Annuals For Sale - Summer 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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Crop

Crop	Name	Type	Description
Basil	Cinnamon	Specialty Basils	Attractive, stocky plant with a warm spicy, cinnamon-like aroma and a flavor with a hint of cloves. It has purplish venation on the leaves and dark rose-colored blooms. Vigorous plants – hardier than other basils. Makes a fine jelly and is good in fruit salads, sweet-and-sour dishes, chicken marinades and other dishes where a sweet spicy flavor is desired.
Basil	Dark Opal	Purple Basils	Beautiful dark purple leaves with bronze overtones and pale lavender-white flowers. Scent and taste are more subtle and delicate than sweet basil. Good for making basil vinegar to which it readily imparts its rich purple color.
Basil	Greek	Specialty Basils	This variety is the same as Bush Basil. Attractive bushy plant. Height 6 to 9 inches. Compact umbrella-shaped form. Leaves ¼ to ½ inch long. Extremely strong sweet basil scent – good for all culinary uses. Typically grown in Greek homes and restaurants in pots and window boxes. Excellent for border edgings.
Basil	Holy or Sacred	Specialty Basils	A revered herb of the Hindu tradition, also know as sacred basil or tulsi. An immune system stimulating tea herb as well as a beautiful ornamental. Fuzzy 2-inch leaves have a uniquely pleasant aroma.
Basil	Italian Large Leaf	Pesto Basils	Large plant with medium-dark green leaves up to 4 inches long. Compared to Genovese, the scent and taste are sweeter and less clove-like. Height 24 to 30 inches.
Basil	Lettuce Leaf	Pesto Basils	Huge 3- to 5-inch rumpled leaves. Japanese basil with a great flavor.
Basil	Mammoth	Pesto Basils	Huge wide leaves, twice as large as other Italian basils. A few leaves make a harvest. Leaves so large it is possible to stuff them like cabbage leaves.
Basil	Mrs. Burn's Lemon	Specialty Basils	A pure strain that has been grown for over 60 years in Southern New Mexico. Many people consider this cultivar far superior to the more common sweet basil. Fine for all culinary uses: in pestos, salads and soups.
Basil	Napoletano	Pesto Basils	Lettuce leaf type with huge frilly leaves. Spicy traditional flavor. Leaves are up to 4 inches long and tend to be lighter in color than other pesto types. Height 24 to 30 inches.
Basil	Nufar	Pesto Basils	A new fusarium wilt resistant basil! Large leaf type for standard use and making pesto- almost identical to the Italian large leaf. Leaves up to 4 inches long with sweet scent and flavor. Height 24-30 inches.
Basil	Osmin	Purple Basils	New purple variety from Switzerland with a 100% true dark maroon color. Useful as a beautiful and fragrant ornamental, but also as a culinary herb for colorful and flavorful pesto, vinaigrettes, and salads.
Basil	Persian Anise	Specialty Basils	An aromatic, anise-like flavor makes this variety a wonderful dried cooking herb. Makes a nice tea, too.
Basil	Poppy Joe's	Pesto Basils	Another variety developed by Rutgers University for exceptional fusarium resistance, which can be a serious problem in our climate. Produces aromatic, bright green leaves with superb culinary properties. Robust, high-yielding 12-14 inches tall.
Basil	Purple Romanian	Purple Basils	Very rare variety from Romania which has been preserved in OAEC’s gardens for 15 years. Highly ornamental with bicolored green leaves with purple venation. Has a spicy anise taste.
Basil	Purple Ruffles	Purple Basils	Ruffled Leaves smell of cloves and licorice. Striking color in the garden. Leaves are beautiful raw in salads or as a garnish. Height 16 to 20 inches.
Basil	Red Rubin	Purple Basils	Vigorous, purple Italian large leaf type. High yields and great flavor. Large flat leaves stand out horizontally and are a copper-tinged purple color. Height 18 to 24 inches.
Basil	Siam Queen	Specialty Basils	A 1997 All America Selections winner with a tangy, spicy hint of licorice flavor. An early maturing variety. Purple stems, large dark green leaves, and pink-violet flowers. Compact 12-inch height makes it great for growing in containers.
Basil	Spicy Globe	Specialty Basils	Small dome-shaped plants with tiny leaves, much like Greek basil. Spicy, sweet basil flavor. Decorative plants can be grown in pots or used as border plants in garden.
Basil	Thai	Specialty Basils	Spicy anise clove scent and flavor. Most commonly used in Thai or Vietnamese cooking. Attractive plants are 12 to 18 inches tall with medium-green leaves. Stems and blossoms are purple. Very good for planting in containers.
Borage	White Borage		The white-flowered form of Borage is much more rare than the blue. Very similar in appearance to Blue Borage, this hardy annual produces a great show of pure white star-shaped flowers which have all the same attributes and benefits as the blue. Culinarily it is used in the same ways as the blue, but has an even more delicate, sweet flavor- also like cucumbers. The two forms do not cross with each other, so you can always have the two beautiful colors growing together in your garden!
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!
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	Kablouna Mix		Mix of gold, orange and lemon many-petaled blooms. 18 to 24 inches tall. 35 to 95 days from transplanting.
Calendula	Pacific Beauty		An “English Cottage Garden” variety that reaches 24 inches and blooms throughout the year. Large flowers in yellow, orange, cream, and apricot. Attracts beneficial insects to the garden.
Calendula	Pink Surprise		A lovely calendula with apricot flowers tinged with pink. Frilly flowers bloom over a long season.
Calendula	Resina		Bright yellow flowers with a few orange ones, with light-colored centers. Unusually aromatic flowers have an especially high resin content – the best variety for making tinctures and oils.
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.
Cucumbers	Armenian		Distinctive gray-green variety may reach up to two feet long. Needs trellis. Very sweet and burpless.
Cucumbers	Boston Pickling		Heirloom variety dating from 1880. Plants produce heavy yields of small 6 inch long cucumbers, perfect for pickling.
Cucumbers	Bushy		Old variety that originated in Southern Russia. Has compact bushy plants with 3 to 5 foot vines. Good production.
Cucumbers	Crystal Apple		Introduced from Australia by Arthur Yates and Co. in the 1920s or ‘30s, it is said to have originated in China. Almost extinct in America. Very tasty, tender, and sweet. Small oval fruit are a bright creamy white, about the size of a small apple.
Cucumbers	Early Fortune		Introduced in 1910 by Jerome Rice Seed Co. of Cambridge, New York, who described it as the earliest and best white spined cucumber ever offered. Fruits are 7 to 8 inches long by 2 inches in diameter.
Cucumbers	Japanese Long		Long, slim fruit that are very crisp and mild. Easy to digest. Firm flesh with few seeds.
Cucumbers	Lemon		Heirloom introduced in 1894 in Pennsylvania. Similar in size and appearance to a lemon, averaging 2 inches by 3 inches. Once a well-established market variety in Australia.
Cucumbers	Marketmore		Disease-tolerant variety with dependable set of even 8 to 9 inch dark green fruits.
Cucumbers	Painted Serpent		Fruits are light green with darker striped ribs. Curls into snakelike shapes and can grow around 15 inches. Mild, delicious fruit are not a true cucumber but a melon. Originated in Armenia.
Cucumbers	Suyo Long		Traditional long-fruited curvaceous variety from China. A sweet flavored, ribbed fruit growing up to 15 inches long. Widely adapted, sets early. Excellent burpless and bitter-free variety for pickles and slicing. Delicious, non-bitter, crisp, and tender.
Cucumbers	Telegraph Improved		Smooth, straight dark green fruit up to 18 inches long. Flesh is very crisp, tender and mild—superb flavor! Very few seeds. Vigorous, high yielding vines. Excellent English variety.
Gourds	Bottle Martinhouse		Similar in shape and size to the Birdhouse gourd, except this variety has a slightly longer neck. Perfect for making hanging birdhouses to attract colonies of Purple Martins.
Gourds	Bushel Basket		Huge round gourds up to 24 inches across. Can be used for all kinds of artwork and storage containers. Very long vines. Thick, hard shell.
Gourds	Calabash		Large bottle-type gourd, great for making crafts and water jugs.
Gourds	Connecticut Field		Traditional field pumpkin from New England, mainly used for carving. History goes back to 200 years. 10–18 inches by 10–14 inches diameter. Mild, sweet flavor.
Gourds	Empress of India		Brilliant scarlet flowers and deep blue green leaves make for a striking contrast. Forms billowing 2-foot mounds. Blooms best in cool weather.
Gourds	Extra Long Handled Dipper		A very long handled variety -- up to 6 feet long -- with a 5 to 8 inch bowl at the bottom. Can be used as a water dipper or other crafts. Spectacular!
Gourds	Jarradale		Slate blue-gray 6 to 10 lb. pumpkins of superb quality. Shape is flat, ribbed and very decorative. Good keeper. Australian heirloom.
Gourds	Jewel of Africa		Superb trailing variety features handsome hunter green leaves splashed with cream. Bright flowers in shades of red, yellow, peach and cream all summer and fall. Grows to 5 feet and can be trained on fences or is excellent in hanging baskets or as a ground cover.
Gourds	Long Handled Dipper		Long necks make perfect handles for dippers or ladles. Grows up to 48 inches. Grown on a trellis for straighter, longer handles.
Gourds	Lumina		Ivory, white-skinned smallish pumpkin with sweet orange flesh - very beautiful! Great for baking and carving.
Gourds	Maranka		Also known as Dinosaur gourd. Bizarre and wonderful, it looks like some disturbing alien weapon. Originally from Zimbabwe, and used to make shekeres, a kind of musical instrument.
Gourds	Marina Di Chioggia or Italian Marine Pumpkin		Italian heirloom. Very large and gray-green turban type with ridges, bumpy skin and yellow flesh. Weighs 5 to 10 lbs. each. Great for pies.
Gourds	Musque de Provance		Very rare variety from the south of France. Flattened 5 to 10 lb. fruit has a smooth, orange terracotta finish, deep ridges and sweet flesh. Great pie pumpkin. Extraordinarily beautiful!
Gourds	New England Sugar Pie		Heirloom from the late 19th century. Orange fruit weighing 4 to 5 lbs. Fine, sweet flesh that is superb for pies.
Gourds	Pataca Giant		Attractive, flattened and ribbed pumpkins have blue-grey shells. Make lovely decorations and are great to eat. Weigh around 25 lbs. and have an orange pulp that is used in Brazil for making candy and for canning.
Gourds	Penguin		Gourds shaped like a penguin – great for craft people! 5 inches in diameter and 12 inches long.
Gourds	Rouge Vif D'Etampes		Incredibly beautiful flattened and ribbed large fruit with a gorgeous deep red-orange color. Flesh is tasty in pies or baked. A very old French heirloom, the most common pumpkin in the central market in Paris back in the 1880s.
Gourds	Snake		Gourds grow up to four feet long and 8 inches around. Light green mottled skin. Great conversation piece.
Gourds	Speckled Swan		Vigorous vines produce beautiful 4 to 6 lb. gourds whose green skin is overlaid with creamy speckles. The large bases taper gracefully to slender swan-like necks.
Gourds	Tall Double Mix		Double flowers come in many colors. Very productive flowering and tailing habit.
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.
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	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	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.
Marigolds	Cempoalxochitl		The wild species (pronounced zem-pul-so-chee-tul) originally from Oaxaca, Mexico, where the marigold is honored on the Day of the Dead. Hundreds of 1–2 inch single-petaled orange blossoms with an intense aroma occur on a large 4–5 foot plant. Hardy annual.
Marigolds	Lemon/Tangerine Gem		These are Tangerine Gem or Lemon Gem marigolds which are miniatures: small plants – mounds about 12 inches across – covered with hundreds of either orange or yellow ¼ inch flowers. These are a bright addition to either a border or container. These can be used as a cheery garnish or as an edible flower in salads or savory dishes.
Marigolds	Starfire Signet		This mix is a delightful and highly decorative annual first introduced in the 1930’s, with bright green foliage and masses of single orange, gold, maroon and lemon flowers with marvelous sweet-spicy fragrance. Great as an edible garnish on salads.
Melons	Crane		The famous California heirloom, introduced in 1920 by Oliver Crane whose family has been farming near Santa Rosa for six generations. Delicious Crenshaw-type melons have pale orange flesh that is very sweet and fine flavored. Green skinned. Fruit 4 lbs.
Melons	Crenshaw		Large melons with wonderful, sweet flavor. Grows well in our warm, dry climate. Fruits are oval-shaped and yellow-green with salmon-pink flesh. Good yields of delicious melons.
Melons	French Charantais		A famous superb heirloom French melon. Super sweet and very fragrant. Very small melon.
Melons	Honeydew		Beautiful ivory-green fruit with very sweet flesh and classic honeydew flavor! A superb variety.
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.
Nasturtiums	Alaska		Variegated leaves are light green, dappled with white, and flowers cover the full range of nasturtiums colors. An incredible eye catcher and the leaves are striking in salads.
Nasturtiums	Single Mix		An excellent ground cover which is perfect for trailing over rocks, stumps or walls. It can easily grow to 8-feet in a single season. Flower colors include orange, gold and red.
Onions	Ailsa Craig		110 days from transplant. Huge straw-yellow globe. Firm, sweet, mild flesh. Short term storage, sweet Spanish type.
Onions	Red Torpedo		Italian Heirloom bottle-shaped onion that forms a bronzy-red, 4- to 6-inch long, 2- to 3-inch diameter bulb. Mild pink flesh – very sweet!
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	Walla Walla Sweet		110 days to harvest. Large, flattened globe-shaped bulb. Light brown skin with white ultra-mild flesh. Considered one of the sweetest onions. Brought to Walla Walla, Washington from Corsica at the turn of the century by a member of the French army once stationed on the island. Mild sweet flavor – yummy! Bulbs can reach 2 lbs. each and store 2 to 3 months.
Onions	White Sweet Spanish		Bulbs will exceed 5 inches in diameter and can weigh up to 2 lbs. Pure white and firm sweet flesh.
Parsley	Moss Curled		The leaves of this parsley are so deeply cut and curled that it resembles moss. Vigorous, high-yielding, uniform, and very sweet. Introduced in the late 1800’s.
Peppers	Aji Amarillo (Yellow Peruvian)	Hot Peppers	Slender yellowish-orange fruits up to 4 inches long, tapered on both ends. Very hot, but flavorful. Plants bushy, up to 3 ½ feet tall. Very productive.
Peppers	Ancho Gigantea	Hot Peppers	Heart-shaped, 3 inch by 4 inch, dark green/almost black fruit. Called Poblano when fresh and green, and Ancho when red and dried. The standard Mexican variety for sauces and stuffing, distinctive rich flavor without too much heat.
Peppers	California Wonder	Sweet Peppers	Large, sweet blocky thick-walled, stuffing bell pepper. About 4 inches long and 4 inches wide. Glossy deep green to red. Upright, prolific everbearing 24 to 30 inch tall plants.
Peppers	Chervena Chushka	Sweet Peppers	Bulgarian heirloom traditionally used for roasting, but also a great sweet pepper. Flesh is bright red and very sweet, almost candy-like. Tapered fruits are 2 inches at the shoulder by 6 inches long and ripen from green to brown to red.
Peppers	Corno Di Toro Giallo	Sweet Peppers	The traditional favorite in Italy. Long, tapered, 8-inch bullhorn-shaped golden yellow peppers are sweet and spicy. Great fresh or roasted. High yields.
Peppers	Early Jalapeno	Hot Peppers	Early Jalapeno will set fruit under cooler conditions than other hot varieties. Most familiar in their green stage, they are hottest and fully ripe when they are red. 3-inch peppers are thick-walled and juicy. Use fresh, pickled, or in sauces. 65 days.
Peppers	Feherozon Paprika	Hot Peppers	Originally from Hungary. Short conical fruit 3 ½ inches to 4 ½ inches long borne in clusters. Thin-walled skin smooth and waxy. Yellow sweet flesh. Popular for letcho, stuffed paprika, pickles and deep-frozen paprika.
Peppers	Golden California Wonder	Sweet Peppers	Colorful golden bells that are very sweet and tasty. Superb for fresh eating.
Peppers	Golden Marconi	Sweet Peppers	A late Italian pepper with beautiful, big, yellow, 7-inch tapering fruit. Very sweet. Great for frying or fresh.
Peppers	Italian Pepperoncini	Sweet Peppers	Little thin pickling pepper heirloom from southern Italy. 3 to 5 inch red fruits have a superb flavor and just a little heat. Small plants.
Peppers	Lipstick	Sweet Peppers	Incredibly sweet red pepper. Pointed thick-walled 4-inch fruit. Use fresh or roasted. Very ornamental.
Peppers	Long Slim Red Cayenne	Hot Peppers	Fiery hot crimson cayenne peppers, 4 to 6 inches by 1 inch which are wrinkled and twisted. 20 to 30 inch, very productive bush. 70 to 75 days.
Peppers	Marconi Purple	Sweet Peppers	A lovely purple version of Red Marconi, elongated fruit can grow 10 inches long and turn red at full maturity. An exciting new twist on this old Italian heirloom. Mild, sweet flavor.
Peppers	Numex Joe Parker	Hot Peppers	Southwest favorite for stuffing (chile rellenos!), grilling, and roasting for stews and sauces. Flesh is thick and crisp with a delicious mild heat and rich chile flavor. Uniform 6 to 8 inch by 2-inch fruit ripen from bright green to mahogany to red. Medium tall plant. Very productive. 70 to 95 days.
Peppers	Orange Bell	Sweet Peppers	Blocky 4 by 3 ½ inch fruits are 3 to 4 lobed, extremely thick-fleshed with excellent sweet flavor and very good yields. 60 days from transplant for green peppers and 90 days for orange.
Peppers	Pepperonici	Hot Peppers	Little, thin pickling pepper, with 3 to 5 inch fruit. Superb flavor and just a little heat. Small plants. Heirloom from southern Italy.
Peppers	Pimiento	Sweet Peppers	Medium-sized, uniform, heart-shaped fruit, 4 inches long and 3 inches wide. Dark green ripening to a deep bright red. Thick walled, juicy, and very sweet. Used for pickling, canning and stuffing.
Peppers	Purple Beauty	Sweet Peppers	An heirloom variety that yields a nice, thick-walled pepper which is a deep, midnight eggplant kind of purple. Beautiful. Plants are compact. About 70 days.
Peppers	Purple Jalapeno	Hot Peppers	The fruit of this jalapeno turns dark purple and stays that way for a long time before finally ripening to red. Peppers larger than regular jalapeno, but have the same thick walls and fiery heat. Attractive in salsas and as part of a pickled pepper mix.
Peppers	Quadrato D'Asti Giallo	Sweet Peppers	Large, blocky, almost square 3 or 4 lobed giant bell pepper from Italy. Green peppers ripen very slowly to golden-yellow. Thick, crisp flesh with delicious sweet spicy flavor. 70 to 80 days from transplant.
Peppers	Quadrato D'Asti Rosso	Sweet Peppers	Very thick brilliant red flesh. Fruit are huge with delicious rich, sweet taste. Excellent for frying, salads or stuffing. Large yields.
Peppers	Red Marconi	Sweet Peppers	A late Italian pepper that yields big, 7 inch long tapering fruits. Very sweet. Great for frying or fresh.
Peppers	Round of Hungary	Sweet Peppers	A specialty pimiento cheese pepper. Ribbed, flattened fruits mature early and have very thick, sweet delicious flesh. Distinctive fruits turn red early, and are great for stuffed peppers, in cooking and in salads.
Peppers	Sweet Chocolate	Sweet Peppers	Fruit matures from green to a very attractive deep chocolate hue. Fruit incredibly sweet and are large, thick-walled and four-lobed. About 75 days.
Peppers	Tangerine Pimiento	Sweet Peppers	2 to 3 inch, round to slightly flattened lobed fruits are thick walled, sweet, juicy, and delicious eaten fresh. Ripens to a lovely tangerine hue. Vigorous, productive, and early maturing.
Peppers	Tequila Sunrise	Sweet Peppers	Very ornamental peppers on sturdy plants, 12 to 16 inches tall by 12 inches wide. Carrot-shaped fruits, 4 to 5 inches long and 1 inch at the shoulder. Fruits ripen from deep green to golden-orange. Firm crunchy flesh with sweet flavor. Great for adding color and texture to salsas. 60 to 80 days from transplant.
Peppers	Yolo Wonder	Sweet Peppers	Best strain of California Wonder- an American classic. Large, thick-walled blocky lobed fruit are mild and juicy. Green ripening to a sweet tasting bright red.
Pumpkins	Amish Pie		Slightly pale orange flesh up to 5 inches thick. Can weigh up to 60 to 80 lbs. Moist flesh, great for making pies and for freezing.
Pumpkins	Big Max		Huge pumpkins can grow well over 100 lbs. Nearly round, bright orange fruit are stunning! Good for pies and canning. Thick orange flesh.
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	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!
Squash	Blue Hubbard	Winter Squash	Gregory Seed Company introduced this fine New England variety in 1909. Huge, teardrop-shaped fruit weigh 15 to 40 lbs. and have sweet, fine-grained golden flesh. Great for baking, pies, and soup. Great for long-term storage.
Squash	Buttercup	Winter Squash	Dark green, blocky 3 to 5 lb. fruit with deep orange fiberless flesh - sweet rich flavor.
Summer Squash	Benning's Green Tint		Colorful, light green scalloped fruit. Tender and good quality. Excellent yields and easy to grow.
Summer Squash	Costata Romanesco		Famous Roman zucchini. Distinctive long fruit are fluted and ribbed—the cut slices are scalloped. Medium green striped skin. Rich and very flavorful, popular to fry with the flower still on.
Summer Squash	Golden Zucchini		Slender bright golden yellow zucchini. As delicious as they are attractive. Bush plants.
Summer Squash	Lebanese White Bush Marrow		Rare Lebanese variety. Cream colored oblong fruit – harvest when 7 inches long. Tasty and mild, good fried or baked.
Summer Squash	Lemon Squash		The size, shape, and color of a lemon. Huge yields and very insect-resistant. Very tasty—great fried.
Summer Squash	Pattissons Golden Marbre		A rare French heirloom. A scallop type, fruit is bright golden orange. Very tender with excellent flavor. High yielding bush plants.
Summer Squash	Pattissons Jaune Et Verte		Beautiful scalloped fruit are a lovely creamy yellow with contrasting deep green radial streaks. Stunning displayed with other scallops. Flavor is delicious. French heirloom.
Summer Squash	Pattissons Panache Blanc Et Vert		A stunning pure white scallop with deep green radial streaks. Delicious flesh is great fried or baked. A pre-1885 French heirloom.
Summer Squash	Ronde de Nice		Delicious Italian heirloom. Round pale green zucchini. Fruits are tender and fine flavored – the ideal squash for stuffing. Vigorous quick growing plant.
Summer Squash	Tromboncino		Fruits grow long, thin and curved to a bell at the flower end. Pale green. Vigorous vining plants best grown on a trellis. Harvest fruit 8 to 18 inches long. Very sweet taste and smooth texture—the best summer squash of all!
Summer Squash	Yellow Crookneck		Bush plants produce extended crops of smooth light-yellow fruits with curved necks. Best eaten 5 to 6 inch long. Creamy-white sweet mild flesh has excellent flavor.
Summer Squash	Zapallo Del Tronco		Huge bushy plants give you both summer and winter squash. 2 to 4 inch dark green young fruit are bountiful and taste delicious—another fabulous summer squash! Let mature to a winter squash. It keeps well and has good, dry winter flesh.
Summer Squash	Zucchini Black Beauty		Classic dark green summer squash. Delicious fried or baked, best picked young. Introduced in U.S. markets in the 1920s, and seed companies started listing it in the 1930s.
Sunflowers	Giganteus		The sturdy 12 – 14 foot stalks produce absolutely enormous flowers one foot or more across. Gauranteed to stop traffic!
Sunflowers	Pacino Gold		A dwarf sunflower standing only about 12 inches tall, with 4-inch heads featuring gold petals and light yellow centers.
Sunflowers	Sole Mio		This sunflower grows to 3 feet high and is topped with a 6 – 7 inch golden-yellow bloom. It is an enormous flower for a plant this size. Great for the edge of borders.
Sunflowers	Sonja		Big butter yellow flowers with dark brown centers on 3 ½ foot plants.
Sunflowers	Sun Gold		A dwarf sunflower standing only about 12 inches tall, with 4-inch heads featuring gold petals and light yellow centers.
Sunflowers	Sunrich Orange		Vibrant golden yellow petals surround dark brown centers. Single stemmed plants grow 3 to 6 feet tall.
Sunflowers	Velvet Queen		Striking sunflower has velvety, dark mahogany-red petals with an almost black center. Well-branched, free-flowering plants make this an ideal sunflower for borders or cut flowers. Plants from 5 to 7 feet tall.
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.
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 Paste	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 Cherry	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	Aunt Ruby's German Green	Green Slicer Tomatoes	Light green with pink interior. Large 1-lb. fruit. Outrageous, slightly spicy flavor! Vigorous grower.
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 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	Black Tula	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Russianheirloom. 3- to 4-oz. slightly flattened fruit. One of the mostdelicious.
Tomato	Black Zebra	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Small,dark red-brown fruit with subtle striping. Great flavor.Indeterminate.
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	Brandywine Pink	Pink Slicer Tomatoes	Large 1- to 1 ½-lb. fruit. Luscious mild flavor. Potato leaves. 1890s Amish heirloom.
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	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	Copia	Striped Slicer Tomatoes	New variety developed by friend Jeff Dawson and named in honor of Copia, the American Center for Food, Wine and the Arts in Napa. Very tasty, beautiful, large-striped fruit with swirling, glowing gold and neon red both outside and inside. A “must have!”
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	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	Garden Peach	Yellow Cherry Tomatoes	Light yellow, with a delicate fruity flavor. Looks like small fuzzy peaches. Very productive. First introduced in 1862.
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 Roma	Yellow Paste Tomatoes	Thick, meaty flesh makes it a perfect tomato for processing. Beautiful bright lemon yellow. Sweet-tasting and smooth texture. Great fresh or processed.
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	Hawaiian Pineapple	Striped Slicer Tomatoes	Another pineapple variety, which produces 1-pound fruit with yellow and red mottled flesh. Flavor is excellent, sweet, fruity and somewhat pineapple-like in taste. Productive and beautiful.
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	Hungarian Paste	Red Paste Tomatoes	The only potato-leaved paste tomato known. Produces heavy yields of top quality pear-shaped paste tomatoes great for making sauce or other cooked tomato dishes.
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	Indische Fleisch	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Heirloom from East Germany. 3- to 4-inch exotic, flattened fruit. Purple-brown (chocolate) color with green shoulders. Great flavor with plentiful yield. Indeterminate.
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	Japanese Black Trifele	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Originallyfrom Russia. Attractive tomato the size and shape of a Bartlett pear.Beautiful purplish-brick color. Flavor absolutely sublime, having therichness of fine chocolate. Heavy producer.
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 Boy	Yellow Slicer Tomatoes	Rich pale yellow, with excellent flavor. Productive. Beautiful sliced.
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	Nineveh	Red Slicer Tomatoes	A variety which comes from Mosul (formerly Nineveh) in Iraq but is now said to be lost to cultivation due to the long on-going war and promotion of hybrid and GMO seeds by the U.S. government. Bush. Plants set bright red, small to medium sized fruit with a very acid, almost sour taste best for cooking uses.
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	Orange Russia 117	Orange Slicer Tomatoes	1- to 2-lb. heart-shaped fruit. Yellow-orange with pink flush, very meaty.
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	Radiator Charlie’s Mortgage Lifter	Red Slicer Tomatoes	West Virginian M.C. Byle created this legendary tomato in the 1930s by cross-breeding four of the largest tomatoes he could find. He paid off his mortgage in six years by selling seedlings of this plant. Very productive. Meaty and flavorful. Disease-resistant.
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	Royal Chico	Red Paste Tomatoes	A rare paste tomato. Very productive and vigorous variety which yields bright red pear-shaped fruit which are uniform and perfect for paste or canning. Resistant to disease.
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	Russian Black	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Baseball-sizedfruit with charcoal black flesh. Good flavor. Indeterminate.
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	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	Speckled Roman	Other Colors Paste Tomatoes	3-inch wide by 5-inch long fruits with jagged orange and yellow stripes. Meaty, great tomato taste. Very productive with few seeds. Indeterminate.
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	Super Lakota	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Large, early tomato. Thick-skinned, fleshy 6- to 8-oz. fruit.
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	Tim's Black Ruffles	Black Slicer Tomatoes	A fantastic cross between Black Krim and Zapotec Pink Pleated tomatoes. Large indeterminate plants yield gorgeous 8 – 10 ounce brilliant garnet purple pleated fruit. Sweet, meaty, well-balanced flavor – one of the best tasting of the black varieties. Makes a great purple tomato sauce.
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	Washington	Red Cherry Tomatoes	Incredibly productive, flavorful perfectly round large red cherry. Does extremely well in cool areas.
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.
Tomato Relatives	Aunt Molly’s Ground Cherry (Prunus pruinosa)		Ground cherries were recorded as early as 1837 in Pennsylvania. This Polish variety has an excellent citrus flavor, and can be used for preserves, pies, over ice cream or in fresh fruit salad. Fruits are ½ to ¾ inches in diameter and encased in a papery husk. Very productive plants are 18 inches tall and 24 inches wide.
Winter Squash	Black Forest Kabocha		Kabocha-type dark green flat-round buttercup type fruits. Very dry and sweet orange flesh. Used in Asian cuisine.
Winter Squash	Blue Ballet		A smaller version of Blue Hubbard with a blue-gray, teardrop-shaped 3- to 6-lb. fruit. Sweet, deep orange flesh.
Winter Squash	Fordhook Acorn		Introduced in 1890 by W. Atlee Burpee of Philadelphia and named after their Fordhook Trial grounds in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Vining plants with long pale orange fruit similar to Acorn squash. Can be eaten as a summer or winter squash. Very rare.
Winter Squash	Galeux D'Eysines		Sweet, orange moist flesh great for baking and soups. Pink salmon colored fruit covered with peanut-like warts—great for decoration in the fall. Fruits weigh between 10 to 20 lbs.
Winter Squash	Honeyboat Delicata		One of the sweetest squash varieties in existence. Oblong, Delicata-shaped squash which has tan skin with green stripes. Excellent quality!
Winter Squash	Jumbo Pink Banana		Variety is about 100 years old. Large, pink, banana-shaped fruit can weigh 10 to 40 lbs. Fine-flavored, dry, sweet orange flesh. Great yields.
Winter Squash	Queensland Blue (Australian)		Pale, slate blue 8-lb. fruit with thick orange flesh - great flavor.
Winter Squash	Red Kuri		Very beautiful red-orange teardrop shaped Japanese squash. Very sweet - great for pies and baking. Also known as Orange Hokkaido.
Winter Squash	Spaghetti		Pale yellow oval fruit with stringy sweet yellow flesh which can be used as a substitute for pasta.

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