Cagnolle's summer vegetables
The seeds in this pack of summer vegetables come from Ferme de Cagnolle. Benoît is the founder of the farm, and produces all his crops using living soil techniques. These seeds come from plants grown without irrigation in soil enriched with organic matter and covered with a tarpaulin. Year after year, they become more resistant to drought. In your vegetable garden, it may be necessary to water your crops depending on the environment, the nature of your soil and your choice of cultivation itinerary.
Who is Ferme de Cagnolle?
It's located in the Dordogne and is part of Kokopelli's network of producer-multipliers. There, Benoît works with the living soil method of market gardening. This technique reconstitutes the soil's natural fertility cycle, by stopping tilling the soil and adding organic matter to encourage living organisms. The Kokopelli Association and La Ferme de Cagnolle have joined forces to offer this assortment, as part of a shared commitment to biodiversity.
Which varieties are featured in Les légumes d'été de Cagnolle?
30 seeds
This old-fashioned, highly productive variety produces clusters of 4 to 6 slender fruits, 15 to 20 cm long, with excellent flavor and no bitterness. The small size of its plants, no more than 60 cm high, makes it perfect for container cultivation.
12 seeds
This old variety offers an abundance of elongated fruits, best eaten before they reach over 15 cm in length. Their dark green skin encloses sweet flesh.
25 seeds
This very famous, ancient and vigorous variety comes from the Basque country. It produces a large number of conical, elongated, sometimes slightly curved, thin-skinned fruits. They contain thick flesh with a distinctive fruity flavor.
25 seeds
This hardy variety produces beautiful square fruits with 3 or 4 lobes, 10 to 15 cm long, green then orange when ripe. Their thick flesh offers a deliciously sweet flavor. It is a variant of the "California Wonder" variety.
35 seeds
This productive variety produces bunches of dark purple to black cherry tomatoes weighing around 20 g over a long period. Their sweet flavor is much appreciated.
This variety has a vigorous growth habit.
35 seeds
This variety, selected over many years at the Cagnolle farm in the Dordogne, produces excellent, large-hearted pink fruit. The flesh is firm and very tasty, with few seeds.
40 seeds
This ancient species produces up to 300 orange fruits on 1 m-high vines, slightly larger than those of Physalis pubescens, but more demanding in terms of heat. They can be eaten fresh, dried, preserved or made into jam...
