Money Back guarantee: All seeds meet or exceed USDA germination standards. Sometimes conditions during shipping can damage seeds (for example, overheating). If seeds don't germinate this year, we will refund or replace seed.

Terms of sale: All seeds are sold for planting or preservation purposes only. Do not eat seeds or use for sprouts. Liability is strictly limited to replacement of seed or return of the purchase price of the seed. Seed is guaranteed for germination in the year of purchase only. By ordering seed, the buyer acknowledges this warranty.

A note about the asterisks: The asterisks(*) preceding names of packets mean that they are mixes of several interesting, and often colorful, varieties of vegetables.

All America Selections (AAS): All America Selections are noted in the descriptions as AAS winners. I try to sell open-pollinated winners, as they have been proven excellent producers in a wide variety of climates.

Organic Seed: The seeds grown organically are indicated right after the name of the variety. If we grow them (in Kansas), organic methods are used, but we did not pay for certification. Some seeds are ordered from certified growers. These are labeled organic and do not state "grown in KS."

No Treated Seed: We do NOT sell any treated seed.

Heirlooms: There are two definitions of heirloom vegetables. One is any variety that is over 50 years old. The other includes any variety that was preserved for a number of years by home gardeners rather than seed companies. We carry both types.

Seed quantities: If the quantity is given by weight, the average number of seeds per ounce or gram is listed with the note at the top of the heading for the species. Most packets will have more than enough seeds for the average home garden. If the seed is very expensive, I put fewer seeds in a packet, so you don't have to pay higher prices to try a special seed.

A note about beans: Beans planted in cold soil will rot, so don't put them in too early. Optimum soil temperature is 60-85 degrees. For best flavor, pick snap beans when young, much thinner than the ones you see in the supermarket! You may be surprised how much better green beans taste when picked young. If you should get busy and forget to pick them until the pods get very fat and you can clearly see the shape of the seeds inside the green pods, you have delicious shell beans. Just take off the pods and steam them until tender. Varieties that are bred specially for shell beans are indicated in the description.
85-110 seeds/ounce of bean seed

Beans usually have 85-110 seeds/ounce. Most of the snap and wax beans in the catalog make good dry beans, too. Check the individual descriptions.

Anasazi (organic): 90-95 days. Originally grown by the Anasazi cliff dwellers, this beautiful maroon and white bean is popular for soup, Mexican dishes or baked beans. Heirloom similar to Jacob's Cattle beans. They cook up faster than most beans. Always tender with good flavor. 1.5 ounces

Appaloosa Beans (organic): New in 2010!  85 days. Beans are lovely mottled white and dark purple with a longer shape than many dry beans. Color pattern like the Appaloosa pony. Versatile bean can be used dry or shell, or if very young as a snap bean. Grows 18-24 inches tall. 1.5 ounces

Arikara Yellow Beans:  80-90 days. Prolific yellow-tan seeds originally from the Arikara Native Americans of North Dakota. 1 ounce

Black Turtle Beans (organic this year!): 85-105 days. Heirloom developed before 1806, first sold in US in 1832. Will stand very hot weather. More flavorful than pinto beans. Try this in Mexican dishes or instead of meat for a tasty vegetarian spaghetti sauce (drain them before adding to your favorite sauce recipe). Might need warmer soil than most beans to germinate. Rich flavor.  If picked very young and thin, they make good snap beans.  2.0 ounces

Pink Floyd Beans:  98-102 days. Who could resist a name like this? Pinkish soup or baked bean for any climate, but especially dry ones. Resists rust. 1 ounce

RECIPE: Mexican beans Soak 1 cup dry beans overnight. Drain. Add 3 cups water, 1 clove garlic, 3/4 tsp dried epazote (or 2 tsp fresh), 1 bay leaf & 1/2 tsp salt. Simmer 1 1/2 to 2 hours until beans are soft. Serve with rice or tortillas, salsa and a vegetable. Epazote is sold in the herb section.

Beans usually have 85-110 seeds/ounce.

*Colorful Snap Bean Mix: 45-60 days. A mixture of green, purple and yellow (wax) beans for eating fresh or canned. Have a colorful garden without having to buy more seed than you need. 1.5 ounce

Contender Beans / Buff Valentine Beans (organic this year!): 40-55 days. Heat-tolerant plant grows 12-20 inches tall with 6-8 inch, dark green, stringless beans. Disease resistant, popular variety. Developed in 1949. These will also make good dry beans for soup, refried beans, baked beans, etc. 1.5 ounces

Roma II Beans:  55-65 days. An improved Romano bean. Produces loads of wide, flat, 6-7 inch Italian beans. Selected for resistance to Bean Common Mosaic Virus. Very popular for really fine flavor. 1.5 ounces

Royal Burgundy Beans / Purple Queen Beans (organic this year!): 50-60 days.  Stringless 5-6 inch purple pods are much easier to find in the foliage than green beans. Snap beans turn green when cooked. High yields and resists bean beetles. Good as dry soup bean, too. 1.5 ounce

Tendergreen Beans (organic this year!): 45-56 days. AAS winner in 1933, it is a dependable, flavorful heirloom. The 5.5-7 inch pods are medium green and good fresh or canned. These will also make good dry beans for soup, etc. 1.5 ounces

Topcrop Beans: 45-53 days. AAS winner in 1952. Heavy crops of green snap beans 6-7 inches long on 18-24 inch plants. Very popular. Will NOT make good dried (soup) beans. 1.5 ounces

Beans usually have 85-110 seeds/ounce.

Dragon's Tongue Beans / Dragon Langerie Beans / Merveille de Piemonte Beans / Horticultural Wax Beans: 55-60 days. This Dutch heirloom has 6-8 inch flat pods that are pale green/yellow with purple stripes. Can be eaten as snap or shelly bean or as a rish-flavored dry bean for delicious soups, refried or baked beans. Stripes disappear when the snap bean is cooked. 1.5 ounce

Golden Wax Beans, Improved / Topnotch Strain (organic this year!): 50-52 days. This hardy, compact, disease resistant plant bears creamy yellow, straight 4-6 inch pods. Use fresh, canned or frozen. Also makes a good dry bean. Very productive. 1.5 ounce

Fordhook 242 / Mammoth Wonder Lima Beans / Potato Lima Beans: 70-85 days.  This AAS winner from 1945 is still the most popular bush lima as it has some drought and heat tolerance. Plants grow 16-20 inches. Fat ivory seeds. Easy to grow. 60 seeds

Christmas Lima Beans / Large Speckled Calico / Giant Butter Beans: 75-100 days. Eat as a lima or a delicious soup bean. Prolific vines climb 9-10 feet. Large white seeds with maroon spots have a rich flavor. Bears well in very hot weather. Pretty enough to use in seed mosaic crafts. 40 seeds

King of the Garden Lima Bean / Henderson's Leviathan Lima Bean / Large White Lima Bean: New in 2009 85-95 days. Heirloom from 1883. Probably the most popular pole lima in the US. Vines are 8-10 feet long, but can be grown on a 5' fence. Very productive plants produce pods with 4-6 large seeds per pod. 1.5 ounces (about 50 seeds)

Willow Leaf Lima Bean (organic): BACK IN STOCK FOR 2010! A baby lima type. 85 days to dry stage (butterbeans). Heirloom. Vines 8-10 ft tall, but will grow well on a 5 foot fence and spread out on top. Very productive with small white seeds. Introduced in 1891 by Burpee. Some drought and heat tolerance. They do well here in our 90 degree plus summers.  I love them as dried beans (butterbeans) but they can be eaten as green limas though they are a bit small for green limas. 30 seeds

Zuni Shakalo: SORRY, OUT OF STOCK FOR 2010

Blue Shackamaxon: SORRY, OUT OF STOCK FOR 2010

Beans usually have 85-110 seeds/ounce.

*Colorful Pole Snap Bean Mix: A mixture of green, yellow, purple and speckled snap and wax pole beans. Pole beans are usually more productive than bush beans, but you do need to provide support for them to climb on. 1.5 ounces

Jimenez Pueblo: SORRY, OUT OF STOCK FOR 2010

Kentucky Wonder Bean, BS (brown seeded) / Old Homestead Brown Seeded Beans:  58-72 days.  This high-yielding heirloom snap bean was introduced before 1864 and is still very popular. The 7-10 inch pods grow in clusters. 2 ounce

McCaslan Pole Beans:  62-66 days. Heirloom from early 1900s. Stringless green beans or shell beans. Prolific, 8 inch pods, excellent quality. Popular in the South (developed in Georgia by the McCaslan family) but should do well in most climates. 1 ounce

Old Timey Tennessee Pole Beans: Sorry, out of stock for 2010

Purple Pod Beans / Purple Peacock Beans: 65-70 days. Pretty purple pods make this bean easy to see when picking. High-yielding heirloom from the Ozarks of Arkansas. 1.5 ounces

Rattlesnake Beans / Preacher Beans: View photo
60-90 days. Pretty dark green pods are streaked with purple. Good drought resistance. The vines grow up to 10 feet tall, but will grow just fine on a 5 foot fence. Does not do as well in the North, but grows fine in Kansas. Purple streaks make them easier to see when picking. Purple streaks disappear when cooked. 1.5 ounce

Beans usually have 85-110 seeds/ounce.

Kentucky Wonder Wax Bean/Kentucky Wonder Yellow Wax Bean/Golden Podded Climbing Bean New in 2009! 65-70 days. Heirloom. Beautiful long yellow beans are almost stringless, prolific in milder climates. Everbearing. Pods are slightly flattened. Best for cooler weather. 1.5 ounce

Runner beans need warm soil (70-80 degrees) to germinate. They don't like dry soil or extremely hot weather. Plant about 1 inch deep and 6-9 inches apart near a trellis or other support. In warm climates, Los Angeles for example, some varieties might die back in winter and come back in spring.

Scarlet Emperor Runner Beans / Emperor Scarlet Runner Beans:  60-90 days. Prolific and very ornamental. Showy red flowers on 8-10 foot vines. Can be grown on a 5 foot fence. This heirloom was supposed to have been a ceremonial bean for Native Americans of the Southwest. Eat young pods like snap beans or as shell beans when mature but still green. The red flowers may attract hummingbirds.  20 seeds.

Edamame Soy Beans, Be-Sweet 2001 (Vegetable Soybeans): New in 2001. Edamame beans are all the rage these days. A Japanese treat that can be eaten in the shell stage (mature but with a green pod) or as dried beans. High yields of yellow beans. Just as easy to grow as bush snap beans. To eat, just boil the green pods about 5 minutes and take out the beans. Eat as a snack with salt or use in salads or soups like any shell bean. 1.5 ounces

All beets can be used for both greens and roots.

RECIPE: Vampiro (Beet/Carrot Juice Plus) Use a juicer to get the juice from two carrots and one beet. Squeeze the juice from one to two oranges. Remove seeds. Mix and drink. Makes one tall glass.

*Colorful beet mix: Nice mixture of red, golden and white beets. The red beets may be a combination of round and cylindrical. 200 seeds

Bull's Blood  Beet (organic): 60 days to roots; 35 days for baby greens. The tops are a very pretty dark purple-red with excellent flavor. Looks lovely in the garden and in your salads. 100 seeds

Chiogga Beet / Candystripe Beet / Dulce de Chioggia Beet / Bassano Beet: View photo
55-65 days. Pretty red and white circle pattern when sliced. Pre 1840 heirloom from Italy is good for mild-flavored greens or beets. 200 seeds

Cylindra  Beet / Formanova Beet / Butter Slicer Beet: 45-80 days. Long, smooth, red beet is popular because is makes uniform 1.5 to 2 inch slices. If left whole, it cooks faster than round beets. Nice Danish variety. Heirloom introduced in USA in 1892. 350 seeds

Detroit Dark Red  Beet: 45-70 days. The most popular beet for home gardens, with blood-red 2.5-3 inch roots. Heirloom from 1892. Good keeper. 350 seeds

Detroit Golden Beet / Yellow Detroit  Beet: View photo
50-55 days. Pretty round gold-yellow roots are best when young. Nice sweet flavor. Greens are good, too. 125 seeds

Ruby Queen Beet: 45-70 days. This dark red, round beet was an AAS winner in 1957. Green tops are tinged with maroon. Holds its shape even if crowded and does well on poor soils. 350 seeds

White Albino Beets:  The name is a bit redundant, but a nice white beet to add contrast to your recipes. This was bred for kitchen use, not a sugar or forage beet. 150 seeds

Italian Green Sprouting Broccoli / Calabrese, De Cicco Brocolli: 60-90 days from transplant. Good for home gardeners because in addition to the large central head, small side shoots extend the crop. This variety goes back at least to the 1920s. 300 seeds

Waltham Broccoli / Early Green Waltham Broccoli: 60-95 days. The most popular broccoli, it was introduced in 1951. Can stand dry spells and fall cold. Dark green wuth medium-size heads and lots of side shoots for prolonged harvest. 300 seeds

Broccoli Raab / Spring Rabini / Spring Rapa / Rapine / Sparachetti / Broccoli Headed Turnip / turnip broccoli: New in 2009. 60 days. Raab is a delicious broccoli-like vegetable that produces several one-inch heads per plant. Try it steamed briefly and eaten in salads. It also produces nutritious early spring greens. This variety is for planting early in the spring to mature in cool weather. It is not the kind that over-winters. 300 seeds

*Colorful Cabbage Mix: A mix of Red Acre and two or three of the others in the catalog to give you different colors and different maturities, to ensure a longer harvest. Also delicious as baby greens. Chinese cabbage must be planted later, so it is not in the mix.

Chinese Michihili Cabbage or Michihli Chinese Cabbage: New in 2009. 75 days. Mainly used for salads, but may be cooked. Loose head is 20 inches tall and tapered. Tender, crisp, sweet. Plant any time for baby greens or plant in mid summer for heads. Great in Asian dishes. 250 seeds

Glory of Enkuizen Cabbage: 75-100 days. The 8-10 pound heads are good for eating fresh or for sauerkraut. Stores well. Heirloom from the 1800s developed by Royal Dutch Sluis of Holland. 300 seeds

Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage: 60-75 days. Very popular heirloom was introduced in about 1840. Conical heads are about 5-7 inches in diameter and 10-15 inches tall. Will over-winter in some areas. 300 seeds

Pak Choi: New in 2010! The classic white stemmed cabbage for Asian cooking or baby greens. Does not form heads, but has a long stem and round leaf. If you want baby greens, they will be ready within 30 days, with full sized plants at 65 days. Cool weather plant. 300 seeds

Red Acre Cabbage / Resistant Red Acre Cabbage: 75-100 days. Compact purple-red heads are just the right size for a small family. Stores well. 300 seeds

Savoy Perfection: New in 2010! 90-95 days to mature heads. We grew this last year and it was our favorite for salads and stir-fried vegetables. Nice dark leaves pack a lot of nutrition and the crinkled leaves look pretty in the garden. Good mature or as baby greens. Have cold weather? The flavor improves with frost. 300 seeds

A Note about carrots: Carrots originated in Afghanistan. Carrots usually need sandy or soft soil, but a few of these varieties will tolerate some heavy soil. Check the descriptions. 600-750 seeds/gram

RECIPE: Colorful carrot salad Shred 3/4 cup each: orange, white and yellow carrots. Add 1 tsp lemon juice, 1/8 tsp nutmeg, 1/2 cup dried sweetened cranberries, & 1 cup sour cream, yogurt or mayo. Mix. Optional: 1 tsp sherry and/or 1 tbsp honey.

*Colorful Carrot Mix: A mix of orange, white, purple, red-orange and yellow carrots to liven up your menu. Fun for kids. 3 grams

Amarillo Carrot: Sweet yellow root has a flavor a little different from orange carrots. Mix it with orange carrots for a decorative carrot salad. Hard to find seed. 4 gram

Atomic Red  Carrot: 75 days.  A newer variety with a pretty red color that gets more intense with cooking. The color comes from lycopene, a healthy compound also found in red tomatoes. 1 gram

Brilliance Carrot: Very high beta-carotene content makes these carrots deep red/orange. Nantes type, coreless. 4 gram

Chantenay Carrot: 69-72 days. Deep-orange stump-rooted variety is a 5-6 inch all-purpose carrot that keeps well. Heavy yields. 2 gram

Cosmic Purple Carrot (organic): New for 2009. Fun new carrot, purple skin with yellow-orange core. Sweet, spicy flavor, 8" long. 500 seeds

Danvers Carrot: 65-75 days. Heat tolerant, deep orange carrot 7-7.5 inches long, grows in most soils. Eat fresh, frozen or canned. Dependable standard for the home gardener. 2 gram

Gold King  Carrot / Gold King Select Carrot: Stump-rooted 6 inch orange carrot. If you have heavy soil, this should still produce a good crop. Good for canning and freezing as well. 4 gram

Kuroda Long  Carrot (organic): Oriental variety does well in many types of soil. Sweet, makes good juice. 4 gram

Little Finger Carrot: 50-68 days. Also called Lady Finger, this French variety was bred for gourmet baby carrots. Harvest when about the size of your index finger. Eat fresh, canned or pickled. 4 gram

Nantes Carrot: 62-70 days. Also called Early Coreless. This bright orange 6-7 inch carrot is a good keeper. It is good for home gardens because it can be left in the ground until fall. Eat fresh or frozen. 3 gram

Purple Dragon Carrot (organic): Dragon carrots are purple on the outside and yellow inside. They grow small here in Kansas (maybe due to our very hot summers?) but grow average size in other climates. Fun variety. 2 grams

Snow White Carrot: 75-80 days. Pretty white carrot with green shoulders. Flavor milder than some carrots. Very nice cooked or raw. This one is worth trying. 3 grams

St. Valery Carrot / James Scarlet Carrot: 50-80 days. This sweet carrot can grow 10-12 inches long. Very productive, it has smaller leaves. Little core. 4 gram

Tendersweet Carrot / Imperator 58 Carrot: 70-80 days. Also called Imperator 58. Deep orange carrot, 8-10 inches long. Stems have a purple tint. Very sweet. Good for freezing. 4 gram

Titan Carrot (organic): Uniform nantes type, uniform, bright orange color, resists cracking, high in carotene (which is converted to vitamin A). Grown in Kansas. 2 gram

Parisian Carrot: New for 2010. A gourmet baby carrot. These round European heirloom baby carrots are orange and very sweet. Harvest at 1 to 1 1/2 inches. Small carrots are good for heavy soil or growing in containers. From 19th century Paris. 1/2 gram

*Colorful Cauliflower Mix: A mix of white, green and violet cauliflowers. These will make pretty salads and hopefully mature at different rates to extend your harvest. 300 seeds

All Year Round Cauliflower: 70 days. Ideal for home gardens as it will keep in the garden for a long time. Sow several times for an even longer season. Freezes well. 400 seeds

Brocoverde/Romanesco Broccolo: New in 2010. 65-75 days. Late variety. Beautiful pale green, cone-shaped heads have more vitamin C and folic acid (a B vitamin) than other types. Italian variety. 200 seeds

Snowball Self-blanching Cauliflower: 60-70 days. The 6.5-7 inch white heads will wrap themselves in cool weather, but not in the heat. Put it in early, or when warm weather hits, wrap the leaves around the heads as you would do with other cauliflowers. 400 seeds

Violetta Italia Cauliflower: 85 days. Very pretty plant is easy to grow. The flavor is a little like broccoli. Purple heads will turn pale green on cooking. 200 seeds

Georgia Collards / Georgia Southern Collards: Heirloom developed before 1880. Tolerates heat and poor soil. Light frosts improve the cabbage-like flavor. One of the most popular varieties among home gardeners. 1500 seeds

A note about corn: Corn does not tolerate cold soil. If planted too early, it will rot. Consult your county extension agent or a good gardening book for the correct date in your area. Corn usually has 100-170 seeds/ounce. Popcorn has small seeds and will be at the high end, while sweet and dent corns will be at the low end. The number of ounces per variety is usually listed at the end of the descriptions.

A note about corn meal and flour: Corn flour is just ground finer than corn meal. All types of corn (except sweet corn) can be used for corn meal and corn flour when fully mature and dry. The flour corns are softer and easier to grind. You will need an electric mill to make good corn flour from dent or flint corn. Corn flour can be used as a substitute for wheat flour in many bread, cake and pancake recipes. It will not work in yeast bread recipes and might not work for angel food cake. It is great in carrot or zucchini cakes and breads. I haven't found a quick bread recipe that didn't turn out just as well with corn flour as with wheat. If someone in your family is allergic to wheat and not to corn, it might be fun to grow one of these corns.

A note on Ornamental Corns: Dried ears of corn make great fall decorations. I think all corns are beautiful, but Hopi Blue, Bloody Butcher and Strawberry are very nice. One of the most popular ornamental corns is simply called "Indian Ornamental" in the Flint Corn section below. If you want a mix of colors, try that corn.

For Broomcorn, see the Sorghum section.

These corns usually have 100-130 seeds/ounce.

RECIPE: Sweet Hot Corn Bread 2 C corn flour (or half corn meal), 2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt, 1/4-1/3 C sugar. Mix. Add 2 Tbsp oil, 2 eggs, 1 C milk and finely chopped mild to medium hot peppers to taste. Bake in greased pan at 350.

Bloody Butcher Corn: 100-120 days. Versatile heirloom can be eaten very young (like sweet corn) or used for cornmeal. This heirloom has been around since 1845 and is famous for its height (10-12 feet), beautiful red ears and fine flavor. 1.5 ounce

Landcaster Surecrop Corn New in 2009. 110-120 days. Heirloom yellow corn developed by a Mennonite farmer, Mr. Hershey, in Pennsylvania about 1900. Ears 10-12 inches on plants 10-12 feet tall. Widely adapted. 2 ounce

Pencil Cobb Corn: View photo
76-110 days. This is a fun one! Unusual ears have a pencil-thin cob. This is an old Shoepeg-type corn and should be sweet. It is very heat and drought tolerant. It is much easier to take off the cob than other dried corns. I do not know if this is the exact same variety I have offered before, but the suppliers says it grows to 7 feet tall.  The seed I offered previously grew 8 foot plants in Kansas and 13 foot plants in Iowa. (There is something about Iowa that corn seems to like.) The fragrance of corn bread made with this variety is something you should not miss. 2 ounces

Silvermine: 100-110 days. Heirloom creamy white roasting corn developed in Sibly, Ill. in 1890s by JA Beagley. High yield of 11-12 inch ears, resists worm damage and does well on poor soils. Very popular. 2 ounces

Reid's Yellow Dent Corn:  95-120 days. One of the most popular dent corns, it originated in Illinois in 1847, is widely adapted and takes hot weather. Ears are 8-10 inches long, with 16 rows, and may have slightly reddish cast. 9.9% protein. 2 ounces

Tennessee Red Cobb Corn (organic): 100-120 days. Pre-1900 heirloom roasting corn. Dependable variety that is getting very hard to find. Many folks prefer the old roasting corns because they tend to have more flavor than the hybrids and less sugar. 1.5 ounce

RECIPE: Roasted or Grilled Corn: Have the coals ready in grill or heat oven to 400. Remove silk but not husks from ears of sweet or dent corn (at milk stage). Soak in water a minute or two. Drain. Cook 15-25 minutes. Remove husk and serve with butter and salt.

These corns usually have 110-130 seeds/ounce.

Bear Island Flint (organic): Back in stock for 2010 View photo, more info
55 days. We grind it into flour to make quick breads, pancakes, etc. Original seed gathered on a reservation in Minnesota. Dried ears are yellow, white and red, with occasional all burgundy ears and some ears speckled with many colors including lavender. Short plants are about 5 feet tall. Landrace, so expect a lot of variation in size. Grown in Kansas. 1 ounce

Indian Ornamental Corn: New in 2009. 110 days. Classic large ears for fall decorations, but makes great corn flour, too. Many different colors on each ear. Great for crafts and corn breads. It makes the best pancakes I have ever had.  2 ounces

These corns usually have 110-130 seeds/ounce.

RECIPE: Atole (hot Mexican milk beverage) Mix 1/2 C masa or corn flour (made from dent, flint or flour corn) & 2 1/2 cups milk. Heat slowly, stirring often, until thick. Add 1/4 C brown sugar & 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts. If too thick, add more milk. Tastes a little like cream of wheat. This is a wonderful drink on a cold winter day. It can be made with any dry corn flour.

Hopi Blue Corn: 75-110 days. Ancient corn was a staple of the Hopi Indians in Arizona. Beautiful dark blue kernels grind into a light blue flour that can be used most baking other than yeast breads. Stalks are 5 feet tall with 8 inch ears. 2 ounce

These corns usually have 100-130 seeds/ounce.

RECIPE: Corn Bread Casserole Mix 1 1/2 C corn flour (not corn meal), 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt. Stir in 1 C sweet corn (cooked or raw), 1 chopped bell pepper, 1/2 onion (chopped). Add 4 eggs, 1/4 C oil, 3/4 c milk. Mix. Pour into greased pan, top with 1 C shredded cheese (any kind) & bake at 350 until a knife comes out clean.

Country Gentleman Sweet Corn / Shoe Peg sweet corn: 83-100 days. White sweet corn. Popular heirloom introduced in 1890. It grows 7-8 feet tall and has 7-8 inch ears with kernels in random pattern rather than rows. 2 ounce

Golden Bantam Sweet Corn: 70-85 days. Introduced by Burpee in 1902, and this heirloom is still popular with home gardeners. High yields on stalks 5-6 feet tall. Old-fashioned flavorful yellow sweet corn. 2 ounce

Stowell's Evergreen Sweet Corn: 80-100 days. Heirloom with 9 inch white ears that won't ripen all at the same time, so home gardeners won't be swamped all at once. Two to 3 ears on 8-10 foot stalk. Nathan Stowell introduced this in 1848. 2 ounce

Strawberry Popcorn: The beautiful deep red kernels make it a favorite ornamental for wreaths and cornucopias or other fall decorations. Of course, you could also pop it and sit back and watch your favorite movie. Pops white.  1.5 ounces (over 140 seeds)

RECIPE: BBQ Black-eyed Peas In a saucepan, mix: 8 oz. black-eyed peas, 3/4 C brown rice, 3/4 C chopped onions, 1 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper and 2 C water. Simmer for 20 minutes. Add 1 C sliced or coarsely chopped carrots. Simmer for 15 minutes more, checking water so it doesn't boil totally dry. When rice and peas are tender, add 2/3 C BBQ sauce (use your favorite brand or recipe). Heat a little. Optional: sprinkle with crumbled bacon. Can serve as a side dish or as a main dish accompanied by a salad.

California Blackeye peas: 75-days. Cream colored pea with black eye, high yields. Use fresh in Summer or dried in winter. Needs warmth. One of the most popular varieties grown.  90 seeds

Lady Pea/Lady Finger: SORRY, OUT OF STOCK FOR 2010

RECIPE: Cucumber salad Peel and shred one large cucumber. Add 1/4 cup golden raisins, 2 tbsp chopped chives, 2 tbsp fresh dill (or 1 tsp dry), 1 cup yogurt or sour cream. Salt and pepper are optional. Decorate with edible flowers.

*Slicing Cuc Mix: New in 2009. A mix of several of the slicing cucumbers in the catalog. 40 seeds

*Pickles Mix: A mix of several of the pickling cucumbers in the catalog. Pickling cucs can be used raw in salads when about the size of a medium-large dill pickle. My grandmother preferred this size to mature cucumbers for her salads. 40 seeds

Boston Pickling Cucumber Improved: 50-55 days. Improved version of a pickling cucumber that has been around since the 1880s. High yields. 100 seeds

Delikatesse Cucumber: 60 days. Superior taste. Use for slicing or pickles. This German variety has light green 10 inch fruits. 100 seeds

Homemade Pickles Cucumber: 55-60 days. Bush plants are great for small garden. Harvest at from 1.5 to 6 inches, for baby or regular pickles. Good disease resistance. 100 seeds

Lemon Cucumber: 58-70 days. Also called Crystal Apple Cucumber. This drought tolerant cucumber is lemon-colored and lemon-sized when ripe. Good sliced or pickled. Very popular and a fun shape for salads. 100 seeds

Marketmore 76 Cucumber (organic): 58-76 days. Very popular slicing cucumber for cooler climates, but does well in heat, too. Dark green cucumbers 8-9 inches long with mild, sweet flavor. 50 seeds

Muncher: 60 days. Used for slicing at around 9" or piclking when smaller. Very small spines. Considered burpless. Never bitter or tough. 50 seeds

Rhinish Pickle Cucumber: Medium-sized fruit for slicing or pickling. Somewhat early, for temperate climates. European variety. 100 seeds

Straight 8 Cucumber: 52-75 days. AAS winner in 1935. Excellent taste and tolerant to mosaic. Early and prolific producer of straight cucumbers about 8 inches long. 100 seeds

Sumter Cucumber: 55-60 days. Medium sized salad cucumber for North or South. Good disease resistance. 20 seeds

Suyo Long Cucumber: Wonderful Asian cucumber has a little different taste than other kinds. Heirloom Chinese variety. Ribbed shape makes pretty slices. Spines wipe off easily. Heat resistant. 30 seeds

White Wonder Cucumber: 35-36 days. Very popular 7-9 inch long, does well in hot weather, introduced by W. Atlee Burpee in 1893. ivory-colored when mature. For pickles or slicing. Very productive.

*Colorful eggplant mix: A mix of most the eggplants in the catalog. Different shapes and colors. Fun to grow. 40 seeds

Arumugam's Eggplant (organic): View photo
This eggplant originated in Tamil India, a very hot region. It is about the size of a fist with pretty green and white or lavender stripes. Grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Black Beauty Eggplant (organic): 72-85 days from transplant. Very popular variety has pretty, pear-shaped, purple-black fruits on a 24-30 inch plant. Fine flavor. 40 seeds

Florentine Silk (organic): Lavender-pink with white streaks on top, roundish, 3-6 inches depending on your climate. Very pretty, nice sweet mild taste. Grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Long Lavender White Eggplant (organic): New in 2009. A pretty white eggplant with lavender shading. It is long and slightly narrow, but a little wider than most Asian eggplants. Nice flavor and easy to grow. My favorite. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Long Purple Eggplant (organic) / Long Purple Italian Eggplant: New for 2009. 70-80 days from transplant. From the 1850s and still very popular. Great shape for cooking evenly during grilling. (Slice it the long way and brush with olive oil before grilling over medium-low heat.) Fruit is dark purple and 8-10" long by 2" on 25-35" plants. 60 seeds

Rosa Bianca Eggplant (organic): 80-85 days from transplant. Beautiful Italian heirloom with no bitterness. Excellent tasting white fruit with pinkish-purple stripes. 30 seeds

Tamil Eggplant (organic): Very rare variety from India. Fruit is about 3 by 4 inches, green, white and lavender streaks. Very productive, heat tolerant and drought tolerant. Grown in Kansas. 35 seeds

A note about flowers at Skyfire: All of the flower varieties in this catalog were chosen because they are very easy to grow. You will not need to give them special pampering to get these to germinate. With normal care, you should have flowers on your dinner table all summer.

I scatter a few flowering plants around the vegetable garden to brighten it up.  Cosmos Bright Lights are my favorite.  I love the look of a vegetable garden with one flower at the end of each row.  You can also use them to mark parts of rows.  If you have a row of, say, half Simpson lettuce and half Green Ice lettuce, put one or two flowers between them to help mark the change. Sunflowers can mark the transition from one type of tomato to another. 

Amaranthus caudatus / Love Lies Bleeding / Caudatus Red 60 days. Classic ornamental from before 1700. Leaves can be cooked like spinach, but this variety is usually grown for large, drooping, bright red flowers/seed heads. Grows 2-3 ft tall. Seeds are also nutritious. Related to the flower Celosia (Cock's Comb). The Spanish tried to destroy amaranth in Mexico because the seeds were often used in non-Christian ceremonies. 200 seeds or more

Basils: Click to see four of the basils. Basils are as decorative as they are delicious, so take a look at the Herb section of our catalog for several varieties and mixes. Some have leaves that are pretty and purple, while all have small flower stalks.

Carrots: View photo of carrot flower
Carrots can flower the second year in the right climate. To overwinter unprotected, you need warmer weather than Kansas, but in the far South, it is too warm for most to set seed.

Common herbs: The following herbs also have flowers that can decorate salads: Borage, Chives and Arugula. Read more about them in the Herb section of the catalog.

Nasturtiums, Jewel: Brilliant yellow, red, orange, pink, chamois, rose and some bicolor. Flowers are mild-flavored and beautiful in salads, while leaves are peppery like water cress. 35 seeds

Okra: This hibiscus relative is native to Africa. If corn grows in your climate, you can probably grow okra. It makes an attractive border and should be grown in full sun. Flowers are pretty and immature seed pods are edible. (For edible okras, see the Okra section.)

Pink Okra (organic): Back in stock 2010. Pretty deep pink/magenta flowers with white centers on a 1' plant. Tiny pods. Great container plant for a patio or balcony. Pods are edible if picked early, but too tiny to be considered a vegetable. Dry pods may be good in arrangements. Grown in Kansas. 20 seeds

Runner Beans: The term "scarlet runner bean" is often used for all types of red runner beans.  Some people grow them only for the pretty vines and dainty flowers, but the pods can be eaten when very small. This year I have "Scarlet Emperor": New in 2009. 60-90 days. Prolific and very ornamental. Showy red flowers on 8-10 foot vines. Can be grown on a 5 foot fence. Eat young pods like snap beans or as shell when mature but still green. 20 seeds

Sesame seeds: White flowers on plants 5 ft tall. Beige seeds. Flowers resemble foxglove. Should be grown more just for the flowers. The make a nice as a background for shorter flowers or against a fence. Seed are edible and have a tiny bit stronger (but good) taste than white sesame seeds. 200 seeds

Snap or Dry beans: The flowers of snap or dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) are edible. They taste like snap beans and are pretty in salads. If you use too many, the yield of beans will be low, but just before the first frost, why not? Or buy an extra packet just for the flowers! (See Beans)

Squash blossoms (free recipe with any squash seed order, only if you remember to request it on the order form): The flowers of all the squash I sell are edible, as are all Cucubita maxima, mixta, moshata and pepo. The stickers will soften when cooked. Sauté gently in butter. Request a free chicken squash blossom soup recipe with any squash or pumpkin order, or just put them in your own homemade chicken soup.  BEE careful!  Use only flowers that are just about to open, because flowers that have already closed after pollination OFTEN HAVE BEES TRAPPED INSIDE!! 

Sunflower, Grey Striped Mammoth: This is the standard BIG sunflower grown for its single beautiful 10-12 inch yellow flower and edible seeds. Sunflowers are really fun for the kids to grow, too. 40 seeds.

A note about these varieties! DO NOT EAT ANY PARTS OF THE PLANTS OR FLOWERS IN THIS CATEGORY.

Bachelor Button, Centaurea Mix: Bachelor buttons are also called cornflowers. This 2.5 foot plant needs full sun and will thrive in poor soil. Many colors in a florist strain of grandma's old favorite. 300 seeds

California Poppy Mix: View photo
A great small flower for hot, dry climates. Will bloom all summer in orange, pink, red, white and yellow. Very easy to grow. Lacy foliage. (Eschscholtzia californica) 600 seeds

Celosia, Forest Fire: Annual, 2.5 ft. Scarlet plumes with bronze-red foliage. Likes hot weather and blooms in mid-summer. Long lasting cut flowers or hang the flowers upside down in a dry, dark place to dry for winter flowers.

Cosmos Sensation: Cosmos are so easy to grow that they should be in every garden. Lots of 3 1/2 inch flowers in several shades of lavender and white on 36 inch tall plant with pretty fern-like foliage. Flowers are drought tolerant. 100 seeds

Cosmos Bright Lights (organic): Mostly orange colored (some yellow, some red-orange) flowers on 30" plants. Easy to care for, cosmos do well even in poor soil. Grown in Kansas. I put lots of these in the center of my vegetable garden this year and really enjoyed them all summer. Drought tolerant. 100 seeds

Echinacea / Purple Coneflower: Perennial, purple daisy-like flowers with dark centers, attracts butterflies. Grows in zones 3-10 in full sun. Should tolerate drought. Native to North America. Blooms the first year if planted early, but needs patience as the best flowering will be in 1-2 years. Beginners will have more luck starting this plant in pots. 125 seeds

Four O'clock/Marvel of Peru: Bushy annuals about 2 feet tall and covered with flowers until frost. Flowers open late but stay open most of the morning. Yellow, pink and magenta. Old-fashioned favorite that is very easy to grow. Tolerates drought. 30 seeds

Marigold, Crackerjack Mixed: Improved version, more fully double, 24 inches tall. Yellow, orange and gold. Some books say to plant these with tomatoes to keep bugs away. 200 seeds

Morning Glory NOTE: Morning glories cannot be shipped to Arizona. However, the "Bush Potato" in ornamentals has similar leaves and small white flowers highly resemble morning glories, but they are a different species. The seed will not germinate for three months unless you soak them over night and nick the seedcoat, so bush potato will not be good for those who want easy to germinate plants. The bush potato is the only seed I sell that requires nicking the seed coat.

Morning Glory Mix: Many colors on vines over 6 feet tall. Plant on a trellis or strings in full sun for a colorful display all summer. Red, blue, lavender, pink and white. 75 seeds

Morning Glory, Chinese: View photo
Pale Blue flowers look like Heavenly Blue morning glory. Seeds germinate more rapidly if you soak them in water over night before planting. Very pretty with vines to 10 feet or so. Can be transplanted when small. Needs warm soil. 35 seeds

Morning Glory, Grandpa Ott's (organic): View photo
Beautiful purple flower with a red throat. Bavarian heirloom that grows to 15 feet and will self-sow every year. Very hardy. One of the flowers that inspired Seed Savers Exchange. Grown in Kansas. 50 seeds

Morning Glory, Mount Fugi (organic): Pretty flowers are red/magenta or blue with white edges and almost ruffled. They look somewhat like petunias. Vines about 5-6 feet tall or grow in containers to hang down. Grown in KS. 10 seeds

Sunflowers, *"for the birds": If you want to attract birds to your garden, the sunflowers here will set seeds that they love. These flowers will produce edible seeds, but they are too small to be eaten by people. Usually contains 3 varieties which also make good cut flowers. 70 seeds

Sunflowers, *cut flower mix: Several varieties. A mix of 3-5 colors (maybe more) of small-seeded sunflowers, some in this catalog and some very pretty sunflowers not in the catalog. Contains more variety than the "for the birds" mix. Each will produce lots of 3-5 inch diameter flowers, with many flowers on each plant. Plants are 4-6 feet tall. 70 seeds

Autumn Beauty Sunflower: View Photo
Yellow, bronze and purple shades in flowers up to 8 inches across on plant 60 inches tall. Many are long stemmed. Good cut flowers. Tolerates drought. 70 seeds

Grey Striped Mammoth Sunflower: This is the standard BIG sunflower grown for its single beautiful 10-12 inch yellow flower and edible seeds. I repeated the description here just to keep all the sunflowers together, but you will also find it in the "Flowers with edible parts" section above. 30 seeds

Teddy Bear Sunflower:  Only 2.5-3 ft tall, so great for small gardens or containers. Tons of tiny yellow petals cover the whole flower. Almost no dark center. Double flowers almost furry like a Teddy Bear. 50 seeds

Sweet Pea Royal Mix: Sweet peas like cool weather and are prized for their fragrance. This mix contains several brilliant colors on vines 4 feet tall. 50 seeds

Torch / Mexican Sunflower / Tithonia: View photo
Tithonia rotundifolia. Red-orange flowers about 2-3 inches across. Blooms all summer on 4 foot bushy plant. Tolerates high heat and low water conditions. Very easy to grow.

Zimbabwe Foxglove / Udonqa / African Foxglove: Sorry, out of stock for 2010. View photo
Pretty lilac flowers on long stems resemble foxglove. An annual, it grew 4-5 feet tall in our very hot, dry summer and may get a foot taller in good weather. It can be started in pots and transplanted. Easy and lovely. It has fewer flowers on a stalk than regular foxglove, but each plant sends up several flower stalks and it is an annual so you get flowers this year. (Ceratotheca triloba)

Zinnia, California Giant Mixed: Under the right conditions the flowers can grow to 5 inches across. Among the flower colors you will find pink, yellow, burnt orange, white and red. Some will have 2 shades of the same color. Plant grows to 3 feet. 125 seeds

Zinnia, Persian Carpet: Will be stock in February of 2010. AAS winner in 1952. Smaller than most zinnias, these bloom in both solid and bi-colored petals. Mostly red, gold, cream, orange and burgundy, with some double flowers. Nice, delicate cut flowers. 150 seeds

Zinnia, Red Spider (organic): Cute little red zinnias about 1 inch across on a plant 2 feet tall. I grow then near the water faucet, so I don't know if they tolerate drought. They might need some support.

Greens at Skyfire: Greens are extremely nutritious. I have a master's degree in nutrition and feel that we really should eat more dark green leafy vegetables. However, it can be a challenge to learn new cooking habits, so I have tried to put a few greens recipes online. In addition to the recipe at the end of this section, there is a spinach soup recipe in the spinach section and a pesto recipe in the herb section. Restaurants just use a dab of pesto with pasta, but I never serve pasta with less than 1/3 cup of pesto per person. I really think basil is so good that it should be considered a green as well as an herb. I make pesto with walnuts, which contain oils that are good for cardiovascular health.

You can also find greens under these headings:
Beets, Collards, Herbs, Kale, Lettuce, Mustard, Spinach, Swiss chard and Turnips.
Did you know that carrot tops can be added to soups? The younger leaves of pea plants can be used in salads and stir-fries.

*Micro Greens/Baby Greens: You can grow your own special gourmet baby greens and enjoy the more delicate flavor of young plants. Have wonderful salads by buying this mix or buying a packet each of your personal favorites of the following: arugula, beets, Swiss chard, kale, kohlrabi, mustard and lettuce. Plant seeds only an inch apart or less and cut when 2-3 inches high.  If you don't cut them off too low, most will re-grow and you can have another batch of greens.  Buy individual packets of your favorites or order the mix and I will pick out several greens for you.

Malabar Spinach, White for 2010: 60-80 days. A warm weather spinach substitute, this is a 10-30 foot long tropical vine, but does well on a 5 foot trellis. Keeps well in the refrigerator. Sow on surface: just press into soil and keep warm. Can be transplanted, but needs warm weather. Best cooked. (Basella alba) 15 seeds

Melokhiya / Mazzocchi / Egyptian Spinach: (Corchorus olitorius) This deep green leafy vegetable is from Egypt, so it does very well in hot weather. Traditionally eaten in chicken soup in Egypt. Eat young leaves in salads, mixing just a few leaves with other greens. Hang the branches to dry to preserve them for winter soups and stews. Mild flavor. Grows to 5 ft.

RECIPE: Greens and Mushrooms: Saute 8 oz. sliced mushrooms in 2 Tbsp olive oil. Add about 1 lb chopped chard, kale and/or other favorite greens, 1 minced clove garlic, 1-2 Tbsp fresh thyme, 1/3 C broth & zest of 1 lemon. Simmer until tender. Serve over pasta or polenta or with wholegrain bread. Serve topped with grated Parmesan or mozzarella cheese.

Hint: If you are not familiar with the uses of herbs, www.wikipedia.org has histories, uses, and recipes.

*Herb Mix: New in 2010. A mix of the most popular and easiest herbs: Arugula, Italian basil (regular sweet basil), cilantro and dill. Use for windowsill or contailer gardens on balconies. Small amount of each seed for people in apartments. At least 10-20 seeds of each variety. The packet describes each seed so you can tell them apart.

Arugula/Salad Roquette: 55 days. Slightly peppery taste. Widely used in salads in Europe, mixed with lettuce and other greens. It also makes a pretty garnish. 100 seeds

Basil, *Colorful, Flavorful Mix: A mix of most or all of the varieties we have. Very pretty, tasty and the aromas will be wonderful. Try several flavors at the price of a single packet. 350 seeds

Basil, Cinnamon: Wonderful cinnamon scent is used in teas and potpourris. Pretty lavender stems and flowers. 350 seeds

Basil, Clove Scented: Green leaves with clove-like scent. Wonderful in tea or just grow it as an ornamental. Can be used mixed with apples in cobblers and crisps. 350 seeds

Basil, Large Leaf Italian: Classic sweet basil. I prefer this to lettuce in sandwiches. Try it in a "BLT" or turkey sandwich or make pesto for pasta. 500 seeds

Basil, Lemon: See Basil, Sweet Dani below

Basil, Mammoth (organic): Photo and more info
The same great taste of classic sweet basil, but with much larger leaves. A great size for sandwiches and the large size makes it easy to pick just the leaves to allow the stems to produce more basil. Basil is great with most tomato dishes. Grown in Kansas. 75-100 seeds

Basil, Purple Ruffles: AAS winner. Very popular as an ornamental. Purple leaves and pink flowers. A few plants will have green leaves, so start a few extra in pots. 200 seeds

Basil, Siam Queen: View photo
AAS winner. The prettiest basil, this anise-scented plant can be grown as a houseplant, so you can have fresh basil in the winter. Nice flowers, too. 100 seeds

Basil, Sweet Dani (lemon): View photo
AAS winner has a stronger lemon flavor than regular lemon basils. We grow this and dry it use as tea or to add to other teas or in tomato dishes. Excellent plant. Looks similar to regular sweet basil. 100 seeds

RECIPE: Low-cal pesto Place 1 cup basil leaves (mix lemon and Italian if desired), 1 clove chopped garlic, 1/3 cup walnuts, 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, 2 tbsp olive oil and 2 tbsp water or chicken broth. Blend. Serve with pasta or vegetable spaghetti (spaghetti squash).

Borage: Finely chop leaves to add a mild cucumber-like flavor to salad. The pretty blue star-shaped flowers are edible, too. Pull out the center of the flower (just the petals) and sprinkle them on a salad. 100 seeds

Chives: (see also Garlic Chives below) Chives are very easy to grow. Put them in a pot in a sunny window in the winter and snip off what you need with a scissors. This perennial will grow about 6 inches tall. 500 seeds

Cilantro: The seeds are called coriander. The leaves look like parsley and it is often called Chinese parsley, but it has a very different flavor than parsley. Popular in Mexican cuisine. Use in salsa or sprinkle on soups or salads. 150 seeds

Dills, Mammoth and Bouquet: Try fresh dill on steamed or boiled, buttered new potatoes. Use seeds and leaves for pickling. 400 seeds

Epazote: Easy to grow herb (if you follow the directions below). It is supposed to reduce gas when cooked with dry beans for soup or re-fried beans. Likes hot weather. Dry some for winter use. It really makes a pot of beans simmering on the stove smell wonderful! Sow on the soil surface in small pots of sterile planting mix to transplant into the garden. Make sure that you keep the soil temperature about 70-80 degrees and in good light. These need light to germinate. 100 seeds

Fenugreek: Trigonella foenum-graecum The name means Greek hay. This herb is often used in the Middle East or India. The leaves have a slightly bitter taste, similar to celery, and can be eaten fresh or dried. The seeds have a wonderful maple fragrance and are sometimes added to pickles or ground in curry powders or, in Egypt, made into a tea. Adding a pinch of fenugreek seeds and a pinch of anise seeds to green tea is delicious. These seeds are not sold for eating--you would need to grow them and collect seeds in the fall for culinary use. Fenugreek is sometimes used as a cover crop in the US. 150 seeds

Garlic Chives: Very easy to grow. Nice delicate garlic flavor is great in lettuce salads, cucumber salads or sprinkled on potatoes. Not at all strong like garlic bulbs and will eventually produce white flowers. Approx. 150 seeds

Organo, Italian: New in 2010. (O. vulgare) The standard Italian herb for pizza, spaghetti, etc. Easy to grow in pots. I plant 50-100 seeds in a 12 inch container for lots of small plants unstead of waiting for one nursery-sized plant. Perennial, but overwinter inside in cold areas.

Parsley, Green Italian: This flat-leaf Italian parsley is more flavorful than the curly-leaved types. Parsley lives 2 years. Fresh parsley has so much more flavor than dried, so you will probably want to transplant some of it to the greenhouse or south window for the winter. 600 seeds

Sage, broadleaf: Traditional herb for turkey stuffing and sausages. The tea has been used medicinally for centuries. 150 seeds

Thyme: Thyme is easy to grow, but best started in pots, because the seeds are very small. It can be kept going from cuttings if it gets too leggy. Fresh thyme is wonderful sprinkled on salads or in soups or cheese sauce. Don't wait for it to get as big as the plants in nurseries.  Sow lots of seeds in a 12 inch pot and cut off the tops of the stems when 3-4 inches tall--sort of like baby greens. 

*Colorful Kale Mix: Mix of red and green kales. Try them as baby greens in salads and stir-fried dishes.

Red Russian Kale / Ragged Jack Kale (organic): View photo
50-65 days. Originally from Siberia, it was brought to Canada about 1885. Very pretty red-purple-green leaves. Becoming popular. Frost tolerant. 200 seeds

Siberian Improved Kale, Dwarf: 60-70 days. Plants 12-15 inches tall. Frilled edges on thick blue-green leaves. Easy to grow. 750 seeds

*Colorful Kohlrabi mix: A mix of the white and purple types, about half each.

Early White Vienna Kohlrabi: 50-65 days. This mild-flavored member of the cabbage family was developed before 1860. Pale green bulbs develop just above the ground. Eat raw in salads or cook with butter or cream. Plant several sowings for a steady supply. 800 seeds

Early Purple Vienna Kohlrabi: 55-69 days. Also called Di Vienna Violetto. Old favorite home garden variety with purple bulbs. Just as easy to grow as white.

A note about lettuce: To extend your lettuce season, make several plantings. For lettuce that will mature in mid to late summer, plant in shade and eat it young. If you eat just the outer leaves, the crop will last longer than if you harvest the whole plant at one time. For baby lettuce, plant seed closer and start pulling the outer leaves when it is 3-5 inches tall, or cut it all off 1 inch from ground. Makes a nice gourmet treat.

Approx. 600 seeds/gram

*Colorful Lettuce Mix: A mixture of colors in leaf, butterhead and romaine lettuces. Both green and red varieties. You will have some lovely salads! 1.5 grams

All Year Round lettuce: 64-75 days. English lettuce that stays solid in hot weather. Very slow to bolt. Good for the far north. Plant spring or late summer. 2 grams

Buttercrunch Lettuce / Butter King Lettuce / Buttercrunch Bibb Lettuce: 50-70 days. AAS winner from 1963. Large bibb lettuce is dark green with a reddish tint. Slow bolting lettuce developed at Cornell University. 2 grams

Merveille de Quatre Saisons  Lettuce / Marvel of Four Seasons Lettuce: 45-70 days. Marvel of Four Seasons is a French Bibb type lettuce introduced about 1885. The outer leaves are reddish with cranberry tips and the hearts are pale green. Holds its excellent flavor in heat, but bolts. 2 grams

Mignonette Bronze Lettuce / Early Surehead Lettuce: 65-67 days. Compact plant with green-bronze head that has a creamy interior. Slow to bolt in hot weather. Heirloom introduced in 1898. 1 gram

White Boston Lettuce / Summer Unrivaled Lettuce: New in 2010. 60-75 days. Improved version of Big Boston, light green, no red. Good for hot climates like Florida. 2 grams

Amish Deer Tongue Lettuce: New in 2009. 50 days. This Amish variety dates from the 1840s and is very popular with heirloom gardeners. Forms loose heads and is slow to bolt. 2 grams

Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce: 40-65 days. Standard green leaf, popular for many years. Stands heat and drought. Introduced in the 1850s. 2 grams

Cocarde Lettuce: New in 2009. 50 days. A beautiful, French, red-splashed oakleaf. Fine, delicate flavor good for baby greens or full size. Bronze-red, green and white mix of colors on leaf. 1 gram

Grandpa Admire's Lettuce (organic): View photo
60 days. Pretty green, crinkled leaves have a blush of red-bronze. Slow to bolt and tolerates more heat than most lettuces. Grandpa Admire was a Civil War veteran. His granddaughter gave this seed to Seed Savers' Heritage Farm many years ago. Fine flavor. 1/2 gram

Green Ice Lettuce: 45 days. Very slow to bolt, so you can enjoy its crisp, green, savoyed leaves longer. Glossy leaves are fringed. Less likely to be bitter than almost any other lettuce. 2 grams

Lolla Rossa Darkness Lettuce: New in 2010. 50 days. A Lolla Rosso type lettuce about 6 inches around. Intense red/burgundy color with very curley leaves and mild flavor. Cut and come again lettuce for spring or fall would be good for container gardening. 1 gram

Oakleaf Lettuce: 38-60 days. Leaves actually look like oak leaves. Old-fashioned favorite that stands heat and doesn't get bitter. Very popular. Heirloom introduced in 1771. 2 grams

Red Sails Lettuce: 40-66 days. AAS winner is slow to bolt, so you can enjoy its ruffled red-bronze leaves longer than other lettuces. Much higher in vitamins A and C than supermarket lettuce. Grow in spring, summer or fall. PVP 1986. 1 gram

Rubin Lettuce (organic): 50-60 days. Beautiful crinkled maroon leaves make lovely salads. Especially bright color in the cool weather of spring. Very showy! Great baby lettuce mixed with a green variety. 1 gram

Salad Bowl Lettuce, Green: 45-68 days. AAS in 1952. Wavy, notched leaves will not get bitter in hot weather. Light green and fast growing. Planted in July in our 90+ heat, we had wonderful baby lettuce all through August and September. 2 grams

Salad Bowl Lettuce, Red: New in 2010. 45-50 days. Introduced in 1955, this lettuce is very slow to bolt so you will have a longer harvest period. Lobed leaves have a bronze tint with pale green interior leaves. Very popular. 2 grams

Sanguine Ameliore Lettuce / Strawberry Cabbage Lettuce (organic): 45-50 days. Old French variety introduced into the US in 1906. Green leaves splashed with red. Very nice. Limited quantity; please list alternate on order form. Grown in Kansas. In short supply in 2010, so please list an alternate. 1 gram

Sunset Lettuce (organic): AAS winner. One of the prettiest red leaf lettuces I have ever grown. It is heat tolerant. Hard to find now because it sets so few seed. A favorite at SSE's Heritage Farm. 1 gram

Freckles Lettuce / Trout Back Lettuce / Forellenschluss Lettuce: 55-70 days. This heirloom is becoming very popular because of its beautiful, tender green leaves speckled with red. Resembles Speckles butterhead, but larger. 1 gram

Parris Island Cos (organic): 50-80 days. Very popular dark green 8-12 inch slightly savoyed leaves. Hearts are pale and sweet. Medium slow bolting. From 1952. 1 gram

Rouge D'Hiver Lettuce: 55-65 days. Also called Red Winter or Cimmaron, this beautiful European heirloom lettuce will tolerate heat if kept watered. Color varies from greenish red to dark red. I grow it every year in my own garden. 2 grams

Valmaine Lettuce: 70 days. Dark green, slightly savoyed leaves with a heart that blanches to creamy yellow. Developed in 1963 and becoming rare. 2 grams

See also Watermelon Click here for Watermelon

*Melon Mix: A mix of at least 4 different melon from the catalog. You just haven't tasted melons until you have tasted home-grown vine-ripened melons. This selection gives you a lot of variety in the garden and kitchen. 30 seeds

Charentais melon (organic): 75-90 days. Small cantaloupe-like melon that heirloom gardeners love. Excellent flavor and fragrance. Grown in Kansas. 25 seeds

Ogen or Ha Ogen or Ha-ogen melon ("ha" is Hebrew for "the."): New in 2010. 70 days. Very popular melon with home growers. This Israeli introduction grows anywhere in the 48 contiguous states that suits melons. The green and salmon flesh freezes well. Yellowish rind with green stripes. Productive plant can produce up to 10 fruits per plant if given the right conditions. Fruits weigh about 3 pounds. 30 seeds

Piel de Sapo melon: New in 2010. 90-110 days. The name means "Toad Skin" but don't let that stop you. Spanish melon that produces 7 to 9 pound fruit that stores well. Oval with mottled green and yellow skin and orange flesh, it looks almost like a cantaloupe. 30 seeds (This is not the hybrid variety with a similar name.)

Golden Honeymoon Melon: 92 days. Earlier and smaller than a regular honeydew, so it should be welcome in smaller households. Leave on vine until fully ripe. Prolific and a good keeper. 40 seeds

Green Climbing Melon also called Vert Grimpant (organic) SORRY, OUT OF STOCK 2010:

Collective Farm Woman:  80-85 days. This heirloom has rapidly gained popularity since its introduction to the USA in 1993 by Seed Savers Exchange. This old Ukrainian variety has very sweet, fragrant, pale-yellow flesh and grows to 7-10 inches.

Hale's Best Jumbo Melon (organic), Hale's Best Original Muskmelon: New in 2009. 75-85 days. One of the most popular melons for home growers. Introduced in 1923, drought resistant, salmon flesh, good flavor. 50 seeds

Honey Rock/Sugar Rock Melon (organic): 74-88 days. This AAS winner from 1933 is also called Sugar Rock. It has a tough grayish green skin and thick deep salmon flesh. Fruit weighs 3-4 pounds and there should be 5-7 per plant. Good for the North. 40 seeds

Minnesota Midget Melon: 60-100 days. The compact vines make it great for small gardens and the large crop of 4" melons are just right for a single person. Unique flavor and high sugar content. Developed Minnesota in 1948. 30 seeds

Persian Small Melon: 115 days. Dark green ribless rind with bright orange flesh. Melon is 4-5 pounds with small seed cavity. It's deep root system requires less water than some melons. Distinctive flavor. 40 seeds

Schoon's Hard Shell Melon / New Yorker Melon / Illinois Hardshell Cantaloupe: New in 2009. 90-95 days. Heirloom from New York. Thick red-salmon flesh, very good flavor, grey-yellow netted skin. 50 seeds

Fancy Mustard Mix: All the mustards in the catalog. Pretty mix of red, curly fringed green and plain green leaves. 1000 seeds

Florida Broad Leaf Mustard / Large Smooth Leaf Mustard: 40-60 days. Dark green oval serrated leaves are 8-10 inches long. Popular in the South. 1000 seeds

Giant Red Mustard: 45-60 days. A pretty Japanese variety, with deep purplish-red savoyed leaves and white ribs. Slow to bolt. Strong flavor. Often used pickled. Becoming very popular. 1000 seeds

Southern Giant Curled Mustard: 35-60 days. The most popular mustard for home gardeners. Sow spring or fall. Cold resistant. 1000 seeds

Tendergreen Mustard: Smooth dark green leaves are usually eaten cooked, but can make nice baby greens in a tossed salad. Mustard greens are better grown in cool weather. 1000 seeds

*Colorful Okra mix: Can't decide which okra to plant? Buy this and try several. Mix of at least 3 varieties, one red and two green okras. (All standard size pods: Pink ornamental okra not included.)

Burgundy Okra: 50-60 days. Also called Red Burgundy. AAS winner in 1988. Pretty 4-5 foot tall plant has green leaves, burgundy stems and burgundy pods. Another vegetable you might want in the flower garden: okra has pretty flowers. 200 seeds

Burmese Okra (organic): View photo and more info
60 days. Heirloom from Burma. usually spineless pods, mostly light green. Pods are supposed to be tender at 10", but mine were better at 4". Plants only about 4' high, but very productive. Dry pods tend to split. 100 seeds

Clemson Spineless Okra: 55 days. AAS winner. The 6 inch long pods are produced on plants 3-4 feet tall. An old favorite.

Cow Horn Okra: Heirloom, hard to find. Up to 7 feet tall with 10 inch pods that actually taste best at the more usual size of about 3-4 inches. 125 seeds

Pink Okra: Back this year, but look in the Ornamental section below, because the pods are very small. Ornamentals

Burrell's Yellow Valencia Onion: New in 2009. 115-120 days. All American Selection. For areas that have long summer days, that is, the northern half of the country. Large, bronze globes are superior to Sweet Spanish onions. Can use as green onions, too. 1000 seeds

Pompeii onions: 85 days. Wonderful flat, Italian onion with excellent. flavor. Short day (for the south and southwest). I planted this in Kansas in 2008 and loved it. Some of the plants formed 2-3 smaller bulbs, which was great for kebobs or when a recipe needs just a little onion. Short storage. 1.5 grams

Red Burgundy onions: New in 2010. Medium-large bulbs with dark red skin. Short day variety (grows best from Kansas south). Can be stored for a short time. 900 seeds

Tropeana Tonda onions: 110 days. Excellent flavored, large, European, top-shaped, violet-red onion for fresh use but it stores well, too. Short to intermediate day. Use as green onions or bulbs. 1.5 grams

See also Flowers

Pink Okra (organic): Back in stock 2010. Pretty deep pink/magenta flowers with white centers on a 1' plant. Tiny pods. Great container plant for a patio or balcony. Pods are edible if picked early, but too tiny to be considered a vegetable. Dry pods may be good in arrangements. Grown in Kansas. 20 seeds

Ornamental Corn varieties: Dried ears of corn make great fall decorations. I think all corns are beautiful, but Hopi Blue, Bloody Butcher and Strawberry are very nice. There is also a very popular ornamental corn simply called Indian Ornamental corn. For these, see the Corn section. For Broomcorn, see the Sorghum section.

Ornamental Greens: Sunset lettuce and Rainbow Swiss Chard are as pretty as any flower. Rainbow chard just wows everyone with 5 gorgeous colors: I'm told it is even good on pizza! (Look under Swiss Chard) Red Russian Kale is also pretty.

Ornamental Squashes: All of the pumpkins are considered ornamental, but Jack Be Little is small enough to include in cornucopias or other fall arrangements. Winter squashes that are pretty are Kuri Red, Queensland Blue and Marina di Chioggi.

Bush Potato: Operculina brownii. Rare vine that resembles a morning glory and grows only about 5-7 feet long. Small white flowers somewhat hidden in foliage. Does not produce edible tubers. Soak seeds overnight and nick or sand a spot so they germinate faster. The seed will not germinate for three months unless you soak them over night and nick the seedcoat, so bush potato will not be good for those who want easy to germinate plants. This is the only seed I sell that requires nicking the seed coat. Instructions sent if requested. Will climb a fence, sometimes with a little help getting started. Grown more for the foliage than flowers. Looks prettiest when grown on a fence. 30 seeds

Carouby de Mausanne Snow Peas / Mangetout Carouby / Pois Mangetout: I'm really glad to have this variety back in 2010! 65-75 days. Wonderful French heirloom snow peas grow on 4-5 foot vines. One of my favorites, but it seems to be getting rare. 100 seeds

Oregon Sugar Pod II Snow Peas (replaces Dwarf Gray Sugar Snow Peas): 60-70 days. This is the flat Chinese Snow Pea that is so good in stir-fries. The 30 inch vines need little or no support (especially if grown close together) and are prolific producers of sweet light green pods. Produces 20% more peas than other varieties. Freezes well. Mildew res. 175 seeds

Sugar Snap Peas: View photo
53-57 days. AAS winner, so you know it is good. Sugar snap peas are eaten when plump like string beans, so you get more food with less work. Very sweet eaten raw or briefly steamed. Don't microwave; they just don't turn out as evenly cooked. 48-72 inch vines need support. 175 seeds

RECIPE: Green pea salad On a bed of chopped leaf lettuce, place peas (briefly cooked), shredded carrot and chopped green onion. Serve with honey mustard dressing (1 tbsp each honey and mustard, 1/4 cup vinegar, 1/2 cup oil & 1 clove finely minced garlic.)

Alaska Extra Early Peas: 52-58 days. Hardy plant bears very early, heavy crop of garden peas on 30 inch plant. Wilt resistant. 5-6 peas per pod. 175 seeds

Lincoln Peas: 65-70 days. Also called Homesteader. This very productive pea does very well in warm weather and also grows well in the North. Vines are 18-30" tall. 175 seeds

Little Marvel Peas / Improved American Wonder Peas / Extra Early Little Marvel Peas / Sitton's Little Marvel Peas: New in 2009. 63 days. Introduced in 1900 and still one of the most popular peas. Bush vines are about 20 inches tall, with 3.5 inch dark green, plump pods. Dependable, great yields, unsurpassed quality. 175 seeds

A note about peppers: If pepper plants still have fruit ripening when frost threatens, transplant them into a large pot and move them into the greenhouse or place in front of a very sunny window. Under proper conditions, they might survive and bear fruit again next year.

RECIPE: Salsa fresca (fresh salsa) Dice 1/2 cup red tomatoes and 1/2 cup yellow/orange tomatoes, 1/4 cup chopped sweet bell peppers and 1/4 cup finely chopped onions. Take seeds out of 1 Anaheim or Conquistador (mild), or Fresno (medium) or Jalapeno (hot) chili. Any chili you like will work.  Mince very fine and put in the blender with 1/4 cup of the tomatoes. Add 1/2 tsp salt. Mix, but don't blend the whole recipe. Leave it chunky.

A warning about hot peppers! The seeds of hot peppers are the hottest part! Do not touch your eyes after handling them! Even for planting the very hot ones, it might be best to wear disposable gloves. Wear gloves to prepare the fresh peppers for cooking. Double glove to work with very hot peppers. Do not allow children to handle these!

*Hot Pepper Mix: A mixture of mild to very hot peppers that can be eaten green or red. A few may ripen to colors other than red. Many different sizes. No Habaneros. 30 seeds

Anaheim Chilies or Anaheim Peppers: 70-90 days from transplant. Plants are 24-30 inches high with 6-8 inch long tapered chilis that are usually eaten green when they are slightly hot to medium hot, but will ripen to a bright red. Very popular. 75 seeds

Ancho Peppers / Poblano Peppers: 90 days. Called Poblano when fresh, Ancho when dried. A favorite for South-of-the-border recipes. Dark green fruits will turn brownish when dry. 1000-1500 Scoville heat units. 30 seeds

Balloon Peppers (organic): New in 2010. 90-100 days. Plants about 4 feet tall produce lots of 2.5 inch green peppers turning red with 4 "wings" protruding. Wings are sweet, but main pepper, membranes and seeds are extremely hot. A curiosity mainly. Grown in KS.

Brazilian Church Bells (organic): New in 2010. C. baccatum var. pendulum. 90 days. Very productive green > red thin-walled peppers with projections that make them look like church bells. Grew to 1.5 feet this year, but taller other years. Some hot, some sweet. Mild flavor. Grown in Kansas. 25 seeds

Cascabel / Rattle pepper: This is the pepper I have been looking for! The red flesh has a wonderful very rich pepper flavor, but low heat. You adjust the heat by omitting or adding the seeds, so you can suit almost any taste. Round, about 1-2 inches across. The full rich flavor develops on drying.  I've been mistranslating this pepper's name as "rattlesnake" but "serpiente de cascabel" is Spanish for rattlesnake. The dried peppers look and sound like rattles. 25 seeds

Cayenne Peppers: I'm not selling the "Long Thin" anymore, but the Jose Luis Majorca heirloom several lines below is a cayenne type and very nice. It is organically grown.

Fresno Chilis or Fresno Peppers: 75-80 days from transplant. Very hot fruit starts out yellowish green and matures red. Chilies are about 1x2 inches on 24-30 inch plants. Eat at mature green stage. Tolerates Tobacco Mosaic virus. 50 seeds

Jalapeno peppers / Jalapeno M: 75 days from transplant. This is the very hot chili often used on nachos. It is usually used green, but will mature to red. Thick-walled fruits about 1" by 3.5 inches. Use fresh or canned. 60 seeds

Jose Luis Majorca (organic): Cayenne type from Majorca, an island off the coast of Spain. Long (4"), thin, red cayenne-type chilis, fairly hot. Easy to grow. Brought from Majorca by a friend whose family had grown them for several generations. Dries well. Grown in Kansas. 20 seeds

Long Green Buddha Peppers (organic): 70 days from transplant. Plant is 2 feet high with chilis about 3/4 inch at the top and 3-4" long. Good yields. Strong bell pepper taste when green and mildly hot when red. I seed them, put them in soup whole and slip the skins off before serving. Grown in Kansas. 20 seeds

Macskasarga / Yellow Cat Peppers: New in 2009. 70 days from transplant. Very hot heirloom from Hungary. Lemon yellow, 3" long, thin fruit. Plants are productive and pretty when covered with yellow dagger-like chilies. Similar to Lemon Drop peppers. 25 seeds

Navaho Chili Peppers (organic): View photo
This pepper it is becoming rare, but is very productive. If you like good flavor with little to no heat, this might be for you. Thick flesh in a 6-8 inch green or red chili. Dries well. Anaheim type with no heat when green except for seeds. Most have very little heat when red, but on occasion you will get one hot bite. 35 seeds

Rachel peppers, organic: New in 2010. Prolific chili 1x2-2.5 inches on a plant 3.5-4 ft tall. Very nice, rare, mild-medium hot when pale green, very hot when red. Grown in Kansas. One of my favorites for salsa. 20 seeds

Sante Fe Grande Peppers / Caribe Chilis: 75-80 days from transplant. Hot pepper about 1.5 x 3.5 inches. Starts out yellow, then turns red-orange. Heavy yields. For fresh use. 80 seeds

Serrano Chilies: 75-90 days from transplant. This very hot chili is about 1/2 inch wide and 2-2.5 inches long. This 24-35" plant is prolific and everbearing. Peppers start out green and mature red-orange, with medium thin flesh. 80 seeds

Willing's Barbados Peppers (organic): View photo
100 days. Prolific, tiny, red, very hot peppers. Capsicum annuum var. aviclare. Introduced as an ornamental by John Bartran (1760), from the collection of Dr. George Thomas (1808-1887) via ML Thomas (1975). It would probably not be considered "ornamental" these days. This slow growing heirloom is a small plant. It grows well in pots and can be brought inside to sit in a sunny window over the winter. Grown in Kansas. 20 seeds

*Colorful Sweet Bell Mix: It is rare to find so many open pollinated colors of sweet blocky bell peppers. A mix of most of the sweet bell and semi-bell peppers in the catalog: green, red, yellow, orange, purple, cream, and chocolate (maroon). Colors will change as they mature. Delicious at any stage. Mostly heirlooms. 35 seeds

California Wonder Pepper: 68-89 days from transplant. Everbearing plant 24-30 inches tall produces large green or red sweet peppers. One of the most popular and dependable varieties for the home gardener. 60 seeds

Choco/Sweet Chocolate Pepper (organic): 85-90 days from transplant to ripe peppers. Elongated, thin bell, sometimes twisted, with a very different sweet flavor. Peppers are reddish chocolate/burgundy inside. Very productive. Not the same as Chocolate pepper. Grown in Kansas. 25 seeds

Feherozon Pepper (organic): View photo
75 days unripe greenish, 90-100 days ripe red. Bell and semi-bell (fat at top and tapering thinner) Starts pale yellow-green then turns red. Different flavor from other bells, but very nice. Hungarian pepper introduced into the US by Craig and Sue Dremann at the Redwood City Seed Company. Plants are short, peppers have thick walls. Grown in Kansas. 25 seeds

Orange Bell Pepper (organic): See Orange Sun below, too. 60 days to green, 90 to orange. An ordinary name for a pepper with extra-ordinary taste. Heritage Farm says it is the best-tasting orange pepper they have ever grown. High yields, too. 20 seeds

Orange Sun Bell Pepper: New in 2009. 75-80 days. Very nice green bell turns orange when ripe. Excellent flavor and thick flesh. Earlier than Orange Bell. Flavor is different from Orange Bell, but I can't say either is actually better tasting. It was very productive in Kansas. 30 seeds

Purple Beauty Pepper: 75 days. Beautiful new pepper with mild, sweet flavor. Stays purple a long time before turning deep red or purple-red. Sturdy plants. Becoming very popular. 25 seeds

Quadrato Asti Gaillo Pepper (organic): 75-80 days. This lovely Italian pepper slowly turns from green to golden yellow. Sweet flavor. Large and blocky. 20 seeds

Red Belgian Pepper (organic): 80 days. This is more of a semi-bell, wide at the top and pointed at the bottom. Short, productive plants that will do well in containers about 12 inches across. Starts pale yellow > orange > red. Delicious flavor when orange and red differs from ordinary sweet red bells. My favorite. Great for stuffing with cheese or for pickling, as well as salads and other recipes for bell peppers. Grown in Kansas. 20 seeds

Virginia's Door Knob (organic): New in 2010! An heirloom baby bell, but a little rounder. Early and very, very productive! Sort of like a mini-bell, about 1.5 inches wide and slightly flattened: really looks like some antique door knobs. Nice flavor is good red or green for salads, cooking or try stuffing with egg salad, chicken salad, tuna salad, etc. for a nice hors d'oeurves or a pretty contribution to a pot luck dinner. Produces red peppers earlier than most varieties. 20-24" tall. Heirloom from Virginia Parrish. Very productive, too. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Zold Kalinkoi pepper (organic): New in 2010. 80 days. This bell pepper is milder and sweeter in the green stage than any other I have tasted: excellent flavor. It starts out pale green then changes into a conventional red bell pepper. Average production. USDA PI 288939. Grown in KS. 25 seeds

Donkey Ears: New in 2010! 90 days. About 6 inches long and 1.5 to 2 inches wide at the top, this looks like an Anaheim chili, but is never hot. One of the best tasting sweet red peppers ever. Stuff with cheese, use in salads or make a rich pepper sauce. Tall plants are very productive. A seedsaver in Minnesoto found this heirloom in Butan, Bulgaria. 20 seeds

Golden Treasure Sweet: View photo
100 days. Large Italian pepper is 1.5-2 inches at the top and tapers to a point at 8-9 inches long. Sweet with medium thick flesh, it starts out green and matures to a pretty golden yellow. Skin is thin. One of my favorites, but it is becoming very rare.  Great flavor for chili rellenos with no heat.  35 seeds

Tequila Sunrise, will be in stock about Feb. 1, 2010: 75 days. Very pretty, orange, pointed peppers about 4-5 inches long. These heirloom peppers are lovely sliced in rings for a salad or just used for snacking on whole. Plants are about 14 inches tall. 20 seeds

Pepperoncini Italian: New in 2010. It actually a little bit of heat. 75 days. These are usually picked green about 2-3 inches long for canning. Thin walls and good flavor. If you haven't tried pickling your own peppers, you are missing a treat! You can also eat these fresh or stuffed with cheese and steamed. 30 seeds

See also Squash/Winter: Some of the winter squash are also decorative, especially Marina di Chioggia, Queensland Blue and Red Kuri. Click here for Winter Squash

*Pumpkin, Mixed Sizes: A variety of sizes, roundish and flattened shapes, all orange pumpkins, for your Halloween decorating. No minis or mammoths, to make your seed spacing easier. You can request that I add a few of the mini-pumpkin seeds if you like. 25 seeds

Cinderella-Rouge D'Etampes / Cinderella Pumpkin: 84-100 days. Very popular for Halloween because of its bright orange skin. Popular with home gardeners because its bush vines take up only about 6 square feet and the flavor is excellent. Pumpkins are somewhat flattened, so not good for carving, but very pretty. Grows to about 15 pounds. 12 seeds

Connecticut Field Pumpkin / Big Tom Pumpkin / Halloween Pumpkin / Jaune des Champs Pumpkin / Yankee Cow Pumpkin:  100-120 days. May be the most popular decorative pumpkin in the US. Heirloom, pre-1700, used for decorations or animal feed. This is the classic Halloween carving pumpkin. If you want pumpkin pie, read through the other pumpkin descriptions or look in the Winter Squash section for Red Kuri Squash. 35 seeds

Fairytale Pumpkin: 100 days. Unique shape! Deep ridges in a flattened, tan-orange pumpkin 8 inches deep and 12-18 inches wide. Up to 40 pounds. Bred for great taste from 3 heirlooms, you can use this like a winter squash. Stores well. Small seed cavity, so not for carving. If you should have some that are large but still mostly green when the first frost hits, they may still make great pie and soup, but will not store well, so eat them fast or cut them up and freeze them.  When very immature (under 6 inches) they are nice summer squash. 12 seeds

Jack Be Little Pumpkin: View photo
95 days. This cute 3-4" mini pumpkin is grown strictly for decorations. Plant it early so it can fully mature on the vine before Halloween and it should last almost a year. Lovely in fall decorations such as cornucopias. Flavor may not be very good. 15 seeds

Jack O' Lantern: 75-115 days. Also called Halloween or Large Connecticut Yellow Field. Orange, with shallow ribs, this is great for carving, but also makes good pie. This 10-18 lb pumpkin also stores well. 25 seeds

Jarradale Pumkin or Winter Squash: 100 days. Blue-grey skin on a slightly flattened, deeply-ribbed pumpkin from 6-10 pounds. Australian variety has thick, sweet orange flesh with very good flavor and long storage qualities. It is becoming more popular in the US. 15 seeds

Jeune de Paris Pumpkin / Yellow Paris Pumpkin: Amy Goldman says Henry David Thoreau obtained seed for this in 1857! Orange, almost ribless, somewhat flattened, 42 pounds (sometimes larger), yellow flesh. Decorative, but not for conventional Jack o' lanterns. 25 seeds

Tatume Summer Squash: (Not edible in ornamental pumpkin stage.) New in 2009. 45 days for summer squash, 130 days for decorative orange pumpkin-like squash. Round zucchini with dark green stripes. Eat at 2-3 inches or allow to mature into a 6x9" orange pumpkin-like or gourd-like squash. 35 seeds

*Jelly Bean Mix: 25-40 days. Colorful mixture of many varieties to brighten up your salads. Great fun for kids, too. 350 seeds

Black Spanish Round Radish: 53-80 days. This heirloom was introduced before 1824. Large root (3-4") with black skin on a white-fleshed radish. Sow in July or August if you plan to have radishes all winter, as it stores well in moist sand. Great for homesteaders. 350 seeds

Cherry Belle Radish (organic): 20-30 days. AAS winner in 1949. This round red radish from Holland is a good keeper. Excellent for either early or late sowings. 200 seeds

Comet Radish: 23-26 days. AAS winner in 1936. Globe shaped red root is best when 1 inch diameter or smaller. Crisp and doesn't get pithy as fast as most radishes, which makes the season longer. 350 seeds

French Breakfast Radish: 20-30 days. Popular rose-scarlet radish with a white tip. Heirloom from 1880s. Top quality, pungent flavor. 350 seeds

German Giant/Parat: 29 days. Large, round, scarlet radish with crisp white meat. You can harvest it any where from marble to baseball size without it getting woody. Becoming very popular. 350 seeds

Hailstone Radish: View photo
23-30 days. Also called White Globe or White Button. Pure white, firm and crisp. Can be planted in spring or fall. 350 seeds

Japanese Minowase (a Daikon): Popular old Japanese radish can grow up to 24 inches long. Usually planted in summer. It can be eaten raw, cooked or pickled. Grate it raw into salads or into soup.

Icicle / White Icicle  Radish: 27-32 days. Also called Lady Finger. Standard long white radish since 1896. 350 seeds

Purple Olive-Shape Radish, organic: New in 2010. 40 days. I've been growing this heirloom for several years and find that it is slow to get woody. William Woys Weaver writes about this radish in his book Heirloom Vegetable Gardening. He says it seems to date back to the 17th century. A few radishes will be white, but they are just as good tasting as the purple. I eat the white ones before they set seed, so maybe they will eventually all be purple. I grow them early spring and fall, as Weaver recommends. Grown in Kansas. 100 seeds

Purple Plum Radish (organic) / Plum Purple Radish: 25-30 days. Purple skin, white flesh, round. Should stay crisp and not get pithy as early as most radishes. Pretty. 300 seeds

Saxa Radish: 18 days. Yes, this is a very fast grower. Pretty round red radishes in less than 3 weeks. You don't need much patience for this one.

Popping Sorghum: View photo
88 days. White seeds can be ground like other grains for flour or popped like popcorn. It has a milder flavor than other sorghums and tastes somewhat like rice or millet. Grows 8 feet tall. Very drought tolerant. Seed head can be used as decoration. More than 100 seeds.

*Colorful Broomcorn Mix: New in 2010. Black, red, purple, brown and yellow seed heads can be used to make brooms, but are mostly used for decorative dried arrangements. Not good tasting for human food. Broom making might be a fun project for the kids. 100 seeds

RECIPE: Spinach Pesto Soup: Place 4 C raw spinach or spinach-like greens in pot. Mix with 2 Tbsp oil, 16 basil leaves (or more), 1/2 C walnuts, 1/8 tsp pepper, 1 clove garlic, 1/4 tsp anise seed, 2 cooked potatoes, 2-3 C chicken broth. Simmer 15 min. Blend until smooth. Serve with Parmesan cheese. Makes 4 first courses or 2 main dishes. If the chicken broth has salt, you won't need to add more. If you like creamed soups, use just one cup of chicken broth or water to simmer ingredients. When spinach is tender, add enough milk to allow the mixture to puree well in the blender. Reheat after blending.

America Spinach: AAS winner in 1952. Dark green leaves similar to Bloomsdale, but will take a little more heat and needs less moisture. Sow in spring in long-day areas. 125 seeds

Bloomsdale Spinach (organic): 39-60 days. Standard, dependable variety of spinach has been around for many years (pre-1908 heirloom). Sow early for heavy yields. 250 seeds

Melokhiya / Mazzocchi / Egyptian Spinach: (Corchorus olitorius) Not really a spinach.  This deep green leafy vegetable is from Egypt, so it does very well in hot weather. Traditionally eaten in chicken soup in Egypt. Eat young leaves in salads, mixing just a few leaves with other greens. Hang the branches to dry to preserve them for winter soups and stews. Mild flavor. Grows to 5 ft.

New Zealand Spinach: View photo
50-70 days. Also called Perpetual Spinach (not the same as perpetual chard spinach beet). This is not a true spinach, but it tastes similar and has the virtue of not minding hot weather, so you can have "spinach" all summer. Heirloom brought to Europe by Captain Cook in the 1770s. Self sows in California. For cooking, not for salads. 25 seeds

Malabar Spinach, White for 2010: 60-80 days. A warm weather spinach substitute, this is a 10-30 foot long tropical vine, but does well on a 5 foot trellis. Keeps well in the refrigerator. Sow on surface: just press into soil and keep warm. Can be transplanted. (Basella alba) 15 seeds

Squash blossoms (free recipe with order, if you request it): The flowers of all the squash I sell are edible, as are all Cucurbita maxima, mixta, moshata and pepo. The stickers will soften when cooked. Saute gently in butter. Request a free chicken squash blossom soup recipe with any squash or pumpkin order.

RECIPE: Skyfire summer squash Slice summer squash 1/2 inch thick. Fry one side in butter or olive oil until golden. Turn. Place a very thin slice of tomato on top, then sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Cover the pan and cook until the squash is just soft. Any summer squash will work fine, but Tromboncino is especially nice with this recipe.  Surprisingly good for such a simple recipe.

*Summer Squash Mix: A colorful mix of white scallop, yellow crookneck or straight-neck, and at least two zucchinis. Nice mix of colors and shapes. 40 seeds

Benning's Green Tinted Scallop Squash: Back in 2010. A nice pale green scalloped squash, just like Early White Bush Scallop. Pretty olive green heirloom developed in 1914. Use just like white scallop. Make sure you pick them young when they are most tender. (The green color can fool you.) 40 seeds

Caserta, a cocozelle summer squash: Back for 2010. 50-57 days. AAS winner from 1949. Prolific, early cocozelle has light skin with dark green stripes. Bush plants. Pick when 4-6 inches. From the University of Connecticut. Excellent flavor. Some gardeners use it to attract insect pests away from other squash. 20 seeds

Early Yellow Summer Crookneck Squash: 42-60 days. Early version of yellow crookneck summer squash. Pick at 5-6 inches. Mild flavor. Introduced in 1900. 40 seeds

Lemon Squash, organic: Pretty globe-shaped yellow squash about the size of a lemon. Small vines take up little space. This tasty heirloom is easy to grow and tolerates heat. Grown in Kansas. 25 seeds

Lubnani Squash / Lebanese White Bush Squash: 52 days. Looks like a fat white zucchini, but we think it tastes better and sweeter. Can eat very young like zucchini or wait until it weighs 1-2 pounds. Grows in many climates, North or South. 40 seeds

Prolific Straightneck Squash: 50 days. AAS winner from 1938 and still popular. Lemon yellow squash. Use just like yellow crookneck. Pick when 5-6 inches long for best quality. 35 seeds

Early White Bush Scallop Squash: 47-65 days. Very popular white patty pan, so early it just might beat the squash bugs! Fine-flavored summer squash. 50 seeds

Genovese: Nice Italian Cocozelle type. Lacy green and tan pattern. Eat at 5 inches long or pick the baby squash before the blossom opens and cook the two together. 40 seeds

Tatume Summer Squash: New in 2009. 45 days for summer squash, 130 days for orange decorative squash. Round zucchini with dark green stripes. Eat at 2-3 inches or allow to mature into a 6x9" orange pumpkin-like or gourd-like squash. (Not edible in ornamental pumpkin stage.) 35 seeds

Trombone Squash or Tromboncino Summer Squash: Looks like a trombone. Very long, thin summer squash with a bulb at the end. Straight if grown on a trellis, but curved if grown on the ground. Use like a zucchini, but it has much more flavor. One of my favorites. This is a C. moschata. 12 seeds

Black Zucchini: 44-64 days. Also called Black Italian Marrow. Bush, productive, ever-bearing plant produces green-black zucchinis with fine flavor. Best when 6-8 inches long. Popular variety. 40 seeds

Round Zucchini: Pretty round version of the favorite green zucchini. Decorative and it adds a little variety to your meals. 40 seeds

See also Pumpkins: Most of my pumpkins were selected because they also make good pies. Some will store well, so they make good winter squash.
Click here for pumpkins

*Winter squash mix: A mix of 5 different winter squash. Different shapes and colors. Make a pretty cornucopia in the fall and a lot of vitamin A-rich squash all winter. 25 seeds

Acorn, Table Queen Bush Squash
or Acorn, Table Queen Vine Squash: View photo.
Vine: 60-90 days. Bush: 80-95 days.  One of the best table squashes. Hard dark green shell with ribs and yellow to orange flesh. Prolific winter squash can tolerate poor soil. Good keeper. The vine type is a pre-1835 heirloom. 25 seeds.  Please state whether you want bush (for smaller gardens) or vine type (6-8 feet, for gardeners with more space).

Blue Hubbard Squash: 110 days. Large (10x15"), roundish with a neck at both ends. Thick, very sweet, fine-grained, yellow-orange flesh. Great for pies. Very popular. Hard rind so it keeps well. 20 seeds

Buttercup Squash, Burgess Strain (organic): New in 2009. 85-110 days. 5-8 inch diameter, 3-5 lbs. very sweet, orange, stringless flesh. Very popular because of the fine quality. Keeps fairly well. 25 seeds

Butternut Waltham Squash: 85-115 days. AAS winner. 3-6 lbs, high yields, stores well, yellow-orange flesh has nutty taste, very popular. Good keeper. 25 seeds

Cushaw Green Striped Squash: 75-115 days. Caribbean heirloom, pre-1893. Green stripes on creamy white hard skin, with sweet, fine-grained yellow flesh. Eat boiled, baked or in pies. Old favorite. 25 seeds

Kuri, Red / Red Kuri Squash / Baby Red Hubbard Squash / Orange Hokkaido / Red Kuri Squash: 92 days. This delicious red-orange Japanese squash has a slightly tear-drop shape and smooth-textured flesh. The 4-7 lb fruits make good pies and great fall decorations. 20

Marina di Chioggia Squash: Deep green and covered with bumps, this 10 lb squash is extremely decorative and delicious. Use this Italian winter squash in ravioli or gnocchi, but wonderful baked, too. Likes moist, sandy soil. 12 seeds

Queensland Blue Squash: 115 days. Striking blue-grey color makes it great for decorations and excellent keeping qualities make it a good winter staple. About 8 pounds. Australia, 1932. 15 seeds

Rainbow Chard or Five Color Silverbeet: 60 days. This is the Australian Five Color Silverbeet. (Silverbeet is their term for chard.) Red, pink, yellow, orange and white center ribs of leaves are so pretty you might want them in the front of the flower garden. 150 seeds

Perpetual Spinach Beet or Leaf Beet (organic): View photo
50-60 days. Old European strain of chard. Leaves are deep green with white ribs. Transplant to the greenhouse in the fall and have greens all winter. Our favorite. Good flavor. Tolerates some frost. 100 seeds Grown in Kansas.

Ruby Chard: 55-60 days. Also called Rhubarb Chard because of the very ornamental red stems. Leaves are crumpled dark green. Yields all summer. 250 seeds

I grow 30 to 40 rare heirloom tomato varieties each year but only sell the ones that I feel are good quality.

A note about tomatoes: Tomatoes don't usually set fruit very well in extremely hot weather, but the ones that do are indicated in descriptions. Determinate (DET) are shorter and often set just one batch of fruit. Indeterminate (IND) are taller, need staking and will keep producing until frost.

Tomato maturity dates: All dates are number of days from TRANSPLANT to first mature fruit and are affected by your climate and the quality of your seed starting medium.

*Beefsteak mix: If you want a colorful garden of big tomatoes to show off, this might be the packet for you. Yellow/Orange, Pink, White and, of course, Red varieties. Most of these will be heirlooms. 30 seeds

*Brandywine Mix:  A mix of the four Brandywine tomatoes in the catalog: Red, Pink, Yellow and Black. Nice selection to brighten up your dinners! 30 seeds

*Cherry Tomato Mix: This is a mix of several different colors of the cherry tomatoes in the catalog and maybe a few surprises that aren't listed. 30 seeds

*Fun Shapes Tomato Mix: Different shapes and sizes and colors, mostly heirlooms and some not offered in the regular catalog because I have very little seed of each variety. 30 seeds

*Heat Tolerant Tomato Mix: A mixture of all the tomatoes I have that should set fruit at higher temperatures than most. Let me know how they do in your area. Different mix every year, but the best ones are always in the mix. 30 seeds

*Heirloom Tomato Mix: Grow tomatoes in a wide variety of colors and sizes from only one packet of seed. These will really decorate a salad! 30 seeds

*Red Heirloom Mix: New in 2010! Just red heirloom tomatoes, beefsteaks, canning tomatoes, etc. All medium to large size, no cherries. Special this year: 50 seeds per packet.

*Paste Tomato Mix: New in 2009. A mix of 4 or more of the red paste tomatoes in the catalog. 30 seeds

*Prolific Tomato Mix 2010: This is a mix of the most prolific of the tomatoes I have grown in Kansas. Different mix every year. Most of these are in the catalog separately. Red and yellow fruits of various sizes. 30 seeds

Amana Orange: New in 2010! 80-90 days, Indet. Orange 1-2 pound beefsteak tomatoes with mild flavor. Heirloom from Amana, Iowa. 30 seeds

Apfelsin: New in 2010 thanks to my friend Mandy! Beautiful orange tomatoes on indet. plants. Originally from the Ukraine. Lots were ripe here by July 12th from transplants May 21st. The most productive tomato of 2009 for me. Good flavor, too. 30 seeds

Banana legs/South American Banana: 75-90 days. Pretty yellow paste tomato about 4" chili or banana shaped. For canning. Tomatoes weigh about 2 ounces. 30 seeds

Beefsteak, Kentucky: 115 days from transplant, so get it in early. IND. These heirloom tomatoes are quite impressive both for their huge size and deep orange color. If you want big tomatoes, this might be the one to get. 30 seeds

Brandywine Yellow / Yellow Brandywine: 80-100 days. IND. Very large, very good quality, but not for places with extreme temperature variation. Yellow version of the famous heirloom. Potato leaf. 30 seeds

Cherry, Blondkopfchen (organic): View photo
75-80 days. Pretty, sweet, yellow cherry tomato from Germany (Gatersleven). Produces huge crop in climates like MI, MN, WI, NY, but medium crop in intense heat of KS. Heirloom, IND, 5-6 ft tall, flowers form in large clusters. Organic, grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Cherry, Coyote (organic): View photo
70 days. IND. Cute yellow heirloom cherry tomato. Prolific if temperatures don't stay above 90 too long. Nice plant. Organic, grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Cherry, Dr. Carolyn (organic): Large cherry, very productive, lemon yellow, nice acid flavor if eaten almost ripe, mild flavor when fully ripe. Named after Dr. Carolyn Male (SSE member and author of book 100 Heirloom Tomatoes). Grown in Kansas. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Cherry, Estonian Yellow (organic): Small round yellow tomato will tolerate some cold. Heirloom from Tallinn. Flowers in large clusters. Fruit won't crack. Russian heirloom. Grown in KS. 25 seeds

Cherry, Golden Nugget: 55-70 days from transplant: DET. Large yellow cherry tomato on 24 inch plant. Prolific. Mild flavor. Developed by Dr. James Baggett at Oregon State University. 30 seeds

Gelbe Dattlwein (organic): View photo
1" yellow pears, flowers in huge clusters, very productive heirloom from Germany. IND plant, about 5' tall. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Goldie / Dixie Golden Giant / Yellow Giant Belgium: New in 2010. 85-100 days. IND. Large vines with huge golden fruit with fine flavor. Probably a yellow version of the 150 year old Belgian heirloom. 30 seeds

Isis Candy: New in 2010. 80 days. Indet. Low acid, sweet flavor. Creamy yellow-gold fruit. Named after an Egyptian goddess. Very productive. 30 seeds

Jubilee: 72-85 days from transplant: DET. AAS winner. Also called Golden Jubilee. The mild flavor of this beautiful orange tomato has insured it a place in home gardens for nearly 50 years. It resembles a persimmon. Heavy yields. Best not grown too far North. 75 seeds

Jumbo Jim Orange (organic): Back in the catalog for 2010. 80 days. Beautiful orange beefsteak, productive if your days don't get over 90 often. Great flavor. 10-16 oz. One of my favorites. Has few seeds. Grown in KS. 25 seeds

Kellogg's Breakfast: New in 2010! 80-90 days. IND. This West Virginia heirloom was developed by Darrell Kellogg. Lovely pale orange beefsteak with great flavor. Few seeds. Fruit can grown to 1-2 pounds in right conditions. 30 seeds

Moon Glow / Moon glow (organic): 75 days. Beautiful med size, slightly oval, deep orange 6 oz fruit with very good flavor. Productive. 3-4' vines. Should do well in the north, as my original seed was from Canada. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Nebraska wedding: 105 days from transplant: DET. Pretty 3-4 inch orange tomato with a sweet/acid flavor. Heirloom from the Great Plains. Heavy yields. 30 seeds

Olga's Round Yellow Chicken (organic): View photo
70 days. IND. 5-6 oz deep orange round fruit has excellent flavor and very productive. Few seeds. Nice tomato with a cute name. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Persimmon: 80 days from transplant; IND. Heirloom from the 1800s, these golden orange tomatoes average between 1 and 2 pounds. The low-acid fruit are very flavorful and have few seeds. 30 seeds

Poma Amoris Minora Lutea (organic): View photo
75 days. Small yellow tomato, very productive, originally from Hortus Botanicus, Padua, Italy, 1553. Primitive type shown in herbals. Nice flavor. Almost as small as a cherry tomato, but on plants 6-7 feet tall. Grown in KS. 25 seeds

Sweet Orange Roma: View photo
Pretty orange fruit about 2 inches. Produced fairly well in terrible heat, so should do well in normal weather. Nice flavor. 30 seeds

Tangella (organic): 80 days. Very large cherry with beautiful deep orange color and good flavor. Grown in KS. 25 seeds

White Rabbit (organic): New in 2010! Tiny currant-sized yellow tomatoes on large indet. plants. Pretty plant with tomatoes growing in clusters. Grow by the garden gate for snacking or sprinkle over a salad. Very productive. Grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Yellow Pear: For an heirloom yellow pear, see Gelbe Dattelwein above

A note about pink and purple tomatoes: Most of the tomatoes called "pink" or "purple" are more reddish with a slight pink or purple cast, so please don't expect pale pink or bright purple fruits.

Beefsteak, Watermelon: 75 days from transplant: IND. Heirloom from the 1800s. Huge beefsteak tomatoes up to 2 pounds have mild flavor. Very meaty with pinkish skin and purplish tint inside. 30 seeds

Brandywine Pink / Pink Brandywine (organic):  80-100 days from transplant. Pink version of the famous Amish heirloom. Fruit weighs 1/2 to 1 lb. Great taste. Potato leaf. 30 seeds

Caspian Pink: 80 days from transplant; IND. This Russian heirloom is considered by some to taste even better than Brandywine. Fairly new in the US, it should gain popularity rapidly. 30 seeds

Cherokee Purple:  75-85 days from transplant. Very popular pre-1890 heirloom, purplish-pinkish-brownish with heavy yields of large tomatoes, Mild but great flavor. Regular leaf. Probably originated in Tenn.

Dutchman: 80 days from transplant; IND. This non-acid heirloom was grown before 1920. It has mild flavor and is very meaty. Fruits are large, flat and have few seeds. 30 seeds

Eva Purple Ball (organic): 75-80 days from transplant. IND. Heirloom from Black Forest, Germany, late 1800s. Disease resistant 4-5 ounce tomato prefers heat and humidity.  30 seeds

Giant Belgium Pink: 82-90 days from transplant: IND. Huge fruits average 1-2 pounds but occasionally weigh 5 pounds. Low acid, mild flavor and very sweet. They say it has a high enough sugar content that some people make wine from it. Humm? 30 seeds

Kansas Depression (organic): 90 days. IND. 2/3 lb beefsteaks, good flavor. Heirloom. Potato leaf. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Lahman Pink (organic): Meaty almost solid flesh with nice flavor, 3" fruit. IND. Good yield. Heirloom. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Mortgage Lifter: 82 days. Heirloom tomato from the 1930s. Dark pink tomatoes weigh 1 pound and are very meaty, with few seeds. This delicious tomato was so popular, the breeder paid off his farm in 6 years selling the plants. 30 seeds

Nectar Rose (organic): View photo
80 days. IND. Pretty 3-4 oz fruit makes great salad tomato. Very good taste. Heirloom. 30 seeds

Old Pink Plum (organic): View photo
Plants are very drought tolerant and fairly heat tolerant. Produces well in KS, very well in WI. Fruit are plum-shaped and not much larger than a cherry tomato. IND Organic, grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Pink Petticoat (organic): View photo
80 days. Pretty, slightly pleated pink-red tomatoes. Medium size. IND. Sweet, nice flavor. Organic, grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Porter (organic): View photo
75 days. There are at least two tomatoes named "Porter." This is a nearly-red, plum-shaped, plum-sized, meaty, heirloom tomato. Prolific, very drought- and heat-tolerant medium-sized plants. Reliable. Organic, grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Purple Calabash (organic): View photo
75-90 days. Unusual heirloom. Some people love the taste, some don't. Same for the looks. Purple-green-brown shoulders, medium-sized fruit, slightly pleated. Fairly good production if your climate isn't too hot. Grown in KS. 25 seeds

Prudens Purple tomato:  70-80 days. One of the great heirlooms, 10-16 oz., beautiful dark pink skin, red flesh, ridged shape and delicious. No cracking. I should have started carrying this years ago. 30 seeds

Soldaki: 75-80 days. IND. Polish heirloom from about 1900 is dark pink with low acid. Size: up to 1 pound, flattened fruit. Low acid. Getting more popular rapidly. 30 seeds

Tiffen Mennonite:  75-85 days from transplant, IND. Heirloom round, dark pink, outstanding flavor, very productive, nice size for canning: can reach 4". IND. potato leaf. 30 seeds

Togo Trefle (organic): 80 days. Very productive in heat and drought. Small tomato from Togo in West Africa. Pretty pink-red tomato with fruity taste. IND. Organic, grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

RECIPE: Garlic Roasted Tomatoes: Mix 4-5 cloves finely minced garlic with 1/4 C olive oil. Slice 24 plum or paste tomatoes in half lengthwise. Place cut side up on cookie sheets. Put 1/4 tsp garlic oil on top of each. Sprinkle with a little salt, if you want. Bake 4 hours at 225. Serve on French bread or pasta. If you have fresh basil, sprinkle some finely chopped leaves over the tomatoes after baking. For an appetizer, serve on tiny bread rounds. Store any leftovers in the refrigerator.

*Paste Tomato Mix: New in 2009. A mix of 4 or more of the red paste tomatoes in the catalog. 30 seeds

Amish Paste: 80 days. IND. Amish heirloom from Wisconsin, but originated in Lancaster, PA. Large, dark red fruits are acorn-shaped. 30 seeds

Bearo (organic): View photo
The virtue of this plant is that it can get 12-15 feet tall. I use it to shade the greenhouse. It produces red paste tomatoes over a long season, but it does not set well unless watered well. 30 seeds

Burkina Faso (organic): View photo
75 days. West African, 2 1/2" long with pointed end, great flavor. Plants are about 3.5 feet tall and very productive. Might be good in containers in full sun. Grown in Kansas. I received some very nice emails about this one in 2007. 25 seeds

Heidi (organic): 75 days. Small roundish, very productive, thick walled paste, originally from Cameroon. Does well in very hot weather. Grown in KS. 25 seeds

Red Sausage: 75-85 days from transplant: IND. Very prolific heirloom paste tomato with few seeds. Lovely sausage shape resembles a hot chili pepper. Roma type up to 6" long. Great for sauce or catsup. Good flavor. 30 seeds

Rio Grande (organic): 75 days. Wonderful red paste tomato. High yield, great flavor, tolerates high temperatures, good for salads or canning. Originally from Italy. My best tomato of 2007. Grown in KS. One customer wrote that it "produced like crazy in the very high heat and humidity" of Virginia. 25 seeds

Romeo and Juliet (organic): Prolific little red plum/pear shape. Very good paste tomato. IND. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Roma (organic): 78 days from transplant, det. One of the most popular for paste and sauces. 3" plum/pear shaped red fruits. 30 seeds

Royal Chico (organic): View photo
Back in stock for 2010! 71 days from transplant. Determinate paste tomato with slightly pear-shaped fruits larger than Roma. Good leaf coverage. High yield. Becoming hard to find. Plants 2-3 feet tall. Organic, grown in Kansas. 25 seeds

San Marzano bush: 75 days from transplant. This is the determinate variety, meaning it produces lots of tomatoes in a two week period so you have a shorter canning season. Same great flavor as other San Marzano tomatoes. 30 seeds

Wuhib (organic): View photo
80 days. Bright red plum-shaped 2x2.5" very productive, meaty, paste tomato. Grown in KS. 25 seeds

Abe Lincoln: View photo
80 days, IND. Medium sized, about 5 ounces, with slightly sweet, mildly acid flavor. Good sliced or in salads. Originally sold by the Buckbee Seed Company in the 1920s. 30 seeds

Adelia (organic): View photo
80 days. My best producer in 2006 in high heat and drought. Average size, IND, good flavor. A seed collector found this old variety found in a jar in 1984. Good find! Grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Alicante: 72 days from transplant. English heirloom that is broiled for breakfast and still stays firm. Heavy crop of excellent red fruit. 40 seeds

Amish Canning Tomato: 80 days. Heirloom. Roundish fruit just the right size for canning, but not productive in the Kansas heat. 30 seeds

Arumugam's Tomato: 80 days, IND. Nice little red tomato. Very productive in heat. Originally from a village in Tamil Nadu, India in 1997, where it is grown in the shade of banana trees. 30 seeds

Asimina (organic): From Greece, good producer of 3" fruits, very meaty, good taste. Nice size for canning whole. 25 seeds

Azteca 10: New in 2009. 80 days from transplant, good flavor, no cracking, no scalding, 8 to 10 ounce. 30 seeds

Beefsteak, Red (organic): Sorry, out of stock until about Jan. 20, 2010. 80 days from transplant: IND. This classic, large, red, meaty beefsteak tomato is also called Red Ponderosa or Crimson Cushion. Sometimes a little ribbed, the sub-acid fruit grow to 10 ounces or larger. 30 seeds

Bonny Best: 65-85 days from transplant: IND. 6-8 ounce round, meaty tomatoes. This heirloom will grow in almost any climate, but is especially good in the north. Eat fresh or can. Introduced in 1908. 50 seeds

Borgo Cellano: View photo
85 days, IND. High yield even in a terrible year of heat and drought. Pretty cherry tomatoes are slightly elongated with a tiny point on blossom end. 30 seeds

Box Car Willie: 80 days from transplant: IND. This heirloom produces excellent yields of 10-16 ounce tomatoes for canning, freezing and fresh eating. Old-fashioned flavor and it resists cracking. 30 seeds

Brandywine, Red / Red Brandywine (organic): 80-100 days from transplant: IND. This famous Amish heirloom is named for Brandywine creek in Chester County PA. Large indeterminate vines produce tomatoes over 8 ounces. Not for humid climates. 30 seeds

Brazil (organic): 75 days. Very productive, 2 3/4", juicy. Great heirloom for salads. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Break O'Day (organic): Round, medium size about 2 1/2", good taste, fairly early and productive. Plants not large: 4-5' tall. 25 seeds

Burwood Prize (organic): New in 2010! Australian heirloom from about 1900 produced loads of 1.5" fruit in spite of mole damage to roots. Excellent flavor. Nice size for salads. One of my most productive. Grown in KS. 30 seeds.

Calabacito Rojo (organic): View photo
Very good yield of large cherry tomatoes, slightly flattened and slightly ruffled. Good flavor. Very pretty. Did well in spite of very hot, dry summer. Grown in Kansas.

Cherry, Anait (organic): 70 days, very productive cherry tomato with a different, fruity flavor. Originally from Tasmania, Australia. No cracking. 30 seeds

Cherry, Chadwick's (organic): (Will be ready to ship by Jan 20, 2010) New in 2010! 90 days. Indet. Excellent flavor and highly productive, which you would expect from any vegetable developed by the famous English horticulturalist Alan Chadwick. Grows in clusters of about 6 large cherry tomatoes. 25 seeds

Cherry, Dukes (organic): 75 days. Extremely productive! Slightly flattened fruit about 1" diameter. Heirloom from Dukesfamily in central Georgia. Tolerates heat. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Cherry, Fence Row (organic): View photo
75-85 days. Productive cherry tomato, very popular with seed collectors. Found growing in a Paril, IL fence row in 1975. Sets heavily in a variety of climates. Good flavor. Organic, grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Cherry, Grandpa's Minnesota Hardy (organic): View photo
80 days. Very productive, IND. good flavor. From a Seed Savers Exchange member's father who grew it at least since 1959. 30 seeds

Cherry, Koralik (organic): 60 days. Very productive, tasty, Russian heirloom. Plants are only 2-3 ft tall, so might be good for container gardens. Does pretty well in heat. Organic, grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Cherry, Mexico Midget (organic): View photo
Best cherry tomato of 2003! Many thanks to Herb, a customer who sent me this seed last year. Prolific bearer of small red cherry tomatoes even in heat and drought. Plants are over 5 ft tall. Great flavor. Organic, grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Cherry, Pelican (organic): View photo
80-90 days. Produces lots of red cherry tomatoes on a vine about 3 ft tall. Good, sweet flavor. Tolerates drought and some heat. Organic, grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Cherry, Reisentraube: 70 days from transplant: IND. This German heirloom was grown by the Pennsylvania Dutch as early as 1850. Name means "giant bunch of grapes" and it does produce large clusters cherry tomatoes. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Cherry, Sugar Lump: 65-75 days from transplant: IND. This heirloom from the 1800s really earns its name. The very sweet, deep red cherry tomatoes form in clusters of 6-12 fruits. 30 seeds

Cherry, Veracruzano (organic): About 1/2" diameter currant type on 5-6' plants from Teziutlan. Very productive. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

College Challenger (organic): View photo
75 days, productive, round, med size, ripens well indoors, good taste. Very heat tolerant. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Costoluto Genovese (organic): 80-90 days. Indet. Delicious, tart, red tomato. The 6-8 oz. flattish, convoluted fruits will set well in hot weather. Old Italian heirloom. 25 seeds

Coustralee: New in 2009. 75-85 days from transplant. IND. Very productive French heirloom beefsteak that can grow up to 2 pounds. 30 seeds

Creole: New in 2009. 75-80 days from transplant. IND. Bred in Louisiana for hot, humid climates. High yield of good-quality, medium-size fruit. 30 seeds

Czech Select (organic): Seems to produce well in heat, medium size. Grown in KS. 25 seeds

Druzba tomato: New in 2009. 75-90 days from transplant. Bulgarian heirloom with name that means friendship. Red tomato with pinkish shoulders. Sweet tart flavor. About 4" nearly round. 30 seeds

Firesteel (organic): View photo
70-80 days. Good yield of round, red, 8 oz tomatoes with good flavor. Usually does well in heat and drought, without cracking. Was a commercial variety in the 1930s. Organic, grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Gezahnte (organic): Back in 2010. Pleated, pear-shaped red heirloom tomato from Basel, Switzerland. The name means "toothed." Fruit is 3-4 inches long and slices are almost star-shaped. Very productive even in heat. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Glacier tomato: New in 2009. 55-85 days from transplant. Potato leaf, 2.5-3" round, sweet, red fruit. Swedish fruit developed in 1980s for cool climates. No cracking. 30 seeds

Godlove (organic): 80 days. Oval/plum shape. Productive in heat. Heirloom from Risdon and Opal Godlove of Ada, KS, who called them "Heck" tomatoes because they got them from Mrs. Heck. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

King Humbert (organic): View photo
80 days. Very pretty pear-shaped, salad-sized red tomato. This heirloom from Italy is very productive in most climates, medium in extreme heat. IND. Should dry well. Organic, grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Livingston's Paragon (organic): 80 days or more, IND. Medium-sized red fruit produced late in our very hot summer. 30 seeds

Long Keeper (organic): 78 days from transplant: IND. Medium-size red tomato. Bears a little bit better in heat than most. Plant late so you have a crop to pick just before frost. Even if not ripe, store at 60-70 degrees so they will ripen slowly over 1-3 months. Grown in KS. 35 seeds

Manalucie: 75-95 days from transplant: IND. Deep red 6-8 ounce heirloom tomato is resistant to cracking and if picked pink, will ripen slowly, so you can have home-grown tomatoes after frost. Sets well in heat and humidity. Disease resistant. 30 seeds

Matina (organic): 60 days. German heirloom tomato, very early, loaded with 2-4 oz red fruit with terrific flavor. 30 seeds

Memory to Vavilov: 65 days. Compact plant with 1.5-2" fruit, det. Heirloom named after famous Russian plant scientist. Probably would do well in pots. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Millet's Dakota (organic): View photo
75 days. Very, very productive with very good flavor. Easy to peel. Meaty, nice size for canning. Listed in Oscar Will's Seed Annual 1934 as hardiest and most drought resistant. Developed in North Dakota. 30 seeds

Moneymaker: 75-80 days. This 4-ounce round tomato sets in any weather. Reliable old English greenhouse tomato adapted to high humidity, but produced very well for me years ago in Southern California. IND. Good old-fashioned tomato. 30 seeds

Mule Team: 78 days from transplant: IND. The 8-10 ounce fruit have a slight tang. The name comes from the ability to withstand disease and tolerate drought. Good yield of meaty, red fruits. 30 seeds

New Yorker: 60-70 days from transplant: DET. This compact plant was the first to bear fruit of 60 varieties I grew in 2002. Sets in cool weather, and in hot climates, you might get a few tomatoes before the oppressive heat sets in. Fruit are 4" and round. 30 seeds

Old Brooks: New in 2009. 75-85 days. IND. Large round red heirloom tomatoes with great flavor. High acid so probably good for canning as well as salads. Prolific. 30 seeds

Omar's Lebanese: 70 days, Very productive in most climates. Meaty with rich flavor. From Lebanon. 30 seeds

Pearson: 80-90 days from transplant. Dependable determinate tomato since 1910. Old-fashioned acid flavor makes it great for canning as well as fresh eating. Excellent yields of large fruit, even in hot, dry areas. 100 seeds

Peking (organic): Heirloom. Heavy producer of salad-sized, round, red tomatoes. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Peron Sprayless: New in 2009. 70 days from transplant. DET. Bush plants produce lots of 10 ounce deep red, round fruit with no pesticides. Originated in Greece. Very high vitamin C. 30 seeds

Placero (organic): View photo
Very productive small Cuban tomato, slightly pleated, good flavor, seedy. Very nice. SSE member named Herb got this from Orlando at Mission Mundial in Cuba and very kindly shared it with me. 30 seeds

Polish Linguisa: 73 days from transplant: IND. This heirloom from the 1800s was actually developed in New York. Very sweet, delicious, slightly pear-shaped 7-10 ounce fruit on a disease tolerant plant. 30 seeds

Pomodori a Grappiolo d'Inverno (organic): View photo
80 days. 100 year old Italian variety. Name translates as "winter grapes" and they were bred to uproot the whole plant to hang upside down to ripen slowly for winter keeping. Small plum. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Porter Improved/Porter's Pride: 65-78 days. Another tomato for heat and drought conditions. High yields in high temperatures ans low humidity. Fruits average 4 ounces. Tolerates Alternaria Stem Canker, Verticillium, and Fusarium Race 1. 30 seeds

Principe Borghese: 70-75 days from transplant: DET. This Italian heirloom is the one to grow for sun-dried tomatoes. The 1-2 ounce, meaty, plum-shaped fruits grow in clusters.

Prue (organic): 75-85 days. Very good flavor in a sauce or juice tomato. Fairly good yield. From a Mr. Prue who grew these in the 1940s. 25 seeds

Red Fig (organic): 85 days. Small pear-shaped, with neck more slender than Red Pear and slightly yellowish tint. Heirloom documented to 1805 in Album Vilmorin. Mild flavor.30 seeds

Red Pear: 75 days. Cherry-sized, pear-shaped tomato 1-2 inches long. Fun little tomato for salads. DET. 30 seeds

Red Strawberry Tomato: New in 2009. 75-80 days from transplant. IND. Good yield of heart-shaped red fruit with excellent flavor. 30 seeds

Riesetomate or Riese tomate or Reise tomate (organic): View photo
80 days. Strange, very strange. It looks like a fused cluster of cherry tomatoes, but is really one medium-large fruit. Don't even think about peeling it! Pull the lobes apart and eat like cherry tomatoes. Very productive German heirloom. Organic, KS. 30 seeds. Riese tomate is a German name and probably the correct spelling.

Rutgers: 75-100 days from transplant: DET. Dependable, crack-free 6-8 ounce tomato developed by Campbell's in 1928 and improved in 1940. Determinate plants are widely adapted and always a favorite because of its great flavor. Good for canning. 100 seeds

San Francisco Fog (organic): View photo
75 days. Bred for warm days and cool nights of San Francisco Bay area. Red 2" round tasty fruit, productive. Grown in KS. 25 seeds

Santorini (organic): Wow! Prolific through heat and drought, this flattened, slightly scalloped, red, 4 oz tomato has that old time flavor that you expect from an heirloom. IND plants get about 5 ft tall. My best salad tomato of 2002 and 2003. Organic, grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Siberian: 48 days from transplant: DET. Yes, it is early! As the name might imply, it tolerates cold weather and is popular in short season areas. Tolerates shade. I suspect in hot summer areas, you might get a crop of these 3-5 ounce fruit before the heat arrives. 30 seeds

Siletz (organic): New in 2009. 52-75 days from transplant. DET. Earlier, improved Oregon Spring type. Resists cracking. 8-16 ounce fruit. Developed in Oregon. 30 seeds

St. Pierre: 84 days from transplant: IND. This European variety is tender, sweet, slightly acidic and has thin skin. Produces well in adverse (cool) weather. Grows in clusters of 3-5 fruits. Hardy. Superior flavor. Good for canning. 40 seeds

Stakeless: 75-85 days from transplant: DET. Sturdy 18-24 inch plants need no support. Very dense foliage protects fruit from sunscald. Crack resistant. Good for hot summer areas. 30 seeds

Super Sioux: 70-80 days from transplant: IND. This prolific heirloom sets fruit in hot weather. Red, medium-sized tomato with old-fashioned flavor and good leaf cover to protect from sun. Crack resistant. 30 seeds

Thessaloniki: 70-80 days from transplant. IND. Greek tomato introduced to the US in 1950s. Round, 4-6 oz. fruit, resists sunburn and cracking. Heavy production, tart-sweet taste. 30 seeds

Tibet-Appel (organic): View photo
75 days. Red, smallish, apple-shaped fruit prefers dry conditions. Does not do well in cool, wet climates. From Tibet via Holland. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Trophy (organic): View photo
80 days. This 1870 variety earns its name for productivity. Med size fruit, round. Shaker variety from the USDA collection. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Wagner (organic): 80-90 days. Heirloom. Medium-sized, prolific, dependable red tomato. Tolerates a little more heat than most tomatoes. Classic tomato taste. Last fruit of the season will ripen well indoors. Grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Wes (organic): View photo
85 days. Large red tomatoes, 1 to 1.5 pounds on indeterminate vines. High yield in moderate climates, tolerable yield in extreme heat. Very good flavor. Organic, grown in Kansas. 25 seeds

Wild from Peru / Peruvian Wild (organic): Sorry, out of stock for 2010. Tiny wild tomato (species unknown). Prolific, drought and heat tolerant. Good taste. I think it is a pretty ground cover, but not for walking on. Collected by Dr. Charles Rick of UC Davis in 60s. Grown in KS. 25 seeds

Yukon (organic): View photo.
55 days. Very early on small plants in Kansas, but large and very productive in Seattle in partial shade in 2008. It is too hot in Kansas for it to produce well here. I originally got the seeds from Kelowna, Canada. Grown in KS. 25 seeds

Beefsteak, White: 80-90 days from transplant. Very mild, very sweet heirloom is actually pale yellow. Good quality 10 ounce fruit. 30 seeds

Big Rainbow: New in 2009. 85 days from transplant. IND. Very large (4.5" diameter) orange and red fruit. Heirloom, low-acid, delicious flavor. 30 seeds

Black Krim (organic): 69-90 days from transplant: IND. This 8-12 ounce red-purple skinned heirloom is a winner in taste trials. Flesh has a red-green tint. Russian heirloom. 30 seeds

Black Plum (organic): 80-85 days. Russian, 1.5 oz., small plum with dark stem end, prolific, good keeper. Popular heirloom. Grown in KS. 30 seeds

Black Prince (organic): New in 2010. 70-90 days. Indet. This Russian heirloom is reddish-burgundy and medium sized, but very productive. Shoulders have a touch of green. Very tasty. Grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Brandywine Black / Black Brandywine: New in 2009. 80-100 days from transplant. Black-maroon version of the famous Amish heirloom. Fruit weighs 12 to 16 ounces. Great taste. Potato leaf. 30 seeds

Cherry, Brown Berry New in 2009. 70-80 days. IND. Good yield of brownish-brick-red large cherry fruit with excellent sweet fruity flavor. Slight acid. Good to wonderful flavor. 30 seeds

De Barao Black tomato: New in 2009. 75-85 days, IND. Very productive! Heirloom from Moldavia. Small tomatoes, about 2", round, make great sauce. Dark shoulders with red blossom end. Flavor is somewhat sweet. Grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Flame: 80 days from transplant: IND. Yellow and red streaked skin and flesh. Beautiful heirloom beefsteak tomato tastes delicious fresh or in spaghetti sauce. Indeterminate. 30 seeds

Hillbilly / West Virginia Hillbilly: 85 days from transplant: IND. Huge, multicolored heirloom is yellow-orange with red streaks and low acid. Beefsteak type with 1-2 lb fruit. 30 seeds

Japanese Trifele Black: 80 days. Indet. Beautiful, flavorful fruit is pear-shaped with reddish-black skin and green shoulders. Japanese heirloom. Potato leaf. 25 seeds

Pineapple:  90 days from transplant. IND. Yellow-orange beefsteak with red stripes. Mild-flavored, meaty, very pretty, 5" diameter fruit. 30 seeds

Red Zebra: View photo.
80 days, IND. Fun tomato. Very good producer of medium-small red tomatoes with yellowish stripes. Nice flavor, too. Keeps well. 30 seeds

Rose Beauty (organic): 90 days. Kentucky heirloom grown by John Rose on Happy Top Mountain in 1920s. Huge yellow-cream fruit with pink blush. Sets well after very hot weather over in KS or all summer in KY, IL or MI. Nice mild flavor, very pretty. Organic, grown in Kansas. 30 seeds

Variegates/Variegated tomato: New in 2009. The leaves are variegated with makes this a pretty plant and it can get up to 12 feet tall. Leaves are not as variegated in very hot weather. Fruit is medium sized and plain red. A dramatic addition to your garden. 25 seeds

*Turnip mix: A mix of all the turnips in the catalog.

Golden Ball: 38-70 days. 3-4 inch yellow, mild flavor somewhat like a rutabaga. Good mashed. Excellent variety for home gardens. Pre 1859 heirloom. 1000 seeds

Purple Top White Globe: 55 days. The most popular turnip, it has been around since at least 1880. It grows to 5-6 inches in diameter. The young leaves are good greens and the sweet, fine-grained root stores well. 1000 seeds

Shogoin: 60 days. Versatile vegetable can be used for greens at 30 days or white roots at 60-70 days. Harvest when 4-5 inches across. 1000 seeds

*Watermelon mix: A mix of 4 or all 5 of the watermelons in the catalog. 20 seeds

Congo: AAS winner in 1950. Dark green, tough rind, very sweet, about 30-40 pounds. Developed for the South and Florida. 30 seeds

Crimson Sweet / Green and White Ruby: New in 2009. 80-95 days. AAS winner 1964. Red flesh, high sugar, small seeds, green striped rind, 10x12", 25 lbs. Probably the most popular watermelon in US. 25 seeds

Ice Cream Flavored Watermelon (organic): New in 2009. 95 days. Moon & Stars type with dark pink flesh. Very sweet, handy 20 pound size. Grown in Kansas. 20 seeds

Moon & Stars Watermelon RED (organic): 95-100 days. Famous heirloom from Missouri has large fruit with dark green skin and a few large yellow spots (moons) and lots of tiny ones (stars). 20 Seeds

Moon & Stars Watermelon YELLOW New in 2009. 90-95 days. Excellent flavor, 20-25 pounds, with yellow flesh. Green skin with "Moon & stars" spots. Nearly round. 20 seeds

Mountain Hoosier Watermelon: Heirloom from before 1937. Very sweet, up to 80 pounds. Bright red flesh. Very productive. 20 seeds

Orange Flesh Tendersweet Watermelon: Long, green striped rind with deep orange flesh. 35-40 pounds. White seed with black tip. 20 seeds

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