Perennials For Sale - Spring 2009

Below are many of the perennials we are offering at this Plant Sale. Come check us out and see the full set of wonderful plants available.

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Type

Crop

Name	Category	Description	Thumbnail
Ailsa Craig		Medium-sized, good in cool areas. Potato-leafed variety. Alan Chadwick’s favorite red tomato variety.
Ailsa Craig		Brought to the U.S. from the British Isles, this heirloom is named after an island off the coast of Scotland. 110 days from transplant. Huge straw-yellow globe, one of the largest onions you will ever grow. Firm, sweet, mild flesh. Short term storage, sweet Spanish type.
Akcel		Good early Butterhead with small compact heads. Very beautiful! Grown in the OAEC gardens since 1992.
Al Kuffa		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.
Alan Chadwick		Red cherry, very sweet, large size. Indeterminate. Named after the famous English gardener.
Amish		Very large orange-red teardrop shaped fruit with excellent flavor. For fresh eating, canning or cooking. Very productive.
Ananas Noire		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.
Andy's Polish Pink		Huge pointed pink fruit. FANTASTIC flavor, creamy texture. Our favorite variety!
Antares Flashback		Flamboyant flowers come in shades of orange, peach, apricot, yellow and cream with stunning red and maroon undersides.
Aunt Ruby's German Green		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.
Australian Brown		Medium-sized yellow-brown flattened bulbs flavorful and pungent, and a good producer. Introduced in 1897 by W. Alice Burpee.
Barcarole		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.
Beefsteak		A popular, old, standard variety. Deep red and very large. Fine, rich, old-time tomato taste.
Ben Shemen		Summer Butterhead-type from Israel, bred for intense heat and slow bolting. Large, dark green, compact heads are very sweet. Good for spring planting.
Ben's Ivory Pear		Unique pear-shaped ivory/yellow tomato. Very pretty! Flavorful as well!
Bicolor Cherry		Flavorful and very juicy. A beautiful yellow-and-pink-blushed bicolor variety with incredibly sweet and juicy taste.
Black		Indeterminate.Dark mahogany color, 2- to 3-inches in diameter. Weighs 4 oz.Heirloom.
Black Cherry		Flavorful and very juicy. A beautiful yellow-and-pink-blushed bicolor variety with incredibly sweet and juicy taste.
Black From Tula		Russian heirloom. 3- to 4-oz. slightly flattened fruit. One of the most delicious.
Black Giant		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.
Black Krim		Superb, mahogany-colored fruit from the Crimea. One of the best - many people’s favorite!
Black Pear		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.
Black Plum		Dark red, plum-shaped. Indeterminate. Delicious!
Black Prince		Indeterminate. Originally from Irkutsk, Siberia. Brown with green shoulders. Very sweet and productive. Smallish fruit.
Black Sea Man		Medium-sized deep brown fruit. Small potato-leafed plants. Wonderful rich flavor.
Black Truffle		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.
Blue Solaise		French heirloom with truly bluish leaves turning violet after a cold spell. Grown in OAEC's gardens since the mid 80's. Very large and sweet medium-long shaft. 100 to 120 days from transplant. Holds well in winter, but does beautifully all year round.
Brad's Black Heart		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.
Brandywine		Large fruit, very tasty, great canner. A very popular tomato – many people’s favorite!
Brandywine Black		Mahogany12- to 16-oz. fruit. Rich color and flavor with vigorous potatoleaves.
Brazilian Beauty		An absolute OAEC favorite. Gorgeous small mahogany fruit with sublime flavor. Extremely productive.
Bright Lights or Rainbow		Original selection of heirloom varieties from Australia with white, lemon yellow, orange, red and pink colored midribs with green leaves. Very tasty. Cold tolerant. Incredibly beautiful ornamental food crop.
Bronze Arrowhead		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.
Bronze or Copper Fennel		Ornamental fennel variety with contrasting yellow flowers. Leaves can be eaten raw in salads.
Brown Berry		The first truly brown cherry. Excellent, sweet, juicy flavor. Indeterminate.
Brown Flesh		Brown-colored, three-lobed, medium-sized fruit with green streaks and almost hollow core.
Brown Golding		Also called Goldring’s Bath Cos. Rare heirloom from 1923. Bronze-tipped leaves with surprising brownish-pink tinge. Very sweet and crunchy. In the OAEC collection since 1992.
Bulgarian Giant		A long, thin leek of the best quality. An OAEC favorite. Light green leaves. Popular variety in Europe.
Bunte Forellenschluss		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.
Burbank Red		3- to 4-inch fruit. Stocky plants. Good old-fashioned flavor. Developed by Luther Burbank. Hardy, productive, disease-resistant. Determinate.
Buttercrunch		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.
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.
Camp Joy		Red, productive. Tasty, like candy. Indeterminate. Developed at Camp Joy Gardens in Santa Cruz, California.
Candy Stripe		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!
Carbon		Winner of the 2005 “Heirloom Garden Show” Best-Tasting Tomato award. Fruit are smooth, dark, and beautiful. Very complex, fabulous flavor.
Cardinale		A wine-red Batavian crisp-leaf lettuce with a juicy crunch. Great for salad mix.
Caro Rich		Carrot orange color. Medium fruit, great flavor. The highest carotene content of any tomato.
Chadwick's Choice		Originally from Alan Chadwick. Naturalized for over 20 years at Mariposa Ranch. Wide green leaves with thin white stems. We have grown this variety, and saved seed on it, in the OAEC gardens since 1982
Champion		Dark, blue-green foliage and winter hardy. Bolt-resistant and non-heading.
Chello		Fruity taste, golden yellow. Slightly flattened – very cute. Indeterminate.
Cherokee Chocolate		Rogue heirloom originating from Cherokee Purple, a popular old heirloomfrom Tennessee. Four-inch beefsteak-type variety with exceptionallyrich flavor and wonderful chocolate mahogany color.
Cherokee Purple		Dusty rose color. Sweet, smoky flavor like Brandywine. Productive and good in dry conditions.
Chieftain Savoy		Beautiful savoyed leaves.
Chocolate Cherry		Extremely flavorful uniform round fruit in clusters of 8, measuring 1-inch in diameter. Beautiful deep mahogany-red color.
Chocolate Stripes		A big beautiful dark chocolate-maroon fruit with deep green stripes. Great earthy, sweet flavor. A truly unique and fantastic tomato. 69-80 days.
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!
Cimarron		Heirloom dating from the 18th Century with very nice deep red romaine heads. Crisp, juicy texture and great flavor.
Coyote		Incredible, sweet musty taste, pale ivory color. FANTASTIC, from Mexico. Indeterminate.
Czech's Bush		Heirloom from Czechoslovakia. Stocky plants produce heavy yields of 4- to 6-oz. fruit early in the season. Good flavor. Great for containers!
Czechoslovakia		Beautiful red-tinged heirloom leaf lettuce which has been part of OAEC’s collection since 1992. Small 10 inch head has buttery green center leaves. Very sweet and succulent. Given to us by the Seed Savers Exchange.
Dapple		Dark red, wavy leaves with sprinkles of yellow-green. Beautiful! Good taste. Virtually unavailable through any seed company, this beauty has been seed saved in OAEC’s gardens since 1992.
Dark Lolla Rosa		Deeper, more vividly red than regular Lolla Rosa. Very frilly leaves. Brilliant and beautiful!
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.
Deep Purple		A reddish-purple variety that retains its color throughout its growth period through high and low temperatures.
Diamant		Great celery flavor and free of internal browning.
Djena Lee's Golden Girl		Golden heirloom with 3-inch diameter fruit. Delicious flavor, much like a persimmon – sweet and tart.
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.
Egyptian		Supposedly a descendent from seeds found in a 4000-year old tomb. Large (3 inch by 3 inch), meaty, round to tapered fruit. Delicious!
Ethiopian Black		Heirloomfrom the Black Sea of Russia. One of the best blacks. Plum-shaped6-oz. fruits.
Evergreen		Lime green flesh and skin when ripe. 10- to 12-oz. fruits. Great mild flavor. One of the best tasting and most beautiful.
Farallones Beefsteak		Unique orange beefsteak, great flavor. Collected from a compost pile here in 1983.
Farallones Cherry		A very flavorful, productive cherry which grew out of a compost pile on this site in 1982. We’ve saved its seeds ever since.
Faribo Goldheart		Golden globe-shaped fruit. Good flavor. A gorgeous tomato! Doug Gosling’s favorite orange tomato.
Fino Verde		An attractive, compact small-leafed bush basil. Ideal for container gardening or borders. Excellent for cooking or in salads. Retains sweet flavor after flowering.
Flame		Recently introduced but extremely rare. Distinct deep red color. Slow bolting.
Flamingo Pink		Neon, hot-pink chard – incredibly striking. Great picked young for salad or larger for braising.
Flat of Italy		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.
Forellenschluss		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." First given to us by David Cavagnaro in the late 80’s.
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.
Geisha Girl		Pretty blooms are deep orange, double and have inwardly curved petals. Very unique flowers which look much like chrysanthemums.
German Chamomile		Summer annual, grows to 3 feet. Flowers can be used fresh or dried for tea. Very ornamental.
German Red Strawberry		Very large, oxheart shape. Superb taste. A favorite of many.
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.
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.
Giant Red		Extra hardy heirloom variety with red stalks which blanch to pink if protected from the light.
Gold Medal		The finest bicolored tomato. Large, yellow streaked with red – very attractive. Firm and smooth. The sweetest tomato you’ll ever taste.
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.
Golden Grape		Yellow, grape-shaped fruits in large clusters 9 inches across. Intensely flavored.
Golden Pygmy Bush		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.
Golden Self Blanching		Compact, full-hearted plants to 25 inches high. Blanches readily to a golden-yellow color. Flavor delicate and very good.
Golden Sunrise		Orange, golf ball-sized. Indeterminate.
Grandpa Admire's		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. Grown by OAEC since the early 90's.
Great White		Ivory/yellow flesh. Large beefsteak-like. Incredible melon-like flavor. Likes heat.
Great White-Pink Stripe or Big White-Pink Stripe		Large beefsteak. Ivory with pink stripes. Divine flavor and creamy texture. Very beautiful!
Green Grape		Yellow green when ripe. Fantastic rich flavor, a favorite. Determinate.
Green Stripe		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!
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.
Green Zebra		Small yellowish-green fruit with dark green vertical stripes, emerald flesh. Mild melon-like flavor.
Hillbilly Potato Leaf		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.
Indian Prince		Height 24 inches. Dark orange flowers on top and mahogany beneath.
Indian River		Very rare variety. Produces small, round, tasty red fruit. Does well in marginal tomato growing areas. Quite productive.
Isis Candy Cherry		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.
Italian Flatleaf		Standard heirloom dark green flat-leaved variety. Extremely sweet and tasty – much more flavorful than curly varieties.
Italian Gigante		Very flavorful flat-leaf parsley which produces a very large, productive, and vigorous plant.
Italian Gold		Very productive, beautiful yellow-orange 6 oz. paste tomato. Late season. Indeterminate.
Italian Tree		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.
Japanese Long		Long, slim fruit that are very crisp and mild. Easy to digest. Firm flesh with few seeds.
Jericho		A heat-resistant Romaine from Israel with large, dense, medium-green heads 12 to 14 inches tall. Very crunchy texture.
Juane Flamme		Blushed orange skin with red mottled flesh. Explosive flavor. Small fruit. Disease-resistant.
Julia Child		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.
Kalura		A very large Cos-type green romaine. Great taste and good heat tolerance.
Kellog's Breakfast		As bright as orange juice and nearly as sweet and flavorful. Huge fruit easily attain 4-5 inches. Strong indeterminate plant.
King Richard		Fast-growing summer leek. The thick white shafts can reach 12 inches in length. Light green upright leaves. Mild flavor.
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. Italian heirloom grown especially in Campania for centuries and one of the traditional ingredients in minestrone. For additional information click here.
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.
Legend		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.
Lemon Bush		A determinate, bushy variety which produces abundant large, flavorful yellow cherries. Very rare, impossible-to-find variety.
Lillian's Heirloom Yellow		Large, yellow, potato-leafed tomato from Tennessee. Delicious!
Limmony		Bright yellow 4- to 5-oz. beefsteak. Very productive. Fantastic flavor.
Lingue De Canarino (Canary's Tongue)		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. Another OAEC favorite, this variety was given to Doug Gosling in 1992 by the Seed Savers Exchange.
Little Gem		A sweet little miniature Romaine. Sometimes called “Dwarf”. 6 inches across and 6 inches tall. Very succulent, crispy texture.
Maria Early		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!
Marisol Gold		Red-gold streaked bi-color flesh, ribbed, flattened. Productive. Excellent flavor. Family heirloom from Black Forest of Germany.
Marisol Purple		Large pink-red fruit. Good taste and yield. Heirloom from Black Forest of Germany.
Marmande		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.
Martino's Roma		Italian heirloom. Mild flavored, productive, meaty paste tomato. Heavy set of 2- to 3-oz. fruit.
Mascara		One of the most beautiful lettuces of all! Curly, frilled oakleaf-shaped leaves retain dark-red color in hot weather. Good bolt resistance.
Matt's Wild Cherry		Wild tomato from Hidalgo in eastern Mexico. Small, deep red cherry packed with sweet, full flavor – high sugar content. Fantastic in salsa.
Merlot		Outstanding color of burgundy-red. Loose-leaf type for “cut and come again” use.
Mikola		Heavy, succulent red Butterhead with large, rounded, slightly ruffled leaves. Does well in heat.
Mizuna		Sometimes called Kyona. A very mild salad green and a main ingredient of many salad mixes. Also a delicious saute green. Traditionally a pickling vegetable in Japan. Will size up to 10-12 inches across if given proper spacing.
Monstruoso		A huge chard with broad white petioles – great for stir-fry, as crudité, or baked. The best-looking and tasting strain there is.
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!
Mr. Brown		Created by friend Jeff Dawson, Sonoma County tomato collector, grower and breeder extraordinaire. Medium slicer with a beautiful chocolate color and rich, sweet flavor.
Nebraska Wedding		3- to 4-inch fruit in beautiful bright orange clusters. Productive. Determinate. From the Great Plains.
New Zealand Pink Pear		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.
Nyagous		Germanheirloom. Baseball-sized black fruit with excellent, full flavor.Very productive and blemish-free.
Oaxacan Jewel		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.
Old Fashioned Ragged Edge		Produces fine salad greens when young. Leaves are long, narrow, deeply cut, and ruffled. Quite beautiful! A favorite heirloom from the American South.
Orange Banana		Golden-orange, 2 to 4 inches long, pointed. One of the best tasting pastes, good for slicing. High yield. Indeterminate.
Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge		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.
Orange Porcupine		A lovely selection of the old “Radio” variety with beautiful quilled petals, bright orange in color.
Oregon Giant		A vigorous white flowering snow pea that bears abundant 4-inch pods on 30-inch vines. Excellent flavor.
Oregon Spring		Large tomato, very productive. Does well in cool climates.
Oriole Orange		A stunning all-orange selection. Perfect for home and markets. Orange chard is tender and just delicious!
Osaka Purple		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.
Pablo		Stunning deep red upright rosettes that look like flowers. Very wide wavy-edged flat leaves. Good crunchy texture. Excellent mild flavor.
Palestinian		Delicious deep pink, 6- to 8-oz. fruit. Great for pasta. Indeterminate.
Patio Orange		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.
Paul Robeson		Black flesh,sublime earthy taste. Many people report that this is their favorite blacktomato.
Peace Yellow Roma		Sweet flavor, very dry. Indeterminate.
Peacevine		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.
Pearson		Dependable red slicer with real tomato flavor. Very old heirloom.
Persimmon		Persimmon orange color. Sweet taste, medium-sized. Beautiful tomato!
Pierce's Pride		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!
Pineapple		Huge, streaked inside yellow, red-orange. Delicious tropical fruit taste. Many people’s favorite.
Pink Grapefruit		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.
Pink Pear		Pale pink pear-shaped tomato with unusually sweet, wonderful flavor. Very rare- no one else has this one!
Pink Surprise		A lovely calendula with apricot flowers tinged with pink. Frilly flowers bloom over a long season.
Power's Heirloom		A pale white-yellow paste tomato with great fruity flavor. Very juicy 3- to 5-oz. fruit.
Premium Late Flat Dutch		Solid flat heads are 7 to 8 inches deep by 10 to 14 inches in diameter. 100 days from transplant. Beautiful shape!
President		An elite strain from Europe.
Principe Borghese		Tiny, dense flesh, great for drying. Very productive. Indeterminate. In Italy this tomato is strung like red pearls for drying. Beautiful!
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.
Pruden's Purple		Purplish fruit. Potato leaf. Good flavor, good production. Almost seedless.
Purple Calabash		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.
Purple Prince		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.
Purple Russian		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.
Purple Wave		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. Gourgeous in salad mix.
Red Currant		Tiny red species tomato with intense beefsteak flavor. Often harvested in whole clusters as beautiful garnish.
Red Danish		Medium-sized, uniform, very solid round heads with a good purple-red color. Weighs up to 6 lbs. Great fresh in coleslaws.
Red Drumhead		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.
Red Feather		An OAEC original, developed by Doug Gosling, as featured in our 2005 catalogue. A sharply-toothed cross between Old Fashioned Ragged Edge and Red Giant mustards.
Red Giant Indian		A beautiful Japanese red mustard with large paddle-shaped leaves which are green with a deep red venation. Very ornamental.
Red Grape		Glowing red grape-shaped tomatoes produce many crisp, super-sweet fruit. Great for salads and beautiful in combination with Green Grape cherry tomatoes.
Red Peach		Golf ball-sized red fuzzy fruits on fuzzy-leafed plants.
Red Pear		Heirloom variety introduced prior to 1865. Small, bright red pear-shaped fruit. 2 inches long, 1 inch diameter. Mild, pleasant flavor. Very productive.
Red Pygmy Bush		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.
Red Splash		Double-petaled blooms with red backs and burnt-orange tips. 12 to 18 inches tall. 85 to 90 days from transplanting.
Red Star		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.
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.
Red Velvet		The darkest red of all lettuces available. Striking reddish-maroon leaves with green tinges. Chewy texture.
Reine des Glaces (Ice Queen)		Slow-bolting variety. Dark green deeply-cut pointed lacy leaves. Medium to dark-green crisp heart and crunchy texture. Very succulent and sweet taste. A favorite of Doug Gosling's since 1982.
Reisentraube		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!
Roman Candle		Beautiful neon-yellow banana-shaped fruit bursting with intense sweetness and flavor.
Rouge D'Irak		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?”
Ruben's Red		Deep burgundy 12- to 14-inch heads. Sweet and juicy savoyed leaves with an emerald-green base. A great cool weather variety.
Ruby Gold		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.
Ruby Streaks		Finely serrated leaves, dark green with maroon veins. Flavor is sweet and slightly pungent. Incredibly beautiful!
Russia 117		Huge, delicious ox-heart-shaped tomato. Truly one of the best!
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.
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.
San Francisco Fog		Large plant bearing abundant clusters of delicious, red, round fruit the size of golf balls. Bred for cool, overcast West Coast.
San Marzano		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.
Sanguine Ameliore		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 and a yellowish center. Tender texture.
Sarah Black		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!
Sausage		6-inch fruits look like red banana peppers. Very productive vines produce heavy crops of fine paste tomatoes. Indeterminate.
Sebastopol		Large cherry, grown by a woman in Sebastopol for over 70 years. Indeterminate. Very flavorful and productive. Very popular. Quite productive.
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.
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!
Siletz Early		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.
Small Pink		A very unusual, rare, tomato that produces many large pink fruit. One of the best, most flavorful varieties we offer.
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.
Snow White		Pale yellow/ivory-colored small cherry. Delicious taste and very productive. One of the few white cherry varieties.
Southern Night		Russian heirloom variety with potato-leafed foliage. Bears blackish-redbeefsteak fruit that are sweet yet acidic, with a rich and complexflavor.
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.
Speckled Red		Mennonite variety from 1799. Incredibly beautiful bright heads covered with red speckling. A favorite of OAEC’s garden since the early 80’s, and first given to Doug Gosling by David Cavagnaro, the Seed Savers Exchange’s first garden manager.
Striped Roman		Stunning and unique, these long, pointed, red fruit have wavy orange stripes. Meaty flesh and excellent flavor.
Stupice		Early, tasty, potato-leafed, from Czechoslovakia. Good in cool weather.
Subarctic Plenty		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!
Summer Bunching		Avery nice summer variety which tolerates hot weather and remains very sweet.
Sungold		Best-tasting among 60 varieties - like candy!! Hybrid. Indeterminate. Brilliant orange. Very productive.
Sunset		Beautiful, super-deep red. An excellent leaf type that was the All American Selection winner in 1987, but has become very rare.
Super Italian		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!
Tangerine		Heart-shaped. Great flavor, meaty and sweet. Great production.
Tango		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.
Tatar from Mongolistan		Rare tomato from Iraqui seed collector Aziz Nail. Medium-sized fruit are very flavorful, red and flattened in shape. Great fresh or dried.
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.
Taxi		Bright yellow color, medium-sized fruit. Productive. Great flavor.
Texas Early Grano		Vidalia-type yellow-brown onion with a sweet, tasty flavor. Developed in Texas in 1944.
Thessaloniki		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.
Tiger		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.
Tokyo Long White		An old favorite Japanese bunching type. Looks like a long slender leek. Sweet and mild flavor – tasty!
Tom Thumb		Treasured as the oldest American lettuce still available. This diminutive and adorable 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. An OAEC favorite.
Tonadose Des Conores		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.
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.)
Unicum		Exceedingly rare, beautiful leaf lettuce from Hungary unavailable anywhere else. Large heads of wide, crunchy leaves occasionally splotched with red. An OAEC favorite, this lettuce has been in our seed collection since 1992.
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.
Valencia		A Utah strain of Yellow Sweet Spanish with mild flavor and good storage life. Large globes up to one pound.
Vulcan		An improved rhubarb chard developed in Switzerland. Very attractive and uniform red chard. Great flavor.
Waltham 29		Medium to large head of good quality. Heirloom variety.
White Beauty		Ivory color. Fruit is fluted or ribbed. Beautiful cut in cross sections.
White Queen		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.
White Spear		Early maturing and tall blue-green shanks are 5 to 6 inches long. Very attractive and tasty.
White Sweet Spanish		An heirloom variety that has become a garden standard. Produces 1-pound, globe-shaped onions with white skin, fine flesh, and a mild sweet flavor. Great storage capability.
White Zebra		A curious tomato, which produces 2 – 3 inch cream-colored fruit with light yellowish-green stripes. Nice, sweet tomato flavor. 75 – 80 days.
Wild Red Russo Siberian		A diverse selection of flat-leafed and mossy curled kales, selected by John Eveland of Wild Garden Seed Company in Philomath, Oregon. Very red, very cold hardy, very beautiful and high-yielding. For additional information click here.
Yellow Bell Paste		Meaty, dry, very productive, a large “plum” tomato. Indeterminate. Sweet enough to be used as a salad or slicing tomato.
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. An OAEC favorite.
Yellow Brandywine		Potato-leafed, flattened orange version of the Red Brandywine. Very good rich taste and large fruit. Indeterminate
Yellow Currant		Very tiny yellow tomato, very cute, flavorful. Indeterminate.
Yellow Mortgage Lifter		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.
Yellow Pear		Very flavorful and productive old variety, pear-shaped. Indeterminate.
Zapotec Pleated		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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