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VEGETABLES 2010

We offer only the healthiest, certified organic (IOPA 1406), open-pollinated seeds.
No hybrids, no genetic interference (except by Nature). This means you can save seeds
of any of the plants listed and participate in protecting plant genetic diversity
and your own food security.

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$2.95	AMARANTH Purple A truly stunning ornamental edible. In hot summers amaranth will grow to 8-feet tall and is very showy with multiple spires of purple/red in late summer. The purple fades as it matures into light-brown edible grains, easy-to-harvest by threshing into a wheelbarrow. In cooler regions amaranth is best seeded indoors and transplanted out in rows into full sun. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	ARUGULA - PERENNIAL 'Sylvetta' Perennial sub-shrub with finely divided tangy leaves throughout the season. An often preferred taste for arugula. Drought tolerant & cold hardy. Height 12". Self seeds readily. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	BEANS - POLE 'Lazy Housewife' (1882) 70 days. Prolific yields of long green beans that set in clusters, which make them easy to pick. An entirely stringless bean with distinct rich flavour makes this heritage variety a superstar. White flowers followed by medium green pods each with 5 to 7 beans. Picked young, the beans are brittle, fine-textured, and have a fine flavor. 'Lazy Wife' also produces first-rate dried shelling beans, if the pods are left to ripen longer. Today, this bean is rare. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	BEANS - POLE 'Purple Peacock' Highly ornamental vigorous vines covered in pink flowers all summer/fall. High yields of tender, round dark-purple pods. Beans turn green when cooked. Grows well in cooler conditions. An ornamental edible for a children's teepee or to pretty up the flower borders. 70 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	BEANS - BUSH 'Maxibel Filet' The first full sized stringless filet bean. Very straight dark green pods 7" long on sturdy bushy plants. Unsurpassed flavour and very prolific. Sturdy plants do not need staking. Easy to harvest, the more you pick the more they produce. My favourite variety for tender filet beans. (A must for salad Nicoise) 55 - 60 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	BEANS - BUSH 'Tanya's Pink Pod' Striking pink pods hold flavour and eating quality well. Large yields of succulent pink beans from sturdy bushy plants. Tasty snap beans all summer long. Bushy plants do not need supporting. 80 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	BEANS - RUNNER 'Painted Lady' (1880) Showy red and white flowers make this variety a popular ornamental edible. High yields of flattened tender, dark-green pods all summer/fall. 85 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	BEAN 'Dragon Tongue' (Dutch Heritage) This is a bean good to eat at all stages of growth. Flat pods grow to 8 to 10" long, and are lime-green at first, when they are good to eat fresh as a snap bean. The pods will mature to yellow with purple stripes, when the seeds are ready for fresh eating or freezing; or they can be left to dry for use as dried beans in winter soups and stews. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	BEETS Lutz Green Leaf (Heirloom) 75 days. Large slightly elongated beets and sweet eating greens. Sow early spring for summer crop and early summer for fall/winter crop. Good keeper. Perfect for baking, boiling, pickling or grating raw on salads. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	BROAD BEANS Black Flowered Favas (Sport of Crimson) Three-foot tall stalks produce 6" long smooth pods with smaller fava beans inside. Sow in February/March and harvest fresh beans in June/July/August, and dried beans later. Beans freeze well. The beans have fresh eating flavour when cooked frozen at a rolling boil for ten minutes. You can sow in November, but may have to reseed those that rot in wet winters. Favas are leguminous plants, which improve soil by adding nitrogen. Click on image to view larger frame. (This was a chance sport of the Crimson flowered bean but with black flowers. Black flowers are so unusual in nature I thought it worth stabilizing this trait). Quantity:

$2.95	BROAD BEANS Crimson Flowered Favas (1778) - Rare Three-foot tall stalks produce 6" long smooth pods with smaller fava beans inside. These succulent beans melt in your mouth if cooked at a rolling boil for ten minutes- exactly! Bright-crimson flowers along sturdy stalks in spring always catch admiring comments. Sow in February/March and harvest fresh beans in June/July/August, dried beans later. Beans freeze well too. You can sow in November, but may have to reseed many that rot. Favas are leguminous plants, which improve soil because they add nitrogen This is a strain of fava bean originating from the UK, which dates back to 1778! This was before plant breeders bred for the black and white flowers we see today. Thanks to Mrs. Cutbush from Kent these seeds have survived by being handed down through many generations of gardeners. At age 90, Mrs. Cutbush gave some of these precious seeds to the Henry DoubleDay Research Association Seed Library, from where I received a packet. I have grown these beans ever since and am pleased to make them available to you. When we grow out these heirloom varieties we make sure they don't become extinct to future generations of gardeners. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	BROAD BEANS 'Green Windsor' Heritage Amazing yields on sturdy 3 foot stalks. Long pods, each with 7-8 buttery beans. Green Windsor has long been a favourite variety for broad beans. Sow in February/March and harvest fresh beans in June/July/August, dried beans later. Beans freeze well too. You can sow in November, but may have to reseed many that rot. Favas are leguminous plants, which improve soil because they add nitrogen. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	BROAD BEANS 'Sweet Lorane' Unbelievably productive fava beans make this a good variety for growing as a food crop and a winter green manure crop. Sow November for a green manure crop for an earlier harvest of beans. Small fava beans are sweet and tender when cooked shelled from the pods, or frozen. TIP: Simply drop frozen beans into boiling water for ten minutes for beans that taste as fresh as the day they were harvested. The pods can be left for dried beans, (ready once pods turn black), which need overnight soaking before using. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	BROCCOLI - WINTER Nine Star Perennial Sprouting Cold-hardy perennial plants produce the first heads of white broccoli in March/April, followed by masses of the tender, sweet white broccoli shoots. Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: It produces 3 weeks earlier than purple sprouting broccoli, so extend your season of harvest by growing both! Seed May/ June, transplant by July/August. 200 days. Quantity:

$2.95	BRUSSELS SPROUTS 'Hercules' Sturdy plants loaded with large green sprouts of sweetest flavour after hard frosts. Seed in May, transplant by July for fall and winter harvests. 115 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	CARDOON Cynara cardunculus Clumps of serrated silvery leaves emerge in January. Stunning purple, thistle-like flowers appear in July. Winter hardy and fast to establish. Height 4 to 6 feet. A striking relative of the artichoke. A perennial with huge silvery/green leaves and purple thistle flowers, which are spectacular cut or dried. It is the fleshy stalks of immature leaves that are eaten, not the flower heads as with globe artichokes. Young celery-like leaf mid-ribs are edible. When new leaves emerge in spring, and reach 24" tall, wrap newspaper around the plant and harvest a month later. Can be marinated, or steamed. Considered a delicacy in Italy. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	CAULIFLOWER - Summer 'Rosalind' Deep-purple heads of cauliflower. Purple florets are a conversation piece on a dip tray. Plant in spring for summer and fall harvest. Flavour at peak before florets start to separate. 80 days from transplant. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	CELERIAC 'Prague' Delicious celery flavoured roots from October thru winter from a May sowing. Great for soups, saut�ing, or shredding into winter salads. Easier to grow than celery. 100 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	COLLARDS 'Champion' Easy-to-grow, nutritious, cool-weather greens for sweet, tasty fall, winter and early spring greens. Compact, bushy plants, height 18". Sweetest after hard frosts. 70 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	CRESS- Dutch Broadleaf Barbarea verna 50 days. Dark-green greens, similar to watercress, but grown on land. Rich source of Vitamin C. Self seeds readily. Adds tartness to salads & sandwiches. Fast growing. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	CUCUMBERS 'Marketmore' A reliable, early-maturing slicing cucumber, that also makes great pickles. 9"long, smooth, non-bitter cukes. Shorter vines mean you can space closer for more cukes. Very productive. 55 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	ENDIVE 'Tres Fine Marche' Fine-cut and frilly ornamental leaves, with cream-coloured hearts. Leaves add zing to salads. Attractive rosettes can be harvested over long periods. 65 days. Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Plant close together to stimulate blanching. Quantity:

$2.95	GROUND CHERRIES Physalis peruviana 'Aunt Molly's' Golden-orange ground cherries, with fruity pineapple flavour, grow in papery husks. When ripe they drop to the ground. There's no need to stake 2-foot sturdy plants. Eat fresh, in fruit salads, deserts, sweet sauces or as a preserve. They will produce good yields in all but long cool summers. 75 to 80 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	KALE Red Russian The easiest of kales to grow; will produce for a full year before going to seed. Flat serrated grey-green leaves with purple stems and veins are tender enough to eat raw in salads, and provide nutritious greens for lasagnas and casseroles. Self seeds readily for future harvests. Disease resistant and cold hardy, and rich in vitamins and minerals. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	LEEKS 'Durabel' 125 days. One of the best overwintering leeks for flavour and tender texture. Late to bolt, so you can harvest through to April. (Hard to find this seed commercially now.) Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	LEEKS 'Seigfried Frost' An excellent over wintering variety with thick stems of good flavour. Stand well for harvesting through winter. Spectacular, large purple allium seed heads are highly ornamental. 125 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	LETTUCE 'Buttercrunch' Light-green tender gourmet salad greens, the best for salad Nicoise! Compact 6" tall lettuces with tight heads of the finest tasting lettuce. Spacing only 6" for high yields in small space gardens. 60 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	LETTUCE 'Merlot' Frilly lettuce with deep, shiny-purple savoyed leaves. This is the darkest of all lettuces, splashy in the garden and the salad bowl. Slow to bolt. 55 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	LETTUCE 'Speckled Butterhead' Apple green, ruffled leaves with bright red speckles make an elegant addition to the salad bowl. Harvest large buttery leaves as needed. 50 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	LETTUCE 'Plato Romaine' Crisp juicy leaves for Caesar salads and sandwiches all season long. Dark-green Romaine holds well in the summer garden. Slow to bolt. Disease resistant variety. 65 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	LETTUCE 'Australian Salad Bowl' A variety that stands up well to heat. Large bright-green heads of leafy salad lettuce. Holds well in the summer garden, slow to bolt. Prolific production. 60 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	MESCLUN MIX Summer Blend A mix of lettuces, arugula, spinach, coriander, orach & kales for tasty greens. Seed in blocks and harvest as 'cut-and-come-again' greens. Continuous sowings for long harvests. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	MESCLUN MIX Winter Blend Cold-hardy lettuces, arugula, coriander, corn salad, spinach & kales offer nutritious winter greens. Seed in blocks, for 'cut-and-come-again' salad greens. Continuous sowings for long harvests. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	MAGENTA SPREAN SALAD GREENS Iridescent magenta leaf tips make a beautiful garnish and addition to salads and sandwiches. Young tender greens with delicate flavour are prolific. Self seeds readily. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	ORACH-PURPLE Atriplex hortensis 'Mountain Spinach' Fast growing purple leaves for salad pickings or steamed as spinach. Keeps purple colour when cooked. Easy-to-grow. Self seeds. Sun or part shade. Pinch tips for bushier plants. Height 30 inches. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	PEAS 'Brazilian Snowpeas' Huge yields of tender snow peas on 5' robust vines adorned with pretty pink flowers. Good dried soup pea if left to mature in pod. Perfect for stir fries, side dishes and fresh eating. 100 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	PEAS Asparagus Peas An ornamental edible vine with showy red flowers. Picked young & tender the 4-angled seedpods (with an asparagus flavor) are eaten lightly steamed or raw with dips. Height 18". Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	PEAS 'Darlaine' Yellow Soup Peas Good yields from 24" tall bushy plants that do not need staking. Pale-yellow round peas perfect for hearty winter soups and stews. Harvest 1 lb peas from a 15-foot row. 60 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

PHOTO UNAVAILABLE $2.95	PEAS 'Oregon Sugar Pod 11' Highly productive, disease resistant snow pea variety developed at Oregon State University. Six-foot vines need support for 4" pods, borne doubly. 65 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	PEAS 'Sugar Snap' These snap peas just keep on coming! Huge yields outperformed all other varieties I have grown. 3" pods can be harvested over a long period. Prolific vines grow to 8 feet and need good support. 62 days. This All American Selection AAS winner in 1979 sets a new standard for snap peas. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS 'Cayenne' Sturdy upright plants produce lots of large tapered peppers, 6" long that turn scarlet-red when ripe. Heat range from 1 to 10 is an 8. Produce best in hot summers. Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Grow peppers in 2-gallon pots in hot spots, one pepper per pot, and feed them weekly with liquid seaweed or compost tea. 70 - 80 days. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS 'Corno Giallo' High yields of 8-10 inch long fruits, thin-skinned and bright orange when mature. Slightly curved and tapered peppers of sweet eating flavour. Produce best in hot summers. Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Grow peppers in 2-gallon pots in hot spots, one pepper per pot, and feed them weekly with liquid seaweed or compost tea. 85 days. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS Early Jalapeno 3" thick-walled pungent peppers for fresh eating, salsas and pickling. Green peppers hottest when ripen to red. Grow well in cooler conditions. 65-70 days. Height 24". Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Grow one plant per 2-gallon pot in a hot spot; feed with liquid seaweed through the summer for best results. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS 'Habanero' On the scale of 1 to 10 this is a 10! Sturdy bushy plants set lots of small, fiery-hot peppers, bright orange when mature. Seeds take longer to germinate, needing a sustained period of 24 C (75 F) to grow into seedlings. Best grown on bottom heat (heater cables). Produce best in hot summers. TIP: Grow peppers in 2-gallon pots in hot spots, one pepper per pot, and feed them weekly with liquid seaweed or compost tea. 90 - 100 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS 'Hungarian Black' (Heirloom) Early peppers. Lots of purple/black 4" peppers on sturdy 18" plants. Medium hot flavour. Great dried pepper. 60-70days. Ht. 24". Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Grow one plant per 2-gallon pot in a hot spot; feed with liquid seaweed through the summer for best results. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS 'Jingle Bells' Sweet mini- bell peppers ripen to red. Highly ornamental, productive and early ripening. Height 30" 70 days. Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Grow one plant per 2-gallon pot in a hot spot; feed with liquid seaweed through the summer for best results. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS 'Klari Baby Cheese' Baby Gouda cheeses ripen from yellow to red. Sweet thick-walled peppers for fresh eating. High yields for long harvests. 65 days. Ht. 30". Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Grow one plant per 2-gallon pot in a hot spot; feed with liquid seaweed through the summer for best results. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS 'Pepperoncini' Italian Heirloom Bushy plants with slender 5" peppers, sweet as they ripen to red. For fresh eating or pickling. 70 days. Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Grow one plant per 2-gallon pot in a hot spot; feed with liquid seaweed through the summer for best results. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS 'Red Bull's Horn' Sweet Italian heirloom with slightly tapered, bright-red fruits curved like the horn of a bull. Tall productive plants will need support. 85 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS 'Rodeo Il Pepperoncini' (Italian Heirloom) Attractive plants covered with perky, sweet round peppers ripening to their sweetest when bright red. Wonderful for fresh eating, salsas, salads and pickling. Produce best in hot summers. Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Grow peppers in 2-gallon pots in hot spots, one pepper per pot, and feed them weekly with liquid seaweed or compost tea. 75 days. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS 'Scotch Bonnet' Number 10 for heat! Compact 12" plants yield thin-walled 3" rumpled peppers that start green and ripen to orange. Need heat to germinate. 90 days. Open -pollinated. Height 18"-24". Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Grow one plant per 2-gallon pot in a hot spot; feed with liquid seaweed through the summer for best results. Quantity:

$2.95	PEPPERS 'Tequila Sunrise' Carrot-shaped, 5"-long peppers ripen to golden orange. Thin-walled, and crunchy with a bit of a kick. 70-80 days. Click on image to view larger frame. TIP: Grow one plant per 2-gallon pot in a hot spot; feed with liquid seaweed through the summer for best results. Quantity:

$2.95	RADISHES 'Hungarian Black' 60 days. Black skin surrounds milky white tender interior, with a bit of a bite. Direct seed early spring to late summer. The later seeding will over winter. Best eaten when young. Edible seed pods. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	RADISHES 'White Icicle' Smooth white 3" long radishes with tapered roots. Mild flavour and crunchy bite. Medium-size tops can be used as salad greens. Direct seed in spring and again in fall. 27days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	RHUBARB 'Glaskin's Perpetual' A favourite in gardens for generations. A tart cooking rhubarb with greenish 12" long stalks that never get bitter. Reputed to have lower oxalic acid than other rhubarb. Divide 24" tall plants every 3years. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	SILVERBEET Large, dark-green leaves and juicy, thick white midribs perfect for tasty, nutritious steamed greens, soups, casseroles and stir-fries. Prolific harvests. Two veggies in one from this superior performer of UK origin. 60 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	SPINACH - PERPETUAL 50 - 60 days. .Slow-to-bolt greens for year round spinach. Lighter-textured leaf eaten raw in salads or lightly steamed. Sweeter after hard frosts. Sow in spring or fall for long harvests of 'spinach' throughout the year. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	SPINACH 'Senger' Deep green tasty leaves with a long season of harvest. A unique strain with superior performance in trials. Slow to bolt and productive. Cool weather crop for spring/fall. 50 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	SPINACH STRAWBERRY Chenopodium capitatum (16th Century) An ornamental edible with shiny red strawberry-like fruits on compact annual plants. Use to decorate salads and garnish summer dishes. Nutritious leaves and shoots are used in salads or steamed. Self seeds. Height 18 inches. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	TOMATILLO Purple Heirloom Deep violet skin colour bleeds into interior flesh which is juicy and lime green. The colour intensifies with sunlight. Sweeter than green tomatillos, this variety can be eaten right off the plant. Ready for harvest when the skin becomes dark purple, and the fruit has filled the papery husk to over bursting. Great for salsas. 75 -85 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	TOMATILLO Physalis ixocarpa 'TomateVerde' Mexican Husk Tomatoes Long harvests of Mexican green tomatoes in hot summers, from multi-lateral vines, which need good support. Lime-green juicy flesh can be eaten fresh or roasted. Harvest when fruits fill the husks. The authentic ingredient for Salsa verde. 80 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:

$2.95	WATERCRESS Nasturtium officinale Delicious tasty greens in salads, sandwiches & garnishes. Dark-green leaves grow on crisp stems. Direct seed in cool weather, in full sun and moist soils. 60 days. Click on image to view larger frame. Quantity:


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