I have a few seeds coming from Italy...anyone ever grow these?

[brokenbar]

Originally Posted by epsilon

Heres a source for costoluto di parma

http://www.italiangardenseeds.com/ga...a-dbo-106-121/

Thank you Epsilon! I had never seen this one offered previously. Already ordered some for 2015. My 2014 garden is well under way and will be finished by July.

[drew51]

Originally Posted by brokenbar

Thank you Epsilon! I had never seen this one offered previously. Already ordered some for 2015. My 2014 garden is well under way and will be finished by July.

I bought some of these too, but mine come from a certified organic farm in France.

[FILMNET]

I did get seeds from them in Kansas, Franchi Red pear and the Coure Di blue, great old Basil and tarragon which were bad seeds. I emailed them and they send a new package of Tarragon, still were bad seeds anyway.No problem with them at all
http://www.growitalian.com/

[carolyn137]

Any day now I'm expecting seeds from a person in Italy, she's also a TV member and a US expat, and has a seed site, but most on her seed site are from the US for the ITalians wanting them.

Ones she is sending me will probably include, and I forgot to mention she has ties to a farm that grows only what she calls traditional Italian varieties:

Two or more versions of Cuore di Bui including Albenga, which I know and is a piriform

Umberto, that would be Roi Umberto/Rey Umberto

rosa licata

rosa di sorrento, and this one, spelled differently at Tania's site is directly from Italy, not brought from Italy to the US as is mentioned on Tania's page. Sometimes there can be a difference depending on seed saving techniques.

There's another one she wanted to send, she spoke highly of it, and has been waiting for it, but I asked her to send what she has now so that I could get her seeds out to my seed producers for my next seed offer.

Carolyn

[drew51]

Those sound great Carolyn! I'm growing some Italian types brought back here this year.
Lurley's Paste (impressive seedling!), Rosso Sicilian, and Mrs. Maxwell's Big Italian.
I also planted Santa Maria but it didn't come up. I have enough, will try again next year.

[Dork Fish]

My seeds came in...

I received

Costoluto Genovese
Costoluto Fiorentino
Costoluto Di Parma

He must have got the names mixed up a bit

[carolyn137]

The word Costoluto in Italian means ribbed and the various ones are named for the region from which they came.

When Roberta in Italy offered to send me some traditional Italian varieties I told her to please not send any Costolutos.

Personally I've only grown the Genovese ( from Genoa) and Fiorentino( from Florence) and could seeno real difference between them.

If anyone should know about the Parma one it would be Roberta, since she lives in Parma.

She said she'd send me a special treat from Parma with the seeds, so am I wrong in thinking something to eat, or would it be Costoluto di Parma?

If something to eat what is Parma noted for?

Carolyn, who got the seeds from Turkey today but not yet the ones from Italy.

[MrBig46]

Heirloom tomato Re Umberto will be certainly a great.
Vladimír

[NarnianGarden]

Parma is known for their excellent ham, but I very much doubt someone would send that by mail. But hey, I could be wrong, dry-cured ham is air-light and could easily be mailed in an envelope.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosciutto

[epsilon]

I wish some one would send me a parma ham.... or a jamon di iberico but then I'm sure I would soon after resemble the animal it came from.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by epsilon

I wish some one would send me a parma ham.... or a jamon di iberico but then I'm sure I would soon after resemble the animal it came from.

I used to get the following catalog re your comment about jamon di iberico.

http://www.tienda.com/http://www.tienda.com/

Prepare to mortgage your home when you see the prices.

Carolyn

[epsilon]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

I used to get the following catalog re your comment about jamon di iberico.

http://www.tienda.com/http://www.tienda.com/

Prepare to mortgage your home when you see the prices.

Carolyn

La Tienda is a dangerous website. Last time I checked they carried Ferran Y Adria's molecular cooking line.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by epsilon

La Tienda is a dangerous website. Last time I checked they carried Ferran Y Adria's molecular cooking line.

I just took a look at the link I gave and don't see that cooking line but I did see a program once about his restaurant in Spain with all the let's freeze it , make bubbles, very out there ways of preparing foods, etc.

I know the quality of what's offered at La Tienda is superb. but oh, the $$$$$$.

Carolyn

[antichevarieta]

Originally Posted by NarnianGarden

Parma is known for their excellent ham, but I very much doubt someone would send that by mail. But hey, I could be wrong, dry-cured ham is air-light and could easily be mailed in an envelope.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosciutto

is no one putting PARMAgiano Reggiano on all that delicious passata being made from all these great tomatoes ?????
ps. other local varieties inclide the "Riccio's" eg. Riccio di Parma,also ribbed, but i don't like them. I find the heirloom varieties here to be more "duro"..(.hard or strong in Italian).
I was really surprised to see someone describe the Italian Cuore di Bue as a "spitter". It is an amazing tomato..very productive, grows to a nice big size, meaty and a great taste. I wonder if they had seeds from a real Cuore di Bue.

[antichevarieta]

Originally Posted by Dork Fish

My seeds came in...

I received

Costoluto Genovese
Costoluto Fiorentino
Costoluto Di Parma

He must have got the names mixed up a bit

you are correct..these are all just local/regionak varieties of the Costoluto tomato...