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Sign up for 2013!

Abbe Hills Farm CSA near Mt. Vernon, Iowa, opened the 2013 season on Monday, June 3 and Thursday, June 6.  Shares are still available.  If you want to join, take off $17 for each week missed since the start.  Here is the 2013 CSA registration form.  Please print and mail to Laura to reserve your share.

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To find out what's happening at Abbe Hills Farm CSA, or what it was like at this time last year, read the Newsletters. Here are newsletters from previous years.

Summer Jobs for Students

Abbe Hills Farm CSA, near Mt. Vernon, Iowa, has hired all of the workers we think we will need for the 2013 season.  However, you may still submit an application for the worker file.  If we get very busy, we may need to hire more.  Job announcements for college age workers and high school age workers explain the application process.  

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Order Seed Corn

2013 Seed Corn Order Form

Please print this form and mail with your check.

 

Quality of Seed Corn

 

We have sold out of 2013 seed corn.   I'm sorry for the inconvenience.  Drought in 2012 was tough on yield.  I'll plant more this season, and hopefully, we'll have much more seed to sell in 2014.

Abbe Hills OP is sold in one bushel bags.  It is cleaned and graded, and germination tested at the Seed Lab at Iowa State University in January of the year it is to be sold.

The large seeds this year are quite dense while smaller seeds from the tips and butts of the ears are much lighter.  This difference in weight accounts for the big differences in number of kernels per bushel.  Remember that not every seed will germinate (for example, 91% germination), so you will need to overplant somewhat (at least by 9%) to get the final plant density that you want.

The seed sizes, minimum kernel counts, and germination percents for 2013 seed are:

      Seed size                             Kernels per bushel              % Germination        
        Large flat                                    85,000                                95%
        Large round                               74,000                                93%
        Large plateless                        74,000                                 94%
        Medium plateless                  105,000                                 95%