Seeds

Profusions of brilliant-red small peppers, 1 inch long and 1½ inches wide, have a shape like patty-pan squash. They offer wonderful fruity taste but only mild to medium heat despite being related to the more fiery habanero. Peppers may be harvested green or left to ripen fully red. 80 to 85 days.

Colorful 2 to 3 inch long narrow hot peppers erupt into a riot of color atop short, compact plants for a gorgeous ornamental display. Peppers start out yellow, progress to orange, and finally to deep, bright red, creating a long lasting, multi-colored effect that is reminiscent of brightly burning flames. Riot was developed by Dr. Jim Baggett at Oregon State University, and although classified as ornamental, the peppers are edible. 60-70 days.

This frilly-leafed kale has sturdy leaves that are heavily curled and have a deep red-purple color which grows more vibrant as the weather cools down. A great choice for baby leaf or bunching. The attractive plants grow up to 3 feet tall. 50 days.

The use of chives dates back more than 5,000 years and they are very popular for culinary uses. They prefer well drained soil, and full sun. They can be started from seed in the garden when temperatures reach 60 degrees, or they can be started indoors in colder climates, and set in the garden after the last frost. The leaves of Nelly Chives are medium to fine in size, and are an attractive blue green color. The upright stalks are good for bunching, and the flower stalks (scapes), and flowers are edible. Nelly resists thrips and some farmers seed the Nelly around rocks that surround the garden to repel insects. Abundant nectar provided by flowers attracts pollinators. Transplant for earlier harvest. 40 days.

These 2 to 4 oz. bright red tomatoes grow in clusters and are so smooth and round that they resemble a modern, supermarket cluster-type tomato. The comparison stops with the appearance, however, as this is a Bulgarian heirloom variety with intensely sweet and delicious flavor. Plants are vigorous and productive, yielding plenty of these delightful, juicy tomatoes throughout a long season. Indeterminate. 80 days.

Gourmet Blend II is a mixture of many different lettuce varieties selected for flavor and tenderness. This colorful blend looks attractive in the garden, and tastes great in a salad mix. Popular among chefs and market gardeners. 40 to 55 days.

Clusters of plum shaped yellow fruit, 1-1/2 inches in diameter. Flavorful and excellent for preserves or salads. Production continues until frost. Indeterminate. 78 days.

Diminutive plants bloom with bouquet-type sprays followed by loads of small lime green tomatoes that ripen further to amber. 3 to 5 oz. fruit is chartreuse inside and full of juice and good, tangy flavor that is somewhat spicy. This is a wonderful variety for growing in containers since plants stay small yet provide a big harvest. If planting in the garden, put these in front as an attractive border. Very tasty and novel variety. Determinate. 58 days.

Originally released in 1905, this heirloom tomato has some heat tolerance and cracking resistance. The attractive red fruit weigh 5 to 10 ounces, and have that great old fashioned flavor. Plants reach 3 to 4 feet in height. Determinate 81 to 85 days.

PS 09941819 hybrid sweet pepper is a powerhouse producer of large to extra large 7 to 9 ounce blocky bell fruit. Plants set continuously and set later into the season than other similar varieties. Intermediate resistance to phytophthora blight and tobamo virus strain 0. Resistance to bacterial leaf spot races 0-5. 75 day maturity.

This Yard Long bean is a flavorful addition to Asian cuisine, with robust and productive pods growing as long as 30 inches. Plant when soil temperature is above 65 degrees. Requires full sun exposure and best grown on a trellis. Red seeded. 80 days.

In parts of Asia, pink tomatoes are considered the best because they are typically sweet with low acid levels. This variety offers very smooth, unblemished pink fruit that weigh about 8 ozs. each with a delicious, mild flavor. Indeterminate. 78 days.

King Richard leek is a selection that is designed to produce over a long season. The white shank is often over 12 inches. The mild flavor of leeks is great for soups, salads, pasta, risotto, stuffing and many dishes. You should start leeks in soil amended with organic material. You can transplant seedlings closer together 2–3 inches for baby leeks and 8–9 inches apart for larger leeks. Transplant them in trenches after the last frost, when temperatures are 45 degrees or more. Fill in the soil around the leek to cover the white part of the stem. Or you can plant the transplant 6 inches in a hole (made by digger stick) with leaves above the ground, allowing the soil to fill in around the stem naturally. Harvest in late August for full size. 90 days.

Step the heat up a notch with the Cienfuegos Red, packing 300,000 to 400,000 scoville units. Break new ground and make a hellfire chili that only a true chilihead can appreciate. 2 x 1 inch fruit turn a brilliant red and complement the Cienfuegos series of kicking hot habaneros. And like the others, you will be impressed by the yield and early maturity. 80 to 85 days.

Cienfuegos comes in two other colors milder in heat: orange and yellow.

Cienfuegos literally means "100 fires", but you should consider that this variety is 200,000 to 300,000 fires (scoville units); a very hot pepper. Fruit are 1½ by ¾ inches. This hybrid is earlier than open pollinated habaneros and has bigger yields. Make your favorite salsa or hot sauce using this pepper.

Cienfuegos comes in two other colors: the much hotter red and the fruitier yellow.

Striking flashes of bright purple foliage stand out against almost black leaves while new growth is splashed with creamy white. Small glossy black peppers are hot and although mainly ornamental, are also edible. Plants grow about a foot tall with a slightly wider spread and a layered habit. Perfect for containers or planting in gardens, Purple Flash survives summer heat while still making an exotic display.

Swiss Chard Bright Lights is very colorful with yellow, gold, orange, red, pink, violet, white, and green stems. The savoyed leaves have dark green to lighter green colors, and are packed with vitamins A, K, and C, plus antioxidants! Young leaves can be harvested in just 35 days with a tender mild flavor, while fully mature leaves are available in 55 days under most growing conditions. Typically the young leaves are used in salads, but also work well in soups, and stir-fry dishes, casseroles, stews, and Blitva (chard with potatoes). Suitable for container growing. Using the cut and come again harvest for young leaves gives you multiple harvests over time. Stalks are typically boiled or sauteed. 55 days.

Reminiscent of its namesake, the crown of this plant bears clusters of brilliant red peppers arranged in a circle like the petals of a poinsettia. Thin, 3-inch long peppers point upwards atop dark green foliage, making for a very pretty plant. The fruit is edible, although very hot. Striking ornamental that would also be well suited to containers. 90 days.

Big Ben hybrid pepper offers large lusciously sweet (6% brix) blocky fruit with a beautiful shiny appearance turning from green to brilliant red. Some fruit reach 12 ounces. Perfect for salads or stir-fry. Vigorous plants are 20 to 26 inches tall. 75 days.

Deep pink, 1 to 1 1/2 lb. beefsteaks have delicious rich flavor that is both sweet and complex. In fact, the flavor is so good that this variety has won awards in tomato tasting contests. Tall, vigorous plants are potato-leaved and bear a good crop of these smooth, meaty tomatoes. Heirloom variety. Indeterminate. 80 days.

Released by the New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station. The first chile pepper that turns bright yellow at maturity. Beautiful smooth fruits are 4 to 6 inches long and excellent for drying and making into wreaths or ristras. Also good to eat, with a typical chile pepper flavor. 75-80 days.

This very different habanero is the result of an accidental cross between a chocolate-colored habanero with an orange habanero, resulting in striking coloration and extreme heat. Peppers start out as light green with a bit of purple streaking, progress to a mustard-hued peach before finally ripening to pure orange. Fruit is large and quite ruffled, making for a very beautiful habanero which is also shockingly hot. Tall plants are quite productive. 90 days.

Slender and cylindrical, vibrantly purple eggplant become about 8 inches long and are mildly flavored, wonderful for adding to stir-fries or any eggplant dish. Tall, upright plants yield generous harvests of these very pretty fruit. 70 days.

Large red beefsteak tomatoes from the Black Forest region of Germany are so full of luscious flavor and juicy sweetness that it is no wonder that this seed was saved as a family heirloom. Vigorous plants are productive and bear large harvests of these 12 to 14 oz. fruit. Indeterminate. 80 days.

Big, beautiful orange beefsteak with clear orange color and green shoulders. Fruit is about 5 inches in diameter and has a mild flavor. Medium productivity. Heirloom variety. Indeterminate. 90 days.

Clusters of bright orange 2 to 3 oz. round fruit are wonderfully flavored, sweet with a refreshing tartness that has a hint of lemon. Larger than a cherry, these tangerine-colored fruit sparkle when cut in half and added to salads or platters. Very productive plants bear heavily from early in the season right on up until frost. Originally from England, this is a sibling of Tigerella. Indeterminate. 75 days.

Greek Oregano is highly aromatic plus it has great flavor. The strength can vary between climates and soils, but normally it is pungent. The leaves are pointed and oval and can be very flavorful when dried. Prized by chefs, this variety is used in Greek and Italian cooking. Does well in zones 5-9. Plant your seeds indoors 40 days before the last frost just below the surface with a tiny amount of soil, and later expose them to light for 6 hours a day. After the last frost, plant them 12 inches apart in relatively dry soil. They do not like wet roots. Good for container growing. 45 days from transplant.

This is a bush tomato that tastes wonderful and has big 8 to 10 ounce fruit. The flavor is great, and the there is plenty of juicy goodness. The blossom scar is somewhat larger than other tomatoes, but what it misses in looks, it makes up for it with productivity and great flavor. VFF Determinate. 74 days.

A distinctive purplish-gray hue is what gives this 'black' tomato its name. What also sets it apart is its potato-leaved foliage, which is not often seen in black varieties. Tomatoes are medium-sized, about 8 ozs., and boast that uniquely robust yet sweet flavor that makes black tomatoes so outstanding. Indeterminate. 78 days.

A frost-tolerant kale that works well during the late fall harvest. The dark green leaves are easy to pick and the strong stalks bunch well. The frost tolerance gives it the ability to overwinter in many areas. 53-65 days.

Black cumin is also called black caraway, fennel flower, or nigella. The fruit produce large capsules that have numerous seeds. Those seeds are used as a spice in curries, meat dishes, rice dishes, or even in homemade pickles. The flavor is slightly peppery, with hints of onion and oregano. Plants reach 8-12 inches. Seed pods can be harvested at 90 days once the pods start to turn brown and rattle when shaken. (Nigella sativa)

This is a very striking ornamental pepper with variegated green, white, and purple foliage and small purple fruit, which turn red when ripe. Plants are low-growing and mound shaped, which lend them to use in flower beds and borders. This variety is also known as Variegata. 75 days.

Red Rubin basil offers exceptional flavor that chefs appreciate. Yields are excellent and plants produce an abundance of 3 inch purple leaves. Flowers are edible. Attractive in salads, pasta, soup, and for garnish. Plants reach 20 to 24 inches in height. Suitable for container gardening. All-America Selections Winner! 65 days.

Dependable harvests of large, smooth, solid fruit with thick walls and meaty texture. Mild and delicious flavor, popular for canning. Indeterminate. 74 days.

Just as the name implies, these tomatoes are as rich-tasting as fine brandy. The deep pink-purple beefsteaks vary in size from 8 to 16 ounces, and have exquisite flavor, a super blend of just the right sugar and acid. Large, potato-leaved plants grow a good harvest of these outstanding fruit. This variety is the result of a cross between Brandywine and Marizol Purple made by Joe Bratka. Indeterminate. 80 days.

Flame-Beefsteak is a large yellow tomato with red streaking that is mild, sweet, and can reach a pound or more. Fruit have variable amounts of red streaking. Indeterminate. 75-80 days.

The first hybrid Cinderella type pumpkin is now available. This hybrid produces large reddish orange fruits ranging from 22 to 35 pounds, on vigorous vines. For the princess in your family, try out the Cinderella’s Carriage and allow her dreams to come true. She will likely agree it is all worth it. 100 days.

Also known as the bird pepper or chilepiquin. Released from New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Breeding Program, and unique because the fruit falls from the stem at maturity, making harvesting easier. Oblong small fruit sets high in the plant canopy and when dried, has a pungency of 97,000 Scoville units. 120 days.

Slender Asian type eggplant are white with faint stripes of pale lavender, as if delicately colored with a paintbrush barely dipped in paint. Fruit become about 8 inches long with white flesh and an excellent, mild flavor. Plants are compact and well-branched, bearing 2 to 3 eggplant per cluster. 65 days.

Beautiful pale green round to oval fruits appear very early, and have an extremely mild flavor and white flesh. Because it is so early, Apple Green bears dependably even for gardeners in the North. Plants have a compact growth habit, but still give generous harvests of these delightful fruit. 60 days.

An ornamental pepper variety bearing a profusion of round, marble-sized fruit that turn from cream-colored to yellow, then red. Small, mound-shaped plants become densely covered with fruit and are very decorative. 70 days.

For those of you who like some color in your life, you might want to plant Fiesta Blend okra, which is a blend of multiple colors – green, white, red, and orange pods. Plants grow 3 to 6 feet in height, and produce an abundance of okra pods that can be fried, pickled, steamed, or put in your favorite gumbo. 55 to 65 days.

Very striking ornamental pepper with violet-tinged leaves that look almost blue and are sometimes marked with a faint white speckling. Small purple round-oval fruit grow upright on the plant and hold their color for a long time before finally turning red. Plants are slightly spreading and grow compact, making this beautiful plant useful for landscaping. 90 days.

Kaptur hybrid pepper is a kapia type pepper, which are very popular in Turkey and Eastern Europe. They have rich flavor and vibrant color. They can be grown in high tunnels or in your garden, maturing from green to deep red and reaching 7 inches in length with weights of 5 to 6 ounces. Continuous fruiting under most conditions. Great flavor for eating fresh, or for canning. The firm fruit last a few extra days in cold storage. Kaptur is also excellent for baking or roasting. A favorite of our friend Big Jim Gorman. 70 days.

Holy Mole has been upgraded with the addition of Sombrerete hybrid, now part of the Holy Mole brand. Sombrerete is resistant to phytopthera and tobomovirus. It is earlier to mature than the first Holy Mole. It can be used fresh or dried. The large fruit can be harvested at 75 days, or you can leave the fruit on the plant and they will turn to a dark chocolate color. 1,000-2,500 scoville units.

Rossa di Milano is an Italian heirloom onion that was grown for centuries in Milan. Later it traveled other parts of Europe and wherever migrating families went around the world. This variety is loved for its flavor which is rich and sweet with a pungent aroma, and also because the bulbs store well. Chefs love the flavor of this variety. The beautiful bulbs are flattened on top, and have angular shoulders, making them look almost heart shaped. Grown in latitudes 35 to 50 degrees, they can be considered long to intermediate day onions. Plant in all but the most southern and northern parts of the US. 105 days.

Heirloom variety brought back to this country from Bulgaria yields an abundance of medium-sized, 5 to 6-ounce, round red tomatoes. The fruit may look ordinary, but its taste is not. It is delectable- a complex flavor that is both sweet and tangy at the same time and very juicy. Indeterminate. 78 days.

This heirloom strain offers large purplish-pink fruit that are sweetly flavored and almost all solid meat. The tomatoes are much like those of Giant Belgium, but a little flatter in shape. Indeterminate. 85 days.

Diamond pepper has thick flesh, with wonderful crisp flavor. The 3 to 4 lobed bell turns from a translucent ivory color, to slightly yellow, and then a scarlet red. Great for salads or fresh cut. The 24 inch plants are strong and productive. 75 days.

These yellow tomatoes have a pleated shape like an accordion. When pulp is scooped out, they make beautiful containers for salads, desserts, and other stuffings. Excellent flavor. Indeterminate. 80 days.