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Alpine Strawberry, Rugen Improved	Ground Cherry, Cossack Pineapple
Ground Cherry, Aunt Molly's
Melon, Minnesota Midget Cantaloupe	Melon, Sakata's Sweet
Strawberry, Sarian F1 Hybrid	Wonderberry

Alpine Strawberry, Rugen Improved - Item # SB101 Some what larger, and more abuntant than noraml Alpine Strawberries. The Rugen Improved variety will fruit continuously from June to October. this is a runnerless plant. Quantity - 50 Price - $ 1.70

Tempation - Item # SB103 In only 120 days Tempation begins to yield large sweet fruits, from summer till frost. Quantity - 10 Price - $ 2.00

Ground Cherry, Cossack Pineapple - Item #GC102 Physalis pruinosa Very easily grown, sprawling, very prolific plants bear delicious lemon-yellow berries encased in a papery husk. Plants are short, about 12 to 18" tall, maximum, and can get about two feed wide. Wait until the fruits fall to the ground, then pick them up, husk, and enjoy. Fruits have a sweet tangy, taste reminiscent of pineapple, and are delicious fresh, as well as making terrific pies and jams. Fruit will ripen from July until frost. Note: As with tomatoes, roots, stems, leaves and flowers are toxic. So are the husks and unripe fruit. Wait to harvest until the fruits fall off the plant, and they are then both safe and very tasty. They will keep weeks in the refrigerator. Grow as you would tomatoes. Growing directions. (From Cornell University's Cooperative Extension Website. Will open in new window: close window to return here). These are directions for growing tomatoes: just apply them to ground cherries. Recommended container size - A "large tub". This isn't very specific, but I have not grown these in containers myself and the only reference I can find says "a large tub" ("Growing Unusual Vegetables", Simon Hickmott, Eco-Logic Books, Bristol, UK, 2003, p. 159). I think, however, that they could be combined with other plants in a large tub and the ground cherries could be allowed to cascade over the edge. Hickmott also says that growing them in containers produces earlier fruit and on more compact plants and he feels that it's the more useful way to grow them. (Hickmott's book is very interesting, by the way, although not sold in the USA as far as I know. I ordered my copy directly from Amazon.co.uk). Quantity - 15 seeds Price - $ 1.60

Ground Cherry, Aunt Molly's - Item #GC101 Physalis pruinosa. Very easily grown, sprawling, very prolific plants bear delicious golden-orange berries encased in a papery husk. Plants are short, about 18" tall, maximum, and can get about two feed wide. Wait until the fruits fall to the ground, then pick them up, husk, and enjoy. Fruits have a sweet tangy, citrus-pineapple type of taste and are delicious fresh, as well as making terrific pies and jams. This variety is said to have a taste reminiscent of tangerines. Fruit will ripen from July until frost. This particular type of ground cherry, by the way, was grown in Pennsylvania as early as 1837, and was especially popular among the Pennsylvania Dutch. Note: As with tomatoes, roots, stems, leaves and flowers are toxic. So are the husks and unripe fruit. Wait to harvest until the fruits fall off the plant, and they are then both safe and very tasty. They will keep weeks in the refrigerator. Grow as you would tomatoes. Growing directions. (From Cornell University's Cooperative Extension Website. Will open in new window: close window to return here). These are directions for growing tomatoes: just apply them to ground cherries. Recommended container size - A "large tub". This isn't very specific, but I have not grown these in containers myself and the only reference I can find says "a large tub" ("Growing Unusual Vegetables", Simon Hickmott, Eco-Logic Books, Bristol, UK, 2003, p. 159). I think, however, that they could be combined with other plants in a large tub and the ground cherries could be allowed to cascade over the edge. Hickmott also says that growing them in containers produces earlier fruit and on more compact plants and he feels that it's the more useful way to grow them. (Hickmott's book is very interesting, by the way, although not sold in the USA as far as I know. I ordered my copy directly from Amazon.co.uk). Quantity - 15 seeds Price - $ 1.60

Melon - Minnesota Midget Cantaloupe - Item #ME101 Cucumis melo Minnesota Midget produces lots of small cantaloupes (about 4"-6" in diameter) on vines that will reach about 3' long and may be trellised. It's a very early melon too, and you'll have ripe melons in about 60-70 days from planting outdoors. This is not a small plant, but it's very manageable in a large container. It's an especially good choice for northern gardeners who usually can't grow cantaloupes, as well as being the best cantaloupe for containers. I'm really looking forward to next summer when I can have ripe fresh cantaloupe with my breakfast! Growing directions. (From Cornell University's Cooperative Extension Website - will open in new window: close window to return here). Recommended container size - At least 15" in diameter, and about 15" deep. I will be using a big round tub sold both at our local discount-department store and the local dollar store for $4. You can drill drainage holes in the bottom of containers like this with an electric drill. Large (Rubbermaid-type) storage bins would also make a good container. You could use a laundry basket lined with black plastic. Quantity - 10 seeds Price - $ 1.60

Melon (Asian), Sakata's Sweet - Item #ME102 Cucumis spp. These little melons are very easy to grow and delicious to eat. They'll need a decent-sized container and should be trellised in some manner. 3" to 4" round melons are very sweet with crispy flesh and edible golden-striped skin. Growing directions. (From Cornell University's Cooperative Extension Website - will open in new window: close window to return here). These directions are for melons in general: they apply to Sakata's Sweet as well, except that the melons themselves (being small) will not need to be supported by a sling if you trellis the vines. Recommended container size - 12" in diameter and 12" deep (minimum). Trellising or some other support is a very good idea. Quantity - 15 seeds Price - $ 1.60

Strawberry, Sarian F1 Hybrid - Item #SB102 Fragaria spp. These are regular strawberries - not alpines. You can have fruit THIS SUMMER, if you plant them early. Seed sown in February should blossom in June and produce berries from late June until frost. Before flowering, the plants will grow runners that will also blossom and fruit. This growth habit makes them particularly well-suited to hanging baskets or the kind of pot called a "strawberry planter". They'd be good in window boxes too, cascading over the edge. And, of course, you will have more fruit the following year. Strawberries are pretty plants, with little white blossoms: very useful for ornamental containers. Seed should be sown thinly in fine soilless mix (or seed-starting mix). Cover container to exclude light. (I use a piece of aluminum foil for this, placed loosely over the container). Keep the container at temperatures from 60F to 75F (16C to 24 C), if possible. Germination takes 2-3 weeks. Then grow like any other seedling, transplanting outdoors any time in spring. NOTE: March 20, 2005: It's getting a bit late to start these now for fruit this year. If you start them after now, you may not have fruit until next summer. Recommended container size - 6" - 8" in diameter and 6" - 8" deep pots will be adequate for one plant. Strawberries are an excellent choice for hanging baskets and for flower pouches. There are also various jars and planters made specifically for strawberries. It is difficult to water these evenly throughout the planter, but this problem can be solved by putting a perforated PVC pipe down the center of the strawberry planter. Quantity - 15 seeds Price - $ 2.10

Wonderberry - Item #HUK101 Solanum burbankii Wonderberry is a type of garden huckleberry developed by Luther Burbank. Prolific producer of small, black berries. The berries are sweet and some people say they're very tasty: others say they are sweet but insipid. (I have not tasted them myself, but I'll be growing them this year.) Everyone says they're great for pies and preserves. The plants are very easily grown and adapt very well to containers. Note: As with tomatoes, roots, stems, leaves and flowers are toxic. Do not eat unripe fruit, but wait to harvest until the fruits turn black. Berries should be eaten cooked (pies, jams, etc.) and may be toxic if eaten raw . They keep well on the vine, so you can harvest them in large numbers at a convenient time if you wish. Growing directions. (From Cornell University's Cooperative Extension Website. Will open in new window: close window to return here). These are growing directions for peppers: but you can apply these directions to Wonderberries. The berries will be mature about 75 to 80 days after tranplanting them outdoors. Recommended container size - I haven't grown these myself and every reference I can find says "easily grown in pots" or "they adapt well to container growing," but none of them says what size pot. My guess is that a 12" diameter pot, 12" deep would be the minimum reasonable size. Quantity - 15 seeds Price - $ 1.50