Seeds

A great-tasting kale that has a short stem and compact growth habit. You can harvest the entire plant at 12 to 17 inches, or pick as you would other kale plants for young tender leaves, or use continual picking of a small number of the bottom leaves each week during the cooler growing season. Very productive. Resists yellowing. 50-60 days.

This is a modern version of the marmande tomato, a type grown in Southern France and well known for its ribbed shape and delicious taste. Marmara offers 5 to 6-oz. tomatoes with a scalloped exterior, intense red color, and wonderful sweet flavor. This tomato is especially beautiful when sliced. Indeterminate. 75 days.

Myrtle is a commercial beefsteak tomato for vine-ripened fruit. They have good flavor and are large to extra large— 8 to 10.5 ounces. Disease resistance to Aal/Fol:1-3/Sbl/Sl/Ss/Va:1/Vd:1 and Intermediate resistance to Ma/Mi/Mj/Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus. This disease package allows for a long harvest window. Determinate 78 to 80 days.

When I first grew this variety, I was pleasantly surprised to find a delicious large orange beefsteak that was so fast to ripen and a very heavy producer. The tomatoes are a lovely pale orange color and weigh at least 12 ozs. and up to 2 lbs. with a truly wonderful flavor. Seed came to this country from tomatoes bought at a farmers' market in Minsk, Belarus. Indeterminate. 70 to 80 days.

Big tomato flavor wrapped up in a medium-sized round, red tomato is what this variety is all about. Tall, vigorous plants grow very plentiful harvests of these versatile and attractive fruits with an assertive yet delicious taste. Even beginning gardeners will find this one easy to grow. Indeterminate. 78 days.

Highly disease-resistant plants yield heavy crops of shiny, red ribbed tomatoes that are very attractive. Fruit has a firm texture, which helps it to withstand postharvest handling. Robustly flavorful, 8 oz. bright-red tomatoes are crack resistant. Indeterminate. 75 days.

Chichen Itza habanero brand of PX 11459057 brings you a larger fruit and earlier harvest than the previous variety. Large orange fruit have 140,000 scoville units of heat. 75 days.

The Orange Spice is the hottest of the Spice peppers developed by Dr. Paul Bosland at New Mexico State University. The compact plants produce an abundance of spicy fruit that start dark green and mature to a fiery orange color. Flavors have hints of citrus and are described as fruity in salsas. But, of course, they are great in burritos, soups, or with guacamole. 7,000 to 8,000 scoville rating 75 days.

The Caloro pepper was developed by Paul Smith, at UC Davis. Named guero in Mexico, it is used for pickling and making hot sauce. It is grown throughout the Western US and Mexico. The fruit are 3 by 1 ½ inches, conical, and tapered to a point. They mature from yellow to brilliant red, but you can harvest either color and see which one you like. Pungency is around 5,000 Scovilles. 65 days.

Dark purple fruit and violet-colored flowers are what make this plant so special. Purple peppers almost cover the foliage, turning the 2-1/2 foot tall plants nearly purple. Upon maturity, the peppers turn red and are extremely hot. At this stage, purple, orange, and red fruit may be on plants at the same time, making a very colorful and attractive display.

This heirloom tomato was originally from the Livingston Collection and was offered for the first time about 1900. Potato-leaved plants yield plenty of dark pink, smooth round fruit weighing about 6 ozs. each. The fruit is sweet, juicy and very flavorful, just right for summertime salads or sandwiches. Indeterminate. 73 days.

An ornamental piquin-type chile with purple foliage and flowers. Tiny peppers ripen from purple to yellow, orange, and finally to red. Compact plants are well suited to container growing. While the pungent fruit is edible, it is usually just used as an ornamental. 120 days.

King Kurd hybrid cauliflower (Barkha) has performed well in Southern and Eastern parts of the US. It has shown field tolerance to rain and black rot. Plants are semi-erect with good productivity and with consistent high yield potential. Creamy white curds have excellent quality, with an average weight of 2 to 3 pounds. 70 days.

Norma Jean hybrid tomato is a new and improved greenhouse tomato. Fruit weigh 8 to 9 ounces, and have excellent flavor. Widely adapted to both short and long-term productions. This variety has a lot of vigor and can last a season with two main stems. If you are seeking slightly smaller fruit than the maximum listed you can allow the plant to remain generative. Norma Jean produces 4 to 5 fruit per truss. Disease resistances include tomato mosaic 0-2, Leaf Mold A-E Fusarium Crown and Root Rot, Va:0, verticillium A&D, Vd:0 intermediate resistance to Powdery Mildew. Indeterminate 85 days.