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A perennial native wildflower that is easy to grow and good for the bees! Bee Balm competes well against weeds so is a great seed to throw down in an area that you want to go wild. Plants bloom in July and grow in full to part shade reaching 3-4’ tall and spread by rhizomes. Plants are cold har...

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Bobis D'Albenga Bean

55 days. Great tasting green snap beans with gorgeous purple streaked pods. We think these are the best streaked green beans because they sport great flavor and remain crunchy and tender, not tough, even after pods are more mature. Plants are bushy, vigorous and have some resistance to Common ...

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Brûlée Butternut Winter Squash

93 days. Sweet and creamy, this mini-butternut matures early making it ideal for northern growers. Aptly named for the French dessert Crème Brûlée it is a delightful and healthy comfort food on a cold winter day! Bred by Michael Mazourek’s innovative breeding program at Cornell, it is productiv...

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Carbon Tomato

80 days. Heirloom beefsteak tomato prized for its rich, complex flavor. Considered a “black” tomato, Carbon has green/brown shoulders on dark red fruit with meaty texture that is perfect for sandwiches and salads. One of the best “Black” tomatoes which are known for great flavor. Plants are vig...

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Charlottesville Old Poppy

80 days. Easy to grow, showy annual flower with a long history of cultivation in the U.S. and across the globe. This tall, bi-color variety can be traced back to the gardens of Monticello. Flowers are vibrant scarlet red, with an indigo pattern near the center. Poppy seeds are commonly used in ...

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Chioggia Guardsmark Beet

60 days. When a classic Italian heirloom was put through a rigorous selection and improvement process, this beet was born! The Chioggia beet, sometimes called Bassano after its Italian hometown, has been grown and sold in the U.S. for 180 years! The most famous feature of this variety is the co...

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Dakota Black Popcorn

100 days. This beautiful black-kerneled popcorn is easy to grow and tastes incredible. Erica’s mom, who is a serious popcorn aficionado, describes the rich flavor as “delicious!” and it is practically hearty enough to be a meal on its own. Plants are early, 6’ tall and produce 1, 6-8” ear per p...

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Dakota Sisters Melon

80 days. Dakota Sisters is a classic, netted cantaloupe with orange flesh that is adapted to short growing seasons. Forty years of careful breeding and hard work by David Podoll of Prairie Road Organic Seeds of North Dakota have culminated in this reliable melon that thrives in northern climate...

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Dyer's Coreopsis

55 days. Erica loves this easy-to-grow flower that adds color to the garden and can also be used to dye yarn. Dyer’s Coreopsis is a compact plant (2-3’ height) that is fast growing and by mid-summer plants are loaded with 1” diameter, yellow and/or red flowers. Erica has used it to dye wool in ...

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Forellenschluss Lettuce

55 days. Apple-green romaine with red speckled leaves good for summer growing. This is one of the first heirloom lettuce varieties that Erica grew back in the 1990's and it is still a great lettuce! From Australia, it performs well in summer heat. Nice flavor and crunch. Works well as for cut-a...

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Halblange Parsnip

120 days. Sweet and smooth, Halblange parsnip is vigorous and uniform and stood out in our parsnip trials. Have we said that we really love parsnips!?! Sweet like carrots yet “sticks-to-the-ribs” like potatoes – roasted, steamed, or boiled, they are an essential ingredient in our kitchen. Parsn...

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Leisure Cilantro

55 days. Our 2021 substitute for Pokey Joe Cilantro, Leisure is a standard, dependable cilantro. Leaves, stems, flowers, and seeds are edible. This variety was bred to resist flowering (aka "bolting") in hot weather, so it's less likely to become bitter as some varieties do. If left to bolt, th...

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Maule's Philadelphia Butter Lettuce

50-60 days. A classic heirloom lettuce with documented history tracing back to the 1800’s. This is a tender, green butterhead lettuce that may have very slight tinges of brownish red at the outer edge of the leaves. Reliable and cold hardy, it grows well in protected culture, and outdoors in th...

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Mayan Jaguar Lettuce

50-60 days. Don’t fear – this leopard-spotted, sturdy and delicious romaine lettuce won’t bite back! Mayan Jaguar is another Open Source Seed Initiative pledged variety developed by lettuce breeder extraordinaire, Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seeds. We came across this variety through one of our...

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Perodovik Sunflower

Very large, single golden yellow heads shine on top of 6’ plants. This is a tall version of the commercial Russian oilseed variety which is also used in commercial birdseed. Seeds are small, black and edible. Kids love to grow sunflowers and Perodovik makes a fun sunflower house in which the fl...

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Rhubarb Supreme Chard

30 days baby, 60 days full size. Gorgeous red-stemmed chard with tender, succulent leaves and thick crunchy stems. This variety performed very well and tasted great throughout our chard trial. This variety came from a collaboration between breeder Dr. John Navazio, Nash Huber of Nash's Organic ...

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Sacred Basil

70 days. Uniquely fragrant, easily cultivated, and medicinal – this world traveling herb is rejuvenating and a beautiful addition to gardens big and small. Sacred basil is a potent herbal medicine with spiritual connections around the world and there are many cultivars adapted to various climat...

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Shishito Hot Pepper

60 days green, 90 days red. Popular, mildly spicy, Japanese snacking pepper that is an early and prolific producer of green fruit. Fruits are 2-4” long, with thin, wrinkly, glossy walls, and a blunted tip. Shishito peppers are typically harvested green and roasted where they have a mild smokine...

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Soraya Sunflower

80 days. Quintessential sunflower for cheerful gardens, handmade summer bouquets, and the cut flower market. Flowers are 4-6” across, with dark chocolatey brown centers and vibrant golden orange petals. Plants stand strong at 5-6’ tall and branch heavily to produce an abundance of uniform flowe...

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Super Snacks Tomato Mix

65-75 days. Straight from Erica’s tomato breeding program, this is Erica’s favorite tomato cross for color diversity and flavor! From yellows, pinks, and reds to stripes and splashes of color this mix is a lot of fun! It is a breeding line which means that it contains a diverse gene-pool where ...

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Trifecta Melon

83 days. This melon was named for its exceptional balance of three desirable traits: high quality fruit, large yields, and remarkable resistance to disease. Deep orange flesh is blissfully sweet. This medium-sized cantaloupe (3-5 lbs) has a very firm texture perfect for slices, cubes or melon b...

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Verde Tomatillo

60 days. Classic green tomatillo with tart flavor, traditionally used as the main ingredient in salsa verde (green salsa). These are super easy to grow and produce an abundance of 2-3” fruits with little care required. Plants can be trellised like tomatoes or allowed to sprawl. Fruits keep for ...

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West Malaysian Hot Pepper

85-90 days. Back in our catalog again for 2021! Mike collected seeds of this chili pepper on his trip to southeast Asia back in 1993 and has been growing it ever since because he loves the heat these peppers deliver! Peppers are 1-1½” long, point upwards and ripen from green to orange to red. W...

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Yellow Cipollini Onion

80 days. Meaning “small onion” in Italian, these zesty roots bring full sized onion flavor in a flattened, fun-sized bulb. Smaller and sweeter than classic storage onions, but larger than pearl onions, Cipollini are highly versatile, and an excellent choice for roasting, grilling, boiling, pick...

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Yellowstone Carrot

70 days. Gorgeous lemon yellow carrots add flair to any salad. Makes a nice mixed carrot bunch. Roots are 9" long, narrow, and tapered. Plants are strong, dependable and easy to grow. Not quite as tasty as the best orange carrots but flavor is nice and mild if harvested early. Seeds coated by s...

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Seychelles Pole Bean

60 days. Seychelles is our new go-to green pole bean for its remarkable dependability, productivity, and flavor. Climbing plants are loaded with heavy clusters of uniform, straight, and stringless snap beans ranging from 5-6” long. Seychelles was distinguished as an All American Selection in 20...

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