Published by City Farmer, Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture
Food Crops We Grew In 1996
Crop list prepared by Wes Barrett.
Wes Barrett, City Farmer's head gardener since 1992, is a retired high school teacher with many years experience growing food crops organically. He trains our volunteer gardeners and part-time staff and oversees all aspects of the Demonstration Garden from testing compost bins to planting "winter vegetables" and cover crops.
Wes is the 5th, wonderful head gardener to hold the position since we opened the garden in 1982, following in the footsteps of Catherine Shapiro, Chris Ferris, Paula Ford and Gillian Elcock.
Since we demonstrate 12 month gardening, most of our seeds are purchased from Territorial Seeds a company which specializes in crops for our Pacific maritime region and which promotes growing food crops year-round.
| Crop | Variety |
| Artichoke | Green Globe |
| Asparagus | Unknown |
| Beans | Purple Fava Dry: Serene, Orca, Jacob's Cattle, Black Coco |
| Beets | Chioggia, Early Wonder, Winter Keeper |
| Broccoli | Southern Comet, Rosalind, Umpqua, Purple Sprouting |
| Cabbage | Derby Day, First Early Market, Winterstar |
| Cauliflower | Snow Crown, White Rock, Purple Cape |
| Celeriac | Brilliant |
| Fennel | Bronze, Florence, Green |
| Garlic | Spanish Roja, Yugoslavian, Russian Red |
| Grapes | Green Concord |
| Herbs | Basil, Lovage, Chives, Rosemary, Lavender, Thyme, Shiso, Santalina, Curry Plant, Oregano, Borage, Mint, Lemon Balm, Sweet Cicely, Salad Burnet |
| Kale | Westland Winter, Winter Red |
| Leeks | Durabel |
| Lettuce | Brunia, Kwiek, Valmaine, Reuben's Red |
| Onions | Blanco Duro, Redman |
| Peas | Maestro, Oregon Trail, Oregon Pioneer |
| Peppers | Gypsey, Marbler, Purple Beauty |
| Potatoes | Banana, Ptarmigan |
| Rhubarb | Unknown |
| Salad Greens | Orach (red and green), Arugula, Chicory, Radicchio, Swiss Chard (red and green) |
| Spinach | Steadfast, Bloomsdale Savory |
| Squash | Black Beauty (zucchini), Butter Cup |
| Tomatoes | a. Early: Early Cascade, Oregon Spring,
Siletz, Taxi b. Main-Season: Big Boy, Black, Golden Treasure, Yellow Pear |
| Tamatillo | Mexican |
| Raspberries | Everbearing (variety unknown) |
| Black Currants | Unknown |
