Annuals For Sale - Summer 2010

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

Type

Crop	Name	Type	Description
Annual Herbs	Anise Hyssop-Blue and White Flowered		Anise Hyssop is a perennial mint which comes back year after year if it does not receive a hard frost. Its leaves and flowers have a wonderful sweet anise flavor and can be used in a delicious herb tea, or in fresh infusions for making the best ice cream or whipped cream you’ll ever taste! The beautiful white or deep blue flowers are great for cutting and attract many beneficial insects.
Annual Herbs	Cilantro		Does well in cool weather throughout the winter and early spring! Great made into a pesto. Flowers are beautiful and edible. The seeds of cilantro are called coriander. If you haven’t tried fresh green coriander in your cooking, you must!
Annual Herbs	Dill		Dill is a classic warm season herb often paired with cucumbers and commonly used in yoghurt and oil-based salad dressings, among many other uses. Its feathery leaves can be used for several months, and then its beautiful yellow flowers can be used as garnish or put in salads. Its seeds can be used fresh or dried in salad dressings or in making dill pickles. Its flowers attract many insects, including many types of beneficial wasps.
Annual Herbs	Epazote		A classic Mexican herb commonly cooked with dried beans to discourage flatulence—it is one of the main ingredients in “Beano.” Its pungent, almost offensive fragrance when fresh mellows into subtle, wonderful accent which can make your refried beans extra-specially tasty.
Annual Herbs	German Chamomile		Summer annual, grows to 3 feet. Flowers can be used fresh or dried for tea. Very ornamental.
Annual Herbs	Quilquina (porophyllum ruderale)		Native to Bolivia where it is called Killi. It is commonly eaten by the people there and used as a medicinal herb for gastrointestinal problems and liver ailments. The leaves have a very pungent aroma similar to cilantro and can be used in salsa and other dishes where cilantro is used.
Annual Herbs	Spilanthers		A tropical perennial herb from Brazil called “Toothache Plant” because it has a numbing effect on the teeth and gums when eaten raw. It will grow into a mound 3 feet wide and 16 inches tall, and produces unusual pompom-like red and yellow button flowers.
Annual Herbs	Summer Savery		Another warm season herb with a taste similar to oregano and hyssop. Sometimes called “the bean herb” because it is commonly used with snap beans.
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	Fino Verde	Pesto Basils	An attractive, compact small-leafed bush basil. Ideal for container gardening or borders. Excellent for cooking or in salads. Retains sweet flavor after flowering.
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	Green Romanian	Specialty Basils	A sturdy productive basil which looks like a Genovese type, but has a distinctive cinnamon flavor. An extremely rare variety from Romania which has been in our collection since 1990, originally from the Seed Savers Exchange.
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	Iranian	Specialty Basils	Large plant with purplish cast to foliage. Very aromatic anise-like fragrance and flavor. Excellent for culinary purposes. Seed from this strain originally from an Iranian visitor who brought it to this garden 15 years ago.
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	Lime	Specialty Basils	A unique lime-flavored basil from Thailand. Small leafed compact plant. Height 16 to 20 inches.
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	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	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 Petra	Purple Basils	The darkest of all purple basils. It has deep purple leaves and flowers. A gorgeous contrast when inter-planted with green basils. It has a mild hint of mint along with its subtle basil 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	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	Sweet Green	Pesto Basils	A selection from Renee Shepherd which is extra vigorous and is especially delicious and aromatic. Has full rich spicy basil flavor with overtones or mint and clove.
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	Blue Borage		The blue-flowered form of Borage (Borago officinalis) is a fabulous addition to any garden. This beautiful hardy annual is a vigorous plant which can produce hundreds of azure-blue flowers, especially useful for attracting honeybees and other beneficial insects. Once established and going to seed, it will become a welcome “volunteer” in your garden forever! Borage flowers are one of the best-loved edible flowers, tasting remarkably like cucumber and used raw in salads, herb waters or vinegars, or as a garnish on any sort of dish. The leaves are commonly cooked in Italy- raviolis are stuffed with Borage leaves in Genoa, and elsewhere are served like spinach or dropped in batter and deep-fried as fritters.
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!
Broccoli	Calabrese		Brought to America by Italian immigrants in 1880s. This popular market variety has tight central heads that can reach 8 inches in diameter. After central head is harvested, many side shoots follow.
Broccoli	DeCicco		Compact 2- to 3-foot plant produces 8-inch central head. After central head is cut, many side shoots follow. Very early. 60 to 90 days from transplant. Heirloom variety.
Broccoli	Waltham 29		Medium to large head of good quality. Heirloom variety.
Cabbage	Copenhagen Market	Green Cabbage	Introduced in 1909. Solid heads reach 6 to 8 inches in diameter, weighing 3 to 4 lbs. Medium-sized plants are ideal for smaller gardens. 60 to 100 days from transplant.
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	Golden Acre	Green Cabbage	Early Copenhagen Market type. Uniform, round gray-green heads; firm and dense; 6-7 inches in diameter; weighing 4-5 pounds: Small plants permit close spacing.
Cabbage	Large Drumhead Savoy	Green Cabbage	Flattened 5-lb. savoyed heads of fine flavor. A popular old French variety that pre-dates 1885.
Cabbage	Mammoth Red Rock	Red Cabbage	Red cabbage introduced in 1889. Solid, round heads are 8 inches in diameter and weigh up to 7 lbs. Vigorous variety with a fine flavor. 98 days from transplant.
Cabbage	Perfection Drumhead Savoy	Green Cabbage	Large drumhead-type with finely crinkled, savoyed leaves on compact, short-stemmed plants. Mild and sweet flavor; good keeper. Heirloom introduced before 1888.
Cabbage	Premium Late Flat Dutch	Green Cabbage	Solid flat heads are 7 to 8 inches deep by 10 to 14 inches in diameter. 100 days from transplant. Beautiful shape!
Cabbage	Red Acre	Red Cabbage	Globe-shaped deep purple heads, 5 to 6 inches in diameter, weighing up to 4 lbs. Solid heads. Excellent storage.
Cabbage	Tete Noire		This traditional red French cabbage is very rare outside of Europe. Solid deep-red heads are of very good quality.
Calendula	Apricot Beauty		A stunning apricot-shaded selection from the Pacific Beauty series.
Calendula	Geisha Girl		Pretty blooms are deep orange, double and have inwardly curved petals. Very unique flowers which look much like chrysanthemums.
Calendula	Indian Prince		Height 24 inches. Dark orange flowers on top and mahogany beneath.
Calendula	Orange Porcupine		A lovely selection of the old “Radio” variety with beautiful quilled petals, bright orange in color.
Calendula	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	Radio		Radio calendula was introduced to gardeners in the 1930’s and is now quite hard to find. Beautiful orange flowers have quill-like petals. Blooms all summer and winter long, is 18-24 inches tall, and is readily self-growing.
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.
Calendula	Solar Flashback		A very elegant calendula. The light pink petals with a touch of yellow on the outermost tips and maroon undersides give these flowers a softer, more gentle look than the bright orange and yellow hues of most calendula.
Celeriac	Brilliant		Large, solid smooth roots with white interior that resist pithiness.
Celeriac	Large Smooth Prague		Large root almost spherical, evenly shaped without rootlets and with smooth skin. Mild tasting flesh. Variety introduced prior to 1885.
Celeriac	Monstor Polgi		A French Variety from the early 1600’s which has a very large, round, well-formed root with few side shoots. An excellent keeper.
Celery	Giant Red		Extra hardy heirloom variety with red stalks which blanch to pink if protected from the light.
Celery	Golden Self Blanching		Compact, full-hearted plants to 25 inches high. Blanches readily to a golden-yellow color. Flavor delicate and very good.
Celery	Smallage		Leaves are smaller and more flavorful than regular celery. Used for seasoning soups and stews. Plants are 2 feet tall with slender, yellowish-green stalks and leaves.
Celery	Utah		Taller and greener than Golden Self-Blanching, the bottom portion of the stalk can run close to a foot in length. Fine flavor – can be harvested at various stages of maturity.
Cipollini Onions	Bianca di Maggio	Cipollini Onions	Small flat white cipollini onion used in Italy for pickling, grilling, and in salads. Delicious and very beautiful.
Cipollini Onions	Red Marble		A deep red Italian cippolini onion with an earthy, rustic flavor. Grown to maturity, it measures 1½“ to 1 ¾“ in diameter and a flattened 1” in depth. Its firm flesh makes it good for prolonged storage.
Cipollini Onions	Yellow Borettana		Italian heirloom traditionally pickled. If harvested when small, it is ideal for kabobs. Grows 3 to 4 inches in diameter and skin will turn yellowish-bronze in color. Firm, extremely sweet flesh.
Collards	Champion		Dark, blue-green foliage and winter hardy. Bolt-resistant and non-heading.
Collards	Georgia Southern		Large, moderately crumpled, blue-green leaves. Grows back after being harvested. Mild cabbage-like flavor. Vigorous, upright spreading plant to a height of 4 feet or more. Popular traditional cultivar, introduced prior to 1885.
Collards	Morris Heading		Heirloom collard is called “Cabbage Collards” by Southern Old-timers. Makes loose heads which are dark green and slow bolting. Tender leaves- very delicious!
Cucumbers	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	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	Richmond Green Apple		A unique heirloom from Australia and is still popular there. The fruit are the size of a lemon but are of a beautiful light green color. Excellent taste, mild, sweet and juicy.
Cucumbers	Straight Eight		Uniform, straight, deep-green fruit, 8 inches long, 2 to 2 ½ inches in diameter. Well rounded at ends, white spined. Excellent for slicing, used for pickling when small. Vigorous, productive vine. Popular home garden cultivar. All American Selection winner in 1935.
Cucumbers	Striped Armenian		Unusual, slight fuzzy S-shaped fruit are slightly ridged with alternating dark and light green stripes. Harvest 8 to 18 inches. Delicious!
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.
Eggplants	Antigua		Beautiful white eggplant with streaks of violet to soft lavender. Fruit grows to 8 inches long by 3 inches wide. Delicious tender and mild-tasting flesh.
Eggplants	Bambino		This adorable, mini-eggplant grows on attractive dwarf plants which grow about a foot high. It produces abundant, tiny, deep purple fruits which are ideal for kebabs on the grill.
Eggplants	Black Beauty		Standard old type with large black fruit of excellent quality. Very tasty. Needs a long season.
Eggplants	Casper		Compact plants produce snow-white 6-inch by 2-inch diameter fruit with mild flesh. Peeling not necessary.
Eggplants	Diamond		Excellent Ukrainian variety. Plants grow 20 to 25 inches tall and fruits are set in clusters of 3 or 4. Dark purple fruit are 6 to 9 inches long and 2 to 3 inches in diameter. Excellent flavor and texture. Never bitter.
Eggplants	Listada Di Gandia		Beautiful Italian variety. Reliable, heavy yields of excellent quality. 6 to 8 inch thick-skinned fruits.
Eggplants	Little Fingers		Very early Oriental type used for baby eggplants. Can be picked 3 to 7 inches long. Long, slim, cylindrical fruit with attractive, glossy, dark-purple skin. High quality taste! Vigorous plant.
Eggplants	Rosa Bianca		Gorgeous Italian heirloom with delicate, mild flavor and creamy consistency with no bitterness. One of the best!
Eggplants	Rosita		Stunning pink-lavender fruits are 6 to 8 inches long and 3 to 4 inches wide. White, sweet flesh. Brought from Puerto Rico in 1979.
Eggplants	Rotondo Blanca Sfumata		This beautiful, round, white Italian heirloom is shaded with rose-pink color and can grow quite large. Excellent mild and delicious flavor.
Eggplants	Slim Jim		Exceptionally early Italian variety. Fruit is slender and purple, up to 5 inches long. Flavor is mild.
Eggplants	Thai Long Green		Used extensively in Thai cuisine. Beautiful long slender 12-inch fruits have tender light-green skin that does not require peeling. Fine quality flesh with mild pleasant flavor. Prolific.
Fennel	Bronze Fennel	Fennel	Ornamental fennel variety with contrasting yellow flowers. Leaves can be eaten raw in salads.
Gourds	Big Apple		Apple shaped gourds that have a mottled green color and measure 6 to 8 inches in diameter.
Gourds	Birdhouse		Can be made into small wren houses or purple martin houses or other whimsical objects. Bottle neck shape 12 inches tall and 6 to 8 inches wide. Vine will sprawl up to 25 feet.
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	Corsican		Used in Peru for carving decorative bowls. Produces attractive, round, flattened gourds 3 ½ to 5 inches deep and 6 to 12 inches in diameter. Pleasingly proportioned.
Gourds	Cucuzzi or Italian Edible Gourd		Produces a long fruit up to 3 feet, but best for eating when 12 inches or less. Tasty cooked like summer squash or eggplant. Long vines give good yields. Not a true gourd.
Gourds	Daisy		This attractive and unique ornamental gourd produces yields of mixed colored gourds in shades of green, orange, yellow and white. Most of the fruit produce a unique daisy pattern on the stem end of the fruit.
Gourds	Gak Haa		This rare heirloom was collected in the late 1980’s on an oasis in Algeria, North Africa. Unique fruit are a thick bowling pin shape and are an attractive green with white spots. The fruit are picked young and eaten like zucchini or harvested at maturity and used for bottles or for craft projects.
Gourds	Green Sausage		This vigorous grower will provide you with an abundance of 20-inch long, Kelly green gourds shaped like big green sausages. The plant is so spreading that it is best grown on a fence or trellis.
Gourds	Gremlins		An amazing gourd collection made up of small to medium-sized gourds coming in various solid and speckled, vibrant colors in a multitude of shapes: stars, wings, acorns, mushrooms, necks, and more.
Gourds	Harrowsmith Select		Wonderful mix of small ornamental gourds with warted pears, dumplings, patty pans, and cheeses in a diverse range of colors.
Gourds	Japanese Nest Egg		Small white skinned gourd, which looks very much like a chicken egg. Vines very productive. Very good for making rattles or ornaments.
Gourds	Koshare		A small dipper shaped gourd with random green and yellow bands. The semi-bush plant produces very abundantly.
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	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	Nigerian Saybo		A rare, large bottle gourd from Nigeria. Up to 18 inches long with a bulbous neck and base. Great for crafts and bottle making.
Gourds	Penguin		Gourds shaped like a penguin – great for craft people! 5 inches in diameter and 12 inches long.
Gourds	Small Apple		A unique, small apple-shaped gourd. In high demand with craft people.
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.
Kale	Fizz		A unique kale with finely lobed leaves in golden green, maturing quickly to deep emerald. The young leaves are tender and delicious as baby greens – just right for salads. Allow plant to reach full size and you’ll have ideal stir-fry greens with great taste and smooth texture.
Kale	Frizzy		An OAEC selection. A highly dissected Russian Red Kale which has the appearance of a blue-green frisee. So incredibly tender that it can be used raw in salads. Extraordinarily beautiful. For additional information click here.
Kale	Lacinato		Known as Tuscan Black Cabbage (Cavallo Nero) or Dinosaur Kale. Tall plants with savoyed, strap-shaped leaves up to two feet long. Tolerates heat well, and is one of the sweetest, tastiest kales. Very ornamental. For additional information click here.
Kale	Red Ursa		A heavy-ribbed, broadly curled, Siberian-type kale with extra frills and deep red-purple color. Excellent flavor in salads and stir-fry. For additional information click here.
Kale	Russian Red Kale		Leaves with red-purple venation and wavy leaf margins resembling an oak leaf. An heirloom from 1885 that is also called Canadian Broccoli. Very tender and tasty, even in summer heat. For additional information click here.
Kale	Russian White		Similar in appearance to Russian Red but with white venation. More tender than Russian Red, with a squatter growing habit. Tends to be very bolt-resistant. The most productive kale we know. For additional information click here.
Kale	Shiny Diney		An OAEC original, selected in our gardens! A beautiful kale with glossy, dark, almost black, strap-shaped leaves which contrast nicely with the blue-green chalky-surfaced leaves of traditional Lacinato or Dinosaur Kale. It is a smaller plant with an even heartier taste. For additional information click here.
Kale	Wild Red Russo Siberian		A diverse selection of flat-leafed and mossy curled kales. Very red, very cold hardy, very beautiful and high-yielding. For additional information click here.
Leeks	Blue Solaise	Leeks	French heirloom with truly bluish leaves turning violet after a cold spell. Very large and sweet medium-long shaft. 100 to 120 days from transplant. Holds well in winter, but does beautifully all year round.
Leeks	Bulgarian Giant		A long, thin leek of the best quality. Light green leaves. Popular variety in Europe.
Leeks	Giant Carentan		Very rare European heirloom from 1874. Medium-sized leek with great flavor. One of the best leeks for over-wintering, and for early spring planting.
Leeks	Giant Musselburgh		Introduced in 1834. A popular Scottish leek. Enormous size, 9 to 15 inches long by 2 to 3 inches diameter. Tender white stalks. Nice mild flavor. Stands winter well. 80 to 115 days from transplant.
Leeks	King Richard		Fast-growing summer leek. The thick white shafts can reach 12 inches in length. Light green upright leaves. Mild flavor.
Leeks	Prizetaker		English heirloom, also known as The Lyon. Very tall, up to 36 inches with a thick, pure white stalk. Very tender, mild flavor. 110 to 135 days from transplant.
Lettuce	Akcel	Butter Lettuce	Good early Butterhead with small compact heads. Very beautiful!
Lettuce	Amish Deertongue	Romaine Lettuce	Very rare. Brick red leaves with crinkled edge that is savoyed in the middle. Great spring lettuce.
Lettuce	Bibb	Butter Lettuce	Also known as Limestone. An extremely rare variety – tiny 8-inch green heads with wonderful crunchy texture.
Lettuce	Bronze Arrowhead	Oakleaf Lettuce	Our favorite oakleaf lettuce type. Grown at OAEC for 23 years. Very colorful and flavorful with great crunchiness. Awarded the bronze metal at the 1947 All American Selections.
Lettuce	Buttercrunch	Butter Lettuce	A highly refined long-standing Bibb-type lettuce developed at Cornell University – an All American Selections winner in 1963. Medium-sized dark green 12-inch heads with smooth, soft tender leaves and creamy yellow heart. Slow bolting and heat-resistant. Very popular variety.
Lettuce	Capitane	Butter Lettuce	Beautiful medium-sized green Boston-type Butterhead lettuce. Tight heads with buttery central leaves.
Lettuce	Dapple	Leaf Lettuce	Dark red, wavy leaves with sprinkles of yellow-green. Beautiful! Good taste.
Lettuce	Flashy Butter Oak	Oakleaf Lettuce	Compact buttery heads of puckered, emerald-green, oak-shaped leaves with a shock of brilliant maroon speckles. Crisp tender crunchy texture with sweet buttery flavor. A Frank Morton variety.
Lettuce	Forellenschluss	Romaine Lettuce	The most beautiful lettuce of all! A loose-leaf heirloom Romaine from Austria with lime-green leaves and dark red splotches. Great flavor and excellent in cold weather. The name translates “speckled like a trout’s back”.
Lettuce	Grandpa Admire's	Leaf Lettuce	Bronze-tinged leaves in large 14-inch heads. Very tender with mild flavor. Slow to bolt. George Admire was a Civil War veteran born in 1822.
Lettuce	Kalura	Romaine Lettuce	A very large Cos-type green romaine. Great taste and good heat tolerance.
Lettuce	Lingue De Canarino (Canary's Tongue)	Oakleaf Lettuce	Italian heirloom with full heart and lime-green tasty leaves. Three distinct leaf types fill out this loose, mild-tasting 8-inch rosette. Good in salad mixes. Works very well in the fall or spring.
Lettuce	Little Gem	Romaine Lettuce	A sweet little miniature Romaine. Sometimes called “Dwarf”. 6 inches across and 6 inches tall. Very succulent, crispy texture.
Lettuce	Mikola	Butter Lettuce	Heavy, succulent red Butterhead with large, rounded, slightly ruffled leaves. Does well in heat.
Lettuce	Mottistone	Leaf Lettuce	A gorgeous speckled summer crisp/Batavia type lettuce. Plants are medium-sized and upright. Great flavor.
Lettuce	Parris Island Cos	Romaine Lettuce	A tasty romaine type. Uniform heads are pale-green inside, and the outside is dark green. Developed around 1949, named after Parris Island, off the East Coast.
Lettuce	Reine des Glaces (Ice Queen)	Leaf Lettuce	Slow-bolting variety. Dark green deeply-cut pointed lacy leaves. Medium to dark-green crisp heart and crunchy texture. Very succulent and sweet taste.
Lettuce	Ruben's Red	Romaine Lettuce	Deep burgundy 12- to 14-inch heads. Sweet and juicy savoyed leaves with an emerald-green base. A great cool weather variety.
Lettuce	Speckled Red	Butter Lettuce	Mennonite variety from 1799. Incredibly beautiful bright heads covered with red speckling.
Lettuce	Tom Thumb	Leaf Lettuce	Treasured as the oldest American lettuce still available. This diminutive Butterhead is perfect for small gardens or for children’s gardens. Miniature English heirloom 4 to 6 inches across. Ruffled juicy leaves. Enough lettuce for one salad! Can be served whole.
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	Petite Mix		A very dwarf mixture of the crested French marigolds coming in bright oranges and yellows. Plants only grow 10 – 12 inches tall.
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	Green Nutmeg		Medium sized green-fleshed melon that has netted skin. Rich sweet, delicious flesh with heavy aroma. Heirloom from the 19th century.
Melons	Honeydew		Beautiful ivory-green fruit with very sweet flesh and classic honeydew flavor! A superb variety.
Melons	Sharlyn		Very sweet honeydew-type, popular with heirloom market growers. Healthy disease-resistant vines produce 5-lb. fruit. Cream-colored flesh is tasty and aromatic.
Melons	Sierra Gold		Well-netted, 3-lb. fruit with thick salmon-colored flesh. Sweet and of superb flavor. A good home and market variety. Resistant to powdery mildew.
Mustards	Old Fashioned Ragged Edge		Produces fine salad greens when young. Leaves are long, narrow, deeply cut, and ruffled. Quite beautiful!
Mustards	Osaka Purple	Red Mustard	Beautiful Japanese mustard with deep purple pigment throughout the leaf surface. Leaf edges are wavy and curled. Large purple leaves with a pungent and sharp taste. Use young leaves in salads, and steam or stir-fry when mature.
Mustards	Purple Wave	Red Mustard	A cross between Osaka Purple and Green Wave mustards developed by Alan Kapuler of Seeds of Change. Light purple leaves with green edging and semi-frilled leaf margins. From 1 to 2 feet tall. Robust, hot, and spicy flavor. 70 to 80 days from transplant.
Mustards	Red Feather	Red Mustard	An OAEC original, as featured in our 2005 catalogue. A sharply-toothed cross between Old Fashioned Ragged Edge and Red Giant mustards.
Mustards	Red Giant	Red Mustard	A beautiful Japanese red mustard with large paddle-shaped leaves which are green with a deep red venation. Very ornamental.
Mustards	Ruby Streaks		Finely serrated leaves, dark green with maroon veins. Flavor is sweet and slightly pungent. Incredibly beautiful!
Nasturtiums	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	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.
Nasturtiums	Gleam		Gleam nasturtiums have the same bright cheery colors as mounding types, but a much more rambling habit. The vines make a charming cover for fences and walls.
Nasturtiums	Green Wave		Heavily curled, frilly bright green leaves great for salad mix or full-sized bunches. Mustardy hot taste mellows when cooked. Slow to bolt.
Nasturtiums	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.
Nasturtiums	Moonlight		Pale, creamy colors are held above a foliage of light green. Will create a luminous edging in a moon garden.
Nasturtiums	Peach Melba		A truly unique nasturtium. Compact mounding habit with primrose yellow flowers highlighted in bright red at the throat. Exquisite coloring.
Nasturtiums	Tall Mix		Double flowers come in many colors. Very productive flowering and tailing habit.
Nasturtiums	Whirlybird Apricot		Covered with a mass of semi-double pale orange flowers held well above dark green foliage on large 12 to 16 inch mounds.
Onions	Ailsa Craig		110 days from transplant. Huge straw-yellow globe. Firm, sweet, mild flesh. Short term storage, sweet Spanish type.
Onions	Long Red Florence or Rouge de Florence		Oblong, bright red onions. Very mild and sweet, great for salads and pickling. A delicious Italian heirloom. Very rare.
Onions	Newburg		A Seeds of Change original. Hot storage onion with 3-4” globe-shaped amber bulbs. Crisp white flesh, excellent keeper.
Onions	Southport Red Globe		Large dark purple-red skin with pink flesh. Globe shaped. Dependable variety, stores well. Introduced in 1873. 100 to 120 days from transplant.
Onions	Stockton Red		Large globe-shaped onion with mild red ringed white flesh. Grows well in hot climates. Intermediate day type.
Onions	Texas Early Grano		Vidalia-type yellow-brown onion with a sweet, tasty flavor. Developed in Texas in 1944.
Onions	Valencia		A Utah strain of Yellow Sweet Spanish with mild flavor and good storage life. Large globes up to one pound.
Onions	White Sweet Spanish		Bulbs will exceed 5 inches in diameter and can weigh up to 2 lbs. Pure white and firm sweet flesh.
Onions	Yellow Spanish Sweet		Bulbs will exceed 5 inches in diameter and can weigh up to 2 lbs. Pale yellow and firm sweet flesh. Cures very well in the fall and if stored properly can provide crispy spiciness to dishes all winter.
Pac Choy	Tatsoi		Beautiful flat-growing Pac Choy with rosettes of dark green, spoon-shaped leaves. Tender, mild flavor. Can be used fresh in salads or as a stir-fry green. Grows low or prostrate like lettuce. 55 days to maturity.
Parsley	Favorite Moss		A moss curled variety with dark green uniform leaves. Plants stand to 13 inches and have a strong upright habit which keeps the leaves off the ground. Favorit has a bright clear parsley flavor perfect for garnishing and tabouli.
Parsley	Italian Dark Green Flatleaf		Standard heirloom dark green flat-leaved variety. Extremely sweet and tasty – much more flavorful than curly varieties.
Parsley	Italian Gigante		Very flavorful flat-leaf parsley which produces a very large, productive, and vigorous plant.
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.
Parsley	Root Parsley-Fakir		Produces slender cylindrical root with white skin and flesh. Has intense sweet parsley flavor. Can be eaten raw, steamed, or cooked in soups, stews, or soufflés.
Peas	Atitlan		Open-pollinated snow pea with medium-large pods, 3.5-4 inches long. The 28 inch vines produce many tendrils but few leaves which can be grown with or without a trellis.
Peas	Oregon Giant		A vigorous white flowering snow pea that bears abundant 4-inch pods on 30-inch vines. Excellent flavor.
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	Ancho/Poblano	Hot Peppers	The most popular chili in Mexico. Large, conical fruit up to 5 ¼ inches long. Deep dark green turning red at full maturity. Mildly pungent to hot. Widely used in chili rellenos.
Peppers	Aurora	Hot Peppers	Small 10 to 12 inch plants with purple and green foliage and upright fruiting habit. Tapered 1 ½ inch long fruits ripen from lavender to deep purple to orange and finally to red. Medium heat. Colorful ornamental very nice for containers. 60 to 75 days from transplant.
Peppers	Boldog Hungarian Spice	Hot Peppers
Peppers	Bolivian Rainbow	Hot Peppers	Plants colorfully adorned with a rainbow of 1-inch fruits: some purple, some deep-yellow and some red as they mature. Very hot!
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	Chinese Five Color	Hot Peppers	Colorful plants with very hot peppers which ripen from purple to cream to yellow to orange to red. All colors occur on the plant at the same time.
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	Corno Di Toro Rossa	Sweet Peppers	Long 8-inch tapered bullhorn-shaped deep red fruit. Sweet and spicey. Great fresh or roasted. A traditional Italian variety. Among the best peppers ever!
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	Filus Blue	Hot Peppers	Very striking ornamental pepper with violet-tinged leaves that look almost blue and are marked with faint white speckling. Small purple round-oval fruit grow upright on the plant and hold their color for a long time before finally turning red. Plants are compact and spreading- very striking in landscaping.
Peppers	Fish	Hot Peppers	Pre-1870s African-American heirloom. Beautiful green and white variegated foliage on 18 to 24 inch plants. Pendant fruits 2 to 3 inches long ripen from cream with green stripes to orange with brown stripes to all red. Traditionally used in oyster and crab houses around Chesapeake Bay. Great for salsa. Medium hot.
Peppers	Giant Aconcagua	Sweet Peppers	Very large, long frying peppers, up to 11 inches by 2 ½ inches wide. Tall plants give good yields over a long season. Fruit is very sweet and delicious. Pepper named after Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina.
Peppers	Golden Cayenne	Hot Peppers	Beautiful, clear lemon-yellow cayenne peppers on compact plants. Slightly curved peppers become about 4 inches long and ½ inch wide. Very prolific.
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	Habenero	Hot Peppers	Japanese lantern-shaped fruits mature to golden-orange and are up to 50 times hotter than jalapenos. Great addition to salads and dips. Needs a long season to mature. Very prolific.
Peppers	Hungarian Hot Wax	Hot Peppers	Short, stocky 16 to 20 inch plants bear 4 to 6 inch upright, hot yellow fruits that ripen to brilliant orange red. Dependable and productive variety. 75 to 80 days.
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	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	Pepperoncini	Sweet Peppers	Tapered, wrinkled fruit, 2 ½ to 3 ½ inches long, 1 ½ inches in diameter. Fruit thin-walled, sweet, green turning red when ripe. Excellent for pickling when green. Large, upright plant, 26 to 36 inches. 70 days.
Peppers	Peruvian Purple (Capsicum frutescens)	Hot Peppers	Completely purple 16 to 24 inch plants, foliage and all. Very striking and often grown as an ornamental. 1-inch upright fruits are mildly hot and turn red as they mature. 85 to 95 days.
Peppers	Peter	Hot Peppers	Appropriately named, penis-shaped fruit. 3 to 4 inches long and 1 ½ inches wide. Green turning red when ripe. Thin-walled. Very pungeant. Excellent for picking and drying.
Peppers	Purple Cayenne	Hot Peppers	Exceptionally ornamental. Two-foot plants covered with many purple blossoms which turn into dark purple, thin peppers about 3 inches long. Very hot!!
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	Relleno	Hot Peppers	Traditional but hard to find, this large, succulent stuffing pepper is dependably mild. Broad-shouldered, 6 to 9 inch fruits taper to a blunt, rounded tip. Plant is 12 to 18 inches tall.
Peppers	Tabasco	Hot Peppers	Small, slender fruit, about 1 inch long. Yellow green turning scarlet when ripe. Extremely hot. Used to make the famous Louisiana hot sauce. Originally from Tabasco, Mexico.
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	Variegata	Hot Peppers	Beautiful white, lavender, purple, and green foliage with deep purple veins. Purple blossoms precede tiny (¾ inch) oval dark purple peppers that ripen to bright scarlet. Great for borders, bedding and containers. Compact plant. 50 to 75 days.
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.
Pumpkins	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.
Pumpkins	Jarradale		Slate blue-gray 6 to 10 lb. pumpkins of superb quality. Shape is flat, ribbed and very decorative. Good keeper. Australian heirloom.
Pumpkins	Lumina		Ivory, white-skinned smallish pumpkin with sweet orange flesh - very beautiful! Great for baking and carving.
Pumpkins	Musque de Provence		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!
Pumpkins	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.
Pumpkins	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.
Pumpkins	Valenciano		The whitest pumpkin. Medium-sized, flattened 11 to 15 inch diameter. Slightly ribbed with smooth white skin. Larger than Lumina. Thick orange flesh great for pies.
Salad Greens	Arugula		Popular salad green with a pungent, spicy taste, almost reminiscent of hazelnuts. Sometimes called rocket or roquette. Can be made into a yummy pesto.
Salad Greens	Curly Mallow		This mallow has unusual highly frilled leaves which can be used raw as a beautiful addition to salads. The plant grows to 4 feet and continues to produce side shoots from which small leaves can be harvested. Leaves can also be used as a nutritious potherb.
Salad Greens	Mizuna		Sometimes called Kyona. A very mild salad green and a main ingredient of many salad mixes. Traditionally a pickling vegetable in Japan.
Saute Greens	Malabar Spinach		This beautiful Asian vine is not a true spinach, but a different species altogether. This heat-loving plant has succulent, shiny leaves that are great in salads and stir-fries.
Saute Greens	New Zealand Spinach		Not a true spinach, this succulent plant tolerates heat and keeps producing all summer. One of our favorite sauté greens and summer salad ingredients. Tastes similar to spinach. Has a sprawling growth habit.
Saute Greens	Orach		Also called Mountain Spinach, this drought tolerant and heat-loving annual produces beautiful leaves which can be used as either a fresh summer salad green or as a delicious spinach-like sauté green.
Scallions	Crimson Forest		Beautiful, brilliant red stalks. Flavorful and tasty. Very unique and colorful. A bulbing type.
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	Oasis		A slender, sweet, white bunching onion, which matures in 65 days.
Scallions	Tokyo Long White		An old favorite Japanese bunching type. Looks like a long slender leek. Sweet and mild flavor – 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.
Summer Squash	Benning's Green Tint		Colorful, light green scalloped fruit. Tender and good quality. Excellent yields and easy to grow.
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	Autumn Beauty		Multi-headed flowers range from bright yellow to gold to dark burgundy. Plants grow 5 to 8 feet tall.
Sunflowers	Giganteus		The sturdy 12 – 14 foot stalks produce absolutely enormous flowers one foot or more across. Gauranteed to stop traffic!
Sunflowers	Infrared Mix		This dazzling pollen-free mix includes a wide variety of red shades including dark crimsons, ruby hues, golden-reds and many bicolors. Grows to 6 feet tall.
Sunflowers	Mexican Sunflower		Also known by its genus name, Tithonia, this Mexican native is a must-have! It grows to 6 feet and produces dozens of brilliant 2 inch orange flowers which are guaranteed to attract Monarch butterflies.
Sunflowers	Pastel Babies		A very fine mixture of dwarf sunflowers, which include colors ranging from white bi-colors through pale yellow. Ideal for patio containers.
Sunflowers	Sorova		Halos of luminescent orange petals surround dark mahogany centers. Thick, sturdy 20 inch stems support many 4 to 6 inch blooms. Grows to 6 feet tall.
Sunflowers	Sunspot		A dwarf sunflower grows on compact 2 foot stems, but with a single large yellow flower with a golden brown center, 10 – 12 inches in diameter.
Sunflowers	Terracotta		Large flower heads of golden russet petals with a dark brown central disc. Plants are well-branched for cutting and grow to 6 feet.
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	Chadwick's Choice		Originally from Alan Chadwick. Naturalized for over 20 years at Mariposa Ranch. Wide green leaves with thin white stems.
Swiss Chard	Erbette		Heirloom from Italy makes a continuous harvest of tender young leaves for salads or cooking that look and taste much like spinach. A “baby spinach” that re-sprouts and tolerates heat.
Swiss Chard	Flamingo Pink		Neon, hot-pink chard – incredibly striking. Great picked young for salad or larger for braising.
Swiss Chard	Fordhook Giant		Introduced in 1924 by W. Atlee Burpee. Has very large green leaves and white stems- very tasty!
Swiss Chard	Oriole Orange		A stunning all-orange selection. Perfect for home and markets. Orange chard is tender and just delicious!
Swiss Chard	Rhubarb		A deep red stalked chard. Very beautiful and productive.
Tomatillos	Purple de Milpa		Rare heirloom variety. Prolific and productive. Small fruit, 1 to 1 ½ inches, with dark purple skin in paper husks. Sharper flavor than green tomatillos. Very sweet—makes an attractive purple salsa.
Tomatillos	Toma Verde		Large sprawling plant up to 7 feet across! Light green-yellow fruit up to 2 oz. each. Early. Great for salsa.
Tomato	Ailsa Craig	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Medium-sized, good in cool areas. Potato-leafed variety. Alan Chadwick’s favorite red tomato variety.
Tomato	Al Kuffa	Red Slicer Tomatoes	An Iraqi variety which produces small 3-4 ounce fruit on compact, dwarf vines. Delicious mild-tasting variety which can be used for salads, canning or drying.
Tomato	Alan Chadwick	Red Cherry Tomatoes	Red cherry, very sweet, large size. Indeterminate. Named after the famous English gardener.
Tomato	Alaska	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Medium-sized, very productive. Does well in cool areas.
Tomato	Amber	Orange Slicer Tomatoes	A favorite Russian heirloom. Large bushy plant produces 2-inch amber-colored globes. Very sweet flavor with just enough acid balance.
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 Ginny's Purple	Purple Slicer Tomatoes	Deep pink 14-oz. beefsteak. Juicy, with a flavor similar to Brandywine. Vigorous, productive.
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	Australian Pink	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	Pale pink, very productive. Indeterminate.
Tomato	Banana Legs	Yellow Paste Tomatoes	Rare determinate variety. 4 inches long and 2 inches wide. Yellow. Quite dry flesh, great for paste. Very lacey foliage.
Tomato	Beefsteak	Red Slicer Tomatoes	A popular, old, standard variety. Deep red and very large. Fine, rich, old-time tomato taste.
Tomato	Bell Star	Red Paste Tomatoes	Great rich-fleshed processing tomato. Matures 4- to 6-oz. oval-shaped fruit on determinate vines.
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	Big Rainbow	Striped Slicer Tomatoes	Originally from the Seed Savers Exchange, these huge fruits (up to 2 lbs. each) are delicious and sweet tasting. Yellow fruit have neon red streaking through the flesh – very striking when sliced.
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 Oxhart	Black Slicer Tomatoes	The only oxheart-type tomato that is “black”. Delicious, heart-shaped fruit are a deep purplish-brown and rich in flavor. Developed by Brad Gates of Napa, California. Very beautiful!
Tomato	Black Pear	Other Colors Paste Tomatoes	Dark brown tomatoes are shaped like miniature pears and flavored with an excellent, rich taste. Potato-leafed plants produce an abundance of these beautiful 4- to 6-oz. fruit. Heirloom. Great as a fresh salad tomato.
Tomato	Black Plum	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	Dark red, plum-shaped. Indeterminate. Delicious!
Tomato	Black Prince	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Indeterminate. Originally from Irkutsk, Siberia. Brown with green shoulders. Very sweet and productive. Smallish fruit.
Tomato	Black Sea Man	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Medium-sized deep brown fruit. Small potato-leafed plants. Wonderful rich flavor.
Tomato	Black Truffle	Black Slicer Tomatoes	A black burgundy-colored hybrid tomato with a strong, complex rich flavor. 6 – 8 ounce pear-shaped fruit just large enough for slicing in salads. High in sugars and acid. 75 days.
Tomato	Black Zebra	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Small,dark red-brown fruit with subtle striping. Great flavor.Indeterminate.
Tomato	Bonnie Best	Red Slicer Tomatoes	An old-time favorite producing 8 to 10 ounce globed fruits that are solid and meaty. Highly adaptable and performs well in cool, marginal tomato climates.
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	Burbank Red	Red Slicer Tomatoes	3- to 4-inch fruit. Stocky plants. Good old-fashioned flavor. Developed by Luther Burbank. Hardy, productive, disease-resistant. Determinate.
Tomato	Camp Joy	Red Cherry Tomatoes	Red, productive. Tasty, like candy. Indeterminate. Developed at Camp Joy Gardens in Santa Cruz, California.
Tomato	Candy Stripe	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	Strange-looking marbled red, yellow and orange irregularly-shaped fruit. A large cherry or tiny slicer. An OAEC favorite because of its unusual appearance and great flavor!
Tomato	Carbon	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Winner of the 2005 “Heirloom Garden Show” Best-Tasting Tomato award. Fruit are smooth, dark, and beautiful. Very complex, fabulous flavor.
Tomato	Caro Rich	Orange Slicer Tomatoes	Carrot orange color. Medium fruit, great flavor. The highest carotene content of any tomato.
Tomato	Cascade	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Medium-sized globe-shaped fruit. Smooth, deep red exterior. Excellent flavor. Produces well in coolish climates.
Tomato	Caspian Pink	Pink Slicer Tomatoes	Russian heirloom. Originally grown in the area between the Caspian and Black Seas. 10- to 12- oz. Absolutely wonderful, very sweet rich flavor that many prefer to Brandywine.
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	Chile Verde	Other Colors Paste Tomatoes	An unusual green tomato bred by Tom Wagner who also bred the Green Zebra Variety. It has a pointed pepper shape nearly like a green chili. The flavor is excellent – strong and earthy, perfect for canning and making green ketchup! Plants are vigorous and very productive.
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	Costoluto Genovese	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Red-lobed aromatic fruits up to 1 lb. Great for slicing, baking, or cooking down into sauce. Vigorous, productive Italian heirloom.
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	Dixie Golden Giant	Yellow Slicer Tomatoes	An unusual heirloom grown by the Amish since the 1930’s. Huge golden-yellow beefsteak tomatoes have a delicious fruity flavor with few seeds. 1 to 2 pound fruit mature earlier than some others of its type, and may feature a pink blush on the blossom end. Very vigorous plants.
Tomato	Dr. Wych's Yellow	Yellow Slicer Tomatoes	Light yellow, slightly flattened fruit mature to a golden-orange tangerine color. Rich tasting beefsteak variety can weigh up to one pound and have flesh which is meaty and blemish free.
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 Pinneaple	Striped Slicer Tomatoes	Originally from Mississippi, this beautiful yellow fruit is brilliantly streaked and splashed in pink. Weighing up to 12 oz., they have superbly sweet, flavorful flesh.
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 Sunray	Yellow Slicer Tomatoes	Uniform golden orange globes, 8 to 10 inches. Rich, full tomato flavor – tangy.
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 Zebra	Green Slicer Tomatoes	Small yellowish-green fruit with dark green vertical stripes, emerald flesh. Mild melon-like flavor.
Tomato	Gypsy	Purple Slicer Tomatoes	Named for the Gypsies who live in Russia, this soviet heirloom is one of the deepest purple, maroon tomatoes ever! It has a gorgeous color and great taste. Perfect, medium sized globe-shaped fruit.
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	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 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	Ivory Egg	White Slicer Tomatoes	A rare and attractive Swedish heirloom. Ivory/cream-colored tomato is the shape and size of a chicken egg. Very productive. Flesh is sweet and rich, great for salads or sauces.
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	Larissa	Red Slicer Tomatoes	A dependable red tomato which is very rare. Characterized by doing very well in cool climates. Very productive.
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	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	Mini Orange	Orange Cherry Tomatoes	Very productive, bright orange, great flavor. Indeterminate.
Tomato	Morado	Black Slicer Tomatoes	A very rare tomato which produces delicious one-pound uniform fruit that are dark purplish-pink in color with green shoulders. Very productive.
Tomato	Morado Purple	Purple Slicer Tomatoes	Very rare tomato produces delicious 1-pound fruit, which are dark purplish-pink in color, with green shoulders. Excellent production with uniform, crack-resistant fruit.
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	Nepal	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Medium-large, globe-shaped, bright red fruit up to 1 lb. Very meaty and flavorful. Good producer in colder areas.
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	Northern Lights	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Marin Independent Journal garden writer PJ Bremier’s favorite red tomato! Very productive. Smallish fruit.
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	Olden King of Siberia	Yellow Slicer Tomatoes	Big, up to one pound, lemon-yellow fruit are a delightful heart shape. The flesh is smooth and creamy and has a nicely balanced sweet taste. Very productive.
Tomato	Orange Ellipse	Orange Paste Tomatoes	A very pretty orange ellipse-shaped paste which is tasty both as a stewing tomato and for slicing fresh into salads.
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	Orange Strawberry	Orange Slicer Tomatoes	Bright orange, beautiful, 3-inch strawberry-shaped fruit. Sweet, rich taste.
Tomato	Paul Robeson	Black Slicer Tomatoes	Black flesh,sublime earthy taste. Many people report that this is their favorite blacktomato.
Tomato	Peach Blow Sutton	Striped Slicer Tomatoes	Heirloom introduced by the English company Sutton Seeds about 100 years ago. The 5 to 7 ounce fruits are an attractive mottled orange and yellow. The fruit and foliage are a bit fuzzy! The flavor of the abundant yields is excellent and very sweet.
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 Oxheart	Pink Slicer Tomatoes	Beautiful big, oval, pointed fruit with fine, sweet old-fashioned flavor.
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	Plum Lemon	Yellow Cherry Tomatoes	Bright 3-inch canary-yellow fruit looks like a fresh lemon with delicious, sweet taste. Heirloom from Moscow.
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	Punta Banda	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Small tomato from the Punta Banda Peninsula in Baja, California. Very productive. Great variety for dry farming. Great for making paste and for drying. 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 Monserrat	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Beauteous, ribbed fruit. Old Italian heirloom. Great flavor. Very rare.
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 Plum	Red Cherry Tomatoes	Small red plum-shaped cherry borne in clusters. Meaty good flavor. Productive. Indeterminate.
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	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	Saint Pierre	Red Slicer Tomatoes	A beautiful, deep red French heirloom. Tender fruits have a full, rich tomato flavor and are large in size. Excellent producers, even in bad weather. Great fresh or canned.
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	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	Snow White	Yellow Cherry Tomatoes	Yellowish-white, great flavor, from France. Indeterminate.
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	Super Sweet 100	Red Cherry Tomatoes	Hybrid. Plants produce long strands of 100 or more, 1-oz. super sweet-flavored cherries. Plants bear throughout the season.
Tomato	Tangerine	Orange Slicer Tomatoes	Heart-shaped. Great flavor, meaty and sweet. Great production.
Tomato	Tappy's Finest	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Red fruit, great flavor, juicy. Indeterminate. A favorite of many people. Also called Tappy’s Heritage.
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	Thessaloniki	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Greek heirloom with wonderful mild flavor – will take you back to those fabulous fresh tomato salads you so adored in sunny Greece. Nicely uniform baseball-sized fruit.
Tomato	Tiger	Striped Slicer Tomatoes	One of our all-time favorites. Grown here since 1983. A small red slicer with orange stripes. Originally from Czechoslovakia. Tart flavor. Always one of the earliest to ripen.
Tomato	Tonadose Des Conores	Other Colors Cherry Tomatoes	An endangered heirloom cherry from France. Very red fruit have an orange tinge inside and a long, lingering flavor. Very productive. Vines produce loads of these tiny jewels.
Tomato	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 Tomesol	White Slicer Tomatoes	Amazing heirloom that is bursting with fragrance and flavor. Cream-colored fruits are beautiful, smooth, and weigh 8 oz. Heavy yields.
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	Window Box	Red Slicer Tomatoes	Indeterminate. Extremely compact plants grow to only 16 inches tall. Tremendously productive with bright red, firm fruit and deep green leaves. Rich flavor is excellent balance of sweet and tangy. Developed at the University of New Hampshire.
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 Marble	Yellow Cherry Tomatoes	An extremely productive cherry tomato that produces delicious fruit the size of golden marbles. An extremely rare variety.
Tomato	Yellow Moonglow	Orange Cherry Tomatoes	Medium-sized bright orange fruit. Solid orange flesh, few seeds. Wonderful flavor. Indeterminate.
Tomato	Yellow Pear	Yellow Cherry Tomatoes	Very flavorful and productive old variety, pear-shaped. Indeterminate.
Tomato	Yellow Ping Pong	Yellow Cherry Tomatoes	A productive yellow cherry tomato which produces fruit the size of ping-pong balls. Very tasty! A rare variety.
Tomato	Yellow Plum	Yellow Cherry Tomatoes	Plum-shaped, pale yellow. Indeterminate.
Tomato	Yellow Ruffles	Yellow Slicer Tomatoes	Stunning lemon-yellow lobed fruit which are particularly beautiful sliced in cross-section. Lemony, subtle taste.
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.
Tomato Relatives	Cape Gooseberry		The cape gooseberry, or goldenberry, is grown for its delectable fruit, and is found in markets from Venezuela to Chile. It is not a true gooseberry but is in the tomato family. Cape gooseberry is a shrubby perennial which if planted in a frost-free location will persist or come back from its roots year after year.
Tomato Relatives	Tamarillo (Cyphomandra Betacea)		The tamarillo or tree tomato is native to the Andes and has been cultivated on mountainsides since long before Europeans arrived. If protected from heavy frost, the plant will perennialize into a rangy shrub up to 15 feet tall. The deep red egg-shaped fruit will ripen in December/January and has a wonderful sweet/sour taste like a melon with tomato overtones.
Tomatoes	Amana Marvel	Orange Slicer Tomatoes	Iowa heirloom. Slightly flattened, 5-inch, deep orange fruit.
Watermelon	Cream of Saskatchewan		Round fruits up to 8 to 10 inches in diameter. 4 to 10 lbs. Pale green skin with dark stripes. Sweet white flesh, exceptional flavor. Does well in cool places. Brought to Saskatchewan by Russian immigrants.
Watermelon	Gold Baby		Very sweet creamy-lemon flesh. Fruits weigh around 5 lbs. and are perfect for small gardens. Thin green striped rinds. Vines productive. Delicious and rare!
Watermelon	Golden Midget		Introduced in 1959. The product of a cross between New Hampshire Midget and Pumpkin Rind. Entire plant and fruits turn golden yellow when ripe. Salmon pink flesh is pleasantly sweet. Black seeded. Very early.
Watermelon	Moon and Stars		Legendary watermelon originally from Tennessee. Medium sized oval dark green fruit are covered with pea-sized bright yellow “stars” and usually one larger “moon.” Fruits have pink sweet flesh and brown seeds.
Watermelon	Moon and Stars- Yellow Fleshed		Foliage and fruits are spotted with yellow, but has yellow flesh and white seeds. Fruits are 18 to 24 inches long and weigh 20 to 25 lbs.
Watermelon	Orangelo		Beautiful deep orange flesh. Very sweet, almost tropical flavor – one of the best! High yields. Very resistant to wilt and insects. Strong healthy vines.
Watermelon	Petite Yellow		Very Sweet, bright yellow flesh is of excellent quality. Fruits are small at 6 to 10 lbs. and perfect for a small family.
Watermelon	Sugar Baby		The #1 icebox sized melon! Early 6 to 10 lb. melons great for cooler areas and have sweet deep red flesh.
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	Buttercup		Dark green, blocky 3 to 5 lb. fruit with deep orange fiberless flesh - sweet rich flavor.
Winter Squash	Delicata		Heirloom introduced in 1894 and prized for its wonderfully sweet orange yellow flesh and striped edible skin. Many people’s favorite squash, and kids love it!
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	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.
Winter Squash	True Green Hubbard		Hard, dark green skin with orange, sweet potato-like flesh. Fruits weigh 5 to 8 lbs.
Winter Squash	Waltham Butternut		Prized for its uniform shape, rich dry yellow-orange flesh, nutty flavor and high-yielding vines. Fruits are 3 to 6 lbs. and are exceptional keepers. All American Selection winner of 1970.

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