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Tomato seeds are $1.79 per pack unless other wise indicated. Select Salad Fixins', Herbs and Veggies We have been growing heirloom tomatoes for over 25 years and have some "new" rare varieties to offer you for 2015. We The plants the seeds come from were organically grown during the 2014 season. By organically grown we mean: only natural fertilizer is used, our soil is amended with our own plant based organic compost. If needed we use only
Amish Paste: Medium, red, oxheart shape, 85 days. A heavy yielding variety with heart shaped, deep red-orange fruits. Originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania dating back to the 1900's. Amish Paste has a thick red flesh with few seeds and an intensely sweet and rich tomato flavor. Great for sauces, pastes, drying and fantastic for fresh eating. Produces well in both drought and wet conditions and as we found out this season (2009) it survived 7 hailstorms and is loaded with tomatoes! That is just plain amazing. Many growers consider Amish Paste to be the ultimate in sauce type tomato and we agree. 20 seeds per pack WARNING: These tomatoes are addictive! Amana Orange: Large, orange beefsteak, 80 - 85 days, indeterminate. Amana Orange produces large, slightly oblate, orange beefsteak fruits that are high in lycopene. The taste is superior with a medium sweet yet full bodied tomato flavor. Its yields are moderate, yet the great taste and attractive fruit make it a natural for any garden. It's a great keeper and can last several weeks at room temperature when picked before full ripeness. A USA heirloom tomato that got it's name from the Amana Colonies of the state of Iowa. 20 seeds per pack Ananas Noire (French for Black Pineapple): Large multi-colored beefsteak, 80 days, indeterminate. Our 2014 crop from these were fantastic! Developed in Belgium by horticulturist Pascal Moreau. Fruits weigh an average of 1 1/2 lbs. The skin is a spectrum of colors with deep orange, green, a bit of yellow and splashes of pinkish red. The meat is olive to neon green with ribbons of vivid pink and white. Ananas has a taste that is as complex as it's colors. Sweet, fruity and rich, with a spicy tang and hint of smoky flavor. It's the fruity flavor that hits you first when you eat one and it ends with a delightful tomato taste. A little salt makes the flavors come alive even more so. This is one delightful "black" tomato. The plants will get large with high yields. Chosen in our 2008 taste test as the favorite for hamburgers, veggie burgers and sandwiches. 20 seeds per pack Ararat Flamed: Medium, red with a hint of orange undertone, 65-70 days, semi-determinate, very rare. Love at first bite with this one! The fruit is a beefsteak shape, with a flat bottom and has slight shoulder ribbing. Ararat Flamed is from Debrecen, Hungary with the possibility of originating in Armenia in the region of Mount Ararat. The name in German is Ararat Geflammte which translates to "Ararat Flamed." Our original seed came from a friend in the UK over 18 years ago. Bursting with juicy sweet, tangy flavor. One of the best fresh eating and salad tomatoes. A must have for any tomato grower. Superb for market growers too. 20 seeds at $1.99 per pack ***Limited Supplies*** Arkansas Traveler: (proper name is Traveler tomato): Medium, pink, indeterminate, 85-90 days. A mildly sweet, exceptionally tasty, pink tomato. Very juicy with a thin skin. Developed by Dr. Joe McFerren and named after a folk song called the "Arkansas Traveler". This one can can be grown anywhere and will stand up to heat and humidity of the South, producing even when temperatures are in the triple digits! Excellent market tomato. 20 seeds per pack Aunt Ruby's German Green: 80 days, Beefsteak, green, indeterminate. What a tomato! Bright green flesh with a slight pink blush at the blossom end when mature. Fruits weighing in at 1 pound or more. Spicy but sweet and juicy. A real treat for the palate and eyes. Aunt Ruby's performs quite well in high heat areas. 20 seeds per pack Big Rainbow Tomato: 80-85 days, beefsteak, bi-color, indeterminate. A spectacular large beefsteak with slight ribbing. Big Rainbow has an mottled orange and red exterior with brilliant colored gold and red meat. A low-acid, firm, meaty tomato. Packs a good old-fashioned tomato taste. Big Rainbow has vigorous vines and good disease resistance. 20 seeds per pack Black Cherry: Small, indeterminate, 75 days. One of our biggest sellers! A dusky purple with brown coloring and nice clusters. What a delight this cherry tomato turned out to be! It is sweet yet has a touch of the rich flavor of the big black tomatoes. Very attractive fruit and perfect for salads and a fresh treat! You just have to try it. 20 Seeds per pack Black From Tula: Beefsteak, indeterminate, 75-80 days. A rosy-brown tomato with green shoulders that hails from Russia with good yields. It's Russian name is "Czerno Tulski Tomat". Fruits weigh in at 6-12 oz. We had a few reach 18 oz. The skin coloring extends into the fruit and is very attractive. A sweet, fruity, outstanding tasting tomato with a creamy texture and a bit of a salty, slightly smoky taste. It does exhibit a bit of shoulder cracking. Black From Tula will set fruit remarkably well even in hot weather. 20 seeds per pack Black Krim: Beefsteak, 75-80 days. Deep reddish brown fruit with bright red meat and chartreuse green seeds- as delicious as it is beautiful. Robust, smoky, spicy flavor with a bit of saltiness. It's Russian name is "Czerno Krimski". It does tend to crack some but once you taste them you won't care! Harvesting note: Krims have the best taste when they are at the half green and still firm stage. This is when they should be harvested. Hails from the Isle of Krim in the Black Sea. Suitable for greenhouse growing too. 20 seeds per pack Black Plum: Sold out for 2105 Plum, indeterminate, rich reddish-brown, 78 to 80 days. Small plum tomatoes with a sweet, smooth and fruity flavor. These are the kind that you love to pop in your mouth when you are working in the garden and are superb for salads too. Big six foot plus vines with loads of fruit! 20 seeds per pack
Black Russian: Medium, round, black, indeterminate. 69-75 days. This an old Russian heirloom and not to be confused with "Russian Black" which is a beefsteak variety. Little disease problems and the fruits are almost blemish free. Heavy producer and early! Dark mahogany-brown tomatoes that average about 4 oz. Black Russian is a must for black tomato fans and those who like a complex flavor in their tomatoes. 20 seeds per pack Bonnie Best: 80 days, indeterminate, red, medium. Handsome flaming scarlet red tomatoes that have a slight flattened shape, grow in clusters of five or more and weigh 6-8 ounces. The fruit is firm (but no hard core) with few seeds making it an ideal candidate for fresh eating, canning, paste and drying. Superb old time flavor! Bonny Best was developed from Chalk's Early Jewel the early 1900s. Stokes started selling the seeds in 1908. Suitable for Northern growers and good choice for the South too. 20 seeds per pack Brandywine Classic Pink: 90-100 days, indeterminate, large fruit. This classic Amish brandywine heirloom tomato dates back to 1885 and was named after the Brandywine Creek in Pennsylvania, where it was first grown. It is considered to be one of the finest flavored large tomatoes ever offered. Creamy texture, thin skin and wonderful brandywine flavor. Plants are potato leafed. Yields are good producing extra-large, firm, rosy pink fruits weighing from 12 ounces to 1-1/2 pounds. Performs quite well in high heat areas. 20 seeds per pack Brandywine Yellow: 90 days, indeterminate, large yellow-orange fruit. Another great tomato with large potato leaves that has both a beautiful smooth skin and slightly flattened shape. Fruits weigh from 12 to 24 ounces. The taste is rich, complex and creamy. A real winner! 20 seeds per pack Caspian Pink: 80 days, semi-determinate, beefsteak, pink with curly leaves. A WINNER: Tied for 1st place with Snow White Cherry in our 2007 taste tests! Caspian Pink hails from Southern Russia and was discovered in Petoseed Company by an employee shortly after the cold war ended along the shores of the Caspian Sea. The fruit is a pinkish-red color weighing from 11 oz and up and is is oblate shaped. The fruits ripen from the bottom of the plant up. Pick when the top "shoulders" have turned pink. It has been called by many as "The Queen of Pinks". This wonderful tomato is meaty, succulent, juicy and ultra-sweet. This is one tomato that does not fall off the plant, you have to snip them off. Caspian always passes our taste tests with flying colors! 20 seeds per pack Ceylon, Rare: 70 days, indeterminate, miniature orange-red beefsteak. The 2014 season for Ceylon was incredibly productive. How about big tomato flavor in a tiny package? If you are a fan of that rich beefsteak flavor than Ceylon tomatoes are for you. The fruits are disc shaped, weigh from 1-3 ounces and look a bit like little pumpkins. The plants topped out around 5 feet for us and fruit set was incredible. The tomatoes started to ripen early and kept on trooping in the heat and right until the first frost. The flavor starts out with an juicy note of sweetness and ends with a clean assertive tomato flavor. We just fell in love with Ceylon tomatoes and had a hard time stopping everyone from snacking on them in the field! 20 seeds per pack Cheetam's Potato Leaf: 70-75 days, medium size reddish pink tomato, indeterminate. Back by popular demand! An old English heirloom-dating back to the thirties or forties. As the name implies this is a hardy potato leaf variety with the biggest leaves we have ever seen! It bears quite early and has heavy yields. Best picked when it is at peak ripeness which will be a darker red. Sweet and tangy with an excellent tomato taste. We wouldn't hesitate to grow Cheetam's again and neither will you once you have tried it. 20 seeds at 1.99 per pack Cherokee Purple: 80 days, indeterminate, large. The 2014 Cherokee yields were awesome. The vines of Cherokee Purple is an heirloom possibly over 100 years old and was said to be grown by the Cherokee Indians. It bears up to 12 ounce globular to slightly oblate shaped fruits with a dusky rose-brownish coloring, purple undertones, green shoulders and dark red flesh. Regular tomato leaves with fairly high production of tomatoes. It can have some concentric cracking. The taste is excellent and has been compared to Brandywine. It is sweet, with a rich somewhat smoky taste. Always tops at our taste tests year after year! Cherokee Purple performs quite well in high heat areas. Though it is an indeterminate the vines don't get out of control. The fruit must be eaten pretty quick when mature. 20 seeds per pack
Emerald Evergreen: 72 days, indeterminate. Green ripening to stunning neon green, inside and out with pale yellow streaks. The fruits can get up to two pounds. The excitement surrounding this tomato is well earned. It is richly flavored, spicy with a delicate underlying tang, and sweet creamy solid flesh. Wonderful for frying when unripe, which increases its sugar content. When ripe it makes fantastic green salsa and is perfect for fresh eating. 20 seeds per pack
Glacier: 50 days, semi-determinate. Glacier originated in Sweden. Sets fruit well even in cold weather and very early in the season with flavorful, 2 to 3 oz. golf ball size orangey-red tomatoes. It can start flowering when only 4" high! Sweet yet rich full tomato flavor. Good choice for short seasons, coastal and redwood locations, as well as hot areas! Potato-leaved foliage. Glacier is said to set the standard for early, flavorful tomatoes and we agree. It is right up there taste-wise with our delicious and also early Moskvich tomato. With good disease resistance and abundant yields, this variety should be in the plans of every gardener especially the short season gardener. 20 seeds at 1.99 per pack Golden Egg: 70 to 75 days, plum, indeterminate, rare. Rated Number 1 in our 2009 and 2010 taste tests! Light, creamy yellow, exceptional 3-4 oz egg shaped fruits about the size of a large chicken egg. When you bite into a Golden Egg tomato it literally explodes with flavor! It's like a ray of sunshine rippling across your tongue. Huge crops- heavy bearing trusses. Meaty, and juicy with few seeds. The flavor is sweet, with a delicate yet rich tomato flavor and unlike any tomato you have ever tried. Use for drying, fresh, canning, salad etc. Golden Egg makes a lovely tomato soup or salsa. Anything you want to use Golden Egg for will simply sing with flavor! We will quote a dear friend and customer, Ms. Jana Clary of California. "I savored every bite, on a scale of 1-10, I would rate it a 15". Now that's hard to top but almost everyone in this seasons taste test picked Golden Egg as their top favorite! 20 seeds at 1.99 per pack Golden Jubilee: 70-80 days, indeterminate. Golden Jubilee won the All America Selection in 1943. The fruit has a juicy yet firm texture with a nicely sweet and tangy flavor. It is delightful for fresh eating and makes a good salsa. It has few seeds and makes one of the best tasting tomato juice. The 2 1/2" to 3" golden tomatoes are produced on upright vines that can use staking or caging. The fruits will keep for longer periods of time after being picked than many other varieties. 20 seeds at 1.79 per pack Golden Roma Italian: Sold out for 2105 70 days, determinate, rare, getting hard to find. Golden yellow plum shape, 1 1/2 x 3 inch fruit on compact determinate plants. Heavy producer and tomatoes have very few seeds. Sweet, meaty, delightful. It gets more of a light orange color to it when cooked. Wonderful for salads, salsa, canning, sauces, freezing and drying! One of our bestsellers. 20 seeds per pack. Great White: Beefsteak, indeterminate, 85 days. Large beefsteak fruit weighing from 1 lb to 1 lb 4 ounces! Fruits are sweet, juicy, low acid and have a terrific exotic melon like flavor. You will love it. Great White has very few seeds. Prolific harvests, healthy plants with dense foliage that protects against sunscald on fruit. This white tomato will have a pink hue at the blossom end when ripe. This is one you must try. It is delightful! 20 seeds per pack Take a look at our seed starting tips for some interesting advice Green Zebra: 78 days, medium round, indeterminate. These fruits are 3 ounce, green and stippled with darker green stripes and an amber to yellow background color with emerald green meat when mature. What a surprise the wonderful Green Zebra is! They have an intense tomato flavor and are wonderfully sweet with a slightly tart undertone. They are practically immune to cracking. Green Zebra is the favorite of many heirloom growers. 20 seeds per pack Heinz 1439, Hybrid: 80 days, determinate. Note: we have been unable to verify if Heinz 1439 plants are hybrids or open-pollinated. We are calling them hybrids until we can get proof otherwise. Developed by Heinz for their ketchup, puree, and sauces. High yields of 6 oz bright red, smooth skin, slightly flattened globe shaped fruit. The plants grow about 3' high. Good resistance to disease (VFA) and cracking and splitting. Heinz slices beautifully, has a thick core and thin walls. The taste is very tangy with an intense rich tomato taste and a bit of a sweet undertone. Salting brings out the flavor even more. All in all we definitely like the taste and Heinz 1439 is perfectly suited for salads, bruschetta, sandwiches, salsas, sauces and, as you may have guessed, it's superb for canning. Although we prefer heirloom tomatoes we do recommend you give Heinz a try. 20 seeds per pack Indigo Rose: 75 days, indeterminate, open-pollinated. Stunning Indigo Rose has 1-2.5 oz. tomatoes born on strong trusses with 6-8 fruit each. They are green as they develop and when ripe they are extremely dark purple looking almost black where the sun hits them and rosy red when they are shaded. Exceptionally high in anthocyanins. The meat is deep red and they do look like plums! The key with these is took pick them when they are fully ripe. At the point you will be rewarded their delicious tart and slightly sweet flavor with fruity undertones. The plants are prolific, vigorous and show good resistance to fungal diseases and blights. We were impressed with plant’s ability to stand up to all sorts of growing extremes. They keep quite well off the vine too! 20 seeds at $2.29 per pack Japanese Black Trifele: 75 days, indeterminate, potato leafed. The Japanese Black Trifele tomato is from Russia! This rare tomato is unmistakable. There's nothing else like it. They are the size and shape of a Bartlett pear with purplish mahogany skin and green shoulders. Beautiful. These plants bear an incredible amount of fruit. They have an extraordinary, sublime rich taste. Unlike many other black varieties, the tomatoes are blemish free and not subject to cracking. However you want to use this tomato, fresh or cooked you will love it as much as we do. 20 seeds per pack
Manalucie: Sold out for 2105 Rare, 82 days, indeterminate, medium to dark red, globe shape. Developed by J.M. Walter in 1953 for the university of Florida. A major breeding achievement due to its multiple disease resistance and fruit quality. Plant produces good yields of flavorful 8 ounce, red, meaty, smooth globe shaped tomatoes. Plant has heavy foliage protecting the tomatoes from areas that have intense heat. Manalucie does well in many climates and is great for Southern growers as it will keep flowering and setting fruit when temperatures go above 90 degrees. 20 seeds per pack Matts Wild Cherry: 70 days, red, indeterminate. This is one of the original tomatoes that are indigenous to and grow wild in the Hidalgo region of Mexico. Fabulous taste with the sweetness of a cherry tomato combined with a big tomato taste- way better than Sweet 100. We literally could not stop snacking on them when harvesting! The fruits average between 1/2 to 3/4" with amazing trusses loaded with 35 to 40 plus tomatoes! They are very prolific and keep producing until frost gets them. Vines can reach ten feet tall! 20 seeds per pack Moskvich: Sold out for 2105 Rare, 60 days. Medium red fruit, 4-6 ounces, indeterminate. Originates from the Kaluga region in Western Russian. A somewhat flattened shape and no cracking. Moskvich is extra early but you would never know it from the taste! No kidding! You have heard of chocolate recipes like "death by chocolate?" We are dubbing Moskvich "death by tomato!" Yes, it is that delicious. The plants are remarkably healthy, disease free with heavy yields. Cool weather does not stop this one! It has been a customer favorite for many years. 20 seeds per pack Mule Team: Round, red, indeterminate. 75 to 80 days. The "workhorse" of tomatoes! 10 ounce fruits with a great rich tomato taste and a bit of a bite. Mule team is a heavy bearing, strong plant and doesn't slow down until frost gets it. Really holds up to stress, dry conditions and disease. Also grows extremely well in hot, humid areas! Excellent for canning and fresh eating. 20 seeds per pack Nebraska Wedding: 85 days, orange, oblate fruit, semi-determinate. 4-5 fruits per cluster on plants that grow around 36" in height but they have good yields so do need staking. Perfect tomato shape with glowing orange skin and golden flesh. The texture is meaty with a great juicy flavor being both sharp and sweet. Excellent for salads, fresh sauces and salsas. Wonderful with a vinaigrette dressing. Legend has it that Nebraska Wedding seeds were given to newly married couples to help them start their lives and farm together. Heirloom from Nebraska. 20 seeds per pack
Peron Sprayless: Not Available for 2015 70 day, medium, red, indeterminate. First introduced to the US in 1951 by Gleckler's from Argentina. Heavy producer of sweet fruit with slightly tart undertones. The uniformly shaped red slicers average 6-8 ounces on 7 foot vines and are notably rich in vitamin C. Sounds good, but what about that name? We have found that Peron Sprayless is true to it's name as being one of the most disease resistant tomatoes and it has few problems with insects. It's not perfect but you will be impressed with it's vigor. Try it and watch it out perform the hybrids! 20 seeds per pack Pineapple: 85 days. Red and yellow streaks, beefsteak, indeterminate. Pineapple tomatoes are big boys, we had some that weighed in at 2 lbs! They average 16-24 oz. Very distinct taste that is fruity, low-acid and sweet with a smooth, silky texture. Suitable for eating fresh, salads and salsa. A beautiful tomato. Good yields for a beefsteak with very sturdy vines. Another one of our top sellers! 20 seeds per pack Pink Oxheart: 75 to 80 days, indeterminate. Gorgeous heart shaped oxheart fruit that weighs in at 12 ounces and can get much bigger. Originates from Hungary and was first introduced in the 1920's. This one has that true old fashioned tomato taste that many of us remember and long for. Pink Oxheart is a lovely glossy pink color and is crack resistant. It performs well in times of drought and bears well for an oxheart type. 20 seeds per pack Plum Lemon: 72 days. Indeterminate. Introduced from the St. Petersburg region of Russia. Plum Lemon is known in Russia as "Limmony Liana" which translates to "Lemon Vine." Bright yellow fruits are truly lemon shaped, about 3 inches long and 4-6 oz. each. Very prolific. Unique citrus flavor. Collected by Seed Savers' Kent Whealy from an elderly seedsman at Moscow's Bird Market during August 1991. Meaty, sweet refreshing flavor. 20 seeds per pack Plumpton King: 70 days. Indeterminate. Rare. Small to medium red slicer. We are pleased to be offering this fine tomato again after an absence of several years. We have never been able to find much about Plumpton King's history. A friend from the UK originally sent us the seeds in 1992 and we have found historical references dating to 1942 of it's cultivation. It is an indeterminate variety and the vines will need support. We grow them on 6 foot high heavy gage mesh cages. Plumpton King has heavy fruit production. The fruit average 4-6 ounces, bright red, full and rounded. They have minimal shoulder cracking. Taste is sweet and tart. True old fashioned tomato taste! Excellent on sandwiches and in salads. They are perfect for canning and lose none of their flavor in the canning process. 20 seeds per pack Polish Linguisa: 73 days. Indeterminate. Very large, red, long sausage-like shape, indeterminate. Polish Linguisa is great for sauces, drying and tastes so delicious it's great for eating fresh too. Fruits are large, weighing in at 8-10 ounces each and are quite meaty. It dates back to the early 1800's and came from New York via Polish immigrants. Very heavy yields and it keeps well when left on the vine. Off the vine green fruits ripen beautifully. 20 seeds per pack at $1.99 per pack Pop-In: Sold out for 2015! 60-65 days, small, red, teardrop shape, indeterminate. Everyone loves these little jewels. Extremely rare heirloom variety that we originally got from a family in the UK. Small teardrop tomatoes that grow in hanging tiers on the plant. The yields are incredible. This is a highly ornamental plant and can be grown in containers, hanging baskets, planters and right in the veggie or flower garden if you like! They are so delicious it hard to describe. They are sweet with a bit of a bite and a lingering flavor. One could say Pop-In combines the best of cherry & plum tomatoes. Pop-In is a must have and will grow well in all zones. Perfect for fresh use, drying and freezing. 20 seeds per pack Principe Borghese: 75 days, heirloom, determinate. Another stellar crop for 2014. With many people preserving their food now we wanted to bring Principe Borghese again. An Italian variety with small 2 inch long red plum-shaped fruits. Plants grow about 3 feet tall and are really loaded with fruit! They are very meaty. A classic favorite for sun drying as they keep their color and wonderful taste. In dry weather, the whole plant or branches can be hung out to dry the fruits. They are outstanding when roasted. 20 Seeds per pack Pruden's Purple: 67-70 days. Large pink, potato leaf beefsteak, indeterminate. 12 to 18 ounce fruits. Some of our customers like Pruden's much better than Brandywine. It is not really purple but more of a deep pinkish color. They have a flattened shape and some have shoulder ribbing but are not prone to cracking! Classic brandywine like taste with a good tangy flavor and silken creamy texture. Meaty with few seeds. If you are a brandywine fan and garden where the season is short or not- Pruden's Purple is for you! Performs quite well in high heat areas. 20 seeds per pack Rutgers: 75 days, heirloom, semi-determinate. Rutgers University breeder Lyman Schermerhorn developed this fine tomato in the early 1930's. The parents are Marglobe and J.T.D., an old time tomato from the Campbell Soup Company. Rutgers itself has been used as a parent in the development of many hybrids. Rutgers tomatoes are a blood red color, slightly oblate weighing an average of 6-8 ozs. With the deep, meaty, classic flavor Rutgers is perfect for canning, sauces and fresh eating. We call it a semi-determinate as you will get several flushes of tomatoes from it after the first very large yield. There is very little cracking and it is resistant to verticillium wilt, fusarium wilt, and alternaria stem canker. It grows extremely well in most areas and is mentioned in many old catalogs as being a solid grower in Texas. You can count on Rutgers! 20 seeds per pack Siberia: 45-55 days, 2-3 oz, red colored tomato, determinate. Siberia is a variety that originated in the Altai Mountains on the Chinese border from Novosibirsk, Siberia. Well-known for its fast ripening fruits, as well as being able to set fruits down to 38F. Siberia is a great variety for cold weather areas, or for growing tomatoes off season, even in winter. Oval fruits are borne in clusters on 2-2 1/2' tall plants . Wonderful taste for an extra early variety. 20 seeds per pack Siletz: 55-60 days, medium red slicer, determinate. A real king in the cooler climates but a solid performer in hot areas too! Produces 8 ounce fruits with a deep red color. But what about good taste in such an early cropper? Siletz won't let you down with it's sweet yet earthy flavor. This is one for home and market growers alike. 20 seeds per pack Silvery Fir Tree: 55-60 days, 2 to 3 1/2" deep orange to red fruits, slightly flat, oblate shape, determinate. AKA "Carrot Top Tomato." Acidic taste, very delicious. This is a Russian variety with pretty fern-like foliage that is a grey-blue with a silvery shimmer. This is a dwarf tomato growing to only 24". Although it is determinate once you have picked all the fruits let it keep growing and it will set another bunch. It is quite attractive and is fine for containers or hanging baskets! Perfect for the small space gardener. Start them at intervals so you can have a longer harvest! 20 seeds per pack Snow White Cherry: 68 days, pale yellow cherry tomato, indeterminate. Very productive, super healthy plants. Sweet, crisp, juicy, great in salads and for snacking off the vine. Snow White Cherry is perfect for making chutneys and sweet relishes. A real treat for cherry tomato fans and one of our all time favorite cherry tomatoes at Golden Harvest Organics! 20 seeds per pack Stupice: (stoo-PEECH-ka) 60 days, red, round, small 2-2 1/2" fruits, indeterminate but the plant is relatively compact. Stupice comes from the former Czechoslovakia. bears quite early but remains prolific till frost. Potato leaf variety, fruits have an excellent combination of sweetness with a zing and are quite juicy! Surprisingly Stupice performs quite well in cold and high heat areas. 20 seeds per pack Tibet-Appel: 80 days, heirloom, rare, medium fruit, semi-determinate, bush. Appel means "apple" in Dutch. This is such a superb tomato that we decided to bring it back. Originally grown in Tibet it came to the USA via Holland. Slightly oblate pinkish fruit, thin silken skin with a fantastic rich, juicy and sweet taste. Pretty, bushy, heavy bearing plants will definitely need sturdy support. Heat and drought are no trouble for Tibet Appel, it just keeps on going like the energizer bunny! Use for fresh eating, salad etc. A top notch tomato for your garden! 20 seeds at $1.99 per pack Tommy Toe: Sold out for 2105 70 days, bright red, cherry, indeterminate. Tommy Toe hails from the Ozark mountains and is a practically disease free cherry tomato. Excellent, sweet flavor with incredible yields. Good resistance to early and late blight. This is a superior heirloom cherry tomato. Has been the top choice in many cherry tomato taste tests. It is our favorite cherry tomato! Stand back and watch this one grow. 20 seeds per pack Did you know? On a gram for gram comparison, cherry tomatoes contain more lycopene than large tomatoes. Yellow Stuffer: Sold out for 2105 76 -80 days, indeterminate, large golden yellow fruits that are similar in shape and structure to bell peppers! Hails from Australia. Yellow stuffer bears medium to large, long, scalloped, nearly hollow fruit with sturdy walls and thick, moist flesh. They weigh from 4 to 8 ounces. You guessed it- good for stuffing and a terrific slicer too. These plants bear profusely and definitely need support. Also known as 'Gourmet Yellow Stuffer'. Fun to grow and just think of the recipe possibilities! Serve your salad in your tomato or stuff and bake them. We grilled them this season and they were super. Good for market growers and chef's love them. Yellow Stuffer earned our new Honorable Mention rating at the 2008 taste test for uniqueness, versatility, "wow factor," good taste and incredible yields. 20 seeds per pack Veggies, Herbs and Salad Fixings for 2015 Arugula, Slow Bolt: 45 days, herb. Hardy annual. Plant produces beautiful dark Basil, Lemon: 60-70 days, annual herb, heirloom. A warm weather annual, lemon basil needs to be in direct sunlight for at least 6 hours a day. Lemon Basil is intensely fragrant, attains a height of 12-18" and is easily grown from seed. Grow indoors or out. Use for flavored vinegars, tea, fruits and in anything you would like a taste of lemony basil! It freezes and dries well. Always plant some basil with your tomatoes. 1/2 gram (about 250 seeds) at 1.79 per pack Basil, Genovese: annual herb, 60-80 days. Lovely, aromatic large basil plant growing from 18-24" tall. Fragrant, tender, spicy leaves up Basil, Italian Large Leaf: annual herb, heirloom. Bushy, large, high yielding basil grows 2-2.5" tall with big, 2-3" crinkly leaves. Italian Large has more sweetness to it's leaves with less of the clove taste that some basils have. Excels for pesto, salads etc. 1/2 gram (about 300 seeds) at 2.25 per pack Bean, Taylor Dwarf Horticultural, Shell, Bush: 68 days. A pre-1800 heirloom shelling bean produces creamy buff-colored 5-6" pods on 18-24” vines early with impressive yields. They need no staking and can grow in containers. We love the flavor of these beans and rate the vibrant flavor as the best of any we have grown. Pods are ready to shell when burgundy splashes appear. Shell them right after picking, boil until tender: 30–45 minutes. For storage simply let the mature pods stay on the vines until dry. Delightful when dressed with a simple vinaigrette while they’re warm. Use Taylor in soups, chili, salads, succotash and just anyway you can imagine. 28 grams (about 50 seeds) at $1.99 per pack Bean, Royalty Burgundy, Bush: 60 days. Striking violet-burgundy pods, lovely purple
Beet, Egyptian Turnip Rooted: 60 days. An Egyptian heirloom variety introuced to America and first grown around Boston in 1869. A Beet, Golden: 55 days. Golden beet is an heirloom dating back to around 1820. The beets are a glowing, golden-yellow and very sweet with nicely flavored greens too. The leafy greens are light green with yellow veining. Like Cabbage, Golden Acres: 64 days. Golden Acre is an old Danish heirloom mentioned in seed catalogs from 1927. The compact gray-green heads weigh 3-5 pounds are round, five to seven inches in diameter and tightly folded. This early producing cabbage is Carrot, Amarillo Yellow: 75 days. Bright, intense yellow roots with large shoulders that taper down. They are nice, juicy and crunchy with a distinctive sweet taste that is different from orange carrots. Fine for any raw carrot use and superb for cooking. We have found Amarillo to be one of the finest stewing and roasting carrots we have grown. It keeps a nice carrot taste yet nicely picks up the flavor of your broth or spices. Makes great carrot juice and freezes well. Can withstand dry conditions. Approx 300 seeds at $1.99 per pack Carrot, Atomic Red: 75 days. Coral-red color, 9 inch long roots. Atomic Red is at it's peak flavor when cooked it becomes a deeper red with a smooth texture and mildly sweet flavor. Atomic red is a high lycopene carrot. Lycopene containing foods are absorbed more readily by the body when foods are cooked. Tapered roots are 9 inches long. You can freeze, use raw or cook them. Truly one of our favorite juicing carrots. They sure are pretty too! FYI- Red carrots have been around since the 900s in Arabia, well before the documentation of the well known orange carrots in the 1500s. Approx 300 seeds at $1.99 per pack Carrot, Purple Sun: 70-75 days. Purple all the way through! This is a Danvers type carrot with smooth purple skin and purple flesh. The next thing we must say is what a great Carrot, Color Wheel Mix: 57-85 days average. A custom blend of six varieties of carrots including Atomic Red, Bambino Orange,
Chard, Rainbow Mix: Hardy annual has stalks and leaf veins of
Cucumber, Lemon: 65 days. Lemon is an heirloom "apple type" cucumber first introduced in 1894. It has a unique lemon color and rounded lemon shape. Cucumber, Diva: 58 days, slicing cucumber- needs no pollination! Diva has a crisp, clean, Cucumber, Miniature White: 50-55 days, small, white to pale yellow. We will attempt to describe just how wonderful these little cucumbers are. They are Cucumber Paris Pickling Sold out for 2105 (Cornichon Vert Petit De Paris): 61 days. Heirloom cornichon type cucumbers. The cream of the crop for making those small tart or sweet pickles. Incredible and early
Eggplant, Rosa Bianca: 80-90 days. Pretty as a painting this Italian heirloom
Garlic Chives, Hardy Perennial (Allium tuberosum): 60 days, zones 3-9, grows 10 to 12 inches tall. Garlic chives resemble common chives but have flat shiny blades and pretty white to Kale, Lacinato aka Dinosaur, Toscan and Palm Tree kale: 30 days for baby leaf, 60 days to mature leaf. Kohlrabi, Early Purple Vienna: Heirloom, 60 days. Would you like a nutritious Sci-Fi looking vegetable for your garden? Then try these striking, delicious bulbs that grow above ground with purple-reddish skin, sweet, greenish-white flesh and silvery green,
Lettuce, Sword Leaf , Yu Mai Tsai: 85 days. AKA "Pointed Leaf Lettuce" and "Stem Lettuce." Like it's name this oriental gourmet lettuce has long Lettuce, Tom Thumb, Mini Butterhead: 50-55 days. English heirloom from the 1830's. Tom Thumb is a perfect petite butterhead lettuce growing Gourmet Mesclun Mix: Our wonderful collection of mild and spicy greens of Marjoram Sweet, Herb: Marjoram: Tender perennial, 60-90 days. With it's delightfully perfumed leaves it is an herb we should all grow. Unlike Melon, Ananas: 100 days. Ananas is a French word which in English means pineapple and were first listed in American seed catalogues in the 1820's. Ananas is an ultra sweet and juicy heirloom which does have the aroma of a
Melon, Honeydew, Orange Flesh: (Cucumis melo), 98 - 105 days. Orange Dew produces 5 lb melons that have orange colored inner flesh similar to a cantaloupe with a smooth waxy exterior and a small seed cavity. You may have heard these Melon, Casaba, Golden Beauty: 110 days. Casaba melons were originally cultivated in Persia thousands of years ago and were introduced to America in the late 1920's from Kasaba, Turkey. Golden Beauty is related to cantaloupes but instead of netted skin it has long furrows and fruits are pointed at the stem end. Mature casabas are Melon, Minnesota Midget, Mini Cantaloupe: 65-75 days. A delicious, very early and tiny heirloom melon was first developed by the Minnesota
Pea, Shelling: Little Marvel: 64 days, short vine, heirloom. This pea deserves it's name of little marvel. We have been very impressed with the Pea, Snow: Mammoth Melting Sweet: 68-75 days, tall vine, heirloom. The largest edible podded pea available. 3-5' tall sturdy vines with a spread Pea, Dwarf Korean Snow Pea (Ho Lan Dow): 65 days, bush type, heirloom. Traditional tiny Korean snow pod peas- Ho Lan Dow. Wonderfully sweet and crisp. Bush growing
Pepper Hot, Slim Cayenne: 75-80 days. Cayenne Slim is a long, thin, fiery hot pepper which is high in vitamins A and C. The Scoville rating is Pepper, Mild Heat, Pasilla Bajio: 78 days, Mexican heirloom. Mild heat translates to only 1,000 to 1,500 Scoville units. The taste is slightly Did you know: In USDA zones 9 & 10, peppers can also be sown in midsummer for a fall crop. Pepper Sweet, Apple Pimento: 57-77 days. Sold out for 2105 This is a gorgeous pimento pepper with a sweet, rich and juicy taste. Not quite as Pepper, Sweet, Corno di Toro Giallo 70 days, Italian heirloom: One of the earliest and best tasting sweet peppers. They are shaped like a bull's horn growing to 6 or more Pepper, Sweet (F1), Jalapeno, Fooled You: Sold out for 2105 65 Days. If you can't take the Pepper, Sweet, Mini-Bell, Color Mix: 60 days, open-pollinated. Plants produce an abundance of delightful miniature bell peppers. The peppers Pepper, Sweet, Purple Beauty: Heirloom, 76 days. These fruits turn a dark, stunning deep purple appearing close to black and with a
Pepper Sweet Bell, Quadrato D'Asti Rosso: Sold out for 2105 80 days. Heirloom from Asti territory, Italy. Asti is famous for its peppers and this is another classic We offer only varieties that meet high standards for you! Let some of your radish plants go to seed. They have edible flowers and seed pods: use in mixed salads, pasta salad, sprinkle on soups, use in vinaigrettes or try with hot pasta. The green seed pods are good for munching too!
Spinach, Bloomsdale Long Standing: Sold out for 2105 50-55 days. Hardy annual. Bloomsdale can tolerate temps down to 15-20 F and may be overwintered with protection. History: Bloomsdale spinach was originally
Spinach, Winter Giant: Sold out for 2105 40-45 days, Heirloom. Origin: Ancient Persia carried by traders to India and China via Nepal. Cold hardy plants that tolerate high humidity produce intense green, slightly savoyed leaves. Winter Giant is suitable for spring or fall production Squash, Early White Patty Pan aka Scallopini, Summer: 49 days. Dates back to the early 1700's and grown by Native Americans. Pretty white squash with distinct scalloping. Smooth texture, slightly sweet with a delicate nutty flavor. They are very easy to grow. Plants spread 4-6” wide when mature. Harvest when they are 2 ½ to 3” across and pick them often for best production. They can be used raw, steamed, grilled, fried, sautéed, tempura or even stuffed. The flowers are edible. This is scrumptious: slice them thickly and brush with garlic olive oil then put them on the grill. Turn over when the top is brown. Keep an eye them as they cook quickly. Freezes well. The nutritional value is high: it has lots of magnesium, vitamin A, folic acid, niacin, and vitamin C. 25 seeds at 1.99 per pack
Squash, Sunburst (F1), Summer: 50 days. Scallop type squash with shiny buttery yellow thin skin. The flesh has a fine grain with mellow, buttery flavor. Best picked when fruit measures 3 inches across and 2 inches
Squash growing tip: Protect ripening winter squash from rotting on damp ground by placing boards or wax paper under them.
Take a look at our seed starting tips for some interesting advice For gardeners in zones 10 and 11: You can continue to plant out tomato seedlings through late September to early October in the warm fall-winter zones. Choose varieties that are less than 68 days to maturity. In the super hot summer areas of Arizona, Texas and similar regions, you have 2 distinct growing seasons: March through June, and September through December. |
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