[Sca-cooks] Seeds for period vegetables

[Jane Boyko]

Hi Petru

Ritchies in Ottawa carries heirloom seeds but they do not indicate the 
earliest time from.  I picked up some very interesting radish 
varieties.  The company is called OSC 
http://www.oscseeds.com/frames.html.  As I am experimenting with 
container gardening, am an archivist I thought that heirloom vegies 
would be a fun experiment.  Another company that sells heirloom products 
(herbs etc) is called Richters in Woodbridge, Ontario.  While I don't 
recommend ordering from them directly for yourself (I have horror 
stories from dealers and private clients) you can possibly order through 
your local nursery if they order from this company.  I remember seeing 
an heirloom rose bush which they indicated had it roots in the middle 
ages (okay, please forgive the pun).  I believe it was dated to the mid 
1500's.  http://www.richters.ca/  You can order a catalogue and it will 
give you lots of terrific ideas.  My makes good dreamtime reading.

Marina

Patrick Levesque wrote:

>I'd like to know if you can recommend any reliable source for period
>vegetable seeds (Montreal is a 5B rusticity area, so I can't grow everything
>over here, but most of the basic stuff should be all right).
>
>As always, organic produce and local distributors are preferred, but I'm not
>too sure I'll have a lot of options in this situation.
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>Thanks!
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>Petru
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