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Old dwarf cultivar from Beauce in Quebec, this bean is eaten fresh or dried. Its green pods are streaked with purple. According to many, it makes the best baked beans, but proponents of the Famille Boucher bean disagree. The solution? Mix the two.;The Beauce was a territory formerly occupied by the St. Lawrence Iroquois Nation. It would therefore be possible that it is a descendant of the beans that these people cultivated. When the First Settlers arrived, many exchanges took place between the two populations, and the beans were passed on to the newcomers. They, on the other hand, subsequently selected several varieties over many years, which favored the appearance of new lines in the varieties. The Thibodeau bean from Beauce County was found by Mr. Marc Warsha. It was actually Mr. Martin Roy of St-Zacharie, in Beauce, who gave him seeds. the cultivation of this bean goes back 4 generations, to Mrs. Thibodeau, from Beauceville, the great-great…grandmother of Martin Roy. The name, Thibodeau from Beauce County, appears for the first time in the catalog heritage seeds in 2003.

The baselle is native to the Malabar Coast in the Indian peninsula. Used as a replacement for spinach, it likes heat and light, since it comes from southern regions. A climber with delicious leaves that we eat all summer long, it is as good as it is beautiful to look at. It can be grown both in pots and in the ground.

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Malabar spinach is a tropical climbing plant, be careful not to take them out too early in the spring as they don't like the cold.

The Comtesse de Chambord bush bean is a very old variety (1880s) originating, as its name suggests, from the Chambord region of France. Its small pods with elongated white grains and excessively thin skin have a remarkable quality that makes it a highly esteemed variety. Branched and late plant.

In 2016, a lady approached me at a Seed Festival, telling me that her mother-in-law had a tomato called Mon Plaisir which had long since ceased to be available in the catalogues, but whose seeds she kept and cultivated years later. years. We exchange contact details, then I forget the discussion until a few months later, when I receive a letter in the mail. Inside, a beautiful card with a paper on which were pasted about fifteen seeds. Those of the Mon Plaisir lost tomato. Here is what Ms. Frappier told me when I contacted her following her letter: "We used to order our seeds through the catalogs of WHPerron, and another company. I believe it was called Norseco. We produced tomatoes in greenhouses in Abitibi, in Matamic, near Lasarre. It was the Frappier greenhouses, in 1976. We made a few plants to sell, but it was mostly market gardening. I really liked these tomatoes- there they were making long bunches of beautiful cherry tomatoes. We stopped production in the early 2000s, and I would say I had been saving my seeds for 20-25 years already, because the variety didn't appear. no longer in any catalogue. I couldn't find it anywhere. I think it was replaced by the Sweet 100 variety, or Sweet mignon. I tried it, but I much preferred the Mon Plaisir.";So we the pleasure of making it available in our turn. Thanks to the Frappier family for saving this variety. Thanks to René Paquet for providing us with a vintage photo from the 1987 Semences Laval catalogue.


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Gradually acclimatize to outdoor conditions about 10 days before planting by taking them out during the day. When planting, lay the plants horizontally, arching them slightly to bring out the leaves upwards.

Beautiful red fruits, almost round, about 10 cm, but not very regular. Very good flavor. Its name comes from the fact that it had to endure hail. Cultivated by Mr. Guy Bourgeois, market gardener in Ste-Dorothée, Laval, in the 1950s and 60s, to be sold at Bonsecours Market, a former public market in Old Montreal. Thanks to his daughter Suzanne for transmitting seeds. They were given to us by René Paquet who got them from Antoine D'Avignon, one of the pioneers in Quebec of saving ancestral seeds.


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Gradually acclimate to outdoor conditions about 10 days before planting by taking them out during the day.

This tomato was developed in 1975 by agronomist Roger Doucet at the Saint-Hyacinthe agricultural research station. It produces pink, round, medium-sized fruits. It was created to meet the climatic conditions of our regions. It is therefore early, productive, and relatively compact despite its indeterminate growth.


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Gradually acclimatize to outdoor conditions about 10 days before planting by taking them out during the day. When planting, lay the plants horizontally, arching them slightly to bring out the leaves upwards.

This tomato variety was developed in the early 1950s by geneticist Professor Joseph-O Vandal. He worked at Laval University for more than 30 years and he is the father of several horticultural varieties that are resistant in our climate. The vigorous plant produces very early, medium-sized dark red fruits. This exceptionally tasty tomato has far fewer seeds than the conventional tomato and has a very thin skin that peels well. It should be eaten within a few days of harvest because it does not keep as long as store-bought tomatoes.


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Gradually acclimatize to outdoor conditions about 10 days before planting by taking them out during the day. When planting, lay the plants horizontally, arching them slightly to bring out the leaves upwards.

This cabbage looks like lettuce, but with a sweet cabbage taste. Narrow white stems that end in a very pale green curly leaf and are used in stir-fries or raw in salads. Easy to grow, it can be cut and it grows back if the season is long enough. Tolerates cold and heat. Pick the leaves when they are still young and tender or when they are fully mature.

The 'Black Crimean' tomato is a very old and still very popular variety of black tomato. She was found in the 90s in the peninsula of Crimea. Beefsteak type, it produces large fruits about 10 cm wide in shades of purple, red, black and green with a rather unique appearance! Germination rate 100%.

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Gradually acclimate to outdoor conditions about 10 days before planting by taking them out during the day. When planting, lay the plants horizontally, slightly arching the plant to bring out the leaves upwards.

The smallest tomato you've ever eaten. The gooseberry tomato is actually a cousin of the common tomato, native to South America. The plant produces clusters of several small, sweet fruits. The seeds you hold in your hands, however, have a particular origin… cliq here to read it! https://terrepromise.ca/blog/le-blogue-de-la-semenciere-1/la-tomate-de-leon-31

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Gradually acclimate to outdoor conditions about 10 days before planting by taking them out during the day. When planting, lay the plants horizontally, slightly arching the plant to bring out the leaves upwards.

Abundant pear-shaped variety.

Strawberry spinach is one of the forgotten vegetables that is making a remarkable comeback in our vegetable gardens. It is cultivated for its leaves which are eaten fresh in salads or steamed and for its magnificent red fruits. However, make no mistake, although they look a lot like strawberries, they taste more like beets. The fruit should be consumed in moderation since the seed contains toxic agents.

A small head lettuce tinged with red, the 'Baquieu' lettuce is one of our hardiest and most early lettuces. It could be an old German variety called “Erstling”, (meaning “the first”) because of its very early maturity. Traces of this variety can be found in horticultural works dating from the end of the 17th century.

Nothing better than a refreshing, crunchy and tasty lettuce picked from the garden and eaten with friends. The seed company has selected for you its sweetest, most speckled and frivolous varieties to multiply the pleasure. Black-seed Alphange, Ibis Forellenchluss, Golden Yellow Gotte, Baquieu, Merveille des 4 saisons, and Cressonnette to serve you!

This small pepper of Japanese origin produces abundantly small crumpled fruits about ten centimeters long. Very productive variety, it will offer you at least 25 fruits per plant. These red peppers (when ripe) are also delicious eaten earlier when they are still green. They are mild and sweet, but can be slightly spicy, especially when dried. Compact plant perfect for small vegetable gardens.

Stringless dwarf bean, purple in color. The plant is beautiful in the garden, with its small, dark, deep purple pods, but its extra-fine beans are delicious in the kitchen, and excellent for freezing. On the other hand, the rascal, he will play a trick on you when cooking, he will turn green again.

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When cooked, it turns green.

Magnificent romaine lettuce with narrow, pointed leaves, green fringed with red. We can't swear the Devil has this ear shape, but we can say it tastes great. This very old variety comes from France. We cut the leaves as needed.

This rather unique variety of heirloom squash was imported from Australia in the 1930s. It produces fruits with three pale steel blue lobes which give it a very distinctive and decorative appearance. But make no mistake, its taste is just as enjoyable! It has an orange flesh, soft, of good quality, delicious in soup or mashed potatoes.

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** CANNOT BE SHIPPED OUTSIDE CANADA ** The 'Catawissa' or Egyptian onion has long been grown in Quebec. It is mentioned as far back as 1820, and it would have arrived with the first settlers. But its origin is unclear, with some saying it comes from Catawissa, a city in Pennsylvania, and others from China. Grapes. We mainly harvest the bulblets or the bulb, but the foliage is also delicious chopped like chives. After 2-3 years, the plant will benefit from being divided and then replanted individually. The surpluses can then be eaten like a green onion. The 'Catawissa' onion has a small to medium, elongated, red bulb.;;Quantity Approximately 8 small bulbils per order.

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Benefits from a division after a few years.