Selling to Chefs And Retail Places

[Garlic#1]

Caption Lucky from whom?

[Barb_FL]

Originally Posted by Garlic#1

Caption Lucky from whom?

Caption Lucky was bred by Millard Murdock, a breeder from N.C. who died in the fall of 2019. He was a member here and was well regarded as was the tomatoes he produced.

[bitterwort]

If your question was to me, my original Captain Lucky seeds were from Steve at Heritage Tomato Seed (https://heritageseedmarket.com/index...e-tomato-seed/), but he doesn't appear to be offering it at the moment.


Fred at Artisan Seeds, who posts here regularly and has developed some great varieties, offers it: https://store.growartisan.com/product/captain-lucky.


I think some other vendors offer it also, but my experience with the two mentioned have always been great.

[OneStepAhead]

After reading this thread last year, I decided to stop in to this dirty diner a few blocks from
my house with a selection of tomatoes. The owner who is also the chef started buying flats from me immediately for BLT's. Beginners luck, perhaps. But it has inspired me to want to scale things up. There are a lot of great restaurants in my area that love local produce.

[kurt]

Each year I manage to grow 200/300 containers of cherrys.A couple of local chefs send someone to pick fresh,I weigh the lot as they leave,once a month we tally up the harvest,I get cold cash and or credit at their restaurants.The chefs love the colors,variety’s and the fact they are literally OTV.Good luck.

[MrsJustice]

I got some Good Luck as we passed a Farmer's Market with Big Rutabaga on display here in Hampton after the New Year before these Storms. We grow the same Vegetables they have on display each year. But, this was my first Time stopping as these were the Biggest Rutabagas just like the description passed down from my Ancestors that was fed to them by the good people in Canada. I asked my husband to stop, as he took his foot off the gas just in time; as we almost brought up all this Crop of Large Rutabagas. My research shows that Canadians considered rutabaga as a winter vegetable, as they are able to be kept in very cold weather for several months. But we just eat the last one, because it was not going to last for another month.

I need the Historic Seeds from Canada to see if they can last for months after being cut and stored inside. My Ancestors eat these very large Rutabagas too here in front of Forth Monroe, so I need the pure Seeds.

I used them in my soups last week and many side dishes. But the People in Canada used them in their Christmas Cakes and Regular Cooking.

Do The Large Rutabagas come from Native Americans too?

[DK2021]

My understanding is that rutabagas were first recorded in Scandinavia (hence one name for them, "swedes"). They are not native to North America and were introduced relatively late (1800s).

[MrsJustice]

Thank you so very much. I have been growing turnips for over 10 years and never saved the seeds because they were not as big as described by my Mother, until passing those Big Rutabaga by a local farmer here in Hampton. Maybe I will go back to that Farmer's Market and learn how long they have been growing their Rutabaga's. I meet their Daughter-Inlaw and we could talk to each other until closing time, as my husband had to lead me out. We were like farming sisters and proud of it, Amen!!!. The 1800s would be around the time introduced to my Great Grandfather relatives in North Carolina, then grown here in Virginia by my Great Grandfather around Fort Monroe. I only have descriptions of Vegetables from my relatives to work with. I will stop growing different varieties of Tunips; trying to find one as large as the Rutabagas my family enjoyed during this strange cold weather last week.
I need the pure seeds of "Swedes Rutabaga Seeds" because this is the type of description of foods given to my Ancestors by Canadians as well in the 1800s, Amen!! Maybe it was cooked in a Fruit Cake by Canadians. I would love to have that Recipe !!!!!!!

Farmer, Joyce Beggs

[DK2021]

MrsJustice, this might be similar to what you remember:
https://turtletreeseed.org/product/h...-turnip-seeds/

[MrsJustice]

Thank You. This is truly the Turnip I am looking for. I am so happy with joyful tears, as this Turnip comes from the State of the Man who gave my Great Grandfather his Freedom; The God Send Benjamin Franklin Butler who was a Major General for the Union Army at Fort Monroe. He was a Great Lawyer and businessman from Massachusetts. I will grow these Heirloom Turnips on the Contraband Slaves Market Places that is one of My Mini Farms, doing a crop rotation every 3 years. With General Butler Business background he truly helped the Contraband Slaves and Natives Americans trade food From Virginia to North Carolina and South Carolina. The Othe Rutabaga Seeds I brought from a trusted place I will grow in Angel Field Heirloom Tomatoes.
Thank you so much, Amen!!

[DK2021]

I hope they turn out well for you. I love turnips, but have only grown Japanese white turnips which do not get very big. Out of curiosity I have ordered some Eastham turnip seed to try myself, as they are supposed to be sweet turnips. You've got to love a town that holds a festival devoted to turnips:
https://provincetownindependent.org/...ng-in-eastham/

[MrsJustice]

Art Nickerson was my kind of Farmer, with the Spirit of "God's Mother Earth, Amen!! I will save this information and I will plant my Eastham Sweet Turnips after the 4th of July. It is Just Beautiful that his town supported his efforts in saving his family's farming history and these Precious Historical Heirloom Eastham Turnips. Just Beautiful. I know he is in heaven with Dr. Carolyn and Mayor General Benjamin Butler who also put forth the first Civil Rights Laws in Congress. I wish to visit this town one day. I will plant these seeds in my greenhouse to get a jump start; just to see and taste them. But I will start more seeds after the "4th Of July“ to follow in his farming footsteps with the spirit of his Loving Town.

Thank You DK2021

I will keep you posted on my Eastham Turnip Progress, Amen!!

Farmer, Joyce Beggs

[ramapojoe]

Great article. Makes me want to buy some turnips and make soup or stew.

[DK2021]

One thing I love about turnips is that you get both the greens and the root, and if you love greens as I do, that's a great deal. I love the sweet little Japanese turnips, and I love the rapini type brassicas. I usually roast or braise turnips (root and/or greens) to caramelize the natural sugars.

[MrsJustice]

I got my Eastham Turnip Seeds today.

I will keep you posted on my success, especially after planting my main Crop after the "4th of July Amen", !!!!!!!
Farmer Joyce Beggs