Seeds

This sweet bell pepper starts green and turns to a bright and attractive orange color. Orange King pepper is great for salads, stir fry, or eating fresh for a delicious and healthy snack. Maturity 75 for green peppers, 87 days for orange.

Luscious pink beefsteaks weigh a pound or more and have a rich, sweet flavor that is unforgettable. This is a family heirloom variety brought over from Germany by Dr. Dester when he settled in Indiana. He gave seeds to an Amish woman, who moved to Missouri and shared Dester seed with a farmer there who grew them for the local market. Dester continues to earn its great reputation by winning taste tests and even wider popularity. Indeterminate. 80 days.

Heirloom tomato from the Zapotec Indians of Mexico, this is a beautiful heavily ribbed dark pink fruit. Its pleated shape makes it very ornamental, and it would be wonderful hollowed and stuffed, or sliced to show off its scalloped edges. The flavor is sweet and mild, and yields are prolific. This is a most unusual variety that is really very pretty. Indeterminate. 80 days.

Delightful little cherry tomatoes are creamy ivory with hints of yellow and an absolutely unforgettable taste. The flavor is not only sweet but is also marked by a fruity complexity. They are so irresistible that you won't want to stop eating them at harvest time. Plants are large and quite prolific, bearing long clusters of these 1/2-inch delicious little treats. Heirloom variety originally from Mexico. Indeterminate. 65 days.

A buttercup type with a bush growing habit, producing 4 to 5 pound fruit with dark green skin, and thick yellow flesh which is sweet and mild. Perfect for a smaller garden due to the more compact plant. All America Winner. 85 days.

Also known as the common bird pepper, this is the tiny ovoid form that is about the size of a pea. Extremely hot, the sensation reportedly disappears rapidly. Plants are prolific, growing wild in parts of the southern U.S. 90 days.

Bred by the University of Wisconsin in the 1940s, this is an excellent and versatile tomato with great flavor and lots of sweetness. Smooth, large tomatoes are about 8 ounces and as pretty as can be. Plants are extremely productive and thrive in a wide range of growing conditions. This old-time favorite is sure to become a 'new' favorite once you give it a try. Indeterminate. 78 days.

This lovely variety was the very first one Artisan Seeds released, and its flavor is still highly rated. A beautiful light-pink and yellow-mottled tomato, named after the pink jersey worn by the lead rider in the Tour of Italy. Very productive plants, short enough to be grown in containers. The small tomatoes have wonderful flavor, sweet but balanced with acid, and lots of rich tomato taste. Pick these fruit while they are still light pink. Indeterminate. 55 days.

Originally discovered in New York state in the 1890’s, this 7 to 9 inch long cucumber starts as ivory white and turns more of a cream color at full maturity. The deliciously crisp fruit are produced on vigorous vines. Grows well in hot weather. 60 days.

This is a family heirloom passed on by Lettie Cantrell of Kentucky, who first got the seeds from a soldier returning home from Germany during World War II. Lettie grew this tomato since the 1940's and it was the only tomato she ever grew in her garden. Large, meaty fruit are about 1 lb. and are wonderful for fresh eating, slicing, or canning. Great flavor is sweet yet rich and has won this tomato honors in numerous taste-tests. Indeterminate. 85 days.

A 2018 All-America Selections winning habanero that has no heat. It offers all the flavors of a traditional habanero, but it will not trouble those who can’t eat a hot pepper. In addition, the variety is early-maturing and produces up to 100 peppers per plant. Fruit matures to a brilliant red. 85 days.

Excellent production, flavor, and size make this serrano-type pepper great for the home gardener as well as commercial production. Firm, large peppers are uniformly straight with a solid core and hold up well even after picking. Fairly compact plants yield an early harvest and are highly resistant to Potato Y virus. 75 days.