Gardens Are A Place For Growing Gardeners

Art de Vivre:

Gardens for Gourmets
French Institute Alliance Francaise
May 2, 2011
ROGER DOIRON, Head of Kitchen Gardeners International
in conversation with

Prince Louis Albert de Broglie

Only a very confident frenchman could wear a grass-green suit with red socks to a public event or perhaps only a prince could get away with it, especially in New York where black is de rigeur.  The Prince Gardener, Louis Albert de Broglie exuded such aplomb on Monday night at the Alliance Francaise.  In conversation with Roger Doiron, the Prince spoke about his commitment to growing food and getting others to do the same.  His Chateau "houses" the national collection of tomatoes...over 650 varieties.

The Prince uses his chateau and his name to promote the slow food movement.  As proponent of biodiversity, he is looking for ways, in a typically french fashion, to continue the rural heritage of France.  How to create more vegetable gardens, but also how to create more gardeners.  His answer:  passing on knowledge from  grandparents to grandchildren. Not understanding the power of internet, the Prince sees this 21 century necessity as an interrupter of enjoyment...the enjoyment of cooking and eating a meal, and ultimately forging connections within families. 

In this conservative audience his ideas played well. Le Chateau de la Bourdaisiere (home of the Prince) was once the residence of royal mistresses:  Marie Gaudin, petite amie of Francois I, and Gabrielle d'Estrees, a favorite of Henri IV.  Today, you too can enjoy the chateau turned bed and breakfast and contemplate the world's food crisis from a luxury suite in Loire Valley.

Le Chateau de la Bourdaisiere

http://www.labourdaisiere.com

Conservatoire de la Tomate
Houses over 650 varieties of tomatoes

Variétés de tomates vertes :
ananas vert / green pineapple
aunt ruby's german green
charlie's green
cherokee green
dorothy green
evergreen
gold and green
green bell pepper
green grapes
green pineapple
green sausage
green velvet
green zebra
greeskin longkeeper
lime green
marmande verte
moldovan green
raisin vert
russian green
tasty evergreen
Variétés de tomates rouges :
abraham lincoln
ace
ailsa craig
almetia
altajsky
altajsky urozajnij
amater's dream
andrew rahart's jumbo red
api rouge
apple tree
aurora
azure
barbaniaka
basket vee
believe it or not
bell star
belle angevine
berkshire polish
bielo russian
big's red
bloody butcher
blue beech
bône
bonne du Roussillon
bonny best
borodinsky
box car willie
bradley
brandwine off the vine
brin de muguet
brockwood
bruinina
buckbee's beefsteak
budaï torpe
budenovska
bulgarian triumph
burbank
calabash rouge
casaque rouge
celebrity
cerisette lylia
chair de bœuf
chair de bœuf précoce
champ martin
chapman
cherokee red
cherry chadwick
cherry delight
chinese
climbing trip
cœur de bœuf de ligure
cœur de bœuf de nice
cœur de bœuf géant reif red
cœur de bœuf géant schilling giant
cœur de velours
columbia
corrogo
costaluto fiorentino
costaluto genovese
creole
cuostralee
dad's sunset
datte
de barrao 2
de berao
de calabre
delicious burpee
delmar
des andes
diener
dix doigts de naples
double rich
doucette de Fougères
druzba
dutchman
early chatham
early cherry
early red chief
early siberian
earlyrouge
egyptian tomb
erika d'australie
eros
eureka
fakel
fireworks
first in the field
flavour steak
gardener's delight/delice du jardinier
géante d'Espagne
géante d'orenburg
gem state
german head
german red strawberry
giant paste
glacier
glamour
glasnost
goutte d'eau
grandma mary's paste
grandpa's cock's plume
grapolli d'inverno
grappoly corbarino
grinta
grosse de Rodelle
grosse du Gers
harbinger
hayslip
hight country
hog heart
howard german
immune
imur prior beta
indian dark violet
ingegnoli gigante
islandaise
jersey devil
jerusalem
joie de la table
julia
jupiter
kootenai
kotlas
large german cherry
liberty bell
lida ukrainian
livingstone's globe
livingston's favourite
lumina
lutescent
manitoba
marc twain
marion
market miracle
marmande
marmande garnier
martino's roma
maskabec
master caruso
matina
matt's wild cherry
medford
mémé de Beauce
merveille des marchés
mexico
miel du Mexique / zuckertraube
moldavan
monda
money maker
mont athos
montfavet
mortgage lifter
mortgage lifter red
moscow
moskvich
mule team
muscat
musovite
napoli ischia
nectar
nepal
neverwill
new worker
new zealand pear
northern light
odessa
old brooks
olga's biggest
olomovic
opal homestead
opalka
optimus
oregon eleven
oregon spring
oregon spring bush
oroma
otraolny
palestinian
pantano romanesco
paprika
paragon
peacevine / peacevine cherry
pearson improved
peasant
pêche
pêche rouge
perestroika
peron
perpignan
peruvian bush
petit cœur de bœuf
petromech
petros
pioneer
pipo
poire rouge
polish linguisa
pomme rouge
pomme rouge de Montpellier
ponderosa red
popovich
porter's pride
portugaise
potiron écarlate
prairie fire
precocibec
prevoskodnyj
principe borghese
productiva
prune rouge
purple koning
pusa ruby
quinte
red brandwine potato leaf
red dawn
red robin
red rock
red siberian
red star
red suprême
reine de Sainte-Marthe
reinette fruitée
riesentraube
rockingam
roi humbert
roma paste
roma vf
romeo giant
ropreco paste
rowpack
russe
russe 3
russian giant
russsian 117
rutgers
saint Mar
saint-Pierre
sainte-Lucie
salad master
salt spring sunrise
san marzano
san marzano retorta
santiam
sasha altaï
saucey
scarlet beef / chair de bœuf scarlet
scottia
seattle best of all
sebastopol
siberia
siberian
sieger
silvery fir tree
slava
solymari
spitze
spring king early
star fire
stone
stupice
sub artic maxi
sub artic plenty
super colosse
super italian paste
surprise siberia
sweetie
tecoh tepee
teton de venus
thessaloniki
tondino di maduria
trèfle du togo
trophée
tropic two orders
uralskij mnogoplodnij
uribikany
varne blad
victory
visitation valley
wanda's potato top
washington cherry
wayahead
willamette
zakopane
Variétés de tomates roses :
acme
amish potato leaf
amish salad
anna russian
arkansas traveler
aunt ginny's purple
bear claw
belmonte
big white pink stripes
black mountain pink
blue ridge mountain
boondocks
brandwine joyce's strain
brandwine pink
brandywine glicks strain
brandywine sudduth's strain
brimmer
burcham new generation
burchamp's
canabec rose
canary rose
caspian pink
chair de bœuf una hartsock
clear pink
cœur de bœuf akers
cœur de bœuf doux
cœur de bœuf japonais
cœur de bœuf russe
cœur de bœuf slankard
cœur de bœuf sweet heart
cœur de bœuf yasha yougoslavian
côtelée de Valence
crnkovic yougoslave
dingo eye
eva's purple ball
florida pink
fuzzy pêche rose
german giant
german johnson
german johnson pink
giant belgium
grégori altaï
grushovka
hank
ispolin
june pink
kentucky plate
large pink bulgarian
lithuanian
livingston's beauty
livingston's magnus
livingston's main crop pink
madagascar
magnum beefsteak
maritime pink
marizol purple
maryland pink
mexican potato leaf
micado violettor
mission dike
missouri pink love apple
mortgage lifter estler
mortgage lifter mullens
mortgage lifter rieger
mother russia
olena ukrainien
olirose de Saint Domingue
omar's lebanese
pava baca
pearly pink cherry
pêche rose
pink ping-pong
podland pink
pomme d'amour
ponderheart
ponderosa pink
porter pink
prudens purple
prune rose
purple perfect
rose
rose 1884
rose de berne
rose du Liban
royale des guineaux
sabre
selma
siniy
soldaki
tennessee sweet
thaï pink
tidwell german
tiffen mennonite
vermillon
watermelon beefsteak
wealthy frost resistant
wippersnapper
zapotec pink ribbed
zapotek pink plated
zarianka
Tomates noires :
ananas noire
black
black aisberg
black cherry
black ethiopian
black from tula
black pear
black prince
black sea man
black star
black zebra
blue fruit
brandwine black
brown cherry
brown flesh
carbon
charbonneuse
charbonnière du Berry
cherokee chocolate
cherokee purple
cuban black
de barao black
mauve de russie
noire charbonneuse
Noire de coseboeuf
noire de crimée
noire russe
nuits australes / southern nights
nyagus
paul robeson
prune noire
purple calabash
Variétés de tomates jaunes ou oranges :
broad ripple
amana orange
ambre
andine jaune
auriga
azoychka russian
banana legs
basinga
beam's yellow pear
big yellow beefsteak
blondkôpfchen
caro rich
carotina
cartoloccio
chello
chuck's yellow beefsteak
cocktail clémentine
cœur de bœuf jaune
cœur de bœuf orange
cœur de pigeon
de barao gold
délice d'or
dixie golden giant
doni
dr. Wiches yellow
earl of edgecombe
ester hesse yellow
fruity yellow
galina
gelb dettilwein
gold dust
gold medal
gold nugget
golden boy
golden jubilee
golden queen
golden sunray
golden treasure
goldie
huge giant yellow
ida gold
ivory egg
jaune à farcir
jaune côtelée de Montlouis
jaune de la Saint-Vincent
jaune flammée
kaki coing
kaki ronde
karos
kellog's breakfast
kentucky beefsteak orange
lemon bush
lenny and gracie's
lillian's yellow heirloom
livingston's golden ball
madara
mandarin cross
manyel
marmande jaune
mirabella
moonglow
mortagage lifter yellow
mountain gold
mustang
nebraska wedding
negib
new sun
old wyandotte
olga yellow round chicken
orange banana
orange bourgeois
orange king
orange queen
persimmon
poire jaune
polonaise
pomifera lutea
ponderosa golden
ponderosa golden railroad strain
potato leaf yellow
prize of the trial
prune jaune
roma jaune
russian lemon
russian persimmon
sibirische orange
sol gold
sundrop
sweet orange 2
tangella
tangerine
taxi
taxi yellow
teton de Vénus jaune
valencia
verna orange
wapsinicon peach
wendy
white beefsteak
wonderlight
yellow belgium
yellow brandwine
yellow canary
yellow perfection
yellow ruffled
yellow stuffer
zlutakytice
Varietes de tomatoes blanche
blanche d'Anvers
blanche de Picardie
blanche du Canada
cherry ghost
cœur de bœuf blanc
cream sausage
great white / grosse blanche
mirabelle blanche
pêche blanche
petite pomme blanche
pink white
poil blanc
poire blanche
snow white
transparent
white beauty
white potato leaf
white princess
white queen
white rabbit
white wonder
Variétés de tomates bigarées :
(Heirloom tomatoes)alleghany sunset
ananas
armenian
barnes mountain yellow
big rainbow
burracker's favorite
caytana
copia
deweese streaked
flame
marizol gold
marizol gold cherry
marvel striped
mary robinson german bicolor
mennonite german gold
mortgage lifter pesta strain
oaxacan jewel
old german
pink grapefruit
regina's yellow
schimmeig creg
schimmeig striped
speckled roman / striped roman
striped cavern
striped german
tiger tom
tigerella
tonnelet
tuxhorn's red and yellow
wagonwheel
watermelon

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