KALE AND FLOWER KALE: ORNAMENTAL FOOD PLANTS

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March/April 1983
 
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There are, of course, a great number of varieties other than those I've described here ... in fact, you may find it difficult to narrow down your selections. After all, you could choose kale that lends itself to colorful ornamental plantings ... or you could simply plant a hardy year-round food crop. But whether you sow plain or pretty kale — in your vegetable garden or along a walkway — the versatile plants will provide you with beauty and nutrition.

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EDITOR'S NOTE. For more information about ornamental kale and other ways to use food plants in landscaping—you may want to read Kate Rogers Gessert's book The Beautiful Food Garden ($25.50), which was recently published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company.

SEED SOURCES

Abundant Life Seed Foundation (Dwarf Blue Scotch, Green Curled Scotch, Siberian Tall Green Curled), Dept TMEN, P.O. Box 772, Port Townsend Washington 98368 (catalogs/newsletters for one year. $2.00)

Burpee Seed Company (Dwarf Blue Scotch, Red on Green Ornamental), Dept. TMEN, 300 Park Avenue, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18991 (catalog: free)

De Giorgi Company (Dwarf Blue Scotch, Green Curled Scotch, Mixed Ornamental Cabbage, Mixed Ornamental Kale), Dept. TMEN, P.O. Box 413, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51502 (catalog. $1.00)

Grace's Gardens (Feather Leaved Coral Prince, Feather Leaved Coral Queen), Dept. TMEN, 10 Bay Street, Westport, Connecticut 06880 (catalog. 50¢

Jonathan Green & Sons, Inc. (Fribor), Dept. TMEN, Box 9, Farmingdale, New Jersey 07727 (catalog. free)

Joseph Hams Company (Dwarf Blue Scotch, Red on Green Ornamental), Dept. TMEN, Moreton Farm, 3670 Buffalo Road, Rochester, New York 14624 (catalog. free)

Stokes Seeds (Green Curled Scotch, Mixed Ornamental Cabbage, Mixed Ornamental Kale), Dept. TMEN, 737 Main Street, Box 548, Buffalo, New York 14240

Territorial Seed Company (Westland Winter) Dept. TMEN, PO. Box 27, Lorane, Oregon 97451 (catalog for gardeners west of the Cascades only. free)

Thompson & Morgan (Pentland Brigg Dept. TMEN, PO. Box 531, Pittston, Pennsylvania 18640 (catalog: free)

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