7/14/17. Opportunities in Edibles. Opportunities in Edibles. Flavorings... Edible foliage Container vegetables Container fruits

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1 Trends for 2017 National Restaurant Association John Erwin Department of Horticultural Science University of Minnesota Container fruits Many herbs offer different leaf colors/forms that are ornamental. Having said this, the flavor of these different leaf forms is often not as good as the original herb leaves. Basil Dolce Fresca Genovese flavor Handles regular cutting Basil Dani Basil Dark Opal Basil Siam Queen Basil Persian Late blooming Sturdy growth Good combo Basil Magical Michael 1

2 Fernleaf Dill Purple Ruffles Basil Everleaf Basil up to 8 weeks later than other basil Oregano Cleopatra Ornamental value and trailing Slight mint flavor Cilantro Delfino Fernleaf Edible flowers Edge plant Container fruits Pea Patio Pride Short term crop. Plan on something following such as beans. Red Sails Salad Bowl Freckles Jade Gem Buttercrunch Butter King Chard Bright Lights Pot O Gold Mizuna Red Kingdom F1 -heat tolerant Slow bolting Chard takes longer to grow than kale and needs heat! 2

3 Cabbage and Biera Kale are often overlooked because of their size, but these can be dramatic options for larger containers. Kale Prism F1 Red Russian Scarlet Winterbor Fennel Antares Bulb Foliage Polinator attracting/habitat Kohlrabi Konan F1 Kale (3 kinds) Chard (4 kinds) Beet greens Sorrel Water Cress Upland Cress Collards Pea shoots Nasturtium shoots Broccoli raab Arugula Spinach (3 kinds) Specialty Greens Chard FH Giant Temperature Response Pn Temperature Kale Red Russian Temperature Response Pn Temperature 3

4 7/14/17 Lemongrass Pak Choi Bopak F1 Ginger Dancing Crane Flavorings.... Edible foliage Container vegetables Container fruits Cabbage Aichi main ingredient in Kimche Tomato Fantastico F1 Determinant Hanging basket Tomato Patio Choice Yellow F1 -sweet, determinant 4

5 Cucumber Patio Snacker Pepper Cornito Giallo F1 Excellent sweet flavor Early flowering Pepper Escamillo F1 Pepper Aji Rico F1 -short time to fruit -warm heat -can be eaten at any stage Pepper Pretty N Sweet F1 Multicolored Good container plant Ornament al pepper Onyx Red Okra Candle Fire F1 5

6 Eggplant Gretel F1 Small fruit (55 days) High yield growth Few seeds Eggplant Hansel F1 (24-36 ) Good fruit Heat tolerant 55 days harvest Patio Baby F1 Most compact Pole bean Seychelles - multiple cycles -5-6 string-less pods 7-9 feet tall Container fruits New strawberries have ornamental flowers and.....kinda edible fruit. Albion is the primary greenhouse strawberry it is day neutral and is higher yielding. 6

7 Strawberry Delizz F1 Continuously producing Heat tolerant Good flavor compact Many of the alpine strawberries are great choices for continuous flowering/fruiting strawberries. I am finding they are the tuffest of all strawberries. Raintree Nurseries has a good selection of these. I would recommend you grow your own stock thereafter. Container fruits Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative (SAF, AFE, USDA-ARS). MN-DRIVE Minnesota Agriculture Experiment Station Floriculture Research Alliance Altman Plants, Inc. Rocket Farms, Inc. Driscoll s Berries Wagner s Greenhouses Smith Greenhouses Green Circle Growers Acknowledgements 7