Category Archives: Vegetables
Bean Lima Burpee’s Bush
Bush varieties mature earlier than pole limas and don’t need support. 2 oz. of seed per packet which will sow a 15′ row; one lb. 120′. Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima. Easy to shell. Clusters of 5 or 6 pods 5
Corn Silver Choice Hybrid
Sugary Enhancer Hybrid (SE). The SE gene (sugary enhancer) means these varieties will stay sweet and tender for 10-14 days after reaching maturity. No need to isolate from other sweet corn. Ready to harvest in just 75 days Silver Choice
Arugula Rocket Wild Roma
Tender young leaves have a stronger taste than regular arugula. Robust spicy flavor. Sow in full sun in rich well-drained soil in early spring or late summer. For optimum flavor grow in cool weather. Sow evenly and thinly. Cover with
Cucumber Marketmore 76
A favorite slicer for the home garden. These long slender dark green cucumbers have been the standard for American slicing cucumbers in the Northeast. Resistant to scab Cucumber mosaic virus and mildews.
Swiss Chard Burpee’s Fordhook Giant Organic
This is the classic Burpee-bred chard with dark green thick tender leaves and heavy yields even in hot weather. Easy to grow; eat it like spinach or beet greens. Pick from late spring till winter. 100 seeds sows 20′ of
Bean Bush Big Kahuna
Bigger beans bigger flavor. The winner for taste in Burpee’s bean play-offs. You’ll be astonished at Big Kahuna’s crisp nutty flavor giant 11″ pods and unstoppable productivity. Compact 2′ tall plants work wonders in small-space gardens and containers.
Radish Crimson Giant
Globe-shaped roots have deep crimson skin and reach 1.5″ in diameter without becoming hollow or pithy. Solid white flesh is firm crisp and mild. Ready to harvest 29 days after seeding. GARDEN HINTS: Thrives in cool weather. Make successive plantings
Tomato Madame Marmande Hybrid
Gourmet tomato with a French accent. Juicy. Succulent. Extraordinaire! A culinary star in France where a favorite instant feast is a scooped-out Marmande brimming with a mild cheese. Hefty broad-shouldered beefsteak scarlet and light-ruby Madame Marmandes 10 oz. fruits are
Pepper Sweet Savour Hybrid
A glorious blaze of sweet little blonde orange yellow red and purple peppers. Sweet Savour resembling a hot pepper but is one cool pepper
Beet Burpee’s Red Ball
This is a classic Burpee bred variety with uniform roots 3″ in diameter and smooth deep red skin. It’s been proven tops for productivity flavor and wide adaptability. Baby beets make excellent eating and harvesting them helps the remaining beets
Pepper Hot Serrano Tampiqueno
Heat-lovers here’s another Mexican favorite used in a variety of dishes from salsas to soups. Large 2-3′ plants produce plentiful smooth club-shaped 1 1/2″ long fruits with medium-thick walls. Best used fresh the fruits mature from green to red. Heat
Tomato Power Pops Hybrid
Bet you can’t eat just one of these pop-in-your-mouth nutrition-packed ruby-red cuties. Loaded with 55% more lycopene and 40% more carotenoids than standard tomatoes. The plants are 9″ tall x 44″ wide indeterminate and yield in just 45 days.
Broccoli De Cicco
De Cicco is an excellent choice for extended harvests for home gardeners. Vigorous plants yield 3-4″ blue-green heads. After cutting the main head more side shoots develop producing many more small to medium-sized heads through the summer. Good for steaming
Radish Rover Hybrid
This is the rare radish that can take the heat. Most radishes get bitter and brittle from the hot summer-Rover keeps its cool. With a crisp white interior the smooth red root is crisp juicy and flavorful the summer through.
Corn Sun & Stars Bicolor Hybrid
Supersweet Hybrid Sh2 corns can be twice as sweet as others and stay sweet for days if chilled promptly. Sun & Stars comes with an extraordinary size and unusually strong color contrast between bright white and deep yellow kernels even
Lettuce Buttercrunch Organic
This extremely popular lettuce has a luscious buttery texture. The soft heads are creamy yellow inside and have some heat resistance. Best in cooler regions. Plant early in spring and repeat every 2 weeks into fall. Protect from heat with
Swiss Chard Red Magic Hybrid
Bursting with joie de vivre our own vigorous red chard keeps on coming as fast as you can harvest it. Picked young and tender the cranberry-red stems and glossy green to merlot-colored leaves enliven green salads. The mature stems and
Tomato Sunchocola Hybrid
This gorgeous cherry tomato is a vast improvement over the heirloom tomato Chocolate. Sunchocola fruit has more smoky sweet flavor juicier texture and lower acid. Productive dark green indeterminate plants produce clusters of 8-12 fruits measuring 1″ wide x 1/5″
Pepper Sweet California Wonder Organic
HEIRLOOM. The standard bell pepper for many decades this 1928 introduction is still the largest open-pollinated heirloom bell you can grow. A perfect stuffing pepper-blocky 4″ x 3 1/2″ thick-walled tender and flavorful. Certified Organic Seed.
Squash Black Beauty
Glossy black-green zucchini with creamy white flesh. Plants have an open habit which makes for easy picking. Best picked when 6 to 8″ long.
