Arugula

Arugula (Roquette)

Item # 261

Tasty young leaves add a delightful spicy flavor to fresh salads and some pasta sauces. Very easy and quick to grow. Plant every 3 weeks for a constant supply of tasty young leaves.

Beans

Blue Lake 274 Bush

Item # 029

Unbeatable flavor and productivity! Big yields of 6” pods that are straight, round, meaty, and stringless. Great for freezing, canning and fresh use! Our most popular bean!

Contender Bush

Item # 340

A real standout in areas with hot, humid summers where Contender’s disease resistance makes it a dependable favorite. Big yields of 6” pods that are slightly curved, round, meaty and stringless. Great fresh, frozen and canned.

Kentucky Wonder 125 Bush

Item # 034

Now the famous flavor and heavy yields of its pole cousin in bush form. Large plump green pods reaching 6-7” long. Great for freezing, canning and fresh use!

Pencil Pod Black Wax

Item # 037

Big yields of round 6” pods that are straight, meaty and stringless. Bright yellow color makes the beans stand out for easy picking. Good germination in cool soils. Great for freezing, canning and fresh use!

Roma II Bush

Item # 513

Remarkable flavor and tenderness! Flat pods are 5 to 6” long and bursting with gourmet bean flavor. Great frozen, canned or cooked fresh for the table.

Royal Burgundy Bush

Item # 512

Bright color makes picking a snap! Stringless pods are about 5” long. Easy to germinate in cool soils. Pods turn bright green when cooked. Great frozen, canned or cooked fresh for the table.

Tendergreen Improved Bush

Item # 040

Vigorous and heat tolerant! Big yields of 5-6” pods that are narrow, round, meaty and stringless. Great frozen, canned or cooked fresh for the table.

Triumph De Farcy Bush

Item # 041

Triumph de Farcy is a distinctly different class of bean, called haricot vert, filet or French Bean. These are the beans found throughout Europe and now in many fine American restaurants. The pods are picked while still very slim and tender, and have a wonderful, unique flavor.

Three Color Mix Bush

Item # 1680

Three great varieties of bush beans - Blue Lake 274, Pencil Pod, Royal Burgundy. Plant mixed in the same row for a three bean salad right from the garden.

Blue Lake FM1 Pole

Item # 030

Unbeatable flavor and productivity! Big yields of 6” pods that are straight, round, meaty, and stringless. Great for freezing, canning and fresh use!

Kentucky Blue Pole

Item # 033

New in 1991. All the great flavor of Kentucky Wonder enhanced by the stringless pods and sweet flavor of Blue Lake. Great for freezing, canning and fresh use! An All-American Award Winner in 1991.

Kentucky Wonder Pole

Item # 035

A favorite since your grandmother’s time because of its fine flavor and big yields. Large plump green pods reaching 8 to 9” long. Great for freezing, canning and fresh use!

Romano Pole

Item # 038

A top quality flat-podded Italian bean. Large plump beans are stringless and loaded with flavor. This is easily one of our favorites. Great for freezing, canning and fresh use!

Scarlet Emperor Pole

Item # 039

Planted in the U.S. for its fancy ornamental flower clusters that hummingbirds and butterflies find irresistible! In England the long pods are sliced into 1” pieces and eaten like snap beans. A beautiful addition for any garden fence.

Yard Long (Dow Gauk) Pole

Item # 042

Asparagus bean. Vigorous vines that climb like pole beans and produce extra long stringless pods. In warm, humid areas the tender pods can grow up to 36”! In other shorter season areas they commonly grow to over 1 foot. Cook like green beans or stir fry. Good freezing variety.

Broad Windsor Fava Bush

Item # 032

Broad beans are an ancient food integral to many cultures. They are a cool season crop and are grown just like peas. The ‘beans’ are a delicious early summer treat when shelled and lightly cooked in a little olive oil and garlic. Give them a try, millions of Mediterraneans just can’t be wrong!

Fordhook Lima Bush

Item # 036

Three to four rich, buttery beans in each pod. A long, warm season will reward you with an abundance of easy to shell pods. Great for freezing and fresh use!

Christmas-speckled Lima Pole

Item # 514

A strong climber with lots of large pods filled with five or six large beans. Beans are light green when young, then develop red speckles. A long, warm season will reward you with an abundance of easy to shell pods from mid-summer till frost. great for freezing and fresh use!

Beets

Chioggia (Candy-Striped) Beet

Item # 046

Chioggia is a very unique and tasty Italian heirloom beet. Its distinctive red and white stripes and extra sweet flavor make it an interesting and rewarding variety to grow. Use cooked, pickled or raw.

Cylindra Beet

Item # 044

Easy to grow in any garden. Cylindra was developed for processing and slicing. Roots are about 6” long and 2½“ in diameter. Perfect for canning, pickling, freezing and fresh use. Tasty tops can be picked any time and eaten raw in salads or cooked.

Detroit Dark Red Beet

Item # 045

Easy to grow in any garden. Deeply colored maroon-red roots are smooth-textured and sweet. Perfect for canning, pickling, freezing and fresh use. Tasty tops can be picked any time and eaten raw in salads or cooked.

Early Wonder Beet

Item # 047

Easy to grow in any garden. Deep maroon-red roots are perfect for canning, pickling, freezing and fresh use. Tasty tops can be picked any time and eaten raw in salads or cooked.

Broccoli

Calabrese Broccoli

Item # 055

Broccoli is easy to grow, requires minimal care, tastes much better when home-grown and it’s BIG on vitamins. Cut the main head early and enjoy flavorful side shoots for several more weeks. Great eaten raw, steamed and frozen.

Hybrid Super Blend

Item # 469

Finally, a new concept in ‘Timed-Release’ Broccoli. Three great hybrid broccolis with maturities weeks apart to time your harvest to your table. Easy to grow like other broccoli, but your harvest is extended with main heads of one variety and side shoots from the earlier types. Varieties: Packman, Mariner, Pirat

Raab (Rapinni) Broccoli

Item # 524

A traditional Italian specialty. Very easy to grow, frost hardy and quick to mature. Platn with other cool-season crops, and harvest in a little over a month. The small heads are like the side shoots on broccoli, but their flavor is more pungent and distinct. Delicious sautéed with olive oil and garlic!

Romanesco Broccoli

Item # 056

This unusual Italian heirloom broccoli has a unique shape, eye-catching color and delicate flavor. Easy to grow like other broccolis, but matures a bit later. Grow for both spring and fall crops.

Small Miracle Broccoli

Item # 1686

Great things come in small packages! This new broccoli has all the high nutrition of regular broccoli, but produces smaller heads on dwarf plants. Perfect for the smaller garden where space is at a premium.

Cabbage

Michihili (Wong Bok) Cabbage

Item # 059

Michihili Cabbage produces crispy, mild-flavored leaves perfect for using fresh or lightly steamed in stir fry. Plants tolerate light frost, and taste best when timed to mature in cool weather.

Copenhagen Market Cabbage

Item # 060

Forms rock-solid 4 lb. heads very early in the season. A very firm, crispy texture and sweet flavor. Perfect for slaw, sauerkraut or cooked. Copenhagen Market is an early variety for summer harvest.

Early Flat Dutch Cabbage

Item # 061

Large flat heads average 2-4 lbs. with pale green color and extra sweet flavor. Perfect for dressing up salads, slaws and relish trays.

Red Acre Cabbage

Item # 470

Solid round heads average 2-4 lbs. with a deep red color. Perfect for dressing up salads, slaws and relish trays. You can also steam or stir-fry this colorful vegetable. Red Acre is an early variety for summer harvest.

Coriander (Cilantro)

Chinese Parsley(Yuen Sai)

Item # 087

Chinese Parsley or Cilantro is a quick growing leafy crop. It produces distinctly flavored leaves that add a characteristically strong flavor to stir-fry, soups, and vegetables. Sow every 2 weeks for continuous harvest.

Cantaloupe

Ambrosia Cantaloupe

Item # 1239

Ambrosia has been a favorite of ours for years. Its luscious, sweet flavor is like a regular cantaloupe, only better! Plus these 4-5 lb. fruits will mature even in a cooler summer when regular cantaloupes fail. Give ‘em a try, we think you will find them irresistible.

Hales Best Jumbo Cantaloupe

Item # 066

Extra-thick salmon-orange flesh that actually gets sweeter in dry, hot conditions. Each melon is 3-5 lbs., heavily netted and has a small seed cavity. Once of the sweetest rewards of summer!

Carrots

Danvers Half Long Carrot

Item # 071

Sweet and crunchy with fine grained 7” roots. You can grow two or three crops of carrots in a normal season and over-winter the last one with a light mulch. Store carrots right in the ground and pick as needed during winter months. High in vitamin A.

Scarlet Nantes

Item # 073

Bright orange 6” roots; sweet & crunchy. You can grow two or three crops of carrots in a normal season and over-winter the last one with a light mulch. Store carrots right in the ground and pick as needed during winter months. High in vitamin A.

Cauliflower

Early Snowball Cauliflower

Item # 078

Cauliflower is a superb home-grown vegetable, not to be compared with the strong-flavored supermarket variety. This is an early variety that produces tightly-packed heads just right for lightly steaming, pickling or eating raw.

Celery

Tall Utah 52/70 Improved Celery

Item # 342

Celery is a slow-growing, cool weather crop and matures best in spring or autumn. It can be a difficult plant to grow, but when properly grown, garden celery is far superior to store-bought.

Collards

Georgia Southern Collards

Item # 096

A nutritious and flavorful member of the broccoli/cabbage family. Grown for its tender blue-green leaves that are boiled or steamed for greens. Very easy to grow.

Corn

Early Sunglow Corn

Item # 103

A very early and reliable producer! Each stalk is about 5’ tall and bears several 6-7” ears packed with plump yellow kernels. Early Sunglow will be the first sweet corn on your table, sometimes as early as the 4th of July!

Golden Cross Bantam Corn

Item # 104

Still one of the best hybrid sweet corns available. Real sweet corn flavor! Each stalk bears several husky ears packed with juicy sunny-yellow kernels. Enjoy fresh, frozen or canned.

Indian Corn (Ornamental)

Item # 105

Large ears with multi-colored kernels, perfect for decorating wreaths and as a centerpiece on your holiday table.

Peaches & Cream Corn

Item # 106

A very early and exceptionally delicious bi-color! Each ear has both white and yellow kernels - the best of both worlds! Peaches & Cream has the ‘se’ or sugary enhanced gene which extends the harvest time for tender and sweet ears.

Silver Queen Corn

Item # 343

Still the best sweet white corn on the market. To many, Silver Queen is the best of any corn; white, yellow or bi-color! Tall stalks produce several long ears filled to the tip with succulent white kernels. What a way to top off the summer!

Corn Salad

Corn Salad or Mache

Item # 108

Corn salad is a traditional ingredient in early spring European salads. It’s subtle nutty flavor and appealing texture add a new dimension to your mixed salad greens. Grown as a very early spring variety and for over-wintering in all but the most severely cold areas.

Cress

Curled Cress or Peppergrass

Item # 409

Cress is very easy and quick to grow! Like watercress, it has a clean, tangy flavor but is much easier to grow. Add a little zing to your sandwiches, salads and garnishes. Thrives in any garden and indoors in a bright window for fresh winter greens.

Cucumbers

Armenian Cucumber

Item # 115

Long slender fruits with a distinctive pale green color. Armenian cucumbers are perfect for slicing because of their neatly scalloped ridges. This prolific vine sets sweet crunchy fruit right up until frost.

Fanfare Cucumber

Item # 622

How’s this sound for a new variety; 1) better quality, 2) more yield, 3) more compact vines, 4) extended harvest season. Fanfare combines all of this with great bitterless flavor in 8-9” fruits! Short vines are great in patio pots. All-American Selections declared it a winner and we think you will too!

Lemon Cucumber

Item # 118

One of our favorite cucumbers, not only for their unique lemon shape but for their fine crunchy texture and non-bitter skins. Easy to grow like regular cucumbers with loads of 2-3” fruits from mid-summer to fall.

Marketmore 76 Cucumber

Item # 610

Marketmore cucumber was developed in the 1970’s as a slicing cucumber with good disease resistance. Since its introduction it has set the standard for non-hybrid slicers.

Spacemaster Cucumber

Item # 120

Delicious sweet, crispy fruits on a space-saving vine of only 2 feet. Great for patio planters and small gardens where regular cucumber vines are too long. Dark green smooth cucumbers reach 6-7” long and are perfect for slicing.

Straight Eight Cucumber

Item # 121

Delicious crispy fruit throughout the summer. Straight Eight has been one of the most popular slicing cucumbers since it won the All American Selections Gold Medal in 1935!

Sweet Slice Cucumber (burpless)

Item # 117

Looking for the perfect cucumber to slice with those juicy, ripe tomatoes you harvest in July? Sweet Slice is your choice. This modern hybrid produces big harvests of the sweetest, crispiest cukes you’ll ever eat!

Tasty Green Cucumber (burpless)

Item # 116

Tasty Green is an early and heavy yielding cucumber that produces well even in hot humid weather. Very disease resistant for higher yields. Fruits can grow up to 12” and maintain their crispy, sweet flavor.

Homemade Pickles Cucumber

Item # 621

Just like its name suggests, Homemade Pickles was developed with the home gardener in mind. Vigorous plants with good disease resistance and big yields! These solid and crispy cukes are harvested at finger size for sweets or larger for dills and spears.

National Pickling Cucumber

Item # 119

Pickling cucumbers bear a concentrated, heavy set of small blocky fruit with tender skins and crispy flesh. Harvest regularly when fruit is 3-5” for processing into sweet or dill pickles.

Eggplant

Black Beauty Eggplant

Item # 137

Black Beauty is known for its large, plump fruits. The attractive plant with violet-colored flowers makes an attractive addition to the vegetable garden. Use for grilling with a little olive oil, soups, stews, and in stir-fry.

Long Purple Eggplant (Japanese)

Item # 138

Japanese Eggplants produce big crops of mild flavored, narrow fruits. The attractive fruits and flowers make a nice addition to the vegetable garden. Use like regular eggplant for grilling with a little olive oil or in stir-fry.

Endive

Batavian Full Heart Endive

Item # 139

Endive or Escarole, as it is sometimes called, is a delightful addition to salads. Its crunchy leaves have a fine flavor and crispy texture that add substance to milder flavored lettuces. Best crops mature in cool weather.

Fennel

Florence Fennel (Finocchio)

Item # 143

Fennel is a traditional European vegetable now becoming popular in the U.S. The edible part is the swollen base of the plant that has the texture of celery with a delicate anise/licorice flavor. Use the bulb shaved in fresh salads or lightly sautéed with other vegetables.

Jicama

Jicama or Yam Bean

Item # 160

Jicama is a well-known vegetable in the Southwestern U.S. where it has long been imported from Mexico. The climbing vines need a long, frost-free growing season to produce. The tasty roots have a crispy texture like a water chestnut with a mild, sweet flavor that is a pleasant accent to spicy Mexican food.

Kale

Dwarf Blue Curled Vates Kale

Item # 162

Kale is just about one of the best greens you can grow. It is packed with vitamins and minerals and very high in fiber. Closely related to the broccoli family and may contain the same anti-cancer components. Very easy to grow.

Red Russian Kale

Item # 1248

This heirloom Kale was originally brought to the West by Russian traders. These pretty wavy-leafed plants will mature to full sized plants but we think they are best planted densely in rows and harvested like lettuce. Enjoy fresh in salads or cooked like other leafy greens.

Kohlrabi

Early Purple Vienna Kohlrabi

Item # 344

Kohlrabi is an easy to grow cool weather crop. It forms a distinctive purple bulb above ground. Peel its crunchy roots and enjoy them raw or cooked

Early White Vienna Kohlrabi

Item # 163

Kohlrabi is an easy to grow cool weather crop. It forms a distinctive light green bulb above ground. Peel its crunchy roots and enjoy them raw or cooked

Lettuce

Bibb Lettuce

Item # 170

Delicious flavor and crunchy texture! Dark green leaves with a creamy yellow heart. Each plant produces a miniature rosette of leaves perfectly sized for an individual salad.

Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce

Item # 171

Quickly produces large loose-leaved heads with light green, crispy leaves. Best grown as a spring or fall/winter variety to avoid bolting.

Great Lakes 118 Iceburg Lettuce

Item # 414

Deep green outer leaves with a large crispy white head. If you have never grown head lettuce at home, try it! You won’t believe how much better the flavor is when you grow it yourself.

Lollo Rossa Lettuce

Item # 172

Lollo Rossa is our pick for the most attractive lettuce for garnish and mixed salads! Extra frilly light green leaves with lovely violet tips - a real stand-out!

Nevada Lettuce

Item # 694

Batavian or summer crisp lettuces are an entirely new class of lettuce for most American gardeners. In Europe where batavians are very popular, they are prized for their crispy texture and for maintaining a sweet, juicy flavor even in hot summer weather.

Parris Island (Romaine) Lettuce

Item # 174

Fantastic flavor! Broad upright leaves with a crispy mid-rib. If you like Caesar salads, this is the lettuce to grow.

Red Oakleaf - Brunia Lettuce

Item # 693

Red Oakleafs’ fancy red and green leaves make it a tempting addition to any summer salad. It is prized for its unique shape and resistance to bolting in hot weather. Plant thickly for cut & come again salads or let the large, loose heads develop by mid-summer. Color is most intense in cool weather.

Red Sails Lettuce

Item # 175

Deep burgundy-red mixed with bright green background makes this one of the most attractive and bolt-hardy varieties you can grow! Maintains its color even in hot weather. An All America Award winner in 1985.

Red Salad Bowl Lettuce

Item # 673

Deep burgundy-red version of the popular All America Award winning Salad Bowl Lettuce. Deep lobed leaves are ready to cut early and last well into hot weather without bolting or turning bitter. A favorite for fancy salad mixes.

Salad Bowl Lettuce

Item # 176

An All America Award winner in 1952 and just as popular today! Large lime-green leaves hold well even into the hot summer weather.

Sierra Lettuce

Item # 695

Batavian or summer crisp lettuces are an entirely new class of lettuce for most American gardeners. In Europe where batavians are very popular, they are prized for their crispy texture and for maintaining a sweet, juicy flavor even in hot summer weather. Sierras’ fancy red-tipped leaves make it a tempting addition to any summer salad.

Simpson Elite Lettuce

Item # 623

For over 115 years Black Seeded Simpson has been a garden staple. Simpson Elite is the first major improvement on this wonderful variety! It combines its crispy texture, great flavor and frilly, light green leaves with bolt resistance. Enjoy this great lettuce for weeks longer without running to seed!

Sweet Salad Mix

Item # 1676

Now you can grow a complete salad mix all in the same row. This custom mixture is a blend of sweet green and red lettuces. Succulent baby leaves can be cut every few weeks for a table-ready treat.

Tom Thumb Lettuce

Item # 345

Perfectly formed 6” heads of buttery-rich, light green leaves. Tom Thumb is perfect in small gardens and containers where they can be tucked away in any open space. A real convenience food; each head is the perfect size for an individual salad.

Melon

Bitter Melon/Gourd (Foo Gwa)

Item # 1225

Bitter Melon is also known as Bitter Gourd or Balsam Pear in various parts of the Orient. The plant produces cucumber-like fruits that are pale white with pronounced bumps. The flavor is slightly bitter and is an interesting addition to soups and stir-fries. Unique and easy to grow.

Honeydew Melon

Item # 192

Honeydew, like other melons is a summertime favorite. Its cool pale green flesh and refreshing flavor is unsurpassed right from the garden. 4 - 6 lb. fruits.

Mustard

Mizuna(Kyona) Japanese Mustard

Item # 680

Tasty, quick-growing green for mixed salads and light cooking. Best when grown during cool weather and harvested young. Very sweet flavor with just a hint of spice. Very easy to grow, cut-and-come-again leaves.

Florida Broadleaf Mustard

Item # 200

Mustard greens are highly nutritious and delicious. Tender, mild leaves are best harvested during cool weather. Use raw or steamed for a healthful treat.

Southern Curled Mustard

Item # 201

Mustard greens are highly nutritious and delicious. Tender, mild leaves are best harvested during cool weather. Use raw or steamed for a healthful treat.

Okra

Cajun Delight Okra

Item # 1444

If you like Okra you’ll love Cajun Delight! This early, high-yield variety produces an abundance of dark-green pods that are low in fiber and high in flavor. Plants are dwarf and more open for easy picking. Judged better than all other Okra varieties by All-America Selections in 1997.

Clemson Spineless Okra

Item # 207

Okra is grown for its slender, pointed pods that are used in soups, stews and for pickling. Grows best in areas with hot summer weather. Plants are attractive, quite tall; 4 - 6 ft. and very productive.

Onions

Southport Red Globe Onion

Item # 346

Enjoy these firm red onions from the moment they begin to bulb and throughout the winter - it’s a great keeper. Very popular and easy to grow from seed. Long day type onion.

Walla Walla Onion

Item # 691

Walla Walla is celebrated for its ultra-mild, sweet flesh. This onion is originally from the fertile Walla Walla valley of Washington state where it is widely grown and sold all over the country. We enjoy them sliced raw or baked whole in foil on the barbecue. The pungency may vary in different climates, but they are always sweeter than other varieties.

White Lisbon Bunching Onion

Item # 209

Scallions are very easy to grow, take very little room in the garden, and have a multitude of uses in the kitchen. Plant a few feet of seed here and there in the garden to replace harvested crops and assure a continuous supply.

Yellow Sweet Spanish Utah Onion

Item # 210

Enjoy these firm golden globes from the moment they begin to bulb and thoughout the winter - it’s a great keeper. Very popular and easy to grow from seed.

Pak Choi

Pak Choi (Chinese Mustard Cabbage)

Item # 213

Pak Choi is one of the main vegetable ingredients in stir fry like Chow Mein. Grows quickly and easily into a small plant resembling Swiss Chard. The sweet, crispy stems are enjoyed both fresh and cooked.

Parsley

Hamburg Rooted Parsley

Item # 347

A wonderful addition to winter soups for its fresh, clean flavor. Harvested in the fall for the white, carrot-like roots. Very hardy and easy to grow like regular parsley. Edible leaves, too, like regular parsley.

Parsnip

Hollow Crown Parsnip

Item # 220

Parsnip is an ancient plant, grown by the Greeks and Romans. It is one of the hardiest root vegetables and can be harvested throughout the winter months from a spring planting. Delicious sweet, nutty flavor.

Peas

California #5 CowPea (Black-Eyed)

Item # 222

An essential hot weather vegetable, producing well even when it is too hot and humid for snap beans. Pods are held on a short vine and mature about the same time as Okra. May be eaten whole when young or shelled for their seeds when mature.

Dwarf Grey Sugar Pea (Snow)

Item # 348

Peas are a favorite spring and fall crop. Be sure to plant enough so you have a few left for the kitchen. Dwarf Grey Peas produce a short vine that does not need trellising. Delicious raw, steamed, stir-fried or frozen.

Little Marvel Pea (Shelling)

Item # 224

Peas are a favorite spring and fall crop. Be sure to plant enough so you have a few left for the freezer. Little Marvel produces a short vine that does not need trellising. Each plump pod contains 6 or 7 peas. Delicious steamed, stir-fried or frozen.

Oregon Sugar Pod II (Snow) Pea

Item # 225

Edible pod. Popular for its mild, sweet flavor, multiple disease resistance and heavy yields of large stringless pods. Usually produces two pods per node. Vines are short, 30” and do not need staking. Delicious raw, steamed, stir-fried or frozen.

Oregon Sugar Pod II (Ho Lohn Dow)

Item # 221

The crispy-sweet pods of this oriental favorite are almost a staple in stir-fry vegetables. Heavy yields of large stringless pods continue throughout the cool season. Delicious raw, steamed, stir-fried and frozen.

Sugar Daddy (Snap) Pea

Item # 226

Sugar Daddy combines the great sweet flavor of an edible-pod snap pea with a short bushy vine and stringless pods. Usually sets two short pods per node. Delicious raw, steamed, stir-fried or frozen.

Sugar Snap Pea

Item # 227

Sugar Snap was the first of an entirely new class of pea: the edible-podded snap pea. Noted for its tall productive vines and succulent pods that can be eaten at any stage. Delicious raw, steamed, stir-fried or frozen. A 1979 All-American Selections Gold Medal Winner.

Wando (Shelling) Pea

Item # 507

Noted for its reliable production even under hot and dry conditions where other peas fail! Perfect for late season plantings where heat may be a problem, or for when spring temperatures suddenly turn hot. Produces a short vine that does not need trellising. Delicious steamed or frozen.

Peppers - HOT

Anaheim Long Red Pepper

Item # 228

In the world of chili peppers, Anaheim is considered a mild variety. Use to add zest to corn, squash, beans and of course, chili rellenos. Produces a big crop of 7 to 8” green peppers that ripen to red.

Caribbean Mix

Item # 1783

If you’re a confirmed pepper-head, one variety is not enough. Our mixed hot peppers are four of the hottest varieties we know. (Red & Orange Habanero, Red & Orange Jamaican, and Trinidad).

Cayenne Long Slim

Item # 231

These versatile finger-thin hot peppers are used to make pepper flakes for pizza, ground cayenne pepper, flavoring for oils and vinegars, and as an addition to pickling brine for a little extra zing!

Early Jalapeño Pepper

Item # 235

The most versatile of hot peppers. Produces an abundant crop of pungent hot green peppers that ripen to red. Use in almost all Mexican cooking: salsas, dips, nachos, pickled or fresh.

Fresno Chili Pepper

Item # 232

Shiny green color, ripening to a blazing red. These delicious peppers can be used for roasting, pickling or fresh.

Golden Cayenne Pepper

Item # 1222

Now one of the most popular and versatile hot peppers comes in an appealing golden color. Use this pepper like a Red Cayenne for flavoring oils, pickles, sauces and vinegars. Makes a great dried arrangement with the contrasting red variety.

Habanero(Scotch Bonnet)

Item # 349

Are you the type of person who likes a healthy dose of searing heat accompanying your food? Do you think common jalapeños and serranos are for wimps? Do you like to sweat? If you answered yes to the above, this is the pepper for you. Going in and going out, this is the hottest pepper we know. Try it…, but don’t say we didn’t warn you!

Hungarian Hot Wax Pepper

Item # 234

Pale yellow tapered pods turn bright red when ripe. Very early to mature even in cool weather. Used for roasting, stuffing and pickling.

Jamaican Red (Scotch Bonnet)

Item # 1223

If you have a passion for heat, this is the pepper to grow! Like its close relative the Habanero, the Jamaican Hot will amaze (or overwhelm) your taste buds with a searing heat that is rated about 50 times hotter than a Jalapeño!!! Its very early maturity makes it perfect for milder climates where Habaneros will not grow.

Poblano Ranchero Pepper

Item # 684

Here’s the real thing for authentic Chili Rellenos! Poblano peppers have a mildly hot flavor with medium-thick flesh perfect for stuffing. Ranchero is one of the most productive and best flavored varieties we know. Also known as Ancho Chili when smoked and dried.

Señorita - Mild Jalapeño Pepper

Item # 1249

The new hot pepper for gringos, kids and cowards! Specially developed to contain only about one-tenth the heat of a regular Jalapeño pepper! You can eat them right off the plant…no sweat! Use in combination with regular Jalapeños to moderate the heat but maintain the pepper flavor.

Serrano Pepper

Item # 238

These are hot little devils! Don’t let their small size fool you. They pack a whollop many times hotter than a jalapeño. If you are looking to spice up your life, try serranos, either green or ripe-red.

Thai Dragon Pepper

Item # 674

Have you ever been eating Thai food in a restaurant and suddenly found the top of your head missing? This reaction was probably caused by the intense heat from a Thai Pepper. Our Thai Dragon is a special variety developed for extra heat and loads of fruit. Each plants can yield 150 to 200 fruits!

Peppers - Sweet

California Wonder Pepper

Item # 230

A favorite in the home garden. Stocky plants with glossy, deep green leaves bear large crops of 4-5” green peppers. When peppers ripen to red, they can have more vitamin C than oranges!

Sunbright Pepper

Item # 233

Sunbright is a California Wonder type bell pepper that turns from green to bright golden-yellow. Stocky plants with glossy, deep green leaves bear large crops of 4-5” yellow peppers.

Yellow Sweet Banana Pepper

Item # 239

Pale yellow elongated pods turn bright red when ripe. Stocky plants with glossy, deep green leaves bear large crops of 7” yellow peppers. Use for pickling, roasting and fresh.

Pumpkins

Cinderella Pumpkin

Item # 350

A delightful heirloom pumpkin that was the model for Cinderella’s fairy-tale coach. The fruits turn a vibrant reddish-orange in late summer when they mature. 12-24” across with deep ridges and a flattened shape. If your garden could use a little enchantment, this is the pumpkin for you!

Connecticut Field Pumpkin

Item # 413

Deep orange mammoth pumpkins in the 15 to 25 pound range. For even larger fruits plant in rich, moist soil and thin fruits to one per vine.

Jack-Be-Little Pumpkin

Item # 252

A favorite variety for children! Charming little ribbed orange pumpkins are only 3” in diameter. Delicious when hollowed out and stuffed like peppers. Great for autumn and winter table decorations.

Jack O’Lantern Pumpkin

Item # 253

Smooth oval fruits that are very easy to grow and perfect for carving for Halloween! Great for a childs garden with long vigorous vines and plenty of fruit.

Lumina Pumpkin

Item # 525

A novel white pumpkin excellent for carving and painting. Its bright white color will really glow in the dark on Halloween night! Very easy to grow, like regular pumpkins. Flesh is thick and bright orange.

New England Pie Pumpkin

Item # 254

Thick, sweet flwsh is perfect for processing and baking! Fruits are globe-shaped and grow to 6-8 pounds. Will keep for several months in a cool, dry area.

Spirit Pumpkin

Item # 351

Great for carving plus delicious dark orange flesh for processing! Spirit won an All-America Selections award for it’s compact 6’ vines and high yields. Perfect for smaller gardens that don’t have room for full-sized vines. Smooth 10-12 lb. fruits.

Radicchio

Giulio Radicchio (Red Chicory)

Item # 255

This gourmet Italian chicory has a distinct and appealing bitter-sweet flavor. The compact heads are a stunning deep-red color with white veins. Giulio is the first radicchio developed for slow-bolting spring production.

Radish

Cherry Belle

Item # 256

Cherry Belle is an early season Radish grown for its crunchy round, red roots. Radishes take very little room to grow and can be planted to mature during any cool period. A great starter plant for kids.

Easter Egg Mix Radish

Item # 352

Easter Egg is a delightful mixture of white, red, and purple radishes. This quality mix is one of our favorites because the radishes remain crispy and mild flavored over a long harvest period. Kids love the bright colors.

French Breakfast Radish

Item # 257

Although we are not sure how much you will enjoy them for breakfast, they do have a mild flavor and fine crispy texture. Radishes take very little room to grow and can be planted to mature during any cool period. A great starter plant for kids.

Minowase Radish (Lo Bok - Daikon)

Item # 258

Daikon Radishes are a different class of vegetable than the standard American types. They grow up to 18” long and have a much milder flavor much enjoyed with oriental foods. Usually grown to mature in cool weather.

Plum Purple Radish

Item # 259

Plum Purple is an ideal choice if you are looking for a high quality radish to dress up your salads and vegetable platters. Aside from its distinctive and appealing purple color, it holds its firm crispy texture in mild flavor well into the season.

Sparkler Radish

Item # 420

Bright scarlet roots with contrasting white tips. Early to mature and mild flavor make this a favorite choice for early crops.

White Icicle Radish

Item # 260

White Icicle produces crispy 4” white roots with a delicate flavor similar to French Breakfast Radish. A great starter plant for kids. Radishes take very little room to grow and can be planted in any odd corner of the garden.

Rutabaga

American Purple Top Rutabaga

Item # 266

Rutabagas; you either love ‘em or hate ‘em. The large roots usually take the entire season to size-up, and are harvested beginning in late fall. Try adding a few to mashed potatoes for extra flavor.

Sorrel

Garden Sorrel

Item # 276

Sorrel is a hardy perennial plant that will return each year to provide some of the gardens earliest spring greens. It can also be grown as an annual for summer and fall harvest. Very tart, lemony flavor. Use sparingly in salads or generously in soups and sauces.

Spinach

Bloomsdale Spinach

Item # 277

Bloomsdale is an old-time favorite in the garden. It is quick to produce bunches of crinkle-leaved rosettes that are packed with vitamins and minerals. Best flavor and production when grown during cool weather.

Tyee Spinach

Item # 353

Improved hybrid performance. Rapid growth but slow to bolt(go to seed), gives a longer season for this vitamin-packed favorite. Tyee’s leaves are seim-savoyed(crinkled) with an upright habit that keeps the leaves cleaner. Disease resistant too!

Squash - Summer Types

Black Beauty Zucchini Squash

Item # 280

Early maturing bush-type squash with delicious smooth, deep green fruits. Produces over and extended season. Baked, boiled, fried, steamed, grilled, pickled, raw or frozen, zucchini is a real summer treat!

Cocozelle Zucchini Squash

Item # 279

Long, slender zucchini is dark green with lighter green stripes. Very tasty when picked young as a baby zucchini with the flowers attached. Produces over an extended season. Endless uses; baked, grilled, raw, frozen, pickled.

Cucuzzi Squash

Item # 625

This unusual Italian heirloom is in a class by itself. AT maturity, it grows into a long hard-shelled gourd on a long, trailing vine. Normally harvested when 8-12” long, it is used like regular summer squash. Enjoy baked, grilled, raw, frozen, and pickled.

Early Yellow Crookneck Squash

Item # 287

Early maturing bush-type squash with tasty firm-textured yellow fruits. Produces over and extended season. Baked, boiled, fried, steamed, grilled, pickled, raw or frozen, zucchini is a real summer treat!

Garden Spineless Zucchini Squash

Item # 1690

A BIG improvement in Zucchini Squash! This plant has a very open habit that makes it easy to see the squash before they get to be elephant-sized, plus they are spineless which means no scratchy stems when harvesting. If you’re only going to grow one variety of squash, make Garden Spineless your choice.

Gold Rush Zucchini Squash

Item # 283

An outstanding All-America Award winner. Early maturing golden-yellow fruits are produced all season on compact easy-to-pick bushes. A wonderful contrast to dark green zucchinis. Great raw, cooked and frozen.

Mixed Summer Types Squash

Item # 1781

A tantalizing mixture of the best Summer Squash you’ve ever tasted. (Yellow Scallop, Bennings, Garden Spineless, 49er).

Squash - Winter Types

Buttercup Squash

Item # 354

Extra sweet, deep orange flesh entirely free from fiber. This in one of our favorite winter squash! Deep green turban-shaped fruits hold their flavor well and will keep for months. Originally developed by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. Plants vine to about 6’.

Butternut Squash

Item # 281

Packed with tasty orange flesh with a unique sweet flavor. Waltham is an improved butternut strain with an extra small seed cavity and a thick straight neck. This, plus its excellent keeping ability, won it the All America Selections Award when it was originally introduced.

Delicata Squash

Item # 282

Absolutely one of the finest winter squashes! Delicata has fine-textured orange flesh that is very sweet and delicious. Yields 5-7 fruits of 1½ - 2lbs. Each on short vines. Excellent for baking and stuffing. Stores for months after harvest.

Spaghetti Squash

Item # 285

This unique variety produces thick yellow flesh that is baked, boiled or microwaved, and then scooped out to produce spaghetti-like strands. Delicious served either hot or cold with your choice of tomato sauce or salad dressings.

Table Queen Acorn Squash

Item # 286

Our most popular winter squash! You can enjoy its dry, sweet flesh late into the winter, because of its excellent keeping ability. Matures earlier than most varieties, and its flavor improves with age.

Swish Chard

Bright Lights Swiss Chard

Item # 1673

Bright Lights is one of the most exciting All America Selection winners in years! Its multicolored stems and leaves make a wonderful show in the garden and add their cheery colors to any kitchen dish. Grows vigorously in all climates. Easy to grow like regular chard.

Fordhook Swiss Chard

Item # 295

Swiss Chard is a beet that forgot how to produce a bulb. All of its energy is directed to its large green crinkled leaves. One planting in the spring will produce crops from mid-summer to fall. Very easy to grow. Delicious when steamed or boiled.

Ruby Red (Rhubarb) Swiss Chard

Item # 296

Swiss Chard is a beet that forgot how to produce a bulb. Ruby Red or Rhubarb Chard has highly ornamental, green crinkled leaves with deep red veins and stems. This is a lovely addition to vegetable and flower gardens.

Tomatillo

Tomatillo - Mexican Husk Tomato

Item # 300

Tomatillos are the key ingredient for Mexican green salsas. When mature, the papery husks are removed to expose the greenish-yellow fruits. Their tart flavor enhances both fresh and cooked salsas. May be frozen for later use. Very prolific and easy to grow.

Tomato - Bush Varieties

Ace 55 VF Tomato

Item # 476

Ace was originally developed for the commercial market of the 1950’s. However, it was soon adopted by home gardeners who appreciated its tasty balance of sugar and acid plus its superior disease resistance.

Celebrity Tomato

Item # 303

One of the best tomatoes for reliable home garden production. Celebrity produces a strong bushy plant that ripens its first tomatoes in mid-season and continues till frost. Great for slicing and fresh use. Multiple disease resistance!!

Gold Nugget Tomato

Item # 655

Gold Nugget is one of the earliest and most productive cherry tomatoes we know! The bushy plants are so full of golden-ripe fruit that you can hardly see the leaves! The fruit set is very early and concentrated, so be ready for bowls full of tasty fruit when other tomatoes are still green!

Marglobe Tomato

Item # 305

Marglobe is an heirloom tomato variety from the 1920’s. Medium-sized fruits that are deep red and perfectly round. Clusters of 3 to 6 fruits are protected from sunscald by a dense canopy of leaves. Delicious sweet flavor. An old-time favorite variety.

Red Cherry

Item # 304

Luscious clusters of bright red 11/2” gems. Perfect to pop in your mouth right in the garden and a cheery addition to any salad or vegetable platter.

Roma Tomato

Item # 306

Roma is one of the best known paste tomatoes. It produces an abundant crop of deep red, meaty fruits. Be sure to grow enough for fresh tomato sauces and to process for later use. Their rich, full flavor will bring back memories of your summer garden.

Tomato - Pole Varieties

Amana Orange Tomato

Item # 1678

Amana Orange is one of the tastiest and earliest of the heirloom beefsteaks in our trials. Deep orange color and big beefsteak flavor make this one of our all-time favorites!

Beefsteak Tomato

Item # 474

If you want to grow the largest, meatiest tomato on the block, your search ends here! Given warm nights and high humidity, Beefsteak will produce an abundant crop of fruit. Tomatoes are often one pound or more.

Better Boy Hybrid Tomato

Item # 301

One of the all-time best home-garden tomatoes! Consistently produces high yields of smooth, large, tasty tomatoes. The vigorous vines produce until frost, even under poor conditions. Multiple disease resistance.

Big Beef Hybrid Tomato

Item # 624

Hybrid vigor and disease resistance has been bred into this All-America winner. Big Beef produces quantities of large “beefy” fruits weighting up to one pound each! Extra-meaty texture with “big” tomato flavor will make this variety a favorite!

Big Boy Hybrid Tomato

Item # 357

One of the first hybrid tomatoes to be developed for the home gardener, Big Boy has been a standard in American gardens for almost 50 years! One plant can produce over a bushel of large beefy fruit often weighing over a pound! Great for slicing and fresh use.

Big Rainbow Tomato

Item # 654

Of all the tomatoes in our trial gardens, Big Rainbow always gathers a crowd. The large beefsteak fruits have striking splashes of red that make it one of the most eye-catching slicing tomatoes you can grow. Fruits are often over 1 lb! A must grow for the true tomato lover!

Bonnie Best Tomato

Item # 302

A favorite home-garden variety since the turn of the century, because of its early maturity and sharp tomato flavor. Over the years this variety has also been known as John Baer, Early Marketeer, Red Bird and Redhead.

Bradley Pink Tomato

Item # 658

For two years running Bradley won the taste test in our tomato trials! Although you may find another to suit your particular likes, Bradley has an undeniable full tomato flavor and smooth texture that’s hard to beat! Fruits are about 8 oz. Highly recommended variety.

Brandywine Tomato

Item # 672

Few tomatoes can claim the mystique of Brandywine. It is generally thought to be an old Amish variety passed down from one generation of gardeners to the next. Whatever its heritage, modern gardeners agree that its flavor and texture cannot be beat! 12 - 20 oz. Fruits. “Flavor like the tomatoes your grandmother used to grow.” Highly recommended variety.

First Lady Tomato

Item # 358

Oh how we look forward to the first fresh tomatoes from the garden. First Lady gives you a jump start on the season with delicious medium-sized fruits at least a week earlier than most main season tomatoes.

Lemon Boy Tomato

Item # 359

Finally a bright yellow fruit with full tomato flavor! Medium sized fruits make an eye-catching display when sliced with bright red tomatoes. Top with a few leaves of fresh basil for the best of summer times treats. Multiple disease resistance.

Mixed Cherry Tomato

Item # 1782

Our favorite cherry tomatoes all in one seed pack. Perfect for dressing up a fresh summer salad or lightly cooked in a summer time pasta sauce with fresh sweet basil. Varieties: Rainbow Cherry, Red Sweetie, Snow White, Sundrop Orange

Mixed Heirloom Beefsteaks

Item # 1679

Try three of our favorite heirloom tomatoes in one seed packet. Grow tomatoes with flavor like you just can’t buy anymore. Varieties: Brandywine, Amana Orange, Evergreen.

Red Currant Tomato

Item # 653

Although each fruit is only the size of a dime, this productive plant will keep you well supplied throughout the summer! Currant Tomatoes have a delicious, clean flavor quite different from other cherry tomatoes. These versatile little gems have become one of our favorites!

Red Pear Tomato

Item # 475

Delightful cluster packed with small pear-shaped tomatoes. Sweet fruits are perfectly sized to pop in your mouth or use whole in salads. Vigorous vines bear prolifically until frost. Grow with a few of our Yellow Pear Tomatoes for a great combination salad.

San Marzano Tomato

Item # 307

Want to know the secret of real Italian cooks! San Marzano tomatoes! This is the authentic Italian paste tomato. Its superb flavor is enjoyed both in fresh sauces and processed for later use. Great for dried tomatoes too!

Super Sweet 100 Tomato

Item # 308

You’ll pick buckets of these tasty cherry tomato treats! Super Sweet 100 has a delicious balance of tomato-y sweetness with full red-tomato flavor. We eat as many as possible right in the garden, but there are always plenty left to bring inside!

Turnips

Purple Top White Globe Turnip

Item # 311

Smooth white roots with an attractive purple crown. Both roots and tops are edible and provide an excellent source of vitamins and minerals. Best flavor when grown as a spring, fall or winter crop. Very easy to grow.

Seven Top Turnip

Item # 312

Seven Top is the perfect turnip for nutritious greens. Rapid growth and upright tops make this variety a favorite. The plant does not produce a root, instead it puts all of its energy into producing leaves. Very easy to grow. Use as a filler crop for bare space int the garden.

Shogoin Turnip

Item # 313

Shogoin Turnips are small, sweet roots with tender, delicious greens. The flavor of the roots is so delicate and sweet that most people would hardly know it was a turnip! Pick young and sweet for use in stir-fry, soups, and sautés.

Watermelons

Charleston Grey Watermelon

Item # 320

Enormous melons, up to 24” long and weighing 25-35 lbs.! Requires a long season with plenty of heat, rich soil and lots of room. Watermelons are a good source of potassium and phosphorous.

Crimson Sweet Watermelon

Item # 058

Crimson Sweets’ large round fruits grow to about 25 pounds and provide a delicious summer treat for the whole family. These disease resistant plants produce vigorous vines and fruit with a crispy, deep red interior with extra sweet flavor.

Sugar Baby Watermelon

Item # 321

Deep green rinds with bright red interior. Sugar Baby has the sweetness and fine eating quality of large, long-season types and its small size makes it easy to refrigerate.