Category Archives: Vegetables
Salad Greens Purslane Goldgelber

Purslane has an honored place in the European repertoire of greens. Mildly acerbic purslane’s tasty leaves have a pleasant lemony fragrance and make for a sparkly salad offering a nutritious bonus of high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids....
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Popcorn Strawberry

This heirloom corn is a pop star producing several ears per 5-6′ stalk of highly decorative popcorn when spaced at 9″ apart. Short and rounded the 2-3″ ears remind us of large strawberries with row upon row of ruby-red kernels. Harvest ears in about 100 days....
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Pumpkin Musquee de Provence

A beautiful heirloom from the south of France with large 20 lb. flattened fruits that are heavily ribbed. Green when immature they turn a lovely deep brown when fully ripe. The deep orange flesh is a particular favorite of chefs for its fine flavor....
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Tomato Brandywine Red

Flavorful but not acidic it is a large-lobed beefsteak-shaped tomato with a thin pinkish-red skin. Very vigorous. Best if staked caged or trellised. Perfect for slicing....
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Cucumber Crystal Apple

Originating in New Zealand this unusual heirloom cucumber was first offered in 1934. When mature Crystal Apple’s pretty pale greenish white-skinned fruits resemble Granny Smith apples. To experience the smooth tender and cream-tasting fruits at their peak enjoy them when they’re young. A bright...
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Cauliflower Snowball Y Organic

An early maturing snow white high quality hybrid from France suitable for both spring or fall plantings....
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Rutabaga Burpee’s Purple Top

Large smooth globe-shaped roots with deep purplish-red tops above ground and light yellow below. Sweet fine-grained yellow flesh turns bright orange when cooked. Prefers cool weather and is best grown as a fall crop. Ready 90 days after seed sowing....
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Squash Gourd Ornamental Luffa

Grow these squash for its fibrous flesh and when dried you’ll have the best bath sponges ever! Harvest at 2″ long for delectable baby vegetables or up to 7″ long for drying into sponges. Needs at least 90 days to harvest for sponges. North of zone 6 start seeds indoors. Vines spread 12′....
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Squash Winter Lakota

Plant breeders have recreated a stunning winter squash once prized by the Sioux but long lost to cultivation. Fine-grained orange flesh is sweet and nutty. Mature fruits are 8″ x 9″ and weigh 5-7lbs.....
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Parsnip Hollow Crown

This parsnip develops a sweet nutty flavor after frost. Mature roots are 12″ long and 3″ thick. Does best in deeply prepared soil....
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Cantaloupe Hales Best Jumbo

Hales Best Jumbo was developed by a Japanese market gardener in California around 1920. It became widely popular because it combined excellent flavor with earliness. It’s a beautiful oval melon with deep green skin and golden netting. The flesh is an appealing salmon color aromatic and sweet....
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Tomato Red October Hybrid

The first long shelf life tomato with the indeterminate plant habit that goes hand in hand with top-notch taste. Big 8 oz. red fruits can hang a long time on the vine without softening or losing flavor. Harvested fully ripe in fall they will keep 3-4 weeks longer than other varieties without refrigeration. Good disease resistance....
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Radicchio Chicory Red Verona

Leaves are sharp-flavored use sparingly in green salads. May also be sauteed steamed or grilled with meats. GARDIN HINTS: Do not plant too early in spring or plants may bolt (go to seed). In early fall cut off all leaves above the crown. New growth in cool weather produces the small red cabbage-like heads....
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Lettuce Rouge d’Hiver

In 1885 this variety made its debut in the French company Vilmorin’s The Vegetable Garden. A compact romaine type the heads grow to 10-12″ tall producing large smooth leaves that are green at the heart and brownish-red throughout the body. Crisp and tasty the lettuce combines well with green-leaf varieties....
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Pumpkin Jack O Lantern Organic

Excellent for Halloween craving and cooking. Pumpkins are medium sized round to elongated in shape. It has a fine taste as well. Certified Organic Seed....
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Pea RSVPea

These peas please. Arriving early they produce prolifically and are deliciously sweet. Each pod arrives loaded with 7-8 utterly scrumptious peas. Growing to 40″ these sturdy pea plants are adapted for the cooler climates of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Gardeners in those regions can now give peas a chance....
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Eggplant Black Beauty Organic

Over 100 years old this 1902 Burpee introduction was an immediate hit because the plants ripened perfect fruits dramatically earlier than other varieties. It became the common market eggplant of today. Harvested fresh however makes all the difference. Certified Organic Seed....
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Spinach Bloomsdale Long Standing

Popeye’s favorite heirloom variety! Bloomsdale Long Standing is an old standard. It’s a large spreading spinach has dark green savoyed curled leaves. The yield is good and it is slow to bolt. For first crop sow in spring. Plant again in late summer. In mild winter areas fall plantings yield in early spring. One packet contains 300 seeds and will sow a 30′ row....
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Tomato Matina Organic

Deep red 3″ fruits grow up to 4-6 oz. on extra early plants. Sweet and tart flavor is ideal fresh canned or cooked. Indeterminate. Harvest about 75 days after transplanting....
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