Seeds
A unique and delicious salad tomato. 3 oz. green fruits ripen to amber-green with darker green stripes. The light green flesh is very flavorful, sweet yet zingy. This one is a real taste treat. Indeterminate. 75 days.
Tall, vigorous plants produce abundant harvests of large, round juicy fruit. Smooth, solid, and meaty with absolutely delicious flavor that is a wonderful combination of sweet and acid. Well adapted to all growing areas and bears continuously through the entire season. Indeterminate. 70 days.
This blocky bell pepper offers more than just good taste and large size fruit. It resists 5 races of bacterial leaf spot, phytopthora blight, tobamo virus, and has great yield potential. The 4 to 4 ½ inch fruit ripen from green to red with thick walls. 73 days.
This popular dwarf variety of cherry tomato thrives in relatively small pots or hanging baskets set on sunny windowsills or outdoor patios. Plants only become 8 to 12 in. tall and bear masses of 1-1/4 inch full-flavored tomatoes with a touch of sweetness. It is a very rewarding harvest from a small tomato plant that can be grown in an 8-inch pot. Determinate. 55 days.
AAS Winner. One of the most popular garden varieties, it is bright red, round and firm with crisp white flesh. Tops average 3 inches. Keeps well. Early maturity – 25 days.
An old-time favorite heirloom from North Carolina and Virginia features tall plants and a fairly early harvest of large, slightly ribbed pink-red tomatoes averaging 1 lb. They are meaty with few seeds and really excellent flavor, perfect for adding delicious taste to a sandwich or salad. This one has stood the test of time for a number of reasons, but number one is its truly superior flavor. Indeterminate. 80 days.
The fruit of this jalapeno turns dark purple and stays that way for a long time before finally ripening to red. Peppers are somewhat larger than regular jalapeno, but with the same thick walls and fiery heat. Great for use in salsas. 75 days.
Named appropriately, this variety has fruit with 50% more lycopene than other common tomatoes. Lycopene is an antioxidant that is proving helpful in preventing cancers and other diseases. Besides being good for you, these plum-shaped tomatoes are extra-large, 4 to 6 ozs., making them excellent to use in salads or in cooking. Another important attribute is their resistance to tomato spotted wilt virus and bacterial speck, which are a real problem in some areas. Plants become about 4 feet tall and bear abundantly. Determinate. 74 days.
Very compact plants are crowned by a profusion of upright peppers in colors of red, orange, yellow, and purple, all at the same time. Peppers are about 2 inches long and chunky, making for a spectacularly colorful display. While highly ornamental, this fruit is also very edible and sweet. As the name suggests, would be beautiful pickled in clear glass jars. 75 days.
Siberian variety that originated in the Altai Mountains on the Chinese border. Tall plants are heavy producers of 8 to 12 oz. pink-red beefsteak tomatoes. The flavor is sweet yet acidic and just delicious, with harvests continuing over an incredibly long season. Indeterminate. 67 days.
4 inch long, slightly wrinkled peppers taper to a blunt, lobed end and are very popular for pickling. They have a mildly hot but exciting flavor, and are commonly jarred for use in Greek salads and salad bars. Expect an abundant harvest. 62 days.
Deep-red, extremely sweet, 7 inch long Italian peppers are tapered with a blunt end. Often used for frying, but are also delicious when eaten fresh. Later to mature than a bell pepper, but also sweeter. Vigorous plants bear loads of high quality fruit. 90 days.
This is an incredibly large paste tomato, with each meaty fruit growing to 6 inches long and weighing between 8 and 12 ozs. They have a very well balanced, full tomato flavor and are perfect for cooking into sauce, but delicious enough to eat fresh. This is truly an impressive tomato and one to be sure to try. Heirloom variety. Indeterminate. 75 days.
This high-yielding beefsteak has a bush growth habit and can be grown in a container. A sister of Better Bush, the dense foliage helps protect fruit from sunburn. Flavor is excellent with the right balance of sugars and acids. Fruit set is somewhat concentrated, weighing 10 ounces on average. Plants benefit from support. Disease package F1,F2,Ss,TMV, V, S. Determinate. 68 days.
Compact, bushy plants yield an early abundance of big clusters of 6 to 8 oz. rich red, beefsteak-shaped fruit. Popular in the North because of its earliness, productivity, and large fruit size. Determinate. 62 days.
AAS WINNER. Compact banana pepper is a high-yielding X3R variety that produces colorful, tasty peppers that are great fresh and also perfect for canning or pickling. Sweet banana peppers start out light yellow, then turn orange and finally red when mature. Average size is 7½ inches long and 1½ inches wide. Even though plants are compact, they produce early, often, and late into the season. 85 days.
ALL AMERICA SELECTIONS WINNER. This hybrid serrano combines big, extended harvests of large, firm peppers with resistance to 3 races of Bacterial Spot, Potato Virus Y, and nematodes. These peppers are 4 inches long and 1 inch wide with 3,000 Scoville units of heat, making them great for giving an extra kick to salsas and pico de gallo. 75 days.
Like the previous hybrid La Roma tomato, number IV will make your day. You can count on a productive plant with disease resistance and fruit that is perfect for canning, making sauces, or paste. The roma-shaped fruit weighs 4 to 6 ounces and has full flavor. Determinate. 70-75 days.
Sometimes called yard long cucumbers, or snake melons, with thin skin that is burpless,- without bitterness, allowing the fruit to be eaten without peeling. Fruit are pale green on the outside with white sweet flesh on the inside. It tastes like a cucumber even though it is a melon. The fruit can reach over 2 feet in length, but they taste best harvested from 12 to 14 inches. Trellis for straight fruit. Very heat tolerant. 70 days.
Italian oregano is very aromatic, and is used as a flavoring around the world, particularly for Mediterranean dishes from Italy and Greece. Can be used dried or fresh. 90 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.
AAS WINNER. Sweet peppers in the Italian bull’s horn style mature at least a week earlier than comparative types, making them easier for shorter-season gardeners to grow. Beautiful fruit have the traditional horn shape and grow to 6 inches long and 2½ inches wide. 75 days.
Especially recommended for Southern gardeners, this variety sets large crops even in hot weather. Luscious, meaty tomatoes are medium-sized, smooth, and resistant to catfacing. Large vines offer good foliage cover. Our original stock seed is from the USDA Seed Bank. Determinate. 80 days.
This strain from Greece is somewhat rare and prized by those who want the peppers for pickling. Because they are smaller and lighter in color than the regular Pepperoncini, homemade jars of these golden peppers look more like the commercial product. Same hot flavor as the other Pepperoncini, and the perfect additions to Greek salads. 62 days.
The tomatillo is a member of the tomato family, but not a real tomato. Round green tomatillos have a papery husk that is removed before preparing. Vining plants are easily grown and prolific. Flavor is sweet yet tart and wonderful in green Mexican salsa and other Mexican and Southwestern dishes. 75 days.
This is one of the smallest and most uniform red currant tomatoes we've seen, and it has an excellent intensely rich but sweet flavor. Plants bear an abundance of these tiny fruit, arranged so closely on the trusses that they resemble beads on a necklace or peas in a pod. Indeterminate. 75 days.
This is an old variety bred in Florida in the 1940’s for use in commercial fields. Named for its large upright plants that keep fruit off the ground, the truly special thing about this variety is its enormous eggplant. Glossy blackish-purple eggplants can easily become 10 inches long. Fruit sets throughout a long season and are perfect for grilling, frying, stuffing, or baking. 85 days.
Both a home garden favorite and a commercially preferred cantaloupe for those who pick and ship fruit. The thick netting, and a strong rind provides good shelf life. The 5 to 6 pound fruit are delicious and aromatic with beautiful bright orange flesh. Disease resistance to fusarium (0-2) and powdery mildew, gives Athena an ability to perform well in many environments. Harvest when the melon easily slips from the vine with a light pull. 75 days.
Beautiful, golden-orange tomatoes have one of the best flavors of all orange tomatoes. Average 5 in. diameter and between 1 and 2 lbs., quite meaty with few seeds. Vigorous plants bear well. Indeterminate. 80 days.
Native to the Americas, this ground cherry is a family heirloom variety that traveled here from Poland. Tiny, ½ inch fruit turn golden-orange when ripe and are encased in a papery tan-colored husk. They are delightfully fruity and sweet, and wonderful for pies, preserves, or salads. Plants will sprawl but are quite easy to grow. 70 days.
This jalapeno pepper is big, with thick flesh - 4.5 x 1 inch. Pungency is 2000 to 5000 scoville units and perfect for poppers, stuffed with cheese and fresh cilantro. They tend to set fruit for an extended period. Resistant to PVY and TMV. 70 to 75 days.
Medium-hot peppers with a distinctive flavor are 4 to 6 inches long and deep orange-red with brown tones. The name means “little gourd” for the rattling sound the seeds make in the dried pods, which are good for adding to salsas and sauces. 90 days.
Large to extra-large jalapeno produces high yields of uniform, smooth peppers with the classic jalapeno shape ending in blunt tips. Peppers have a high pungency rating and are reliably hot. Large, vigorous plants are widely adaptable to a variety of climates and highly resistant to Potato Y virus and Bacterial Spot races 0-3 and 7-8. 75 days.
This is one of the most popular hybrid grape tomatoes on the market today. We think that's because of the premium quality of these brilliantly red tomatoes, which are packed with sweet, irresistibly delicious flavor. The vigorous plants bear early and impressive yields with continuous sets of big clusters of fruit right up to the top of the plant. As a bonus, the tomatoes are crack-resistant and have a good shelf life after harvest. High brix (sugar) fruit weigh about 1/4 oz. each. Indeterminate. 60 days.
Get ready for Red Impact hybrid: a large 7x4 inch, 8 to 9 ounce pepper that has a touch of sweetness when green which develops to very sweet as it matures to a deep red color. The plants have plenty of productivity and won the All-America Selections National Award! Released by the creators of Giant Marconi, Red Impact blocks Tobamo virus, Pepper Mottle virus, Tobacco Etch virus, Bacterial Spot races -,1,2,3,4,7,8,9 and Root Knot nematodes. Don’t walk; run to get this treasure! 75 days.
Well liked in Germany, this heirloom radish can grow as large as a baseball and not become woody, staying crisp. You can begin harvest at the size of a marble and then experiment up to the larger sizes. If you want larger roots, thin to two inches or more to create your own Giant radish. 30 to 40 days.
This is one of those varieties to grow when you want a really big, impressive red tomato to show off to your friends. This fruit is huge, at least a pound or two, and borne abundantly on large, vigorous plants. Its flavor is as big as its size, bursting with a great blend of sugars and acids- a full old-fashioned tomato taste. Heirloom variety from Australia. Indeterminate. 85 days.
This is the first BHN variety bred especially for great flavor. It also boasts a complete disease-resistance package including crack-tolerance and offers very high yields. Large to extra-large attractive fruit have real tomato taste making BHN 589 appealing to both home gardeners and those selling at farmers markets. Determinate. 75 days.
This mini-butterhead has a delicious and creamy yellow center, while sporting a light green exterior. Can be served whole as a salad or cut up in a salad mix. You can plant Tom Thumb in the garden but it will also do well in containers. Popular in the 1860's, this type of lettuce is a treat you won't find at the supermarket today. 57 days.
Also known as the Ghost Pepper, this is one of the hottest peppers in the world, bearing extremely hot, red fruit about 2½ inches long. In 2007, Guiness World Book of Records named it the hottest pepper and listed it as 1,002,304 Scoville units. It has since been surpassed, but it’s still plenty hot and should be handled with great care. Germination may take up to one month. 100 days.
Named for the high levels of natural sugars contained in every bite, these super-sweet fruit are elongated and weigh up to 1 ounce. They measure ¾ of an inch to 1 ¼ inches in length. Early maturity will make this one of the first tomatoes you can harvest in your garden, and likely the sweetest. Indeterminate 50 – 55 days.
Lovely pale-orange color on 1 lb. beefsteak type fruit. Tomatoes have very good flavor and are quite meaty with few seeds. Juice has the same bright color as orange juice and is delicious. Heirloom variety. Indeterminate. 80 days.
While this variety may not be able to withstand a glacier, it does set fruit well even in cold weather. In fact, it becomes loaded early in the season with very flavorful, 2 to 3 oz. red tomatoes. The taste is sweet yet rich, a combination found more commonly in larger and later-maturing tomatoes. Potato-leaved foliage helps support the large harvest of these very tasty tomatoes. Determinate. 58 days.
Slender, glossy-black Asian eggplant is 8 to 10 inches long with thin skin, mild flesh, and delicate flavor. It matures very quickly and sets fruit in a wide range of temperatures, which makes harvests last even longer. Enjoy these versatile eggplant grilled, roasted, or stir-fried. 58 days.
This cross between Brandywine and Rutgers produces good yields of 6 to 10 oz. delicious dark pink fruit. Disease and crack-resistance are inherited from Rutgers, and the tomato's taste and texture is more like that of Brandywine. Indeterminate. 85 days.
This impressively large red bell pepper has extra-thick walls and succulent sweet flavor. Its disease package is impressive too, including resistance to Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Phytophthora root rot, and Bacterial Spot, races 0-3, 5, 7, and 8. Shiny, firm peppers are 5 to 7 inches long and 3 inches wide, starting out green then ripening to bright red. Peppers feel heavy in the hand because they are so meaty and full of refreshing sweet pepper juice. 75 days green; 85 days red.
Yellow-green, frying-type pepper. 6 inch long fruits have thin walls and waxy flesh. Excellent split and fried in olive oil but also a sweet and crisp addition to salads. 65 days.
For a compact plant, Big Tasty produces plenty of 8 to 10 inch long cucumbers that are dark green in color. They are crisp and delicious, and perfect for salads or a refreshing cucumber sandwich. Because the vine is smaller, you can plant closer together, maximizing your use of garden space. Excellent disease resistance package. 62 days.