Home Grown
Below are the Minnesota Grown favorites.
- Apples
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The Honeycrisp is a cross between the Honeygold and Macoun apple varieties, and is considered one of the more flavorful apples available today - crisp texture, high juice content, and a good sweet/tart mix.
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- Beans
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A staple of Latin American cuisine, the black bean is a very versatile bean with many culinary applications including enchiladas, soups, with rice, salsa, and salads.
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- Blueberries
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Blueberries go back a long way, and a relative of the blueberry plant is the oldest living thing on earth - more than 13,000 years old!
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- Corn - Sweet
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In the late 1400's, corn was discovered in Cuba, and corn pollen grain was identified 200 feet below Mexico City and identified as 80,000 years old.
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- Melons
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Melon Fact: A cantaloupe is not really a cantaloupe. Muskmelons have been masquerading as cantaloupes in the US for a long time. True cantaloupes are not netted, have deep grooves, a hard warty rind, and green or orange flesh.
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- Mustard Greens
Brassica juncea or mustard greens are, as the name implies, the leaves of the plant which produces mustard seeds.
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- Rhubarb - Crimson
Rhubarb has a very exciting history, and dates back to 2700 B.C. in China where rhubarb was cultivated for medicinal purposes.
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- Squash
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There are numerous varieties of hard squash available in today's marketplace - very old heirlooms and the standard fare we are all familiar with.
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- Strawberries
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Strawberries seem to be strewn among the leaves of the plant - they were first called Strewberries. Thought to be first cultivated in ancient Rome, the berries we know were originally grown in Northern Europe, and are grown around the world today.
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- Tomatoes - Grape
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They are delicious, they are relatively new to the tomato world, and they are becoming a favorite to many consumers!
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- Tomatoes - Heirloom
Tomatoes are technically a fruit. When the US passed the Tariff Act of 1883 - imposing a 10% tax on imported vegetables - a tomato importer challenged the Act maintaining that tomatoes should be exempt from the tax.
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