(Sesamum indicum) 160 days. [Thanks to David Shields for seedstock.] An oldfashioned sesame, common in 19th century Southern cooking, traditionally processed into flour and oil. Richly flavored brown seeds with lower oil content than modern sesames. 7-ft. plants.
(Sesamum indicum) [Thomas Jefferson was an enthusiastic sesame grower. Thanks to Monticello for our seedstock.] 150 days. Vigorous, heat-loving plants. Direct seed or transplant after last danger of frost. Space plants at 8-24 in. 6-ft. tall plants may benefit from...
99 days. [Heirloom sent to us from R.C. Mauldin of the Southwestern Seed Service Lab in Waco, TX. Reintroduced by SESE 1997.] One of the earliest sweet canes introduced to American agriculture. Milky sweet, used primarily as a syrup sorghum. As a silage crop it has the hay and wild...
99 days. [Heirloom sent to us from R.C. Mauldin of the Southwestern Seed Service Lab in Waco, TX. Reintroduced by SESE 1997.] One of the earliest sweet canes introduced to American agriculture. Milky sweet, used primarily as a syrup sorghum. As a silage crop it has the hay and wild...
[From the Shilluk, or Chollo, people of Malakal, South Sudan, via the USDA and the Experimental Farm Network.] Multi-use and high-yielding. Huge stalks, 1½ in. wide and 9-12 ft. tall. Sometimes tillers to produce multiple stalks per plant. Sweet stalks are good for syrup or chewing....
Unavailable for 2018. Consider Mennonite sorghum as a substitute. 120 days. [1970 USDA/ADS & MAESS] Sturdy 12 ft. stalks with excellent disease resistance, well adapted throughout the Southeast. Syrup has mild flavor with good color; small, reddish-brown seed...
Unavailable for 2018. Consider Mennonite sorghum as a substitute. 120 days. [1970 USDA/ADS & MAESS] Sturdy 12 ft. stalks with excellent disease resistance, well adapted throughout the Southeast. Syrup has mild flavor with good color; small, reddish-brown seed...
Sold out for 2018. Consider Iowa Sweet as a subsititute. 115 days. [1991, Virginia Polytechnic U.] Similar to Dale, good disease resistance, makes mild light syrup. A week earlier than Dale, with more variable stalk height (10-11 ft.). Pkt (7 g, about 350...
Sold out for 2018. Consider Iowa Sweet as a substitute. 115 days. [1991, Virginia Polytechnic U.] Similar to Dale, good disease resistance, makes mild light syrup. A week earlier than Dale, with more variable stalk height (10-11 ft.). (¼ lb = 4...
105 days. Heirloom broom corn traditionally used for making brooms. Grows 8-10 ft. tall, producing long seedheads heavily laden with shiny black seeds. An important historical variety. Pkt (7 g, about 350 seeds).
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