Annuals For Sale - Spring 2009

Below are all the annual plants we plan to offer at this Sale. Weather conditions and other unforeseen factors may affect whether all of these varieties will actually be available at the Sale itself.

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Type

Crop

Crop	Name	Type	Description
Annual Herbs	Cilantro		Does well in cool weather throughout the winter and early spring! Great made into a pesto. Flowers are beautiful and edible. The seeds of cilantro are called coriander. If you haven’t tried fresh green coriander in your cooking, you must!
Annual Herbs	German Chamomile		Summer annual, grows to 3 feet. Flowers can be used fresh or dried for tea. Very ornamental.
Basil	Fino Verde	Pesto Basils	An attractive, compact small-leafed bush basil. Ideal for container gardening or borders. Excellent for cooking or in salads. Retains sweet flavor after flowering.
Broccoli	Calabrese		Brought to America by Italian immigrants in 1880s. This popular market variety has tight central heads that can reach 8 inches in diameter. After central head is harvested, many side shoots follow.
Broccoli	DeCicco		Compact 2- to 3-foot plant produces 8-inch central head. After central head is cut, many side shoots follow. Very early. 60 to 90 days from transplant. Heirloom variety.
Broccoli	Waltham 29		Medium to large head of good quality. Heirloom variety.
Cabbage	Chieftain Savoy		Beautiful savoyed leaves.
Cabbage	Early Jersey Wakefield		Conical, solid, tightly folded heads are 10 to 15 inches tall by 5 to 7 inches in diameter, weighing 3 to 4 lbs. Very early. 60 to 75 days from transplant. First grown in New Jersey in 1840.
Cabbage	Premium Late Flat Dutch	Green Cabbage	Solid flat heads are 7 to 8 inches deep by 10 to 14 inches in diameter. 100 days from transplant. Beautiful shape!
Cabbage	Red Danish	Red Cabbage	Medium-sized, uniform, very solid round heads with a good purple-red color. Weighs up to 6 lbs. Great fresh in coleslaws.
Cabbage	Red Drumhead	Red Cabbage	The best of all red cabbages with a fine, sweet flavor. Very early. 78 to 90 days from transplant. Round to slightly flattish deep-purple heads, 7 inches diameter.
Calendula	Antares Flashback	Calendula	Flamboyant flowers come in shades of orange, peach, apricot, yellow and cream with stunning red and maroon undersides.
Calendula	Geisha Girl		Pretty blooms are deep orange, double and have inwardly curved petals. Very unique flowers which look much like chrysanthemums.
Calendula	Indian Prince		Height 24 inches. Dark orange flowers on top and mahogany beneath.
Calendula	Orange Porcupine		A lovely selection of the old “Radio” variety with beautiful quilled petals, bright orange in color.
Calendula	Pink Surprise		A lovely calendula with apricot flowers tinged with pink. Frilly flowers bloom over a long season.
Calendula	Red Splash		Double-petaled blooms with red backs and burnt-orange tips. 12 to 18 inches tall. 85 to 90 days from transplanting.
Calendula	Triangle Flashback / Zeolights		Unique variety developed by master plant breeder Frank Morton. Great for kitchen garden and compact enough for container gardens. (2-3 ft.)
Celeriac	Diamant		Great celery flavor and free of internal browning.
Celeriac	President		An elite strain from Europe.
Celery	Giant Red		Extra hardy heirloom variety with red stalks which blanch to pink if protected from the light.
Celery	Golden Self Blanching		Compact, full-hearted plants to 25 inches high. Blanches readily to a golden-yellow color. Flavor delicate and very good.
Celery	Smallage		Leaves are smaller and more flavorful than regular celery. Used for seasoning soups and stews. Plants are 2 feet tall with slender, yellowish-green stalks and leaves.
Celery	Utah		Taller and greener than Golden Self-Blanching, the bottom portion of the stalk can run close to a foot in length. Fine flavor – can be harvested at various stages of maturity.
Cipollini Onions	Bianca di Maggio	Cipollini Onions	Small flat white cipollini onion used in Italy for pickling, grilling, and in salads. Delicious and very beautiful.
Cipollini Onions	Flat of Italy	Cipollini Onions	Beautiful red flat gourmet onion from Italy. Bright red and very flat, perfect for fresh eating or cooking. Very old variety mentioned by Vilmorin in 1885.
Cipollini Onions	Yellow Borettana		Italian heirloom traditionally pickled. If harvested when small, it is ideal for kabobs. Grows 3 to 4 inches in diameter and skin will turn yellowish-bronze in color. Firm, extremely sweet flesh.
Collards	Champion		Dark, blue-green foliage and winter hardy. Bolt-resistant and non-heading.
Collards	Morris Heading		Heirloom collard is called “Cabbage Collards” by Southern Old-timers. Makes loose heads which are dark green and slow bolting. Tender leaves- very delicious!
Cucumbers	Japanese Long		Long, slim fruit that are very crisp and mild. Easy to digest. Firm flesh with few seeds.
Fennel	Bronze Fennel	Fennel	Ornamental fennel variety with contrasting yellow flowers. Leaves can be eaten raw in salads.
Kale	Frizzy		An OAEC selection. A highly dissected Russian Red Kale which has the appearance of a blue-green frisee. So incredibly tender that it can be used raw in salads. Extraordinarily beautiful. For additional information click here.
Kale	Lacinato		Known as Tuscan Black Cabbage (Cavallo Nero) or Dinosaur Kale. Tall plants with savoyed, strap-shaped leaves up to two feet long. Tolerates heat well, and is one of the sweetest, tastiest kales. Very ornamental. For additional information click here.
Kale	Lacinato Rainbow		A fabulous cross between Redbor and Lacinato kales with frilly green leaves overlaid with hues of red, purple, and blue-green. Very vigorous and cold-hardy. For additional information click here.
Kale	Red Ursa		A heavy-ribbed, broadly curled, Siberian-type kale with extra frills and deep red-purple color. Excellent flavor in salads and stir-fry. For additional information click here.
Kale	Russian Red Kale		Leaves with red-purple venation and wavy leaf margins resembling an oak leaf. An heirloom from 1885 that is also called Canadian Broccoli. Very tender and tasty, even in summer heat. For additional information click here.
Kale	Russian White		Similar in appearance to Russian Red but with white venation. More tender than Russian Red, with a squatter growing habit. Tends to be very bolt-resistant. The most productive kale we know. For additional information click here.
Kale	Shiny Diney		An OAEC original, selected in our gardens! A beautiful kale with glossy, dark, almost black, strap-shaped leaves which contrast nicely with the blue-green chalky-surfaced leaves of traditional Lacinato or Dinosaur Kale. It is a smaller plant with an even heartier taste. For additional information click here.
Kale	Wild Red Russo Siberian		A diverse selection of flat-leafed and mossy curled kales. Very red, very cold hardy, very beautiful and high-yielding. For additional information click here.
Leeks	Blue Solaise	Leeks	French heirloom with truly bluish leaves turning violet after a cold spell. Very large and sweet medium-long shaft. 100 to 120 days from transplant. Holds well in winter, but does beautifully all year round.
Leeks	Bulgarian Giant		A long, thin leek of the best quality. Light green leaves. Popular variety in Europe.
Leeks	Giant Carentan		Very rare European heirloom from 1874. Medium-sized leek with great flavor. One of the best leeks for over-wintering, and for early spring planting.
Leeks	Giant Musselburgh		Introduced in 1834. A popular Scottish leek. Enormous size, 9 to 15 inches long by 2 to 3 inches diameter. Tender white stalks. Nice mild flavor. Stands winter well. 80 to 115 days from transplant.
Leeks	King Richard		Fast-growing summer leek. The thick white shafts can reach 12 inches in length. Light green upright leaves. Mild flavor.
Leeks	Prizetaker		English heirloom, also known as The Lyon. Very tall, up to 36 inches with a thick, pure white stalk. Very tender, mild flavor. 110 to 135 days from transplant.
Lettuce	Akcel	Butter Lettuce	Good early Butterhead with small compact heads. Very beautiful!
Lettuce	Barcarole	Romaine Lettuce	Large crisp leaves with rich flavor, and a crunchy, juicy midrib make this variety a great choice for a succulent Caesar salad. Vigorous and does well in hot weather.
Lettuce	Ben Shemen	Butter Lettuce	Summer Butterhead-type from Israel, bred for intense heat and slow bolting. Large, dark green, compact heads are very sweet. Good for spring planting.
Lettuce	Bronze Arrowhead	Oakleaf Lettuce	Our favorite oakleaf lettuce type. Grown at OAEC for 23 years. Very colorful and flavorful with great crunchiness. Awarded the bronze metal at the 1947 All American Selections.
Lettuce	Brown Golding	Romaine Lettuce	Also called Goldring’s Bath Cos. Rare heirloom from 1923. Bronze-tipped leaves with surprising brownish-pink tinge. Very sweet and crunchy.
Lettuce	Bunte Forellenschluss	Butter Lettuce	The Butterhead companion to Forellenschluss Romaine. “Bunte” in German means colorful. Sweet, apple-green leaves splashed with maroon. Forms 8- to 10-inch loose head.
Lettuce	Buttercrunch	Butter Lettuce	A highly refined long-standing Bibb-type lettuce developed at Cornell University – an All American Selections winner in 1963. Medium-sized dark green 12-inch heads with smooth, soft tender leaves and creamy yellow heart. Slow bolting and heat-resistant. Very popular variety.
Lettuce	Cardinale	Leaf Lettuce	A wine-red Batavian crisp-leaf lettuce with a juicy crunch. Great for salad mix.
Lettuce	Cimarron	Romaine Lettuce	Heirloom dating from the 18th Century with very nice deep red romaine heads. Crisp, juicy texture and great flavor.
Lettuce	Czechoslovakia	Butter Lettuce	Beautiful red-tinged heirloom leaf lettuce which has been part of OAEC’s collection for twenty years. Small 10 inch head has buttery green center leaves. Very sweet and succulent.
Lettuce	Dapple	Leaf Lettuce	Dark red, wavy leaves with sprinkles of yellow-green. Beautiful! Good taste.
Lettuce	Dark Lolla Rosa	Leaf Lettuce	Deeper, more vividly red than regular Lolla Rosa. Very frilly leaves. Brilliant and beautiful!
Lettuce	Flame	Leaf Lettuce	Recently introduced but extremely rare. Distinct deep red color. Slow bolting.
Lettuce	Forellenschluss	Romaine Lettuce	The most beautiful lettuce of all! A loose-leaf heirloom Romaine from Austria with lime-green leaves and dark red splotches. Great flavor and excellent in cold weather. The name translates “speckled like a trout’s back”.
Lettuce	Grandpa Admire's	Leaf Lettuce	Bronze-tinged leaves in large 14-inch heads. Very tender with mild flavor. Slow to bolt. George Admire was a Civil War veteran born in 1822.
Lettuce	Jericho	Romaine Lettuce	A heat-resistant Romaine from Israel with large, dense, medium-green heads 12 to 14 inches tall. Very crunchy texture.
Lettuce	Kalura	Romaine Lettuce	A very large Cos-type green romaine. Great taste and good heat tolerance.
Lettuce	Lingue De Canarino (Canary's Tongue)	Oakleaf Lettuce	Italian heirloom with full heart and lime-green tasty leaves. Three distinct leaf types fill out this loose, mild-tasting 8-inch rosette. Good in salad mixes. Works very well in the fall or spring.
Lettuce	Little Gem	Romaine Lettuce	A sweet little miniature Romaine. Sometimes called “Dwarf”. 6 inches across and 6 inches tall. Very succulent, crispy texture.
Lettuce	Mascara	Leaf Lettuce	One of the most beautiful lettuces of all! Curly, frilled oakleaf-shaped leaves retain dark-red color in hot weather. Good bolt resistance.
Lettuce	Merlot	Leaf Lettuce	Outstanding color of burgundy-red. Loose-leaf type for “cut and come again” use.
Lettuce	Mikola	Butter Lettuce	Heavy, succulent red Butterhead with large, rounded, slightly ruffled leaves. Does well in heat.
Lettuce	Pablo	Leaf Lettuce	Stunning deep red upright rosettes that look like flowers. Very wide wavy-edged flat leaves. Good crunchy texture. Excellent mild flavor.
Lettuce	Red Velvet	Leaf Lettuce	The darkest red of all lettuces available. Striking reddish-maroon leaves with green tinges. Chewy texture.
Lettuce	Reine des Glaces (Ice Queen)	Leaf Lettuce	Slow-bolting variety. Dark green deeply-cut pointed lacy leaves. Medium to dark-green crisp heart and crunchy texture. Very succulent and sweet taste.
Lettuce	Ruben's Red	Leaf Lettuce	Deep burgundy 12- to 14-inch heads. Sweet and juicy savoyed leaves with an emerald-green base. A great cool weather variety.
Lettuce	Sanguine Ameliore	Butter Lettuce	French variety introduced in 1906 by C.C. Morse & Co. as Strawberry Cabbage Lettuce. Plants seldom exceed 7 to 9 inches in diameter. Marked with deep, reddish-brown mottling. Tender texture.
Lettuce	Speckled Red	Butter Lettuce	Mennonite variety from 1799. Incredibly beautiful bright heads covered with red speckling.
Lettuce	Sunset	Leaf Lettuce	Beautiful, super-deep red. An excellent leaf type that was the All American Selection winner in 1987, but has become very rare.
Lettuce	Tango	Leaf Lettuce	Deeply cut, bright green frilly leaves. Very beautiful and tasty, this uniform attractive plant forms tight erect rosettes that are about 12 inches across and 6 to 8 inches tall. Deeply cut, pointed leaves resemble endive in appearance. Tangy flavor.
Lettuce	Tom Thumb	Leaf Lettuce	Treasured as the oldest American lettuce still available. This diminutive Butterhead is perfect for small gardens or for children’s gardens. Miniature English heirloom 4 to 6 inches across. Ruffled juicy leaves. Enough lettuce for one salad! Can be served whole.
Lettuce	Unicum	Leaf Lettuce	Exceedingly rare, beautiful leaf lettuce from Hungary. Large heads of wide, crunchy leaves occasionally splotched with red. An OAEC favorite, this lettuce has been in our seed collection for almost 20 years.
Mustards	Old Fashioned Ragged Edge		Produces fine salad greens when young. Leaves are long, narrow, deeply cut, and ruffled. Quite beautiful!
Mustards	Osaka Purple	Red Mustard	Beautiful Japanese mustard with deep purple pigment throughout the leaf surface. Leaf edges are wavy and curled. Large purple leaves with a pungent and sharp taste. Use young leaves in salads, and steam or stir-fry when mature.
Mustards	Purple Wave	Red Mustard	A cross between Osaka Purple and Green Wave mustards developed by Alan Kapuler of Seeds of Change. Light purple leaves with green edging and semi-frilled leaf margins. From 1 to 2 feet tall. Robust, hot, and spicy flavor. 70 to 80 days from transplant.
Mustards	Red Feather	Red Mustard	An OAEC original, as featured in our 2005 catalogue. A sharply-toothed cross between Old Fashioned Ragged Edge and Red Giant mustards.
Mustards	Red Giant Indian		A beautiful Japanese red mustard with large paddle-shaped leaves which are green with a deep red venation. Very ornamental.
Mustards	Ruby Streaks		Finely serrated leaves, dark green with maroon veins. Flavor is sweet and slightly pungent. Incredibly beautiful!
Nasturtiums	Green Wave		Heavily curled, frilly bright green leaves great for salad mix or full-sized bunches. Mustardy hot taste mellows when cooked. Slow to bolt.
Onions	Ailsa Craig		110 days from transplant. Huge straw-yellow globe. Firm, sweet, mild flesh. Short term storage, sweet Spanish type.
Onions	Australian Brown	Onions	Medium-sized yellow-brown flattened bulbs flavorful and pungent, and a good producer. Introduced in 1897 by W. Alice Burpee.
Onions	Southport Red Globe		Large dark purple-red skin with pink flesh. Globe shaped. Dependable variety, stores well. Introduced in 1873. 100 to 120 days from transplant.
Onions	Texas Early Grano		Vidalia-type yellow-brown onion with a sweet, tasty flavor. Developed in Texas in 1944.
Onions	Valencia		A Utah strain of Yellow Sweet Spanish with mild flavor and good storage life. Large globes up to one pound.
Onions	White Sweet Spanish		Bulbs will exceed 5 inches in diameter and can weigh up to 2 lbs. Pure white and firm sweet flesh.
Pac Choy	Tatsoi		Beautiful flat-growing Pac Choy with rosettes of dark green, spoon-shaped leaves. Tender, mild flavor. Can be used fresh in salads or as a stir-fry green. Grows low or prostrate like lettuce. 55 days to maturity.
Parsley	Italian Flatleaf		Standard heirloom dark green flat-leaved variety. Extremely sweet and tasty – much more flavorful than curly varieties.
Parsley	Italian Gigante		Very flavorful flat-leaf parsley which produces a very large, productive, and vigorous plant.
Peas	Oregon Giant		A vigorous white flowering snow pea that bears abundant 4-inch pods on 30-inch vines. Excellent flavor.
Salad Greens	Mizuna		Sometimes called Kyona. A very mild salad green and a main ingredient of many salad mixes. Traditionally a pickling vegetable in Japan.
Scallions	Deep Purple		A reddish-purple variety that retains its color throughout its growth period through high and low temperatures.
Scallions	Evergreen Hardy Bunching		Heirloom from 1880s that can perennialize in this climate. 4 to 9 inches long, slender silver shanks. Non-bulbing. A good scallion for early spring transplants. 60 to 120 days from transplant.
Scallions	Summer Bunching		Avery nice summer variety which tolerates hot weather and remains very sweet.
Scallions	Tokyo Long White		An old favorite Japanese bunching type. Looks like a long slender leek. Sweet and mild flavor – tasty!
Scallions	White Spear		Early maturing and tall blue-green shanks are 5 to 6 inches long. Very attractive and tasty.
Shungiku	Shungiku		Variously called Garland or Edible Chrysanthemum or Chop Suey herb. Shungiku leaves are a delicious, richly-flavored ingredient in salads or can be added to sautees. Bright yellow flower petals are edible too!
Swiss Chard	Bright Lights or Rainbow		Original selection of heirloom varieties with white, lemon yellow, orange, red and pink colored midribs with green leaves. Very tasty. Cold-tolerant. Incredibly beautiful ornamental. From Australia.
Swiss Chard	Chadwick's Choice		Originally from Alan Chadwick. Naturalized for over 20 years at Mariposa Ranch. Wide green leaves with thin white stems.
Swiss Chard	Flamingo Pink		Neon, hot-pink chard – incredibly striking. Great picked young for salad or larger for braising.
Swiss Chard	Golden		55 to 60 days. Rare heirloom from 1830s France. Beautiful brilliant yellow stems, midribs and venation. Delicious picked in the baby stage for salads or steamed when mature. OAEC seed.
Swiss Chard	Monstruoso		A huge chard with broad white petioles – great for stir-fry, as crudité, or baked. The best-looking and tasting strain there is.
Swiss Chard	Oriole Orange		A stunning all-orange selection. Perfect for home and markets. Orange chard is tender and just delicious!
Swiss Chard	Vulcan		An improved rhubarb chard developed in Switzerland. Very attractive and uniform red chard. Great flavor.
Tomato	Ailsa Craig	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Medium-sized, good in cool areas. Potato-leafed variety. Alan Chadwick’s favorite red tomato variety.
Tomato	Al Kuffa	Red Slicer Tomatoes	An Iraqi variety which produces small 3-4 ounce fruit on compact, dwarf vines. Delicious mild-tasting variety which can be used for salads, canning or drying.
Tomato	Alan Chadwick	Red Cherry Tomatoes	Red cherry, very sweet, large size. Indeterminate. Named after the famous English gardener.
Tomato	Amish	Red Paste Tomatoes	Very large orange-red teardrop shaped fruit with excellent flavor. For fresh eating, canning or cooking. Very productive.
Tomato	Ananas Noire	Striped Slicer Tomatoes	Sometimes called “Black Pineapple,” this tomato is from Belgium. Multi-colored (green, yellow, purple mix) smooth fruit weigh about 1 ½ lbs. Superb flavor – sweet and smoky with a hint of citrus. Heavy yielder.
Tomato	Andy's Polish Pink	Pink Slicer Tomatoes	Huge pointed pink fruit. FANTASTIC flavor, creamy texture. Our favorite variety!
Tomato	Aunt Ruby's German Green	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	Very rare, cute and flavorful, unique green cherry which was selected from the renowned Aunt Ruby’s German Green. The 1 to 2 ounce fruit are shaped like little beefsteak tomatoes and have that full beefsteak flavor. Very productive.
Tomato	Beefsteak	Red Slicer Tomatoes	A popular, old, standard variety. Deep red and very large. Fine, rich, old-time tomato taste.
Tomato	Ben's Ivory Pear	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	Unique pear-shaped ivory/yellow tomato. Very pretty! Flavorful as well!
Tomato	Bicolor Cherry	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	Flavorful and very juicy. A beautiful yellow-and-pink-blushed bicolor variety with incredibly sweet and juicy taste.
Tomato	Black	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Indeterminate.Dark mahogany color, 2- to 3-inches in diameter. Weighs 4 oz.Heirloom.
Tomato	Black Cherry	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	Flavorful and very juicy. A beautiful yellow-and-pink-blushed bicolor variety with incredibly sweet and juicy taste.
Tomato	Black From Tula	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Russian heirloom. 3- to 4-oz. slightly flattened fruit. One of the most delicious.
Tomato	Black Giant	Black Slicer Tomatoes	A large, globe shaped, purple-black fruit weighing 6-14 ournces. Highly productive vines which ripen early in the season. Has a fantastic taste with the perfect balance of acidity and sweetness.
Tomato	Black Krim	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Superb, mahogany-colored fruit from the Crimea. One of the best - many people’s favorite!
Tomato	Black Pear	Other Colors Paste Tomatoes	Dark brown tomatoes are shaped like miniature pears and flavored with an excellent, rich taste. Potato-leafed plants produce an abundance of these beautiful 4- to 6-oz. fruit. Heirloom. Great as a fresh salad tomato.
Tomato	Black Plum	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	Dark red, plum-shaped. Indeterminate. Delicious!
Tomato	Black Prince	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Indeterminate. Originally from Irkutsk, Siberia. Brown with green shoulders. Very sweet and productive. Smallish fruit.
Tomato	Black Sea Man	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Medium-sized deep brown fruit. Small potato-leafed plants. Wonderful rich flavor.
Tomato	Black Truffle	Black Slicer Tomatoes	A black burgundy-colored hybrid tomato with a strong, complex rich flavor. 6 – 8 ounce pear-shaped fruit just large enough for slicing in salads. High in sugars and acid. 75 days.
Tomato	Brad's Black Heart	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Indeterminate plants produce copious amounts of 12 ounce pink-black heart-shaped tomatoes. Exceptionally rich, sweet complex flavors, typical of the best of the black tomatoes. A good producer in cooler regions, as well as warm ones.
Tomato	Brandywine	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Large fruit, very tasty, great canner. A very popular tomato – many people’s favorite!
Tomato	Brandywine Black	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Mahogany12- to 16-oz. fruit. Rich color and flavor with vigorous potatoleaves.
Tomato	Brazilian Beauty	Black Slicer Tomatoes	An absolute OAEC favorite. Gorgeous small mahogany fruit with sublime flavor. Extremely productive.
Tomato	Brown Berry	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	The first truly brown cherry. Excellent, sweet, juicy flavor. Indeterminate.
Tomato	Brown Flesh	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Brown-colored, three-lobed, medium-sized fruit with green streaks and almost hollow core.
Tomato	Burbank Red	Red Slicer Tomatoes	3- to 4-inch fruit. Stocky plants. Good old-fashioned flavor. Developed by Luther Burbank. Hardy, productive, disease-resistant. Determinate.
Tomato	Camp Joy	Red Cherry Tomatoes	Red, productive. Tasty, like candy. Indeterminate. Developed at Camp Joy Gardens in Santa Cruz, California.
Tomato	Candy Stripe	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	Strange-looking marbled red, yellow and orange irregularly-shaped fruit. A large cherry or tiny slicer. An OAEC favorite because of its unusual appearance and great flavor!
Tomato	Carbon	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Winner of the 2005 “Heirloom Garden Show” Best-Tasting Tomato award. Fruit are smooth, dark, and beautiful. Very complex, fabulous flavor.
Tomato	Caro Rich	Orange Slicer Tomatoes	Carrot orange color. Medium fruit, great flavor. The highest carotene content of any tomato.
Tomato	Chello	Yellow Cherry Tomatoes	Fruity taste, golden yellow. Slightly flattened – very cute. Indeterminate.
Tomato	Cherokee Chocolate	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Rogue heirloom originating from Cherokee Purple, a popular old heirloomfrom Tennessee. Four-inch beefsteak-type variety with exceptionallyrich flavor and wonderful chocolate mahogany color.
Tomato	Cherokee Purple	Purple Slicer Tomatoes	Dusty rose color. Sweet, smoky flavor like Brandywine. Productive and good in dry conditions.
Tomato	Chocolate Cherry	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	Extremely flavorful uniform round fruit in clusters of 8, measuring 1-inch in diameter. Beautiful deep mahogany-red color.
Tomato	Chocolate Stripes	Black Slicer Tomatoes	A big beautiful dark chocolate-maroon fruit with deep green stripes. Great earthy, sweet flavor. A truly unique and fantastic tomato. 69-80 days.
Tomato	Coyote	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	Incredible, sweet musty taste, pale ivory color. FANTASTIC, from Mexico. Indeterminate.
Tomato	Czech's Bush	Orange Slicer Tomatoes	Heirloom from Czechoslovakia. Stocky plants produce heavy yields of 4- to 6-oz. fruit early in the season. Good flavor. Great for containers!
Tomato	Djena Lee's Golden Girl	Yellow Slicer Tomatoes	Golden heirloom with 3-inch diameter fruit. Delicious flavor, much like a persimmon – sweet and tart.
Tomato	Egyptian	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Supposedly a descendent from seeds found in a 4000-year old tomb. Large (3 inch by 3 inch), meaty, round to tapered fruit. Delicious!
Tomato	Ethiopian Black	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Heirloomfrom the Black Sea of Russia. One of the best blacks. Plum-shaped6-oz. fruits.
Tomato	Evergreen	Green Slicer Tomatoes	Lime green flesh and skin when ripe. 10- to 12-oz. fruits. Great mild flavor. One of the best tasting and most beautiful.
Tomato	Farallones Beefsteak	Orange Slicer Tomatoes	Unique orange beefsteak, great flavor. Collected from a compost pile here in 1983.
Tomato	Farallones Cherry	Red Cherry Tomatoes	A very flavorful, productive cherry which grew out of a compost pile on this site in 1982. We’ve saved its seeds ever since.
Tomato	Faribo Goldheart	Orange Slicer Tomatoes	Golden globe-shaped fruit. Good flavor. A gorgeous tomato! Doug Gosling’s favorite orange tomato.
Tomato	German Red Strawberry	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Very large, oxheart shape. Superb taste. A favorite of many.
Tomato	Gold Medal	Striped Slicer Tomatoes	The finest bicolored tomato. Large, yellow streaked with red – very attractive. Firm and smooth. The sweetest tomato you’ll ever taste.
Tomato	Golden Grape	Yellow Cherry Tomatoes	Yellow, grape-shaped fruits in large clusters 9 inches across. Intensely flavored.
Tomato	Golden Pygmy Bush	Yellow Cherry Tomatoes	Tiny fruit and tiny plant. Originally from Le Marché Seeds 20 years ago. Bush tomato only a foot high and is loaded with tiny yellow tomatoes the size of marbles. Excellent flavor. Great for container gardening.
Tomato	Golden Sunrise	Yellow Cherry Tomatoes	Orange, golf ball-sized. Indeterminate.
Tomato	Great White	White Slicer Tomatoes	Ivory/yellow flesh. Large beefsteak-like. Incredible melon-like flavor. Likes heat.
Tomato	Great White-Pink Stripe	Striped Slicer Tomatoes	Large beefsteak. Ivory with pink stripes. Divine flavor and creamy texture. Very beautiful!
Tomato	Green Grape	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	Yellow green when ripe. Fantastic rich flavor, a favorite. Determinate.
Tomato	Green Stripe	Green Slicer Tomatoes	Originally from Carlos Santana’s garden. Actually a small slicer. Pale green fruit with dark green stripes. Smooth texture. Incredible melon-like flavor. One of our favorites!
Tomato	Green Zebra	Green Slicer Tomatoes	Small yellowish-green fruit with dark green vertical stripes, emerald flesh. Mild melon-like flavor.
Tomato	Hillbilly Potato Leaf	Yellow Slicer Tomatoes	Absolutely gorgeous slicing tomato from Ohio. Sweet, juicy flattened fruits up to 1 lb. Beautiful yellow fruits are streaked with red on the blossom end. Heavy producer.
Tomato	Indian River	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Very rare variety. Produces small, round, tasty red fruit. Does well in marginal tomato growing areas. Quite productive.
Tomato	Isis Candy Cherry	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	Gorgeous fruit marbled with red. Each fruit has a spectacular cat’s eye starburst on the blossom end. Complex blend of sweet and fruity flavor.
Tomato	Italian Gold	Yellow Paste Tomatoes	Very productive, beautiful yellow-orange 6 oz. paste tomato. Late season. Indeterminate.
Tomato	Italian Tree	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Vine can grow up to 15 feet tall! Needs to be trellised. Produces enormous yields – up to 3 bushels per plant. Tomatoes are rich red, meaty, and large.
Tomato	Juane Flamme	Orange Slicer Tomatoes	Blushed orange skin with red mottled flesh. Explosive flavor. Small fruit. Disease-resistant.
Tomato	Julia Child	Red Slicer Tomatoes	The tall, indeterminate, potato-leaf plant produces lots of 4-inch, deep pink, lightly fluted, beefsteak fruits that have a robust tomato flavor and firm, juicy flesh.
Tomato	Kellog's Breakfast	Orange Slicer Tomatoes	As bright as orange juice and nearly as sweet and flavorful. Huge fruit easily attain 4-5 inches. Strong indeterminate plant.
Tomato	Legend	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Legend shows a strong tolerance to late blight fungus and is one of the earliest maturing slicing tomatoes. The big, 4-5 inch fruit are glossy red, with a uniform round shape and lots of flavor. Bred at Oregon State University.
Tomato	Lemon Bush	Yellow Cherry Tomatoes	A determinate, bushy variety which produces abundant large, flavorful yellow cherries. Very rare, impossible-to-find variety.
Tomato	Lillian's Heirloom Yellow	Yellow Slicer Tomatoes	Large, yellow, potato-leafed tomato from Tennessee. Delicious!
Tomato	Limmony	Yellow Slicer Tomatoes	Bright yellow 4- to 5-oz. beefsteak. Very productive. Fantastic flavor.
Tomato	Maria Early	Red Slicer Tomatoes	The favorite red variety of Janet Brown, Marin County tomato-grower extraordinaire. She got this variety from Maria Dondero, an elderly Italian gardener neighbor and friend who brought it over from the Old Country and grew it for 50 years. Very early!
Tomato	Marisol Gold	Yellow Slicer Tomatoes	Red-gold streaked bi-color flesh, ribbed, flattened. Productive. Excellent flavor. Family heirloom from Black Forest of Germany.
Tomato	Marisol Purple	Purple Slicer Tomatoes	Large pink-red fruit. Good taste and yield. Heirloom from Black Forest of Germany.
Tomato	Marmande	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Popular old French variety developed by Vilmorin Seed Company. Scarlet, lightly ribbed, medium to large fruit with rich, full flavor. Productive, even in cool weather.
Tomato	Martino's Roma	Red Paste Tomatoes	Italian heirloom. Mild flavored, productive, meaty paste tomato. Heavy set of 2- to 3-oz. fruit.
Tomato	Matt's Wild Cherry	Red Cherry Tomatoes	Wild tomato from Hidalgo in eastern Mexico. Small, deep red cherry packed with sweet, full flavor – high sugar content. Fantastic in salsa.
Tomato	Mr. Brown	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Created by friend Jeff Dawson, Sonoma County tomato collector, grower and breeder extraordinaire. Medium slicer with a beautiful chocolate color and rich, sweet flavor.
Tomato	Nebraska Wedding	Orange Slicer Tomatoes	3- to 4-inch fruit in beautiful bright orange clusters. Productive. Determinate. From the Great Plains.
Tomato	New Zealand Pink Pear	Other Colors Paste Tomatoes	Paste heirloom from New Zealand produces an abundance of gorgeous pear-shaped, pink fruit with excellent sweet flavor. Flesh is thick and almost seedless. Great for eating fresh or for sauce.
Tomato	Nyagous	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Germanheirloom. Baseball-sized black fruit with excellent, full flavor.Very productive and blemish-free.
Tomato	Oaxacan Jewel	Striped Slicer Tomatoes	Strikingly beautiful bicolored fruit is golden yellow with ruby-colored streaking. Fruit size is 6 ounces up to 1 pound. Rich, fruity taste is refreshing, almost melon-like but also accentuated with acid.
Tomato	Orange Banana	Orange Paste Tomatoes	Golden-orange, 2 to 4 inches long, pointed. One of the best tasting pastes, good for slicing. High yield. Indeterminate.
Tomato	Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge	Striped Slicer Tomatoes	This stunning tomato is a brilliant tangerine-orange with a shocking true-purple splashed in various amounts over its upper half. Fruit, a flattened shape with ribbing, weighing 4 – 10 ounces. Abundant producer with sweet, mild and fruity taste.
Tomato	Oregon Spring	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Large tomato, very productive. Does well in cool climates.
Tomato	Palestinian	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Delicious deep pink, 6- to 8-oz. fruit. Great for pasta. Indeterminate.
Tomato	Patio Orange	Orange Slicer Tomatoes	Compact, stocky plants produce heavy yields and are great for growing in pots. Perfectly shaped bright orange 2- to 4-oz. salad tomato. Delicious, flavorful with smooth texture.
Tomato	Paul Robeson	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Black flesh,sublime earthy taste. Many people report that this is their favorite blacktomato.
Tomato	Peace Yellow Roma	Yellow Paste Tomatoes	Sweet flavor, very dry. Indeterminate.
Tomato	Peacevine	Red Cherry Tomatoes	Very prolific bushes of small red tomatoes with occasional orange-fruited plants. High nutrition in tests and unique flavor. Developed by Dr. Alan Kapular of Seeds of Change in the 1980s.
Tomato	Pearson	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Dependable red slicer with real tomato flavor. Very old heirloom.
Tomato	Persimmon	Orange Slicer Tomatoes	Persimmon orange color. Sweet taste, medium-sized. Beautiful tomato!
Tomato	Pierce's Pride	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Medium-sized fruit are very flavorful and rich. Nicely shaped, deep dark black-red in color. Certainly one of the tastiest black tomatoes you’ll ever eat!
Tomato	Pineapple	Striped Slicer Tomatoes	Huge, streaked inside yellow, red-orange. Delicious tropical fruit taste. Many people’s favorite.
Tomato	Pink Grapefruit	Pink Slicer Tomatoes	Medium-sized flattened globe-shaped fruit. Up to 3 ½ inches in diameter. Yellow skin, blushing pink. Juicy flesh with delicious mild flavor. Low acid.
Tomato	Pink Pear	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	Pale pink pear-shaped tomato with unusually sweet, wonderful flavor. Very rare- no one else has this one!
Tomato	Power's Heirloom	Yellow Paste Tomatoes	A pale white-yellow paste tomato with great fruity flavor. Very juicy 3- to 5-oz. fruit.
Tomato	Principe Borghese	Red Paste Tomatoes	Tiny, dense flesh, great for drying. Very productive. Indeterminate. In Italy this tomato is strung like red pearls for drying. Beautiful!
Tomato	Pruden's Purple	Purple Slicer Tomatoes	Purplish fruit. Potato leaf. Good flavor, good production. Almost seedless.
Tomato	Purple Calabash	Purple Slicer Tomatoes	Maybe the most purple of all purple tomatoes. 3-inch fruit are very flat, ribbed and ruffled. Flavor is intense, sweet and tart with a citrus aftertaste. Unique! Very productive.
Tomato	Purple Prince	Purple Slicer Tomatoes	An heirloom from Irkutsk, Siberia. The 5 ounce fruit are round and very uniform. The color is a wonderful deep blackish-chocolate brown. Flavor is deep, sweet and rich. Productive, early variety.
Tomato	Purple Russian	Purple Slicer Tomatoes	Ukrainian heirloom. Plum-shaped fruits are 3 to 4 inches long and weigh 6 oz. Great taste, sweet and meaty. Very productive. Good cold tolerance.
Tomato	Red Currant	Red Cherry Tomatoes	Tiny red species tomato with intense beefsteak flavor. Often harvested in whole clusters as beautiful garnish.
Tomato	Red Grape	Red Cherry Tomatoes	Glowing red grape-shaped tomatoes produce many crisp, super-sweet fruit. Great for salads and beautiful in combination with Green Grape cherry tomatoes.
Tomato	Red Peach	Red Cherry Tomatoes	Golf ball-sized red fuzzy fruits on fuzzy-leafed plants.
Tomato	Red Pear	Red Cherry Tomatoes	Heirloom variety introduced prior to 1865. Small, bright red pear-shaped fruit. 2 inches long, 1 inch diameter. Mild, pleasant flavor. Very productive.
Tomato	Red Pygmy Bush	Red Cherry Tomatoes	A great choice for container gardening. The red fruit is tiny, and so is the plant – the plant is only a foot tall and is loaded with flavorful red fruit the size of marbles.
Tomato	Red Star	Red Cherry Tomatoes	Like nothing you’ve ever seen before! Ruffled 6-lobed fruits produce a star shape when sliced. Sturdy plant yields bright red, thin-skinned, tasty 1-inch fruit.
Tomato	Reisentraube	Red Cherry Tomatoes	German heirloom grown by Pennsylvania Dutch as early as 1856. Name translates as “giant bunch of grapes.” Produces tasty fruits in clusters of 20 to 40, each distinctly pointed. Very productive. In the past, this variety was used to make tomato wine!
Tomato	Roman Candle	Yellow Paste Tomatoes	Beautiful neon-yellow banana-shaped fruit bursting with intense sweetness and flavor.
Tomato	Rouge D'Irak	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Iraqi tomato endangered even in its own country, where saving seeds was made illegal under the “colonial powers” of the United States. Under a new law, Iraqi farmers must only plant seeds of “protected varieties” purchased from international corporations. This is a direct threat of loss of ancient regional varieties. How is that for “making way for democracy?”
Tomato	Ruby Gold	Striped Slicer Tomatoes	A favorite of ours since 1984. A huge, mostly red fruit weighing up to a pound with stunning gold marbling inside. Creamy texture and sweet, fruity melon-like taste. Late season - 88 days to ripening.
Tomato	Russia 117	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Huge, delicious ox-heart-shaped tomato. Truly one of the best!
Tomato	San Francisco Fog	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Large plant bearing abundant clusters of delicious, red, round fruit the size of golf balls. Bred for cool, overcast West Coast.
Tomato	San Marzano	Red Paste Tomatoes	Popular standard paste. Elongated, blunt-ended red fruit up to 3 ½ inches long. Interior meaty. Mild-flavored, free of juicy pulp – great for canning. Vigorous grower.
Tomato	Sarah Black	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Originally from Germany. Attractive, uniform and crack resistant, purplish-brown fruit have darker streaks in the flesh, and are large in size. Earlier than some of the other black varieties. Very rich earthy sweet and spicy flavor- one of the best!
Tomato	Sausage	Red Paste Tomatoes	6-inch fruits look like red banana peppers. Very productive vines produce heavy crops of fine paste tomatoes. Indeterminate.
Tomato	Sebastopol	Red Cherry Tomatoes	Large cherry, grown by a woman in Sebastopol for over 70 years. Indeterminate. Very flavorful and productive. Very popular. Quite productive.
Tomato	Siletz Early	Red Slicer Tomatoes	One of the best early tomatoes ever! Dwarf determinate plants produce unbelievable yields of perfectly shaped 8-oz. fruit that are loaded with old-time sweet tomato flavor. Great for container growing or backyard gardening.
Tomato	Small Pink	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	A very unusual, rare, tomato that produces many large pink fruit. One of the best, most flavorful varieties we offer.
Tomato	Snow White	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	Pale yellow/ivory-colored small cherry. Delicious taste and very productive. One of the few white cherry varieties.
Tomato	Southern Night	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Russian heirloom variety with potato-leafed foliage. Bears blackish-redbeefsteak fruit that are sweet yet acidic, with a rich and complexflavor.
Tomato	Striped Roman	Other Colors Paste Tomatoes	Stunning and unique, these long, pointed, red fruit have wavy orange stripes. Meaty flesh and excellent flavor.
Tomato	Stupice	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Early, tasty, potato-leafed, from Czechoslovakia. Good in cool weather.
Tomato	Subarctic Plenty	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Sometimes called “World’s Earliest,” this is one of the very earliest of slicers. Compact plants produce lots of 2-oz. red fruits. One of the best for cool conditions – it has even been grown in the southern Yukon!
Tomato	Sungold	Orange Cherry Tomatoes	Best-tasting among 60 varieties - like candy!! Hybrid. Indeterminate. Brilliant orange. Very productive.
Tomato	Super Italian	Red Paste Tomatoes	Large scarlet-orange paste tomato that produces firm, meaty, tasty fruit. Great for making paste—very few seeds—or drying. Our favorite paste tomato. Very productive!
Tomato	Tangerine	Orange Slicer Tomatoes	Heart-shaped. Great flavor, meaty and sweet. Great production.
Tomato	Tatar from Mongolistan	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Rare tomato from Iraqui seed collector Aziz Nail. Medium-sized fruit are very flavorful, red and flattened in shape. Great fresh or dried.
Tomato	Taxi	Yellow Slicer Tomatoes	Bright yellow color, medium-sized fruit. Productive. Great flavor.
Tomato	Thessaloniki	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Greek heirloom with wonderful mild flavor – will take you back to those fabulous fresh tomato salads you so adored in sunny Greece. Nicely uniform baseball-sized fruit.
Tomato	Tiger	Striped Slicer Tomatoes	One of our all-time favorites. Grown here since 1983. A small red slicer with orange stripes. Originally from Czechoslovakia. Tart flavor. Always one of the earliest to ripen.
Tomato	Tonadose Des Conores	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	An endangered heirloom cherry from France. Very red fruit have an orange tinge inside and a long, lingering flavor. Very productive. Vines produce loads of these tiny jewels.
Tomato	White Beauty	White Slicer Tomatoes	Ivory color. Fruit is fluted or ribbed. Beautiful cut in cross sections.
Tomato	White Queen	White Slicer Tomatoes	Heirloom introduced in 1882 by A.W. Livingston. A favorite white variety of many collectors, these 6 to 8 oz. creamy white fruits have the best flavors of all tomatoes, being fragrant, fruity and intensely sweet. Very productive.
Tomato	White Zebra	White Slicer Tomatoes	A curious tomato which produces 2 – 3 inch cream-colored fruit with light yellowish-green stripes. Nice, sweet tomato flavor. 75 – 80 days.
Tomato	Yellow Bell Paste	Yellow Paste Tomatoes	Meaty, dry, very productive, a large “plum” tomato. Indeterminate. Sweet enough to be used as a salad or slicing tomato.
Tomato	Yellow Brandywine	Orange Slicer Tomatoes	Potato-leafed, flattened orange version of the Red Brandywine. Very good rich taste and large fruit. Indeterminate
Tomato	Yellow Currant	Yellow Cherry Tomatoes	Very tiny yellow tomato, very cute, flavorful. Indeterminate.
Tomato	Yellow Mortgage Lifter	Yellow Slicer Tomatoes	Impressive cousin of Red Mortgage Lifter. Heavy yields of 1-lb., 4-inch yellow beefsteak fruit with red/pink streaks in the center. Mild, fruity flavor.
Tomato	Yellow Pear	Yellow Cherry Tomatoes	Very flavorful and productive old variety, pear-shaped. Indeterminate.
Tomato	Zapotec Pleated	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Very rare variety from the Zapotecs of Southern Mexico. Deeply pleated dark-red to pink fruits with rich, earthy flavor. Delicious and excellend stuffed, baked, or sliced. Indeterminate.

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