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Missing ingredient in stir fry garden
Cindy Hadish
Feb. 9, 2010 4:12 pm
I'm finally getting close to ordering my seeds for this year. The company where I usually buy Bonus corn seed, also known as baby corn, isn't currently carrying those seeds. I might have to do without this summer, but that has been one of the essential elements of my “stir fry” garden for the past several years. Some people grow salsa gardens, with tomatoes, peppers and other key ingredients for salsa. My garden is a compilation of a variety of vegetables and flowers, but my primary use is for stir fry. Besides the baby corn, I plant zucchini and other summer squash, carrots, cabbage, peppers and snow peas.
If anyone knows of a local outlet for Bonus corn, leave a message below.
Richard Jauron, with Iowa State University's Department of Horticulture, compiled the following list of seed catalogs. He notes the following: Gardeners can purchase seeds at local garden centers and mail-order companies. For your convenience, the mailing addresses and web sites of several mail-order seed companies are provided. This list has been updated for 2010. (No endorsement of companies is intended in this listing, nor is criticism implied of similar companies that are not shown.)
W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
300 Park Avenue
Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974
www.burpee.com
Pinetree Garden Seeds
P.O. Box 300
New Gloucester, Maine 04260
www.superseeds.com
The Cook's Garden
P.O. Box C5030
Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974
www.cooksgarden.com
Seed Savers Exchange
3094 North Winn Road
Decorah, Iowa 52101
www.seedsavers.org
Harris Seeds
P.O. Box 24966
Rochester, New York 14624
www.harrisseeds.com
Stokes Seeds
Box 548
Buffalo, New York 14240
www.stokeseeds.com
Johnny's Selected Seeds
955 Benton Avenue
Winslow, Maine 04901
www.johnnyseeds.com
Territorial Seed Company
P.O. Box 158
Cottage Grove, Oregon 97424
www.territorialseed.com
J. W. Jung Seed Co.
335 South High Street
Randolph, Wisconsin 53956
www.jungseed.com
Thompson and Morgan
220 Faraday Avenue
Jackson, New Jersey 08527
www.tmseeds.com
Nichols Garden Nursery
1190 Old Salem Road NE
Albany, Oregon 97321
www.nicholsgardennursery.com
Otis S. Twilley Seed Co.
121 Gary Road
Hodges, South Carolina 29653
www.twilleyseed.com
Park Seed Company
1 Parkton Avenue
Greenwood, South Carolina 29647
www.parkseed.com
Veseys Seeds
P.O. Box 9000
Calais, Maine 04619
www.veseys.com
Bonus corn, also known as baby corn, is used in stir fry. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

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