Category Archives: Vegetables
Garlic Cuban Purple
Rich flavored Creole garlic with deeply colored purple clove wrappers.Harvest fall planted garlic the following season late spring or early summer about 210 days from planting. Harvest spring planted garlic the same season about 90 days from planting. Averages 10
Squash Italiano Largo Hybrid
Cook’s Garden Favorite. Hybrid. Deeply ribbed zucchini type summer squash with robust nutty Italian flavor. Fruits are long and thin with a slight curve and few seeds even if allowed to get large — which they will do. For a
Pumpkin Jarrahdale
Lovely and decorative this pumpkin with stunning blue-green skin comes to us from the town of Jarrahdale in New Zealand. Weighing in the 8-10 lb. range and 10″ tall the flattened firm-ribbed fruits have mild slightly sweet almost fruity golden-yellow
Eggplant Gourmet Blend
A mix of seeds of four eggsellent eggplants-contains 25% each of Black Beauty Snowy Purple Blush and Rosa Bianca. Harvest this colorful assortment 60-70 days after transplanting. Eggplants are delicious brushed will olive oil and put on the grill or
Carrot Nantes Half Long
Easy to grow and full of vitamins. Nantes Half Long has slim cylindrical orange roots that are 7″ long 1 1/2″ thick. It’s been proven tops for productivity delicious flavor and wide adaptability. GARDEN HINTS: Sow seed in deep well-worked
Lettuce Four Seasons
Heirloom. The name alludes to the remarkable cold hardiness of this very beautiful 6″ butterhead. It’s still one of the best lettuces both for early spring planting and for fall/winter harvests. Outer leaves are tinged with red. Inner leaves are
Tomato Riesentraube
Originating in Germany this heirloom cherry tomato was grown by the Pennsylvania Dutch (who were in fact German) as early as the 1850s. The variety’s name fittingly enough translates from the German as “giant bunch of grapes”. The compact indeterminate
Garlic Killarney Red
Similar to German Red or Spanish Roja this Rocambole variety does better than most in wet conditions. Strong and nutty flavor. Harvest fall planted garlic the following season late spring or early summer about 240 days from planting. Harvest spring
Mesclun Classic Mix Organic
The French approach to salad greens (“mesclun” means “mixture”). Sweet lettuces and tangy tender greens are pre-mixed in just the right proportions as you pick them from your garden. This classic mesclun is a feast for the eyes and a
Pumpkin Porcelain Doll Hybrid
110 days. Pink is the pumpkin! Sensational one-of-a-kind beauty is the worlds very first pink pumpkinand a pumpkin with a cause. Squarish deep-ribbed 20-24 lb. pink marvel with sturdy handle makes for eye-catching seasonal decoration. Boasts deep-orange sweet fleshready to
Swiss Chard Burpee’s Rhubarb
Another excellent and nutritious Burpee-bred chard with crimson stalks with glossy green crinkled leaves. Easy to grow; eat it like spinach or beet greens. Pick from late spring till winter. Proven tops for performance flavor and wide adaptability. 100 seeds
Mustard Sefiron
Upright plants with dark green lightly lobed leaves is excellent as a mixed green or stand alone in tangy salads and soups.
Tomato Golden Fresh Salsa Hybrid
Here’s the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. These golden plum tomatoes stay firm when chopped. No more watery salsas! Combine them with fresh green basil and red peppers for a splendiferous bruschetta. Prolific determinate bush plants
Squash Richgreen Hybrid
Richgreen is an open habit Burpee-bred squash with glossy dark green skin plus earliness vigor and very high yield. Summer squash and zucchini ripen early and are highly productive. After danger of frost sow 3 to 4 seeds in groups
Melon Ananas Coquette Hybrid
This selectable hybrid is the descendant of a cherished French heirloom Coquette; its smooth oblong 8-9 lb. fruits boast light orange flesh with sublimely sweet flavor. Vigorous hybrid plants are prolific and disease resistant.
Pepper Hot Tastemaker Hybrid
Cook’s Garden Favorite. These 6-8″ red ripe peppers of ‘Tastemaker’ are ideal in the dehydrator. Thick flesh and skin dry down on low heat and readily spring back to life and taste when rehydrated.
Radish Burpee White
The young mostly globe-shaped roots are best eaten when they are 1″ across. Fast and easy to grow radishes are best in cool weather. One packet (300 seeds) sows about a 15 ft. row. Proven tops for performance flavor and
Pumpkin The Wrinkles Family Collection
American homes celebrate autumn with magical displays of colorful garden-grown decorations. Meet the Wrinkles Family the latest wrinkle in festive autumn decoration. Magical collection of three awesomely textured pumpkins ranging from 7 to 29 lbs. The Wrinkles evoke double- and
Pumpkin Mrs. Wrinkles Hybrid
American homes celebrate autumn with magical displays of colorful garden-grown decorations. Meet the Wrinkles Family the latest wrinkle in festive autumn decoration. Magical collection of three awesomely textured pumpkins ranging from 7 to 29 lbs. The Wrinkles evoke double- and
Melon Galia Regalia Hybrid
A tasty aromatic melon with an illustrious pedigree a delicious cross of cantaloupe and honeydew. Weighing in at 2.5-3 lb. Galia boasts cool deep green flesh dark green rind and a harmonious interplay of flavors. Bred in Israel in the
