HERB - Period seeds - long

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OK, Jasmine, here's a partial list, at least.  Remember that few, if any, of 
these varieties can actually be documented to period, these are some that I 
consider close to period varieties.  I have NOT tried many of these, and for 
some vegetables, I don't suggest a variety at all.  These aren't necessarily 
the best, I haven't found a couple of excellent catalogs.


JOHNNY'S SELECTED SEEDS  (web site - http://www.johnnyseeds.com) - I highly 
recommend them, particularly for northern gardeners

2141 Windsor Broad/Fava beans (Vicia faba)
2001 White beet
244 Ventura celery
312U  Mandan Bride field corn (for late period, this is a native American 
heirloom)
355  Neos endive
2098 Hillside Rocambole garlic
376 German Extra-hardy garlic
379 Elephant garlic (not positive about this one, but I have some reason to 
believe
	they had some kind of elephant garlic.)
385 Arugula (roquette)
398 Sylvetta (a wild arugula/roquette)
381 Upland cress
384 Water cress
383 Sorrel
402 Red orach
399 Horseradish
425 Black seeded simpson lettuce (this had the right appearance, and I've 
found it
	one of the most reliable leaf lettuces)
2129P Medallion romaine lettuce
462 Savor melon (I hesitate to include this because it's a modern hybrid, but 
it IS a
	European canteloupe rather than a muskmelon)
542 Lancer parsnip
620 D'avignon radish
631 Gilfeather rutabaga
697 Alexandria strawberries (these are Fragraria vesca, which are the true 
European
	strawberry.  What's normally available are bred from American 
strawberries)
706 Hakurei turnip (while this is a hybrid, it's a white turnip, preferred in 
period)
476 Sugar Baby watermelon (a modern variety, but it's the right type, and one 
of the
	best tasting watermelons)

Johnny's also carries non-hybrid winter rye, oats, and a good variety of 
herbs and flowers.


RICHTERS HERB CATALOGUE (web:  www.richters.com) - this has an incredible 
selection of herbs, and I've had good luck with everything I've gotten from 
them.

They carry - agrimony, angelica, anise, lemon balm, basil (I recommend Greek 
bush basil and Genovese), bay laurel, yellow bedstraw, betony, borage, dyer's 
broom, burdock, salad burnet, calendula, caper bush, caraway, carob, catnip, 
catmint, celery, centaury, German chamomile, Roman chamomile, chervil, 
chicory, chives, clary sage, clove-pink, columbine, comfrey, coriander, 
cornflower, costmary, cowslip, upland cress, water cress, English daisy, 
dandelion, dill, fennel, fenugreek, feverfew, sweet flag (calamus), flax, 
garlic, ginger, Good King Henry, horseradish, houseleek, hyacinth bean 
(probably the period "kidney" bean), hyssop, indigo, lavender (English 
lavender - Lavandula augustfolia), wild lettuce, lovage, madder, curled 
mallow, marjoram, meadowsweet, mints, mulberry, mustard, Welsh onion, 
oregano, orris, parsley, pennyroyal, pine nut, sweet pink, roses (included 
several period varieties), rosemary, rue, sage, santolina (lavender cotton), 
savory, soapwort, sorrel, strawberries (two varieties of Fragaria vesca, the 
European strawberry), sweet William, tansy, tarragon, fuller's teasel, thyme, 
sweet violet, wallflower, yarrow, leek, orach, roquette (arugula).

They have lots more, these are the ones they carry that I'm reasonably sure 
are period off the top of my head.

I won't make specific recommendations on fruit trees, people are much better 
off choosing varieties that suit their climates and needs rather than trying 
for a period variety.
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