Category Archives: Vegetables
Corn Country Gentleman
Country Gentleman is one of the most unusual sweet corns around because its white kernels are arranged irregularly not in rows. The kernels are also very deep and narrow hence its alternate name Shoe-peg. Developed around 1890 in the Connecticut River Valley it is a much bigger form of a very old variety. In fertile soils it can yield three ears per stalk sometimes more. It is a beautiful corn with wonderful texture and flavor. It holds its peak quality much longer than most heirloom corns....
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Eggplant Shooting Stars
We all know about edible landscaping. Well how about edible jewelry? This elegant delicately striped vivid purple eggplant would make a magnificent pendant. The lovely 3-4″ long purple fruit from 2.5′ tall plants taste as good as they look. Gorgeous in both garden and kitchen!...
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Bean Shell Bush Dragon’s Tongue Wax
Dragon’s Tongue Wax is an old dual purpose French variety (Dragon Langerie) with gorgeous pods that are yellow streaked with purple. As snap beans the pods turn all yellow after cooking but they’re delicious as shell beans too....
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Cabbage Brunswick
Brunswick is a seldom-encountered German heirloom that dates back to the 18th Century. An excellent late-season variety the large 6-9 lb. drum-shaped heads are dense and firm. A favorite choice for homemade sauerkraut. Stores well for long periods....
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Pumpkin Rouge Vif d’Etampes
We introduced this pumpkin to America in 1883 but it had long been popular in France. It was used as the model for Cinderella’s coach. The fruits are slightly flattened heavily ribbed and make wonderful autumn displays....
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Mesclun Sweet Salad Mix
A tender mild flavored blend of leaf veggies for early spring salads. Mouth watering time-tested heirloom varieties in red (Ruby lettuce Bull’s Blood beet) and bright green (Bloomsdale spinach Simpson lettuce Tendergreen mustard). Plant them and then pick them all together starting when the leaves are about 3″ long. As beautiful in the garden as they are sweet in the salad bowl....
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Cauliflower Early White Hybrid
Early White sports large round pure white heads up to 9″ across that stay solid and firm and maintain excellent flavor. Superb for freezing. Burpee Exclusive. GARDEN HINTS: Grows best in cool weather. Can be planted again for a fall crop. Cauliflower retains its flavor when refrigerated and freezes well....
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Pepper Sweet Bananarama
If you like banana peppers you’ll love this hybrid whopper. It produces much bigger peppers on much smaller plants. Each fruit is 2″ longer and an amazing 30% meatier than the peppers on Sweet Banana. The fruits are 8″ long and more a truly giant pepper. They start yellow and mature orange-red so you can pick them at any stage you like. Great for pickles salads or grilling....
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Cabbage Charleston Wakefield
In the 19th century cabbage was a delicious fixture on American dinner tables. Introduced in 1892 this longtime favorite has lost none of its flavor. The large 6-8″ elongated heads tip the scales at 4-6 lb. and store extremely well....
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Tomato Rainbow Blend Heirloom
Beautiful and tasty heirloom varieties chosen for a rainbow of colors and range of flavors from mild to sweet to tangy. The mix is composed equally of Bonny Best (red) Brandywine Pink (pink) Golden Sunburst (yellow) Black Krim (purple) Evergreen (green) and Djena Lee’s Golden Girl (orange)....
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Lettuce Gourmet Blend
Gourmet Blend features a tasty and colorful mix of five looseleafs in shades from green to red and textures from oakleaf to tightly ruffled. Fast-growing tender colorful and tolerant of hot weather our popular looseleaf blend is selected for a long harvest. Grows best in cool weather and can be planted in early spring or grown as a fall crop. Protect from heat with shade cloth. Likes fertile soil ample water. Best when picked minutes before your meal. Space lettuce plants 8″ apart....
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Pea Wando
The sweetness of garden peas is legendary. Wando is our most productive pea in warm weather. It’s also tolerant of cold so it can be planted early. The blunt dark green pods with 7 to 8 medium-sized peas are great fresh or frozen. Makes an outstanding winter crop in Zones 9-11. The best way to stretch the harvest is to plant early and late varieties. Direct-sow in early spring again in midsummer for a fall crop. 200-225 seeds per packet sows about 30′ of row. Our seeds are not treated....
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Brussels Sprouts Long Island
HEIRLOOM. The semi-dwarf plants are stocky with leaves closely spaced so there are lots of tasty sprouts on the short self-supporting stems. Introduced at the end of the 19th century this was once one of the most important commercial varieties. It’s still a great pick today....
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Beet Early Wonder
Sweet is the beet. When it comes to beets the earlier the better. A dual-purpose beet with sweet early-producing 3-4″ roots and extra tall and flavorful tops for harvesting as greens. Cut the 18″ tall greens and use in lieu of spinach kale or chard. Beets also freeze well...
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Pea Snowbird
Very early erect dwarf plants 18″ tall produce amazing numbers of 3″ pods in groups of two to three. Ready to pick 58 days after seed is sown. CULINARY HINT! Eat entire pods; pick when peas are just forming. Prepare like snap beans. The sweet pods are delicious stir-fried or cooked just a few minutes so that they remain crisp....
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Bean Bush Provider Organic
High quality round straight beans 5-8″ long are produced in abundance on 18″ tall plants. Does well growing in a range of conditions. Certified Organic by Oregon Tilth...
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Pepper Sweet Orange Blaze Hybrid
We’re sweet on this sweet orange bell pepper the AAS 2011 winner. Orange Blaze is a winner for great flavor early maturity easy-growing personality and remarkable disease resistance. Beauteous 2-3 lobed fruits are 4” long and 1.5” wide-optimally sized for peak sweet flavor and texture at harvest. 65-70 days to maturity....
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Garlic Maiskij
Maiskij is another beautiful Turban garlic with a rich garlicky flavor that has a robust pungency. Grows well in most of the USA. Turbans are the very earliest harvesting garlics that store until mid-November. Harvest fall planted garlic the following season late spring or early summer about 240 days from planting. Harvest spring planted garlic the same season about 90 days from planting. This garlic is produces a deliciously tender and mild garlic scape for early season snacking. It offers a robust and rich pungency with medium heat. One of the best for baking. Averages 11 cloves per bulb. Hardneck variety....
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Tomatillo Gigante
The Salsa star! Gigante rocks with flavor having close to 50% more sugar than other tomatillos. It’s also earlier bigger and tastier than any other. Just right for chili salsa soups and your favorite Latin American dishes. Size: 4″ across....
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Bean Fortex
Extraordinaire! A French bean that’s bigger and tastier-a new classic. A gourmet’s delight this stringless French variety is everything you wish for in a bean: tender green mildly sweet nutty meaty savory. Wildly popular in France (the French know beans)...
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