KALE, Dazzling Blue Lacinato (75 days) Brassica oleeracea   NEW FOR 2016 from our friends at Wild Garden Seeds! "This stunning new blue kale comes from our own Hank Keogh’s inspiration to backcross a ‘Rainbow Lacinato’ variant with its ‘WGS Lacinato’ ancestor. The result, a dazzling blue-green savoyed strap leaf with underturned margins, upright growth, and a striking pink midrib. Eye-catching at the market, and the flavor is “very lacinato.” More winter hardy than any other lacinato-type, as demonstrated in the kale-killing freeze-out of 2013–14. Nice work!" Packet (1/2 g) 1/2 oz-...

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Kale, Tall Alive Grex,  (55 days)  Brassica oleracea A Seven Seeds Farm original variety that is based on our wonderful “Alive Vates” but backcrossed to the tallest specimens of numerous open pollinated commercial kales from a kale trial we grew in 2016 with the goal of producing a vigorous, stable, disease resistant Vates type kale with frilly dark green leaves. Expect variation in this population. We have a half-sibling progeny row breeding project underway to stabilize the tall (but not too tall!) trait.  Packet (1/2 g ≈ 125 seeds) 1/2 ounce Ounce:...

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