Lemon Boy tomato is a rounded lemon-yellow slicing tomato that has a mild flavor. It is a hybrid indeterminate fleshy tomato, with some disease resistance, that was developed in the United States. Lemon Boy is suitable for slicing and is used on sandwiches, in salads, and when making pasta among other delicious culinary applications.
Murasaki sweet potato is a dark-purple-skinned, white-fleshed elongated sweet potato cultivar. The sweet potato has a nutty-sweet flavor and a wide variety of culinary applications. Murasaki gets its name from the Japanese word for purple color – Murasaki. This purple sweet potato was developed to be disease resistant and to grow in Louisiana although it is now widely grown in California, United States.
Cipollini onions are petite, saucer-shaped, flat bulbed Italian onions which have a uniform attractive appearance. The onions are of a mini size of between 1.5 inches to 2 inches in diameter. Cipollinis are also known as Italian onions or little onions in Italian. The onions have a spicy pungent flavor when raw and sweet flavor when cooked. Cipollinis are used raw or cooked in a variety of culinary dishes including salads, grills and roasts. They are a fairly easy to grow onion crop for many home growers.
Parris Island lettuce is a type of romaine green lettuce that forms upright heads surrounded by wavy attractive looking dark green edible leaves. The heart of the lettuce is creamy to white. Parris Island lettuce is also known as Parris Island Cos lettuce or Parris Island romaine lettuce. It is considered the most nutritious green lettuce and is used mostly raw in a variety of culinary applications such as salads, sandwiches, wraps and tacos. Paris Island Cos is fairly easy to grow and can be raised through direct seeding or as transplants.
Patio tomato refers to a tomato cultivar especially bred for suitability to grow in limited spaces such as hanging baskets and containers on patios and balconies. There are hundreds of patio tomato varieties of different colors and sizes. What is common among them is the short height and ability to grow in confined spaces. Patio tomatoes are easy to grow and often require minimal maintenance and care in order to be highly productive. Furthermore, some cultivars of patio tomatoes are bred with disease and pest resistance.