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Lacinato Kale 

Also known as Black Tuscan Palm Tree Kale which dates back to the eighteenth century. Italian heirloom, rather primitive open kale with blue-green strap leaves that are 3" wide by 10-18" long. Heavily savoy texture, excellent delicious flavor that is enhanced by frost. Leaves are best eaten when small and tender. Highly nutritious Extremely hardy. A favorite. 62 days, 100 seeds 

Red Russian Kale

Red Russian Kale is known to be the sweetest, most tender Kale. A rare supermarket find. This heirloom Kale gets its name from the belief that Russians brought it to America in the early 1800s.
This kale is easily recognizable by its blue-green leaves and reddish veining. Kale is high in Beta-Carotene, Vitamin K, Vitamin C, Calcium, and Potassium. Red Russian Kale is sweeter, more tender and sturdier than other Kales and Spinaches and is perfect for soups and stir-fries. For extra flavor, the leaves can be picked when they are still tender and small.  62 days, 100 seeds

Early White Vienna Kohlrabi

Creamy-white flesh is cabbage-flavored and mild. Enjoy Early White Vienna Kohlrabi as a delicious, healthy snack. If you aren’t familiar with kohlrabi, be sure to try it this season. The round “bulbs” have a crunchy texture and mild, sweet flavor that are sure to win you over. Excellent served raw with dip, or steamed and served with butter. 55 days. 50-80 seeds

Early Purple Vienna Kohlrabi  

Kohlrabi ( Brassica oleracea Gongylodes ) is a member of the Brassica family and is related to cabbage. Kohlrabi was first introduced to the US in the early 1800's.  Early Purple is a standard variety originally introduced to the US prior to about 1860 from Austria. Kohlrabi is best harvested before it becomes large and woody. Kohlrabi is very high in Vitamin C and Potassium. Matures in about 55 days. 50-80 seeds

Large American Flag Leek

The  large leeks grow to 10 inches long.  The foliage is blue-green with white shanks. The leeks are tasty with superior quality and flavor.  It has a sweet onion flavor great for soups, stews, and salads. Leek is hardy and can be planted as soon as the soil can be worked.  Can be direct seeded, 3 seeds every 8 inches Can survive frost generally to the low twenties. 130 days, 58-80 seeds

Honey Rock Cantaloupe

1933 All-America Selections Winner!  Cucumis melo. Plant produces sweet deep salmon flesh cantaloupes. This plant produces 5 to 7 cantaloupes which are incredibly sweet. Perfect for backyard home gardens. Protect ripening melons from damp ground by placing them on boards. 82 days. 15 seeds

 
Hearts of Gold

Cucumis melon Plant produces good yields of 3 lb cantaloupes. The deep orange flesh is very flavorful and sweet. Try this variety at least once! This melon was developed by Roland Morrill about 1895, and granted a trademark on December 15, 1914. Hearts of Gold became the most popular variety grown for market in the entire Midwest in the 1930's. Protect ripening melons from damp ground by placing them on boards. 90 days, 20 seeds

Golden Beauty

Cucumis melo. Plant produces good yields of golden cantaloupes with dark green mottling. Flesh is white and very flavorful. Plant seeds directly in the garden. Plant the seeds 1 when soil has warmed up. The seeds may rot and not sprout if the soil is too cool .Apply mulch and grass clippings, or straw around base of plant. 90 days, 20 seeds

Green Flesh Honey Dew

Cucumis melo. Plant produces 6 lb creamy white cantaloupes. The melons have a lime-green flesh that has a high sugar level. Try growing the orange variety too for a spendid fruit salad. Grows well every where, even in the Pacific Coast.

Protect ripening melons from damp ground by placing them on boards.

115 days, 20 seeds

Clemson Spineless Okra

Clemson Spineless Okra was an All American Selection winning Okra variety for 1939 and is a favorite among home gardeners. Clemson Spineless Okra produces an abundance of dark green, straight, pointed, spineless pods which reach 6 to 9 inches long, but are best harvested at 2-3 inches in length. Due to this okra variety's lack of spines, harvesting is easy! 55 days! 25-35 seeds

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Tokyo Long White Onion

Pearl type. This is a Japanese heirloom bunching-type onion with 12" white stalks and green leaves.  Remember Tokyo is an excellent bunching onion three seasons out of the year, but it does not over-winter well. 65 days, 75-90 seeds

Red Burgundy Onion Allium cepa

Short-day type. 3 to 4 inch globe with dark red skin. Soft white flesh with red rings is very mild and sweet. Good for fresh use but does not store well. Short-day onions are only hardy to about 20F,"  They can be spring-planted farther north (as transplants) as soon as the ground can be worked, but the onions won't compare in size and sweetness with the fall-planted ones in the South. 95-170 days 120 seeds

Harris Model Parsnip

The smoothest, whitest and easiest to clean up is Harris Model. It develops very few rootlets and has a long, slim shape. The flesh is fine grained, sweet and of very superior flavor. The carefully selected, originator’s strain makes it the most attractive saleable parsnip on the market. 120 days, 100-200 seeds

 Anaheim Chili
Capsicum annuum. A medium-hot pepper growing 6 to 10 inches long and 1 to 2 inches wide. A thick wall, dark-green pepper with a tapered end and it is red when fully ripe. Grows on a 24 to 30-inch plant and is vigorous. Great for green chili, salsa, fresh, dried, canned, or fried. Great for Tex-Mex dishes. Harvest in 70 to 90 days. 25-30 seeds

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Sugar Pie

 No surprise as its name is a yummy giveaway, the Sugar Pie pumpkin is the very best choice for pie. Smooth textured, this prize pumpkin is one of the very sweetest, if not THE sweetest. Nutritious & delicious,low in fat and a wealth of vitamins. Pumpkin pie is this pumpkin's forte. To store, keep cool and dry. 100 days, 10 seeds

 
Easter Egg Radish 
Easter Egg is a selection of gorgeous globe shaped radishes spanning many colors, including red, violet, purple and white. Just like an Easter Egg hunt, every radish you harvest offers a surprise! Features a crispy flesh and a mild taste. 30 days, 100 seeds

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 White Icicle Radish

Raphanus sativus. Plant produces 5" long elongated white radishes. This radish variety does well in most soils. 27 days, 50 seeds

Rutabaga

Brassica napus. Plant produces high yields of huge yellow roots with deep purple crowns. Very sweet flavor. Flesh turns orange when cooked. Excellent keeping variety. 90 days. 100 seeds

Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach

Spinacia oleracea. Plant produces very flavorful dark green spinach leaves.

This is the finest Bloomsdale variety available.

48 days, 100 seeds

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 Early Prolific Straightneck Squash

1938 All-America Selections Winner! Cucurbita pepo. This plant produces high yields of lemon-yellow slightly club shaped squash. Excellent quality squash. Best when harvested when 7" long or smaller. 48 days, 10 seeds.

Summer Crookneck Squash  Cucurbita pepo

Bumpy, yellow, meaty fruits are 5 to 6 inches long. Slender curved neck. North American heirloom dates from the 1700's. Excellent quality. Squash should be sown indoors in short season areas, 3-4 weeks before the night soil temperatures have warmed up. Separate, they will cross pollinate within their species. They can be ripened for 30 days in a cool location.  55-60 days 10 seeds

Blue Hubbard Squash    
Blue Hubbard Squash is a sub-variety of the original Green Hubbard Squash that was originally introduced to the vegetable gardening public in 1909. Blue Hubbard Squash is identical to Green Hubbard in every sense save that it possesses an attractive and very peculiar blue-grey color that is quite unlike many other popular winter squash varieties. Blue Hubbard Squash also tends to produce bigger fruits than Green Hubbard, with some reaching up to 50 pounds.  95-105 days 5 seeds

Delicata Squash

All-America Selections Winner! All Plant produces excellent yields of 8" long by 4" wide squash. Has a sweet potato flavor with deep gold flesh. This variety has a smaller seed cavity and thicker walls than other Delicata varieties. Stores well for 4 months. Bush type plant spreads only 36" and is suitable for small gardens. A winter squash variety. Disease Resistant for Powdery Mildew. 80 days, 8 seeds

Waltham Butternut Squash

Waltham Butternut Squash has so many great qualities that it was an All America Selections Winner in 1970. Long storage, tasty nutty flavor, vigorous vines, high yields Solid stems resist boring type insects and it stores for months. 10 seeds

Ruby Red Swiss Chard

Swiss Chard Ruby Red (also called Rhubarb Chard) is an heirloom with sweet and tender rhubarb-like stalks that are decorative, nutritious, and tasty. The deep crimson stalks and veins beautifully contrast with its dark green heavily crumpled large leaves. Don’t hide Ruby Red back in the vegetable garden. It makes a beautiful display in containers and among flowers. 25 seeds

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Temptation Strawberry

Commonly known as Woodland Strawberry occurs naturally throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Other names for this species include Fraises des Bois, Wild (European) and Alpine Strawberry . Bears mid size, deep-red fruit in its first or second season. From an Autumn sowing, fruit will be produced from early Summer right through to the first frosts. Vigorous, compact plants and almost entirely without runners. Attractive and tastes delicious. Good indoor or outdoor variety-perfect for hanging baskets and containers. High germ. rates. 10-15 seeds

 
Old Fashioned Large Red Cherry
75 days, Indeterminate. This is a standard large Red Cherry Tomato from a strong strain that produces small round, red and sweet tomatoes. Great for salads or using in stir-fry and other cooking. Red Cherry was originally introduced way back in the 1880's and has been growing strong ever since! Just like the ones your grandmother used to raise!  20 seeds 

Roma VF Tomato

60-70 days, determinate. Roma is an outstanding and disease resistant tomato variety that produces oblong red, plum-like tomatoes of a medium size. Roma is ideal for making tomato paste or for canning. It's popular among gardeners as well as growers due to it's fine taste and resistance against Wilt. It is a very popular & not at all rare, but one of our favorites!  20 seeds

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Pomodoro 'Costoluto Fiorentino' Tomato

80 Days. determinate.  Italian heirloom from Tuscany. Heavily ribbed shiny red dense meaty fruits with an excellent balance of high sugar & acid making it a full flavored tomato. Ideal for sauce or making a legendary tomato sandwich. Indeterminate so use strong stakes for this variety! Does really well in our coastal climate. Will produce until frost takes them. 20 seeds

Rutgers Tomato

75 days, determinate— An improved, disease resistant strain.  Fruit is bright red; globular, slightly flattened with smooth, thick walls that are crack resistant.  It was originally introduced in 1934. A fine New Jersey heirloom. An all time favorite for late season harvests with a mild flavor that is good for canning. Mildew and disease resistant.  20 seeds

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Seven Top Winter Turnip Greens

Brassica rapa. Plant produces high quality of tender turnip greens. One of the most flavorful fresh greens on the market. Roots are woody and should not be eaten. High in Vitamin A, B, and C. Excellent freezing variety.

45 days, 100 seeds

Crimson Sweet Watermelon

Disease resistant! The Crimson Sweet Watermelon has firm, fine textured flesh that holds up on vine or shelf. It is brilliant red with few seeds, and is extra sweet. Oval light green with dark stripes grows to 25 pounds, 10 seeds