Category Archives: Vegetables
Pepper Sweet Carnival Mix Organic
When you plant a packet some will turn out gold or orange and others will be red purple or ivory. Most start out green and are tasty as soon as they reach full size; a few weeks later their full
Tomato Cherokee Purple Heirloom Organic
This large dark purple heirloom tomato from Tennessee is rumored to have come from Cherokee gardeners. With its rich full flavor it’s often compared with Brandywine. The flesh is brick-red and very attractive sliced on a plate. Plants produce large
Tomato BushSteak Hybrid
Meet the best of the staked tomatoes-a standout for exceptional taste size and quantity. This surprisingly compact (20-24″) plant is just loaded with large flavorful tomatoes. Well-suited for a patios small gardens and containers the dwarf plants offer big meaty
Tomato Sunny Boy Hybrid
With bright luminous flavor this yellow tomato is edible sunlight. This plump slicer is ready to light up a sandwich or salad. Flavorful 16 oz. beefsteak with smooth yellow skin and nice sweet-acid balance. High-yielding. Indeterminate.
Tomato German Pink
Here is one of the two Batavian heirlooms from Diane Ott Whealy’s family varieties that became the impetus for the compendious Seed Savers Exchange in Iowa. Nearly seedless the indeterminate potato leaf plants produce large meaty 1-2 lb. fruits with
Radish D’Avignon
Cook’s Garden Favorite. Our choice for the best non-hybrid French Breakfast type radish perfect for early Spring salads. Nearly cylindrical 3-4 inch roots are bright red with white tips. Ready in only three weeks from seeding!
Cucumber Brown Russian
Cook’s Garden Favorite. Brown Russian looks like it came from another planet and the taste is out of this world. Brown-skinned 6-8 fruits with clear white flesh impart crisp mellow flavor sparked with sugary high notes and not a whit
Tomato Chef’s Choice Orange Hybrid
When it comes to a beefsteak for slicing saucing and soup-ing Chefs Choice Orange is your best bet. Combining the perfect balance of rich heirloom flavor and function bright orange 9-12 oz. fruits keep their radiant tangerine tones fresh or
Mesclun Classic Mix
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
Tomato Viva Italia Hybrid
Vigorous plants yield an abundance of 3 oz. fruits that make outstanding soups and ketchup. Try the Viva Italia hybrid tomato in your next tomato soup or homemade ketchup.
Lettuce Red Salad Bowl
Red Salad Bowl is a long-standing slow-to-bolt and early maturing lettuce that grows well all season and can be harvested over period of time. Its maroon-red deeply cut and finely divided leaves are crisp and delicious and make an eye-catching
Squash Summer Early Prolific Straightneck
Bush-like plants supply large crop of creamy yellow-skinned fruits. GARDEN HINTS: Fruits are best when 8 to 9″ long. Cultivate or mulch to control weeds. Fertilize when fruits form to increase yield.
Melon Honeydew Arabian Breeze Hybrid
Originating in Africa this sweet aromatic 3-4 lb. honeydew is a standout for flavor and beauty; its smooth green rind contrasts prettily with the firm orange flesh. Slice the delectable fruits to enjoy as dessert or in fruit salad a
Bean Bush Stop
This choice variety boasts an attractive well-mannered and compact bush habit. Harvest by simply pulling out the highly productive bush and hanging it up to dry. Dark-red kidney beans perform marvels in Creole dishes chili bean salads curries and dips.
Onion Salad Red
This exceptional light purple onion boasts 2″ bulbs-ready to be sliced into a savory summer salad. Can be harvested early like scallions.
Pepper Sweet Bull Nosed Large Bell
Thomas Jefferson grew this bull-nosed pepper in his garden after it arrived here from India in the 1700s. Bull Nosed peppers popular in early America are due for a renaissance. Still grown at Jefferson’s Monticello the variety has a delectably
Tomato Thessaloniki
Bred in Greece when this variety was introduced in the U.S. in the 1950s its flavor and high-quality fruits made it an instant hit. Indeterminate vines produce uniform smooth 4-6 oz. red fruits with solid meaty flesh. Resistant to sunburn
Kale Ursa
Kalelong on flavor and high in nutritionhas been in big demand and short supply lately. Tasty gourmet green and red variety will keep you well supplied this summer. Kale leaves mingle nicely in salads stir-fries and soups. Best harvested when
Cantaloupe Honey Bun Hybrid
Honey Bun is a real bush cantaloupe that is well suited for the smaller garden. The little melons are 5″ across with deep orange flesh and honey-sweet flavor. Each vine will produce 3 or 4 fruits.
Tomato Cherry Punch Hybrid
These tasty red beauties are little giants when it comes to taste and nutrition-with 30% more vitamin C and 40% more lycopene than the average tomato. 24″ high x 36″ wide plants commence a steady bounty of 1″ fruits in
