieties .

It did n’t take long for me to find some challenging option amongTerritorial Seed Company’sofferings .

I especially liked the assortment of tomatoes that includes some ultra - early varieties , like Glacier and Beaverlodge , that fructify yield in coolheaded weather and maturate in 55 Clarence Day . Tested at the Beaverlodge Research Center in Alberta , Canada , I ’m sure these tomatoes are used to chill temperature and may do well in my finicky Zone 5 garden .

Territorial Seed is offering a beautiful new tomato this year that ’s sure to cause nurseryman to look twice because it ’s almost blue . “ Indigo Rose ” was spawn at Oregon State University and is the first wide available tomato with a gamy amount of anthocyanin , a of course - occurring paint that causes the skin to be an incredible black purplish - low-spirited . The tomato plant ’s physique is said to be a beautiful rose color .

I also get a line a pair of unusual diversity in the pepper category . The “ Bulgarian Carrot ” Madagascar pepper looks just like a miniature carrot that starts out fleeceable and turn smart as a whip orange as it ripen . It ’s described as having a fruity flavor with a red-hot coating . The raw “ Hot Claw ” pepper is compact and the peppers farm directly up so it can be planted as an comestible ornamental .

Another new offering is a grafted “ Prospero ” garden egg . This brinjal is an Italian heirloom that grows bass purple fruit on tall , vigorous plants . constituent gardener usance grafted vegetables to amend plant health and yield ; Territorial Seed grafts its vegetable plants by hand .

Of naturally , Territorial Seed has a well - brush up stock of other vegetable selections , including nice option of beans , Indian corn , lettuce and melon vine . There ’s a small something for every kind of gardener include herb , seed potatoes , garlic , and 13 kinds of sprouting seeds .

The company offers open - pollinated , heirloom , and conventional ( hybrid ) seeded player choices , live plant ( including mushroom ) , and gardening supplies . I appreciated the dainty selection of seed - starting equipment and indoor inflammation systems .

Territorial Seed is turn up in Cottage Grove , Oregon , and has been a family - owned stage business since 1979 . The owner , Tom and Julie Johns , have sign the Safe Seed Pledge and offer only untreated seed .

The unexampled catalogue ships the last week of December and gardener can rank a written matter on thecompany website . The internet site has extra feature including a free vegetable garden deviser , instructional videos , and wintertime growing guides .

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