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Biquinho red peppers have a smoky and fruity taste and are perfect for pickling or garnish. Add them to some of your favorite dishes and wait for your guests to ask what the interesting flavor is. Fruit are 1 inch in length, turning from green to red. Plants grow up to 24 inches tall. 500 to 1000 units of scoville pungency. 90 days.
Biquinho yellow peppers are sometimes pickled and used in salads, or on pizza, or in sandwiches. They are great for eating fresh, or in soups. The Brazilian word Biquinho means little beak, and it refers to the tip of the 1 inch ripe fruit. The fruit turn from green to yellow as they mature. 500 to 1000 scoville units of pungency. Plants grow up to 24 inches tall. 85 days.
This Cubanelle-type hybrid is more productive with higher quality fruit than standard strains. Light yellow-green peppers are 6-1/2 long and 2-1/2 inches wide with a blunt end. Wonderful for frying. Plants are medium to large, well-branched, and prolific. 65 days.
This variety is nearly 100 years old, and still well-loved as the classic big-fruited black eggplant. Glossy fruits become quite large but are well shaped, and perfect for slicing into thick eggplant steaks for grilling or eggplant Parmesan. 80 days.
This is the first truly black cherry tomato and our own exclusive variety. It is not a plum, but a perfectly round cherry with classic black tomato flavor, sweet yet rich and complex. Fruit picks clean from the stem and is produced in abundance on vigorous, tall plants. These cherries are irresistibly delicious and a unique addition to the color spectrum of cherry tomatoes now available. Selected by the founder for sweetness, increased crack tolerance and yield. Indeterminate. 65 days.
Deep reddish-brown beefsteak tomato has a rich, sweet flavor that is delicious. Fruit is smooth in texture and weighs from 8 to 12 ozs. This outstanding variety is very productive and seems to set well even when weather turns hot. Russian heirloom. Indeterminate. 75-80 days.
Dark brown-red tomatoes are large, 10 to 12 ozs., and very richly flavored with just a hint of saltiness. Color is darker in hot weather, and fruit seems to set well even in the heat. Prone to cracking, but a very heavy producer. Heirloom from the Black Sea of Russia. Indeterminate. 75-90 days.
A favorite of those trained in the culinary arts. The narrow dark green savoyed leaves are delicious when harvested small for baby leaves, and can be harvested up to 20 inches for a more robust flavor. Sometimes called Tuscan kale, this selection can grow as tall as 30 inches. 60 days
Dark brown tomatoes are shaped like miniature pears and flavored with an excellent, rich taste. Potato-leaved plants produce an abundance of these beautiful, 4 to 6 ounce fruit, perfect for cutting up for salads or using as a unique addition to platters. Heirloom variety. Indeterminate. 80 days.
Small elongated-oval fruits are deep mahogany and sweet and fruity. These are small, teardrop-shaped morsels of sweetness, wonderful for snacking off the vine or for adding to salads. 6-foot tall plants produce a steady, large crop. This is a unique and very tasty variety. Indeterminate. 82 days.
Deep garnet round fruits really load up on these plants that stay fairly small. Tomatoes are medium-sized and full of juice and good, rich flavor. Originally from Siberia. This variety should be a favorite in most gardens. Indeterminate. 70 days.
This new hybrid eggplant combines improved yield, better eating quality, and earlier maturity than other varieties in the Black Beauty class. Attractive black oval 1 to 1. 5 pound fruit are perfect for grilling, stir fry, baba ganoush, roasting or baking. Makes fruit with fewer seeds. 74 days.