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ABOUT OUR SEED
GMO-FREE WNC PETITION
VEGETABLES
Amaranth
Arugula
Asian Greens (Baby
Choi, Mizuna, Tatsoi)
Asparagus
Beans (Asparagus, Dry, Lima,
Pole, Runner, Snap Bush, Soy)
Beets
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Cardoon
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery & Celeriac
Chard
Collards
Corn
NEW! COVER CROPS
Cowpea
Cress
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Endive
Garlic
Gourds
Kale
Kohlrabi
Leeks
Lettuce
Mache
Melons
Mustard Greens
Okra
Onions
Parsnips
Peas
Peppers
Potatoes
Pumpkin
Radish
Radicchio
Rutabaga
Salsify
Sorghum
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Specialty Greens (Braising,
Lambsquarters, Orach)
Spinach
Squash
Sweet Potatoes
Tomatoes
Turnips
Watermelons
HERBS
Anise Hyssop
Ashwaganda
Basil
Bee Balm
Borage
Burdock
Calendula
Catnip
Chamomile
Chaste Tree
Chervil
Chives
Cilantro
Clary Sage
Codonopsis
Dill
Echinacea
Epazote
Fennel
Feverfew
Flax
Hyssop
Lemon Balm
Lovage
Marjoram
Motherwort
Mullein
Nasturtium
Parsley
Pennyroyal
Sage
Siberian Motherwort
Spilanthes
St. John’s Wort
Summer Savory
Thyme
Valerian
Violet Mustard
Woad
Yarrow
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FLOWERS/FLOWER MIXES
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Bachelor Button
Castor Bean
Cosmos
Daisies
Dianthus
Love Lies Bleeding
Lupine
Marigolds
Money Plant
Moonflower
Morning Glory
Poppy
Spider Flower Mix
Sunflowers
Tithonia
Zinnias
Annual Cut Flower Mix
Bee Feed Mix
Beneficial Attractant Mix
Hummingbird, Butterfly,
Songbird Mix
Low Grow Flower Mix
Partial Shade Flower Mix
South East Native Flower Mix
South East Naturalizing
Flower Mix
FALL-WINTER
PLANTING GUIDELINES
SAFE SEED PLEDGE
SEED COLLECTIONS
BOOKS
SEED PLANTING GUIDE
EVENTS
PROGRAMS
RETAIL STORE INFO & POLICIES
ORDER FORM
MEET OUR SEED GROWERS
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We begin our fourth season with gratitude for the extraordinary support you’ve shown us as
we’ve grown together in our community and in your gardens. This year’s open-pollinated and
heirloom seed offering features over 400 varieties of rare and exceptional vegetables, beautiful
flowers, and wonderfully useful herbs. Most of our new varieties were either produced in our
seed gardens or by our expanding network of regional growers (check out page 71 to meet
some of our seed growers this year). In response to customer requests, this year we will offer
organic and untreated cover crop seeds, starting on February 1st on our website (p. 20).
Check out the competitive pricing on our ever-expanding bulk seed selection, and our seasonal
offerings such as Sweet Potato Slips (p. 44), Asparagus Crowns (p. 7), Seed Garlic (p. 24), and
onion plants (p. 32).
In an ongoing effort to make growing our own food accessible to everyone, Sow True Seed
continues to donate seeds to schools throughout Western North Carolina through our
partner, Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) as well as to many deserving
community gardens and projects around the world, including gardens in Haiti, Jamaica, and
Ghana. We are also continuing our “Seed Money” Fundraiser Program to help schools and
nonprofits raise money by selling our heirloom seed within their communities (p. 67).
We are participating in the development of the Asheville-Buncombe County Food Policy
Counsel and the Southeast Organic Seed Working Group, which are exploring ways
to increase organic seed production in the southeast by expanding cooperative breeding to
select varieties best suited to our region’s conditions.
As the world around us seems to get more complicated, we are still working to provide
the highest quality open-pollinated and heirloom seeds available. This task is becoming
considerably more difficult with the escalation of genetic engineering (GE) in agriculture.
Unlabeled and untested, pollen drift from these GE crops is a threat to the integrity of organic
and non-GM crops. This is in direct conflict with our right to produce and consume pure, natural
food. For this reason, Sow True Seed has joined 82 other farmers, seed companies, and advocacy
groups to form the class action lawsuit, The Organic Seed Grower and Trade Association,
(OSGATA), et al. v. Monsanto, filed by the Public Patent Foundation. The lawsuit seeks to prevent
litigation from Monsanto towards certified organic growers who encounter cross-contamination
with GE seed through no fault of their own, and challenges the validity of Monsanto’s patents on
“Roundup Ready” seed varieties.
To bring this message home, Sow True Seed has launched a GMO-FREE WNC Petition (p. 5)
that seeks to establish agriculture zones throughout Western North Carolina free from
Genetically Modified crops. The petition gives a voice to the overwhelming majority of people
who support mandatory labeling of GM ingredients in our food. We ask you to join us in signing
the petition on-line at: www.sowtrueseed.com/gmo-free-wnc.
With a busy and exciting year ahead,
we hope you will stay connected with
Sow True Seed and sign up for the
newsletter on our website (2 times
per month) and “like” us on Facebook.
We love to share our world with you,
and learn more about you, our valued
customer!
With many thanks and sincere wishes
for a happy and prosperous harvest,
The Sow True Seed Team
828-254-0708 • www.sowtrueseed.com
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about our seed
JOIN US FOR A GMO-FREE WNC
Consisting of a patchwork of rural communities that encompass 9,700 square miles,
Western North Carolina’s Southern Appalachian Mountains support more botanical
diversity than any other temperate region in the western hemisphere. The traditional
native and immigrant seed savers in our mountains have produced some of the finest
vegetable varieties available. Heirloom seed inventories have concluded we have more
garden and pole bean varieties than any other region globally. Our ancestors preserved,
and we continue to sustain, one the most enduring regional agricultures in North America.
Please join us in our efforts to pass it on with care and respect.
GMO-FREE WNC PETITION
This petition supports the consumers, farmers and gardeners of Western
North Carolina (WNC) by seeking to establish agriculture zones that are free from
genetically modified (GM) crops and by asking for regulations to establish food
labeling for ingredients containing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).
Because:
1. Genetically Modified (GM) crops are not being adequately tested
or monitored and proven safe for human and livestock health;
2. Uncontrollable pollen drift from GM crops threatens wild plant species and
open-pollinated and heirloom varieties with mutation and possible extinction;
Our Seed Collection
We grow and source a broad selection of premium quality vegetable, herb, flower and
cover crop varieties that have survived the test of time based on their dependability,
usefulness and distinctive characteristics. The seeds we source come from our network
of skilled regional growers and independently-owned North American seed producers.
Open-Pollinated/Non Hybrid & Untreated: Sow True Seed exclusively offers
open-pollinated/non-hybrid seed that is not treated with fungicide or chemicals of any
kind. When properly saved and replanted, open-pollinated varieties will reproduce “true”
to the characteristics of the parent plants, providing the primary link to sustainability and
food sovereignty. Conversely, replanting seeds from F-1 hybrid and genetically modified
varieties will reproduce unstable and unreliable characteristics that result in a seasonal
dependence on the corporations that hold their patents.
Heirloom: Heirlooms are defined as open-pollinated varieties that were in circulation in
1940, prior to the introduction of F1 hybrids. Many heirlooms are much older and
have been passed down by families and traditional cultures for generations.
Certified Organic: Organically grown varieties are indicated by the word ORGANIC
printed after the variety name. Organic seed is grown and processed in accordance
with the USDA’s National Organic Program. Sow True Seed is inspected and Certified
Organic by the USDA accredited agency Quality Certification Services (www.qcsinfo.org).
3. Pollen drift to neighboring organic crops threatens the integrity of organic
food, which prohibits the use of GM seeds and ingredients;
4. GM crops increase the use of herbicides and pesticides that contaminate our
soil and water and encourage the adaptation of highly resistant weeds and pests;
5. And because consumers with doubts have no recourse because there is no
legal requirement to label Genetically Modified ingredients in the food we eat.
We hereby petition our elected officials to enact a moratorium
on the planting of GM crops in WNC and to require labeling of
GM ingredients in our region’s food supply.
to sign:
To sign the petition, please visit our website, www.sowtrueseed.com – click the top
left green button on the homepage, or visit our direct petition link at:
www.sowtrueseed.com/gmo-free-wnc
Or, visit our retail store to hand-sign the petition. Your help collecting signatures
is greatly appreciated. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to solicit
signatures on behalf of GMO-FREE WNC. We will be presenting this petition on
Earth Day, 2012 to North Carolina leaders. Help us spread the word!
Ecologically Grown (ECO): A seed industry term that indicates varieties that are grown
with ecological farming methods that are free from synthetic herbicides, pesticides,
fertilizers and genetically modified seed.
Certified Naturally Grown (CNG): – An international, peer-reviewed certification
program for direct market growers of produce and livestock that prohibits the use
of synthetic herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers, antibiotics, hormones and genetically
modified seed.
Quality Testing: To insure our customers receive the highest quality seed, we
perform germination tests with in-house standards that exceed the USDA’s minimum
percentages for germination.
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Sow True Seed • 146 Church Street • Asheville, NC 28801 • 828-254-0708
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amaranth
asian greens
Amaranth • Amaranthus
A traditional food plant in Africa and the
Americas, Amaranth is a great staple with gluten-free edible seeds and succulent leaves
that can be eaten fresh or cooked. Often grown as an ornamental with beautiful flowers
that can be dried. Nutrients: protein, vitamins C and B6, riboflavin, thiamin, folate,
pantothenic acid, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium, iron, and calcium.
Growing Guidelines: Easy-to-grow annual plant with light frost tolerance.
Sow in the spring and early summer. Amaranth will easily self-seed the following year.
Plant Seeds: 1/8”deep with 3” between seeds in rows 18” apart. Soil Temp: 60-85°F
Days to Seed Emergence: 8-12. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 6”. Seeds/oz: 25,000
Seed Wt./100’ Row: 1/16 oz. Days to Harvest: Young greens in 30-40. Flowers in
45-70. Grain, 75-110. Seed Viability: 3-10 years.
golden
giant
NEW! Amaranth - Golden Giant
ECO. 6-7’ tall plants that yield a pound of delicious
grain per plant. Young green leaves are edible and
a great addition to salads. Stem, veins, and flowers
are a lovely golden color. A great variety for both
food and ornamental use. Can be planted anytime
after danger of frost. 110 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
087-005-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.95
Amaranth - Hopi Red Dye,
ORGANIC
Item Number
Size
Price
087-002-1-G
Packet 0.5 gram
2.75
2 grams
ECO. Rare. 4-6’ tall plants with bright green leaves
and dense, high-yielding flower heads. The seeds are
a beautiful golden-orange color and can be used in
flours and for popping. The young leaves are edible.
Also called Manna de Montana. 98-110 days.
5.00
Asian Greens - Baby Choi, ORGANIC
Compact, vase shaped plants with dark-green leaves.
Cold and heat resistant. Eat fresh or cooked. 45 days.
Size
Price
Packet 1.5 gram
2.75
Item Number
Size
Price
003-009-2-G
1/8 oz
5.50
003-010-1-G
Packet 1.2 gram
2.75
003-010-2-G
1/8 oz
4.95
003-009-3-G
1/4 oz
7.25
087-006-1-C
Packet .5 gram
2.95
003-009-4-G
1 oz
11.20
087-006-2-C
1 oz
10.00
Size
Price
087-001-1-C
Packet 0.5 gram
2.25
087-001-2-C
1/8 oz
3.50
087-001-3-C
1 oz
7.50
arugula
Asian Greens - Mizuna
Long slender white ribs with bright green serrated
leaves. Delicious mild flavor. Use raw or cooked.
Planted early spring or late summer. 21 days to
harvest micro-greens and 40 days for mature heads.
Item Number
Size
Price
003-008-1-C
Packet 1.2 grams
1.95
003-008-2-C
1/4 oz
2.95
003-008-3-C
1 oz
6.10
003-008-4-C
1/4 lb
13.00
003-008-5-C
1/2 lb
21.00
Asian Greens - Tatsoi
HEIRLOOM. Attractive, deep green spoon-shaped
leaves on narrow white stems. Delicious in salads
and stir fry dishes.
Item Number
Size
Price
003-016-1-C
Packet 1.5 gram
2.25
003-016-2-C
1/8 oz
4.25
003-016-3-C
1/2 oz
9.25
003-016-4-C
1 oz
14.30
003-016-5-C
1/4 lb
28.80
asparagus
Arugula • Eruca sativa
This mildly spicy leafy green (also called garden
rocket, rocket, or rucola) is native to the Middle East where it has long been prized.
A hardy annual, arugula has grown in popularity in the US in recent years. Tender,
delicate greens add a peppery zing to the palate when eaten raw, dressed or cooked.
Arugula is a very popular ingredient of salad mixes. It may also be lightly steamed
with other greens such as mustard or turnip or used in creamed soups. Nutrients:
vitamins A, C, and K, folate, calcium, potassium, iron, magnesium, phosphorous,
and manganese.
Growing Guidelines: Very easy-to-grow by direct seed in full sun. Planted from
early spring into the summer and again late in the season. Arugula is
very fast-growing, quick to bolt in warm weather, and if allowed to flower, will readily
self-seed. Succession plantings every 2-3 weeks are recommended for a continual
harvest. Plant Seeds: 1/8” deep with 1-2” between seeds, in rows 15” apart. Soil
Temp: 50-85°F. Days to Seed Emergence: 3-7. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 4”
baby greens, 12” mature greens. Companions: kale, lettuce, cress, carrots. Seeds/oz:
13,000. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 3g. Yield/100’ row: 30-40#. Days to Harvest:
young leaves in 20, mature greens in 35. Seed Viability in ideal storage: 3-4 yrs.
arugula
Arugula - Arugula
Certified naturally grown. Hardy, dark-green wide leaves.
Unique watercress-like flavor. 30 days.
Arugula - Arugula
ORGANIC HEIRLOOM. 40 days. Hardy, dark-green
wide leaves. Unique watercress-like flavor. 30 days.
Asparagus • A. officinalis
Asparagus is native to the Mediterranean and
has been cultivated for many centuries. The mature plants, which are either male or
female, are lacy and fern-like, with the female plants bearing red berries in the fall. It is a
hardy, delicious, and very nutritious vegetable whose spears are harvested and enjoyed
in the early spring. It takes a fair amount of work to prepare and plant asparagus, but
the rewards are well worth the effort. A well planned asparagus bed will deliver tasty
delicacies for decades. Unless you can flash freeze asparagus, this is one vegetable
to be enjoyed when it is fresh, and then eagerly awaited next season. Nutrients: dietary
fiber, vitamins C, K, B6, and A, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, iron and zinc.
Growing Guidelines: Winter hardy, frost-tolerant perennial that grows in full
sun or partial shade. Transplant established seedlings or 1 yr old crowns in the spring
or fall into fertile, well-cultivated trenches 12” wide and 8-10” deep in rows 18-24” apart.
Cover the crowns with about 2 inches of soil, as the ferns emerge and grow, gradually fill
in the furrows with layers of rich soil and organic compost. Add 2-3” of aged mulch after
planting and each season. Plant Seeds: 1/2” deep in 4-6” pots. Soil Temp: 65-80°F
Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 12” Companions: basil, marigold, nasturtium, parsley,
tomato. Yield/100’ row: 400 spears. Seed Viability: 3-4 years.
Asparagus - Mary Washington
HEIRLOOM. Perennial. Strong growing variety produces
long, thick spears in May and June. Rust resistant,
vigorous, sweet, tender and succulent.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
002-005-1-C
1 gram
2.25
002-004-1-G
Packet 1 gram
2.75
002-005-2-C
1 oz
8.95
002-004-2-G
1/8 oz
6.90
Item Number
Size
Price
002-005-3-C
1/4 lb
18.00
002-004-3-G
1/4 oz
8.85
006-001-1-C
Packet 2.5 grams
2.50
002-005-4-C
1/2 lb
27.00
002-004-4-G
1/2 oz
11.25
006-001-2-C
10 grams
6.95
002-005-5-C
1 lb
39.00
006-001-3-C
20 grams
8.95
006-001-4-C
40 grams
15.00
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Long slender white ribs with bright green serrated
leaves. Delicious mild flavor. Use raw or cooked.
Planted early spring or late summer. 21 days to
harvest micro-greens and 40 days for mature heads.
003-009-1-G
Price
Item Number
Asian Greens - Mizuna, ORGANIC
Item Number
Size
HEIRLOOM. Edible-leaf variety with spoon-shaped, oval
leaves. Green leaves with a red center and veins. A
beautiful, exotic and delicious salad mix accent. 50 days.
mizuna
Our collection of leafy Asian vegetables from the Brassica family.
Item Number
Amaranth - Red Garnet
HEIRLOOM. 5-6’ tall. A beautiful ornamental with
edible leaves that produces a nutritious, gluten-free
grain. Used ceremonially, as a food dye, and as an
attractive dried flower.
087-002-2-G
NEW! Amaranth - Montana Popping
tatsoi
28 grams per oz. • 112 grams per ¼ lb. • 448 grams per 1 lb.
Call or check our website on
February 1st for pricing and
to order Mary Washington
asparagus crowns.
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bean
Lima Bush bean • Phaseolus limensis
NEW! Bean, Lima Bush Dixie Speckled Butterpea
ECO. A rare dwarf type. Produces bunches of 12”
long light green pods that are best harvested at 10”
or less. This bushy variety does not require poles for
support. 54 days.
Asparagus Bean • Vigna unguiculata
NEW! Bean, Asparagus -
NEW! Bean, Asparagus -
Stickless Wonder
ECO. A rare dwarf type. Produces bunches of
12” long light green pods that are best harvested
at 10” or less. This bushy variety does not require
poles for support. 54 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
106-002-1-C
Packet - 5 grams
2.95
NEW! Bean, Dry - Arikara Yellow
ECO. A prolific bushy variety. Plants produce yellow-tan
seeds that are great for baking. Has a good drought
tolerance. Seeds were originally obtained from the
Arikara tribe of North Dakota. 80 days.
HEIRLOOM. Plants produce very long light green pods.
Plants are reliable, heavy producers that should be
harvested when pods are 12-15”. Should be grown
on supports. Thrive in hot weather and are resistant
to bean beetles. Flavor is sweet and mild. Can be
cooked in the same fashion as dry beans. 75 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
106-001-1-C
Packet
2.95
Bean, Dry - October
RARE HEIRLOOM. Native American dry bean variety dating
back to the 1830s from the Cherchei Nation in Tennessee.
Prolific producer and a great winter staple. Bush habit.
85-90 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
009-006-1-C
Packet - 14 grams
2.50
009-003-1-C
Packet - 14 grams
2.95
NEW! Bean, Dry - Bumblebee
ECO. This Maine heirloom produces large, striking
white seeds with a dark splash of maroon-black at
the eye. High vitamin and mineral content. Stout 16”
plants produce 5” pods with 3-5 large seeds each.
Bush habit. 85-98 days.
NEW! Bean, Dry - Peregion
ECO. This Oregon heirloom produces perhaps the most
beautiful of all dry beans, most are striped or marbled.
These small-sized beans are excellent for baking and soups.
Hardy, very productive bush-type plants. Disease resistant
and easy to grow. 95 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
009-007-1-C
1 oz
2.95
009-008-1-C
Packet - 14 grams
2.50
NEW! Bean, Dry - Hutterite Soup
ECO. A bushy, productive Hutterite heirloom. The
greenish-yellow seeds have a distinctive dark ring
around the eye. The seeds cook quickly and make a
great creamy soup. 85 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
009-004-1-C
Packet - 21 grams
2.50
8
Size
Price
109-001-1-C
Packet
2.50
Yard Long Red Seeded
dry bean • Phaseolus vulgaris Beans, which have been cultivated for
thousands of years throughout the world, are part of the legume family. They grow
in pods and come in a huge profusion of colors and forms. They are eaten both fresh
and dried and grow on plants that can stand alone (bush beans) or on vines (pole and
runner beans) which need trellising of some kind. They have the ability to fix nitrogen
in the soil and thus make good rotation partners in the garden for plants with a high
requirement for nitrogen. Leave beans on the vines to dry. Nutrients: dietary fiber,
protein, vitamins A and C and riboflavin. Growing Guidelines: Direct seed after danger of frost in well-drained soil
which has had a chance to warm up. Beans can be planted in succession until
mid-summer. Plant Seeds: 1” deep, with 2-3” between seeds in rows 12-18” apart.
Soil Temp: 75-90° F. Days to Seed Emergence: 8-16. Companions: beets, carrots,
cabbage family, radish, nasturtium. Antagonists: basil, onions, garlic, fennel, leek.
Seeds/oz: 90 Seed Wt./100’ Row: 8 oz. Yield/100’ row: 40-50 lbs.
Days to Harvest: 60-90 days. Seed Viability in good conditions: 3-6 years.
tiger eye
Item Number
NEW! Bean, Dry - Tiger Eye
ECO. Seeds are yellow with maroon stripes. Beans have
a wonderfully rich flavor and smooth texture. Tender skins
almost disappear when cooked. Great for chili or refried
beans. Can also be used as fresh shell bean. Bush habit.
85-95 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
009-005-1-C
Packet - 14 grams
2.95
009-005-2-C
1 oz
4.95
pole bean • Phaseolus vulgaris Pole beans are long-vined and therefore need trellising
of some kind. By taking advantage of vertical space, they produce more per square foot than other bean
varieties, and thus are preferred for compact gardens. Most pole bean varieties have continual harvest
throughout the growing season.
Growing Guidelines: Frost sensitive annual that is direct seeded and grows up to 8’ on trellises, poles,
tipis or sunflowers, to produce high yields and ease of harvest. Plant Seeds: 1” deep with 2-3” between
seeds in rows 3-4’ apart. Soil Temp: 60-80°F. Days to Emergence: 8-16. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing:
4-6”. Companions: beets, carrots, squash, cabbage family, nasturtium, sunflowers. Seeds/oz: 60 Seed
Wt./100’ Row: 6 oz. Yield/100’ row: 150-200 lbs. Days to Harvest: 60-80. Seed Viability: 3-6 years.
Bean, Pole - Greasy, Cut Short
RARE APPALACHIAN HEIRLOOM. A Western North
Carolina market variety. Pods have glossy “greasy”
skin which reduces wilting. Unique buttery bean
flavor. Remove pod strings prior to eating.
Pods 4-5” long. 85 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
013-003-1-C
Packet - 14 grams
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013-003-2-C
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2 oz
HEIRLOOM. A vigorous variety of pole lima bean with
dark-green and creamy white pods and a honey-like
flavor. Vines grow to 10 feet. 88 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
011-003-1-C
Packet - 30 grams
2.50
011-003-2-C
1/4 lb
4.95
011-003-3-C
1/2 lb
8.95
011-003-4-C
1 lb
12.50
NEW! Bean, Pole - Lazy Wife Greasy
Bean, Pole - Greasy, Long
RARE APPALACHIAN HEIRLOOM. A Western North
Carolina market variety, pods have glossy “greasy”
skin which reduces wilting. Unique buttery bean flavor.
Remove pod strings prior to eating. Longer than
Greasy Cut Short, 6-8” long pods. 85 days.
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Bean, Pole - King of the Garden
Size
NEW! Bean, Pole -
Greasy, WNC Market
ECO. A traditional mountain favorite. Smooth,
green-skinned string beans have an incredibly
delicious flavor. A mix of regionally grown greasy
varieties collected from vendors at the WNC
Farmer’s Market. 85 days. Limited supply in 2012.
Item Number
Size
Price
013-007-1-C
Packet
2.95
Bean, Pole - Kentucky Wonder
APPALACHIAN HEIRLOOM. Long, fleshy and stringless
pole bean. Early maturing, productive and very reliable.
Enjoyed fresh, canned, dried, and frozen. 68 days.
ECO. North Carolina Heirloom. Large, prolific plants
produce thick, very fleshy, and stringless pods. Pods
remain tender until the beans are quite large. A great
shelling bean as well. 78 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
011-004-1-C
Packet
2.95
Bean, Pole - Rattlesnake
HEIRLOOM. Dark-green pod with purple streaks.
High yields of tender, stringless, 7” pods. Can reach
up to 10’ tall. Also used as a dry bean. 65 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
013-001-1-C
Packet - 21 grams
2.25
013-001-2-C
1/4 lb
4.25
013-001-3-C
1 lb
9.75
Bean, Pole - Romano
HEIRLOOM. An Italian variety with high yields of
6” flat stringless pods. 65 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
013-005-1-C
Packet - 30 grams
2.50
Item Number
Size
Price
013-005-2-C
1/4 lb
5.60
013-002-1-C
Packet - 21 grams
2.25
013-005-3-C
1/2 lb
7.40
013-002-2-C
1/4 lb
4.95
013-005-4-C
1 lb
12.50
013-002-3-C
1/2 lb
6.50
013-002-4-C
1 lb
9.75
9
asparagus
bean Continued
Continued
Runner Bean • Perennial vining legumes that are grown as an annual in
scarlet
runner
temperate climates. The green pods are edible whole but in some varieties (the scarlet
runner) tend to become fibrous early, and only the seeds within are eaten fresh or as
dried beans. The starchy roots are still eaten by Central American Indians. In the US,
the scarlet runner is widely grown for its red flowers that attract hummingbirds.
Nutrients: dietary fiber, protein, vitamins A and C and riboflavin. Growing Guidelines: Direct seed after danger of frost in well-drained soil which
has had a chance to warm up. Beans can be planted in succession until mid-summer.
Plants can be left to “run” on the ground or grow on short trellises. Plant Seeds:
1” deep, with 2-3” spacing in rows 12-18” apart. Soil Temp: 75-90°F.
Days to Seed Emergence: 8-16 days. Companions: beets, carrots, cabbage family,
radish, nasturtium. Antagonists: basil, onions, garlic, fennel, leek. Seeds/oz: 40-65.
Seed Wt./100’ Row: 8 oz. Yield/100’ row: 80 lbs. Days to Harvest: 50-75 days.
Seed Viability: 3-6 years.
Bean, Runner - Scarlet Runner
HEIRLOOM. Fat, slightly fuzzy pods filled with a rich, savory
flavor bean. Eat pods early or shell as pods mature. Scarlet
flowers attract hummingbirds. 75 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
014-001-1-C
Packet - 20 grams
2.50
Bean, Runner - White Half Runner
HEIRLOOM. Bushy plants produce fleshy 4” pods. Beans
have a sweet flavor. Heat and drought tolerant. Can be eaten
fresh when harvested young. Produces heavy yields early.
Can be frozen, canned or used as a shell bean for winter
baking. 60 days. or
call
check website
Item Number
Size
Price
016-002-1-C
Packet - 14 grams
2.25
016-002-2-C
1/4 lb
3.95
016-002-3-C
1/2 lb
5.95
016-002-4-C
1 lb
8.95
NEW! Bean, Snap Bush - Romano
A bush version of the “Romano Pole Bean.”
Low spreading plants produce straight, thick pods.
Pods are stringless. Good for canning, freezing, and
eating raw. Resistant to rust which makes this variety
productive in fall. 63 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Size
Price
016-012-1-C
Packet
2.50
014-002-1-C
Packet - 21 grams
2.95
016-012-2-C
1/4 lb
4.80
016-012-3-C
1/2 lb
6.40
016-012-4-C
1 lb
11.20
Snap bush beans are quick
and easy to grow. Trellising is not necessary, and most varieties have 1-2 flushes of
harvest. Nutrients: dietary fiber, protein, vitamins A and C and riboflavin. strike
Bean, Snap Bush - Royal Burgundy
Growing Guidelines: Direct seed after danger of frost in well-drained soil
HEIRLOOM. Delicious 5” long, deep purple pods are
highly productive. Beautiful display for market.
Stringless pods turn green when cooked. 55 Days.
which has had a chance to warm up. Can be planted in succession until mid-summer.
Plant Seeds: 1” deep, with 2-3” spacing in rows 12-18” apart. Soil Temp: 75-90°F.
Days to Emergence: 8-16 days. Companions: beets, carrots, cabbage family, radish,
nasturtium. Antagonists: basil, onions, garlic, fennel, leek. Seeds/oz: 90.
Seed Wt./100’ Row: 8 oz. Yield/100’ row: 80 lbs. Days to Harvest: 50-75 days.
Seed Viability in good conditions: 3-6 years.
NATIVE AMERICAN HEIRLOOM. Bush-type plant
produces excellent yields of 6” long yellow wax beans.
Excellent fresh, canned, or frozen. 58 days.
HEIRLOOM. A favorite of many market growers with
green 5-8” pods and early high yields. Widely-adapted,
stress-tolerant and good disease resistance. 50 days.
Item Number
Snap Bush Bean • Phaseolus vulgaris
Bean, Snap Bush - Cherokee Wax
Bean, Snap Bush - Provider
Bean, Snap Bush Kentucky Wonder Bush
Item Number
Size
Price
016-010-1-C
Packet - 14 grams
2.50
016-010-2-C
1/4 lb
5.90
bean
Bean, Snap Bush - Royal Purple
Pod, ORGANIC HEIRLOOM. Delicious 5” long,
deep purple pods are highly productive. Beautiful
display for market. Stringless pods turn green when
cooked. 55 Days.
Item Number
Size
Price
016-007-1-G
Packet - 14 grams
2.75
016-007-2-G
2 oz
5.25
Bean, Snap Bush - Strike
HEIRLOOM. Large vigorous grower with high yields.
Attractive, very smooth green pods about 5.5“
long. Holds well for shipping. 55 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
016-003-1-C
Packet - 14 grams
2.50
016-003-2-C
1 oz
4.50
Bean, Snap Bush Tendergreen Improved
HEIRLOOM. This vigorous plant produces long, straight
and perfectly round 6” pods. Unusually long pods boost
yields. Great home garden or market variety. 52 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
016-008-1-C
Packet - 14 grams
1.95
016-008-2-C
1/4 lb
3.95
016-008-3-C
1/2 lb
5.95
Soy Bean • A staple of Japanese cuisine, Edamame are unique soybeans that
giant
midori
edamame
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
016-004-1-C
Packet - 14 grams
2.25
are harvested at the green stage. They are lightly boiled in water and eaten as a snack
or appetizer by popping the beans out of the pods. An easy-to-grow, highly nutritious,
delicious snack that is very popular with children. Nutrients: dietary fiber, protein,
vitamins A and C and riboflavin. 016-001-1-C
Packet - 14 grams
2.25
016-004-2-C
1/4 lb
3.95
Growing Guidelines: Frost sensitive annual. Direct seed into well-cultivated soil
016-001-2-C
1/4 lb
3.95
016-004-3-C
1 lb
8.95
016-001-3-C
1/2 lb
5.95
016-001-4-C
1 lb
8.95
Bean, Snap Bush - Dragon Tongue
HEIRLOOM. Remarkably flavored large yellow pods with
bright purple streaks. A high yielding, versatile bean
eaten fresh, shelled or dried. 57-95 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
016-009-1-C
Packet - 14 grams
2.50
016-009-2-C
2 oz
5.25
NEW! Bean, Fava, Aquadulce
Very straight, dark green, 7” pods are borne on 22-26”
tall sturdy bushes. Seeds are mottled purple. Great
bush bean flavor. The concentrated sets are easy to
harvest. Does not need to be trellised. 65 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
107-001-1-C
Packet - 28 grams
2.95
107-001-2-C
1/2 lb
6.10
107-001-3-C
1 lb
11.25
10
HEIRLOOM. A dark-green, very flavorful bush variety.
Good yields and easy to harvest. 58 days.
NEW! Bean, Snap Bush -
Maxibel Haricot Vert, ORGANIC
Very straight, dark green, 7” pods are borne on 22-26”
tall sturdy bushes. Seeds are mottled purple. Great bush
bean flavor. The concentrated sets are easy to harvest.
Does not need to be trellised. 65 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
016-011-1-G
Packet - 14 grams
2.95
after danger of frost has passed and soil has warmed to 55-60 degrees. Plant Seeds:
1⁄2 inch deep with 2-4” between seeds, in rows 30 inches apart. Soil Temp: 55°F
Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 8-10”. Companions: All plants grow well with
soybeans. Seeds/oz: 100-130. Days to Harvest: 65-90 days.
Bean, Soy - Edamame,
Midori Giant, ORGANIC
Bean, Soy - Edamame, Mojo Green
HEIRLOOM. Early variety and heavy producer. Large
seeds produce 2-3 beans per pod. 70 Days.
Bushy, erect plants with abundant pods containing 2-3
beans each. Vigorously growing edamame. 92 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
093-001-1-C
Packet - 14 grams
2.95
093-003-1-G
Packet - 14 grams
2.95
093-001-2-C
1/4 lb
6.75
093-003-2-G
1 oz
4.95
093-001-3-C
1/2 lb
13.50
093-003-3-G
1/4 lb
16.00
093-001-4-C
1 lb
24.00
Check out our catalong online as a PDF or
simply browse our online seed offering!
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beet
broccoli
Beet • Beta vulgaris Beets, often called beetroot, table or garden beet, are
one of those useful vegetables in the garden from which every part can be eaten. In
the Chenopod family, it is related to chard and spinach, evident in the tender, young
beet greens which are delicious and highly nutritious. Beets are eaten raw, boiled,
sliced in salads, pickled, roasted, used in soups or as food coloring. Beets will store
for 1-4 months depending on the variety and can be canned, frozen, pickled, juiced
and dehydrated. Nutrients: dietary fiber, vitamins A, C, B6, thiamine, riboflavin,
folate, niacin, iron, potassium, manganese, magnesium, and phosphorus.
Growing Guidelines: Easy-to-grow, moderately frost-tolerant biennial, direct
seeded in spring and summer into evenly moist soil in full sun. Succession planted
throughout the spring and late summer for harvest through the fall and into the winter.
Plant Seeds: 1/2” deep, with 1-2” between seeds, in rows 6-10” apart. Soil Temp:
45-75°F. Days to Seed Emergence: 5-17. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 3-5”.
Companions: beets, carrots, lettuce onion, spinach, tomato, nasturtium, cilantro
and dill. Antagonists: beans and strawberries. Seeds/oz: 2200. Seed Wt./100’
Row: .5 oz. Yield/100’ row: 100 lbs. Days to harvest: 35 days for greens and
50-80 for roots. Seed Viability in ideal storage: 2-3 years.
Beet - Chioggia
HEIRLOOM. An Italian variety with a very sweet and
beautiful red root that shows concentric rings alternating
white and garnet when sliced. 54 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
018-006-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
2.25
018-006-2-C
1/4 oz
4.95
018-006-3-C
1/2 oz
7.25
018-006-4-C
1 oz
10.40
Beet - Detroit Dark Red, ORGANIC
HEIRLOOM. Deep burgundy 3” globed shaped roots
with dark-green streaked leaves and crimson veins.
Very attractive and flavorful as root or greens.
Introduced in 1892. 50 Days.
Beet - Green Top Bunching,
ORGANIC Bright red, slightly flattened globes with
tender green tops. Excellent for bunching. 56 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
018-009-1-G
Packet - 2 grams
2.75
NEW! Beet - Lutz Green Leaf
A great variety for both fresh use and for fall harvest.
Stores very well in winter. One of the sweetest varieties available. Retains its sweet flavor and texture even
when large. The fall leaves are edible and good for
salads. Also called “Winter Keeper.” 70 days.
Item Number
Size
018-011-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
2.50
018-011-2-C
1/4 oz
4.95
1 oz
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
018-011-3-C
10.40
018-002-1-G
Packet - 2 grams
2.75
018-011-4-C
1/4 lb
16.90
018-002-2-G
1/2 oz
5.30
018-011-5-C
1 lb
25.00
HEIRLOOM. Tasty and abundant greens with early
producing, very flavorful red roots. Good for garden
or container. 48 days.
HEIRLOOM This sweet, yellow variety has a more subtle
flavor than red beets. The root can reach ten pounds and
the large leaves make an excellent chard-like steamed
green. Easy to grow and keeps well. Grows well in spring
and fall. 65 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
018-003-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
1.95
Item Number
Size
Price
018-003-2-C
1/2 oz
3.25
018-012-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
2.95
018-003-3-C
1/4 lb
9.75
018-003-4-C
1/2 lb
16.50
018-003-5-C
1 lb
23.50
Beet - Golden Detroit
HEIRLOOM. Dual purpose rich flavored bright golden
smooth roots and succulent greens. Roots stay sweet,
will not become fibrous when large and do not bleed
like red beets. Introduced in 1928. 50-55 days.
Item Number
Size
018-010-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
Price
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unavail1/2
018-010-2-C
018-010-3-C
1 oz
018-010-4-C
1/4 lb
di cicco
waltham
Broccoli • B. oleracea - B. rapa Like its relatives in the Brassica family, Broccoli, popularized
in modern times by the Italians, is a highly nutritious cool season vegetable. With tree-like stalks, It can be
steamed, shredded into slaw, stir-fried, and eaten raw. Best storage method is freezing. Some experts
claim that broccoli, when steamed, helps reduce overall cholesterol because of its high dietary fiber content.
Nutrients: dietary fiber, vitamins C and K, potassium, folate, beta-carotene and the phytochemical quercitin.
Growing Guidelines: Moderate frost-tolerant biennial. Direct seeded and transplanted in spring and
late summer in evenly moist soil and full sun. Plant Seeds: 1/2” deep with 2-4” between seeds in rows 12-18”
apart. Soil Temp: 50-80°F. Days to Seed Emergence: 4-10. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 18-24”.
Companions: beets, carrots, lettuce, onion, spinach, tomato, nasturtium, cilantro, dill. Antagonists: beans
and strawberries. Seeds/oz: 7,000. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 5 grams. Average Yield/100’ row: 75lbs.
Days to Harvest: 50-85. Seed Viability: 4-5 years.
Broccoli - Di Ciccio, ORGANIC
HEIRLOOM. A vigorous growing, light-green plant that
produces high yields of excellent quality 4” heads. This
tasty, compact 2-3’ plant was introduced in 1890. 55 days.
Broccoli - Rappini Spring Raab,
ORGANIC
An Italian non-heading broccoli raab commonly
grown for its asparagus flavored early spring shoots.
55 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
019-001-1-G
Packet - 1.75 grams
2.75
Item Number
Size
Price
019-006-1-G
Packet - 1.5 grams
2.95
019-001-2-G
1/8 oz
4.10
019-001-3-G
1/4 oz
6.25
019-001-4-G
1 oz
12.60
019-001-5-G
1/4 lb
21.00
Broccoli Green Sprouting Calabrese
HEIRLOOM. An old-fashioned slow-bolting broccoli
with large, dark-green central heads that gives way
to multiple side shoots once cut. 60-90 days.
Item Number
NEW! Beet - Yellow Mangel
Beet - Early Wonder
rapPini spring raab
Size
Broccoli - Waltham
Fall variety that tolerates frost. Produces 4-8”
diameter heads with lateral buds after head is
harvested. Low, compact plant. 74 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
019-003-1-C
Packet - 1.75 grams
1.95
019-003-2-C
1/4 oz
3.95
019-003-3-C
1/2 oz
6.90
Price
019-003-4-C
1 oz
8.00
1/4 lb
14.90
1 lb
26.00
019-005-1-C
Packet - 1.75 grams
2.50
019-003-5-C
019-005-2-C
1/8 oz
3.95
019-003-6-C
019-005-3-C
1/4 oz
5.35
019-005-4-C
1 oz
8.40
NEW! Broccoli - Early Fall Rappini
An early bolting variety that produces tender, leafy flower
shoots. Produces good yields of raab with a mustard-like
flavor. Adapted well for early fall planting and winter
harvest. Plants grow 18 to 24 inches tall. 45 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
019-007-1-C
Packet - 1.5 grams
2.50
Let my words,
like vegetables, be
tender and sweet–
for tomorrow I may
have to eat them.
- Author Unknown
Secure online purchase can be made at
www.sowtrueseed.com
12
13
brussels sprouts
Continued
Brussels Sprouts • B. oleracea
As their name implies, Brussels
Sprouts were spread to the rest of the world from the region that is now Belgium and
Flanders. Another member of the Brassica family, these miniature-cabbage-looking
vegetables are very hardy and become sweeter after fall frosts. Once established in
the fall garden they can be harvested through much of the winter affording fresh food
in the cold months. Nutrients: vitamins A, C, E, K, B6, thiamine, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, iron, calcium, magnesium, manganese, potassium, dietary fiber. Growing Guidelines: A very frost-tolerant, winter hardy biennial. Spring and
late summer planted, by either direct seed or transplant, into evenly moist soil in full
sun. Plant Seeds: 1/4-1/2” deep with 4-6 “ between seeds, in rows 18-24” apart.
Soil Temp: 50-85°F. Days to Emergence: 5-17. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing:
18-24”. Companions: beets and carrots. Antagonists: beans and strawberries.
Seeds/oz: 5,000. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 5 grams. Average Yield/100’ row: 60 lbs.
HEIRLOOM. Widely adapted commonly grown variety
with 50-100 1 1/4 to 1 1/2” tight dark-green sprouts.
Compact, semi-upright plants are 20” tall. 90 days.
Size
Price
021-001-1-C
Packet - 1.75 grams
2.25
021-001-2-C
1/8 oz
3.95
021-001-3-C
1/4 oz
6.40
021-001-4-C
1 oz
021-001-5-C
021-001-6-C
HEIRLOOM. This early and very reliable cabbage
features 5-7” conical, solid, tightly-folded heads.
Good overwintering variety with great flavor. 68 days.
Brussels Sprouts - Catskill
Heavy yields of large, dark green, firm 1 1/4” - 1 3/4”
sprouts. Use mainly for fall crops, semi-dwarf 20-24”
tall plants. Direct seed mid-summer for fall/winter
harvest. Very winter hardy.
Item Number
Size
Price
8.25
021-002-1-C
Packet - 1.75 grams
2.50
1/4 lb
16.80
021-002-2-C
1/8 oz
4.75
1 lb
36.00
021-002-3-C
1/4 oz
7.85
Early variety cabbage. Small, compact plants, the
best red storage variety with resistance to cabbage
yellows and splitting. Beautiful reddish-purple heads.
Delicious both cooked and raw. Adds flavor and color
to salads, cole slaw, sauerkraut, and beautiful stuffed
cabbage. 76 days.
Size
Price
023-003-1-C
Packet - 1.75 grams
1.95
023-003-2-C
1/4 oz
4.25
023-003-3-C
1 oz
6.50
Item Number
Size
Price
023-003-4-C
1/4 lb
11.20
023-008-1-G
Packet - 1.5 grams
2.75
023-003-5-C
1 lb
23.00
023-008-2-G
1/8 oz
7.65
023-008-3-G
1/2 oz
9.50
023-008-4-G
1 oz
14.70
Cabbage - Perfection Savoy
Item Number
Size
Price
023-007-1-C
Packet - 1.75 grams
2.50
023-007-2-C
1/8 oz
3.95
023-007-3-C
1/4 oz
5.90
023-007-4-C
1/2 oz
7.70
023-007-5-C
1 oz
11.20
023-007-6-C
1/4 lb
19.00
cabbage
It’s no use boiling your
cabbage twice.
- Irish proverb
cardoon
red acre
PERFECTION
savoy
EARLY JERSEY
wakefield
Cabbage • B. oleracea Known to have been widely cultivated by the Greeks and Romans, and for
centuries before that in the Mediterranean region, where they are native. Cold tolerant and highly nutritious,
cabbages are eaten stuffed, steamed, in salads and slaws, in soup and as sauerkraut. To store for the winter
they can be pulled and placed roots down into a trench or hole, lined with mulch and then covered with mulch
and soil. Nutrients: dietary fiber, vitamins C and K, potassium, folate, beta-carotene and flavonoids.
Growing Guidelines: Moderate frost tolerance. Direct seed or transplant in spring and late summer
in evenly moist soil and full sun. Succession plant for staggered harvest. Plant Seeds: 1/4-1/2” deep with
4-6” between seeds in rows 18-24” apart. Soil Temp: 45-85°F. Days to Emergence: 5-17. Thin To/Mature
Plant Spacing: 18-24”. Companions: beets, carrots, dill, lettuce, onion, tomato, nasturtium, cilantro.
Seeds/oz: 7500. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 5 grams. Average yield/100’ row: 60 heads.
Cabbage - Charleston Wakefield
HEIRLOOM. 4-6 lb. dark-green uniform conical heads.
A southern market favorite. 70-74 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
023-006-1-C
Packet - 1.75 grams
2.25
023-006-2-C
1/4 oz
4.25
023-006-3-C
1 oz
6.50
023-006-4-C
1/2 lb
18.10
14
NEW! Cabbage - Red Acre
ORGANIC
Item Number
Dark-green, deeply crumpled (savoyed) leaves. A cold
hardy excellent keeper. Rich flavor is enhanced with
frost. 90 days.
Brussels Sprouts - Long Island Improved
Item Number
Cabbage - Early Jersey Wakefield
cabbage
Cardoon • Cynara cardunculus
Also called Artichoke Thistle or Cardoni,
this thistle-like plant is native to the Mediterranean. A beautiful ornamental, with stalks
that are delicious steamed or braised, with an artichoke-like flavor. Nutrients: vitamins
C, B6, folate (high), pantothenic acid, calcium, phosphorous, potassium, sodium, copper,
manganese. Growing Guidelines: Moderately frost hardy perennial, grown in full sun.
Plant Seeds: 6 weeks before danger of last frost, 1/4” deep In 6” containers.
Transplant with 18-24” between plants. Soil Temp: 75°F.
Days to harvest: 120-150 days. Seed Viability: 4-5 years.
Cardoon - Large Smooth
HEIRLOOM. Robust growing 6’ tall plants with edible
roots and smooth thickened leaf stalks. 110-120 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
103-001-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.95
103-001-2-C
1/8 oz
7.00
103-001-3-C
1 oz
23.00
Cabbage - Copenhagen Market
HEIRLOOM. This ole’ time Dutch variety is a gardener’s
favorite featuring attractive blue-green colored leaves
and compact growth. Produces 6-8” 3-4 lb. round, solid
green heads. 65-75 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
023-001-1-C
Packet - 1.75 grams
1.95
023-001-2-C
1/2 oz
6.35
023-001-3-C
1 oz
8.90
023-001-4-C
1/4 lb
11.75
023-001-5-C
1 lb
24.00
15
carrot
cauliflower
DANVERS
little finger
cosmic purple
Carrot • Daucus carota
Carrots come in a wonderful array of colors, sizes and varieties, and
provide delicious nutrition from early summer through winter. Wild carrot, which grows worldwide, shares
the same genus and species with domesticated carrots, although archeologists deem it unlikely that one
developed from the other. Present day, sweet rooted, orange carrots probably had their roots (pun intended)
in Afghanistan at least 2000 years ago and were probably purple and yellow. Carrots store well in the ground
under a thick layer of mulch or, alternatively, in damp sand placed in a cool environment that does not freeze.
Nutrients: vitamins A, C, D, E, K, B1 and B6, potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphorous.
Growing Guidelines: A frost-tolerant biennial that is direct seeded in the full sun, early spring
through early fall. Carrots can be succession planted for sustained harvest throughout the year.
Established fall plantings may be stored in the ground over winter until needed or for an early spring harvest.
Plant Seeds: 1/4-1/2”deep with a 1/2” between seeds in rows 12-16” apart. Soil Temp: 45-85°F .
Days to Emergence: 6-21 Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 1-3”. Companions: beans, cabbage and
onion families, peas, rosemary, sage. Seeds/oz: 18,000. Seed Wt./ 100’ Row: 10 grams
Yield/100’ row: 100 lbs. Days to Harvest: 65-80. Seed Viability: 3-5 years.
Carrot - Atomic Red
Coral-red 9” roots with medium tops. Cooking
deepens color and improves taste and texture. Main
season variety. Particularly high in lycopene, an
anti-oxidant thought to prevent cancer. 70 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
026-005-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.95
026-005-2-C
1/8 oz
6.00
026-005-3-C
1/2 oz
10.00
026-005-4-C
1 oz
18.00
026-005-5-C
1/4 lb
39.00
Carrot - Cosmic Purple
Main season carrot with 6 -7” long deep purple roots
and orange interior. Sweet carrot with a touch of
spiciness. 70 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
026-006-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.95
026-006-2-C
1/8 oz
6.00
026-006-3-C
1/2 oz
10.00
026-006-4-C
1 oz
18.00
Carrot - Danvers, ORGANIC
Widely adapted, productive, and heat tolerant. Produces
dark orange roots 6-7” long that taper to a blunt point.
Grows well in heavy clay soils. 75 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
026-004-1-G
Packet - 1 gram
2.75
026-004-2-G
4 grams
6.50
026-004-3-G
1 oz
11.10
Carrot - Little Finger
Very sweet, baby gourmet. Bright orange 3” cylindrical
roots that have smooth skin and a very small core.
Develops quickly and is best picked early for tender,
young, bite-sized treats. 55-65 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
026-008-1-C
Packet - 0.7 grams
2.25
16
Carrot - Red Core Chantennay
HEIRLOOM. Premium all purpose, deep red-orange
carrot. 5-6” long and 2 1/2” at shoulder. An excellent
keeper that sweetens in storage. 65-75 days.
Cauliflower • B. oleracea
Cauliflower was developed as a food crop
by the Italians and passed on to the French in the 16th century. It is eaten sauteed,
steamed, boiled, and pickled. It freezes well if cut into florets, blanched in boiling water
for a couple of minutes, then cooled quickly. Nutrients: High in calcium and dietary
fiber, folate, vitamin C. Growing Guidelines: A moderately frost-tolerant plant that is planted spring
through late summer in full sun. Plant seeds: 1/4”deep in containers 25 days before
the hardest frosts will cease in your area. Transplant 18” between plants, 2’ between
rows, when nighttime temps won’t drop below 20 °F. As the heads begin to form, tie
their leaves to cover and protect them from sun burn (blanching). Soil Temp: 50-85°F.
Days to Emergence: 5-15. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 18”. Companions: beets,
carrots, dill, lettuce, onion, spinach, tomato, nasturtium, cilantro. Seeds/oz: 8,000.
Seed Wt./100’ Row: 4 grams. Yield/100’ row: 60 heads. Days to Harvest: 90-115.
Cauliflower - Self Blanch
Cauliflower - Snowball Y Improved,
ORGANIC 6–7” smooth tight white heads. Vigorous
Self-wrapping leaves protect the delicious 6-8” white
heads from heat and sunlight. Excellent choice for
gardeners and market growers. 68 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
027-001-1-C
Packet - 1.5 grams
2.50
027-001-2-C
3 grams
4.65
027-001-3-C
1/2 oz
8.75
027-001-4-C
1 oz
12.40
027-001-5-C
1/4 lb
27.00
growing dwarf plants can be harvested over a long period.
Recommended for fall crops. Self-blanching variety.
65–75 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
027-002-1-G
Packet - 1.5 grams
2.95
NEW! Cauliflower - Violetta Italia
A distinctive variety that produces large purple
heads that blanch to green when cooked. Has a
mild broccoli-like flavor. Easy to grow. 85 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
026-001-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
1.95
027-003-1-C
Packet - 1.5 grams
2.95
026-001-2-C
4 grams
3.95
026-001-3-C
1 oz
7.50
026-001-4-C
1/4 lb
13.00
026-001-5-C
1 lb
32.00
Carrot - Scarlet Nantes, ORGANIC
Medium, slender 6-7” orange-skinned carrot. A sweet,
high-moisture favorite for eating raw, cooking and juicing.
Great keeper. 65 days.
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026-007-1-G
Packet - 1 gram
Item Number
Carrot - Scarlet Nantes
Medium, slender 6-7” orange skinned carrots. A sweet,
high-moisture favorite for eating raw, cooking and juicing.
Great keeper. 65 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
026-002-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.25
026-002-2-C
4 grams
3.50
026-002-3-C
1 oz
6.75
026-002-4-C
1/4 lb
13.00
026-002-5-C
1 lb
32.00
Carrot - Tendersweet
One of the sweetest and most crisp carrots available,
featuring 9-10” tapered deep orange, coreless roots.
Holds its color during cooking. 75 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
026-003-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.25
026-003-2-C
4 grams
3.95
026-003-3-C
1 oz
7.25
026-003-4-C
1/4 lb
13.00
026-003-5-C
1 lb
32.00
celery • celeriac
Celery/Celeriac • Apium graveolens
Celery is a refreshing, crunchy
treat from the garden. Children love the stalks with some natural peanut butter. Celery
is used extensively in salads and soups and is also great when juiced. Celeriac is a
variety of celery that is grown for its root. This delicious root can be eaten raw in salads,
steamed, baked, boiled, pureed or stir-fried. It adds wonderful flavor when cooked and
mashed with potatoes. Celeriac may be stored in a cool and dry area of your home for
several weeks. Nutrients: vitamins A, C, E, K (high), B6, folate, riboflavin, pantothenic
acid, calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, and manganese.
Growing Guidelines: A moderately frost hardy biennial that is grown in full
sun and planted late spring through early summer. Start your seeds indoors 10-12
weeks before the last frost. Place several seeds per cell as germination is naturally
low (50%) for all celery varieties. Light is required for seeds to germinate, so don’t
plant seeds too deeply into the soil. Plant Seeds: 1/16” deep in pots and transplant
into the garden after last frost, 8-14” apart with 2’ between rows. Soil Temp: 50-70°F.
Days to Emergence: 10-20. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 8-14”. Companions:
bush beans, brassicas, onions, parsley and tomato. Seeds/oz: 75,000. Yield/100’
row: 100 heads. Days to Harvest: 100-120. Seed Viability: 4-5 years.
NEW! Celery - Flat Leaf Cutting
Keeps producing after cutting. Use fresh in salads,
cooked in soup, stew, and mixed vegetables. 80-85 days.
Celeriac - Giant Prague
HEIRLOOM. Large, 2-4” thick pure white roots store
well for winter use. 110-120 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
028-006-1-C
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.50
101-001-1-C
Packet - 0.07 gram
2.95
101-001-2-C
1/8 oz
11.50
101-001-3-C
1/4 oz
17.40
101-001-4-C
1 oz
36.00
Celeriac is high in fiber, as well as
potassium, iron and vitamin C
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chard
collard
Collards • B. Oleracea Collards or Collard Greens are a traditional favorite
of the South and have grown in popularity in other parts of the country as well. Another
member of the Brassica family, it is a cool weather leafy plant that tastes sweeter after
a frost. Traditionally a “mess” of Collards is cooked with fatback or ham hock and often
combined with other greens like mustards. Sometimes it is the green in Hoppin’ John,
a delicious Southern delicacy with greens, rice, and black-eyed peas, traditionally served
on New Year’s Day for good luck. For storage, young collard leaves can be blanched in
boiling water, cooled and frozen. Nutrients: Dietary fiber, vitamins A, C and K, calcium,
potassium and folate.
Growing Guidelines: A frost-tolerant green that is easy-to-grow by direct seed or
transplant in early spring and again in late summer. Plant seeds: 1/4-1/2” deep with
1-2” between seeds in rows 18” apart. Soil Temp: 50-85°F. Days to Emergence: 5-17.
Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 10-12”. Companions: beets, carrots, lettuce, onion,
spinach, tomato, nasturtium, cilantro, dill. Seeds/Oz: 7,000. Seed Wt./100’ Row:
5 grams. Yield/100’ row: 50lbs. Days to Harvest: 55-80. Seed Viability: 4-5 years.
Collards - Champion
Darker blue-green foliage with winter-enhanced
hardiness and increased bolt-resistance. A non-heading
and productive ‘Vates’ type collard. 60-71 days.
Chard (often called Swiss Chard) shares the same family, genus and species
as beets. It is a gorgeous, large-leafed plant and a delicious, highly nutritious vegetable. The stems and veins
of chard come in an array of vibrant colors including red, orange and yellow. Nutrients: very high in vitamins
A and K; vitamins C, E, B6, riboflavin, magnesium, iron, potassium, and manganese.
Growing Guidelines:
A moderately frost-tolerant plant which is easy-to-grow by direct seed in early spring, late summer and
early fall. It wants a fertile well-drained soil in the full sun but can tolerate shade for parts of the day.
More tolerant of heat and slower to bolt than most leafy greens. Succession planting allows for a continual
supply of fresh greens well into late fall. Prefers even moisture. Plant seeds: 1/2” deep with 1” between
seeds in rows 18” apart. Soil Temp: 45-80°F. Days to seedling Emergence: 5-17. Thin to/mature
plant spacing: 10-14”. Companions: bush beans, garlic, lettuce, radish, sage. Seeds/oz: 800-1800.
Seeds/100’ row: 1 oz. Yield/100’ row: 40 lbs. Days to Harvest: 45-60. Seed Viability: 3-4 years.
NEW! Chard - Fordhook Giant
Huge, thick, tender leaves with heavy yields, even in hot
weather. Very easy to grow by direct seed or transplant.
Eat like spinach or beet greens. Excellent for layering
into Lasagna. 50-60 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
031-001-1-C
1.75 grams
1.95
031-004-1-C
Packet - 1.75 grams
2.25
031-001-2-C
1 oz
4.25
031-004-2-C
1 oz
6.95
031-001-3-C
1/4 lb
9.25
031-004-3-C
1/4 lb
12.75
031-001-4-C
1/2 lb
12.50
031-004-4-C
1 lb
31.90
029-009-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
2.50
029-009-2-C
1 oz
4.25
029-009-3-C
1/4 lb
9.00
029-009-4-C
1 lb
18.00
Chard - Rainbow
Beautiful plant with multicolored leaves in shades of
red, orange, pink, yellow, and creamy white. A popular,
attractive and delicious variety of chard. Good for
summer-time greens. 60 days.
Item Number
Size
Size
Price
029-004-1-G
Packet - 1.75 grams
2.75
029-004-2-G
1/4 lb
18.90
Item Number
Size
Price
029-003-1-C
Packet - 1.75 grams
2.25
029-003-2-C
1/4 oz
5.85
Size
Price
029-003-3-C
1/2 oz
7.35
029-008-1-C
Packet - 1.75 grams
2.50
029-003-4-C
1 oz
9.00
029-008-2-C
1/8 oz
4.55
029-003-5-C
1/4 lb
14.00
029-008-3-C
1 oz
10.50
029-003-6-C
1 lb
33.00
029-008-4-C
1/4 lb
28.50
Large, smooth, dark-green leaves. Upright, productive
and long standing. Cold hardy and slow-to-bolt. Slight
cabbage-like flavor. Thick leaves. 55-90 days.
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
Packet - 2 grams
1.95
031-002-1-C
Packet - 1.75 grams
1.95
031-002-2-C
1/2 oz
3.50
031-003-2-C
1 oz
4.25
031-002-3-C
1 oz
5.85
031-003-3-C
1/4 lb
9.25
031-003-4-C
1/2 lb
15.40
031-002-4-C
1/4 lb
10.60
031-002-5-C
1 lb
27.00
corn
Corn • Zea mays Open-pollinated corn has become increasingly difficult to find
over the last 10 years. To protect from Hybrid and GMO pollen drift, we only source
seed that has been grown in greater isolations than standard practices, and test each
lot to ensure against genetically modified genes. Nutrients: Protein, vitamins C and A,
thiamin, folate, niacin, pantothenic acid, folate, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium. Growing Guidelines: A frost sensitive annual that is direct seeded when
soil warms up, after danger of last frost. Succession planted for staggered harvest.
The rule of thumb is to grow at least four 10’ rows to assist its pollination by wind.
Traditionally planted with bean and winter squash, known as the 3 sisters. Plant
Seeds: 1-2”deep with 3” between seeds in rows 18-24” apart. Soil Temp: 60-85°F.
beans, squash, melons, peas, amaranth. Seeds/Oz: 100. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 4oz.
Yield/100’ row: 90-100 ears. Days to Harvest: 75 -120. Seed Viability: 4-6 years.
Chard - Ruby Red
HEIRLOOM. A beautiful addition to any garden often
grown for its ornamental qualities alone. Foliage is
dark-green on ruby red stalks. 18-24” plants. 55 days.
Collards - Vates
031-003-1-C
HEIRLOOM. A beautiful addition to any garden. Often
grown for its ornamental qualities alone. Foliage is
dark-green on ruby red stalks. 18-24” plants. 55 days.
Item Number
18
HEIRLOOM. Big, dark-green, rounded, slightly savoyed
leaves have a mild cabbage-like flavor that improves
with frost. Tolerates heat better than most collards.
Introduced in 1880. 60-80 days.
Chard - Ruby Red, ORGANIC
Item Number
HEIRLOOM. Also known as Carolina Cabbage collards,
this 18-24” plant features smooth dark-green leaves
with a loose head. Very slow-to-bolt. 55-85 days.
Item Number
Collards - Georgia Southern
Chard • Beta vulgaris
Collards - Morris Heading
NEW! Corn, Dent - Hickory King Yellow
APPALACHIAN HEIRLOOM. 8-12’ stalks produce large
9” long ears. Ears are full of large yellow kernels. Good
for roasting, grits, and cornmeal. Tight husks which
help keep out corn worms. 85-90 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
110-001-1-C
1/4 lb
4.00
110-001-2-C
1 lb
7.00
110-001-3-C
10 lb
55.00
NEW! Corn, Dent - “J” Reids Yellow,
ORGANIC HEIRLOOM. 9’ tall plants with 9” long
ears. Medium to good standability. High nutritional
quality. 90 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
110-003-1-G
1/4 lb
6.50
110-003-2-G
1 lb
18.00
110-003-3-G
10 lb
62.00
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corn Continued
cowpea
NEW! Corn, Dent - Waspie Valley,
ORGANIC HEIRLOOM 9’ tall plants with 7-8” well
formed ears. Each ear may be of coppery red or dark y
ellow kernels. Has good standability. A good dent variety,
yields as well as hybrid varieties. Grain has high protein
content. 85 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
110-002-1-G
1/4 lb
6.50
110-002-2-G
1 lb
18.00
110-002-3-G
10 lb
62.00
NEW! Corn, Flour - Bloody Butcher
HEIRLOOM. Yellow, sweet, and extremely early openpollinated corn. 5’ stalks producing 6 -7” ears with
more corn per ear than regular Bantam. Introduced
in 1902. 75-82 days.
Corn, Sweet - Golden Bantam
12-row Improved HEIRLOOM. Yellow,
sweet, and extremely early open-pollinated corn.
5’ stalks producing 6 -7” ears with more corn per ear
than regular Bantam. Introduced in 1902. 75-82 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
035-003-1-C
Packet - 21 grams
2.95
035-003-2-C
1/4 lb
7.00
035-003-3-C
1/2 lb
12.00
035-003-4-C
1 lb
17.00
035-003-5-C
10 lb
120.00
NEW! Popcorn Japanese White Hulless
Vigorous 4-5’ tall plants produce high yields of white corn.
Ears are around 4” long, hulless, fiber-free, and tender.
Small kernels are great for popping. 83 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
111-001-1-C
1/4 lb
6.00
Item Number
Size
Price
20.00
112-002-1-C
Packet
2.95
112-002-2-C
1/4 lb
9.00
112-002-3-C
1 lb
24.00
111-001-2-C
1 lb
Some corn varieties
may be back-ordered
until March 10th.
Call to check.
NEW! Popcorn - Pennsylvania
Dutch Butter Flavored, ORGANIC
HEIRLOOM. A pre-1885 popcorn maintained by the
Pennsylvania Dutch. Produces white kernelled ears
averaging 2 ears per 8’ stalk. Flavor is superior to
commercial popcorn. 102 days.
Cowpea • Pisum sativum
Cowpeas are a large family of legumes, also
commonly called field peas, black-eyed peas, crowder peas and southern peas.
Native to Africa, they are a staple in diets around the world including large parts
of Asia and Latin America. They were brought to the United States by African slaves
and remain a favorite in the South. They can be eaten fresh or dried and are a main
ingredient in Hoppin’ John, along with greens and rice. This is a highly nutritious
legume and is prized for its easy growing habits and dependable storage. Allow pods
to dry on the vine before harvesting. Nutrients: Protein, vitamins A, C, B6, folate
(very high), thiamin, riboflavin. Planting Guidelines: A frost sensitive annual, easy-to-grow, heat and droughttolerant crop. Direct seed in full sun after danger of frost. Plant Seeds: 1-2” deep
with 2-3” between seeds, in rows 18-24” apart. Days to Seed Emergence: 6-14.
Soil Temp: 50-60°F. Companions: celery, chicory, parsley, eggplant, turnip, lettuce.
Seeds/Oz: 60-80. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 8 oz. Yield/100’ Row: 40 lbs.
Cowpea, Mississippi Silver
HEIRLOOM. This Southern favorite produces heavy
yields of 6 1/2” long silvery pale green pods that
produce large brown cowpeas. Easy-to-pick, disease
resistant variety. 85 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
100-001-1-C
Packet - 21 grams
2.25
100-001-2-C
1/4 lb
6.00
100-001-3-C
1/2 lb
8.00
Price
112-001-1-G
Packet
2.95
Item Number
Size
Price
112-001-2-G
1/4 lb
9.00
100-002-1-C
Packet - 21 grams
2.25
24.00
100-002-2-C
1/4 lb
5.00
100-002-3-C
1/2 lb
7.00
100-002-4-C
1 lb
9.00
cover crops
Item Number
Size
Price
100-003-1-C
Packet - 10 grams
2.95
HEIRLOOM. Bush-like plant produces heavy yields of
purple pods that contain creamy colored peas with
maroon eyes. Excellent drying and canning variety
suitable for home gardens and market growers. 63 days.
Size
1 lb
ECO. A semi-dwarf variety, this plant will bush on poor
soil but will vine on rich soil. A very prolific producer. This
variety was once acclaimed to have the best flavor of all
the southern peas. Approximately 80 days untll green
harvest stage and 100 days to dry shell stage.
Cowpea, Pinkeye Purple Hull
Item Number
112-001-3-G
NEW Pea, Southern - Brown Sugar
cress
NEW! Cover Crop Seed • Cover Cropping is the sustainable practice
of planting grains and legumes on fallow ground to replenish the soil nutrients that
were mined by the previous season’s harvest. Typically cover crops are sown in the
fall or early spring and then tilled into the soil at early flowering stage to incorporate
the organic matter, nitrogen and diversified nutrients that nourish your plants. Cover
crops also protect bare soils from exposure to reduce soil erosion, suppress weeds and
improve the overall structure and water storage capabilities of soils.
Pricing and quantities will be posted on our website by February 1st, 2012
or you can call or stop by the store to receive a price list.
This year we are offering Certified Organically Grown
and untreated cover crop seed of the following varieties:
• Dutch White Clover
• Buckwheat
• Red and/or Crimson Clover
• Alfalfa
• Austrian Peas
• Wren’s Abruzzi Rye
• Winter Rye
• Oats
• Barley
• Winter Wheat
• Organic Soil Builder Mix
SpeCIal RequeStS?
We can source other varieties and quantities!
Email to: [email protected]
A great resource on cover cropping is provided by the non-profit group,Sustainable Agriculture Research
and Education, who publishes the informative book “Managing Cover Crops Profitably” available for
purchase and also as a free download on their website in the “Learning Center” tab.
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Cress • Barbarea verna
Cresses are a highly nutritious, easy-to-grow green
which are frost-tolerant and winter hardy. They have yellow flowers which are also
edible and easily self-seed. Outside leaves can be harvested continuously starting
within a couple of weeks of emerging. They can be used as a substitute for watercress
in salads, soups and stir-frys. Nutrients: very high in vitamins A, C and K; folate,
riboflavin, thiamin, niacin, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium.
Planting Guidelines: A frost-tolerant biennial that is easy-to-grow by direct seed.
Plant early spring, late summer and fall in direct sun to part shade. Will easily self-seed
if flowers are allowed to mature. Plant Seeds: 1/4-1/2” deep with 1” between seeds in
rows 12-15” apart. Days to Emergence: 2-15. Mature plant spacing/Thin to: 8-10”
Companions: beets, carrots, dill, lettuce, onion, spinach, tomato, nasturtium, cilantro.
Seeds/Oz: 9000. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 3gr. Yield/100’ Row: 35lbs. Days to
Harvest: 40-50. Soil Temp: 45-70°F. Seed Viability: 3-5 years.
Cress - Upland (Creasy Greens)
HEIRLOOM. Dwarf plant with slender stalks 4-6” tall by
10-12” wide. Very mild flavor for salads. Easily grown
on high dry land. 20-50 days.
upland
Cress - Wrinkled Crinkled
HEIRLOOM. A cross between a broad leaf and a curly
cress with more intense flavor. Its crisp spoon-shaped,
upright leaves with ruffled edges make for easy cutting.
Baby leaves cut 14+ days after sowing. Very slow-to-bolt.
Developed by Frank Morton. 20-40 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
036-003-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.25
Item Number
Size
Price
036-003-2-C
1/8 oz
4.95
036-005-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.25
036-003-3-C
1 oz
11.80
036-005-2-C
1/8 oz
4.95
036-005-3-C
1 oz
11.80
036-005-4-C
1/4 lb
18.00
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cucumber
eggplant
mexican sour
gherkin
marketmore
lemon cucumber
Cucumber • Cucumis sativus Cucumbers come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and even colors.
Most grow on vines that benefit from trellising, but if you are short on space, bush varieties take up much less
room. Any cucumber can be pickled, but some varieties are bred for uniformity and girth and are specifically
labeled for pickling. Slicers, which are mostly eaten fresh, are longer (some as long as two feet) and often
thinner, whereas the lemon varieties are yellow and round. Save your cucumber peels! Placed on the kitchen
counter or at an outside point of entry, they act as a deterrent to unwanted ants coming into the house.
Nutrients: vitamins A, C, K, B6, folate, thiamin, potassium, magnesium.
Growing Guidelines: Direct seed or transplant cucumbers into warm, fertile soil after danger of frost
has passed. Grow in full sun. Longer vines can be trellised to save space in smaller gardens. Plant Seeds:
1/2”deep with 2” between seed in rows 3-4’ apart. Soil Temp: 60-90°F. Days to Emergence: 4-13.
Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 6”. Companions: bush beans, brassicas, eggplant, nasturtium, sunflower
and onions. Seeds/Oz: 1000. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 1/2oz. Yield/100’ row: 120lbs.
Cucumber, Pickle - Boston
HEIRLOOM. Smooth, bright green, 5-6” blunt-ended
fruits that are the right size for pickles. Bears continually
if kept picked. A popular and reliable small pickling
cucumber. 50-60 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
037-002-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.25
Cucumber, Pickle - Bush Pickle
ECO. Half the size of standard vine types. Great size for
pickling. Medium green, white spined fruit (4-5” long).
Slightly tapered. Tolerant of Scab and CMV. 45-55 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
037-001-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.50
NEW! Cucumber, Pickle -
Mexican Sour Gherkin
ECO. A rampant yet delicate vine producing dozens of
1” green and white fruit. Fruits keep for a long time.
They are great for pickling and using fresh. Easy to grow,
slightly more frost and drought tolerant than cucumbers.
Botanically not actually a cucumber. 70 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
037-003-1-C
Packet
2.95
Cucumber, Slicing Armenian, ORGANIC
HEIRLOOM. A crisp, thin-skinned, and mild flavored
cucumber. Vines grow up to 3’ and fruits are best
harvested at 12-15”. 64 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
038-008-1-G
Packet - 1 gram
2.75
Cucumber, Slicing - Lemon
HEIRLOOM. Also called Crystal Apple, these bright
lemon-yellow fruits are easy to see and find in the
garden. Rounds are 3-4” diameter. A highly productive
favorite. Semi-bush type plants. 70 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
038-001-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.50
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Cucumber, Slicing - Marketmore,
ORGANIC HEIRLOOM. One of the best garden and
market quality cucumbers available. Sweet flavor and
tender texture. Dark-green 8” long fruits with 4-6’ vines.
Great slicer and salad variety. Sturdy skin holds up in
shipping and handling. 68 days.
Item Number
Size
Eggplant • Solanum melongena A member of the nightshade family,
eggplant is cultivated all over the world. It is a staple in Middle Eastern food and can
be stuffed, served in casseroles like wonderful Greek mousakka, and also in stews.
It can be canned or cooked and frozen. Nutrients: vitamins A, K, B6, thiamin, niacin,
folate, magnesium and potassium.
Growing Guidelines: A frost sensitive annual that is planted in full sun. It is
a heat loving plant that prefers evenly moist soil when young, and can handle shorter
dry periods after established. Plant Seeds: 1/4” deep in containers 4-6 weeks before
last frost date. Transplant once frost danger has passed and soils have warmed.
Soil Temp: 75-90°F. Days to Emergence: 5-17. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing:
24-30”. Companions: bush beans, peas, peppers, potatoes, marigold. Seeds/Oz:
6000. Yield/100’ row: 50 lbs. Days to Harvest: 70-100. Seed Viability: 3-5 years.
NEW! Eggplant Black Beauty, ORGANIC
Eggplant - Louisiana Long Green
Rich, deep purplish-black fruits can grow to enormous size
and typically produce 1 - 3 lb oval, glossy fruits. Great flavor
which holds up well and retains color after cooking. Yields
well in cooler climates with long season. 74 days
Item Number
Size
Price
040-001-1-G
Packet - 0.2 gram
2.75
040-001-2-G
1 gram
5.95
Eggplant - Long Purple
HEIRLOOM. Classic Asian type with gorgeous dark
purple coloring. Long slender fruits and slightly
bulbous on the blossom end. 75 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
040-005-1-C
Packet - 0.2 gram
2.95
040-005-2-C
1 gram
5.85
040-005-3-C
1/8 oz
10.30
040-005-4-C
1/4 oz
19.30
040-005-5-C
1/2 oz
33.00
Eggplant - Rosa Bianca, ORGANIC
HEIRLOOM. Stunning, light pink-lavender fruits with
occasional creamy-white shading. Meaty, mild flavor,
with no bitterness. 70-90 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Price
040-003-1-C
Packet - 0.2 gram
2.25
2 grams
4.00
Item Number
Size
Price
1/4 oz
8.40
040-004-1-G
Packet - 0.2 gram
2.95
13.80
040-004-2-G
1 gram
6.75
038-003-1-G
Packet - 1 gram
2.75
040-003-2-C
038-003-2-G
1/8 oz
5.40
040-003-3-C
038-003-3-G
1/4 oz
6.95
040-003-4-C
038-003-4-G
1 oz
9.40
038-003-5-G
1/4 lb
21.00
1 oz
NEW! Eggplant - Striped Togo
ECO. Striking striped fruits are 1” wide by 3” long. Fruits
turn from two-toned green to two-toned orange. The fruit
is strongly flavored, but not bitter. A great ornamental
variety, holds well in floral arrangements. 80 days.
Cucumber, Slicing - Muncher,
ORGANIC Tender enough to eat like an apple; not
call
Item Number
Size
Price
038-009-1-G
Packet - 1 gram
2.95
038-009-2-G
1/8 oz
7.90
038-009-3-G
1/4 oz
11.30
038-009-4-G
1 oz
14.90
040-006-1-C
Item Number
Size
Price
038-010-1-C
Packet
2.95
NEW! Cucumber, Slicing - Suyo Long,
ORGANIC HEIRLOOM. An Asian burpless cucumber
that can grow up to 15” long. Fruits have a sweet flavor
and crisp texture. Can be eaten raw, used in cooking, or
for pickling. Heat tolerant. Trellising recommended.
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.95
endive
green
curled
ruffich
NEW! Cucumber, Slicing Richmond Green Apple
ECO. HEIRLOOM. The unique oval fruits are about the
size of a lemon and have a beautiful light green color.
The juicy fruits have a very mild and sweet flavor. They
can be eaten with the skin and are a great addition to
salads. Hard to find in the US. 70 days.
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tough or bitter at any stage. Green, smooth and nearly
spineless, burpless variety. A 6-9” long prolific producer
used for slicing and pickling. 62 days.
Endive • Cichorium intybus
Delicious, highly nutritious and attractive,
endive is a member of the chicory family. A great addition raw to any salad, also
delicious braised or steamed. Has a green upright structure, which is prized for its
tangy inner leaves. Nutrients: very high in vitamins A, K and folate; vitamin C, thiamin,
riboflavin, niacin, calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, manganese, zinc and copper.
Growing Guidelines: Frost hardy perennial that is usually grown as an annual.
Direct seed or transplant in mid-spring and summer. Plant Seeds: 1/4 -1/2” deep with
1” between seeds, in rows 18” apart. Soil Temp: 50-85°F. Days to Seed Emergence:
4-15. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 6”. Companions: eggplant, celery, parsley,
sweet potato, lettuce. Seeds/Oz: 18,000. Yield/100’ row: 80-100 heads.
Endive - Broadleaf Batavian
HEIRLOOM. A beautiful variety with large, broad,
slightly twisted lettuce-like leaves formed around
12-16” creamy-yellow tight packed heads. Young
leaves are a great addition to salad mix. 85-90 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
088-001-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.25
088-001-2-C
1/2 oz
5.90
Item Number
Size
Price
088-001-3-C
1 oz
8.10
038-011-1-G
Packet
2.95
088-001-4-C
1/4 lb
12.40
088-001-5-C
1/2 lb
18.00
RARE HEIRLOOM. A prolific producer developed in
Louisiana. 3 x 8” long light-green fruits with a sweet
flavor offer excellent quality. 100 days.
Endive - Green Curled Ruffich
HEIRLOOM. Dark-green curly leaves with full, white
blanching hearts. 12-18” diameter, low-lying,
spreading plants. 75-98 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
088-002-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.25
088-002-2-C
1/8 oz
4.35
088-002-3-C
1/4 oz
5.00
088-002-4-C
1/2 oz
7.25
088-002-5-C
1 oz
10.00
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garlic
gourd
Garlic • Allium sativum
Almost any savory dish can benefit from the flavor
enhancing qualities of garlic. A relative of the onion, it has been cultivated by humans
for thousands of years dating back before ancient Egypt. Over the millennia, humans
selectively bred garlic for flavor and size characteristics, to the extent that garlic does
not go to seed and has become sterile. It can only be reproduced from its own cloves.
Store garlic in a cool, dry, place in well-ventilated containers such as mesh bags.
Storage life varies from 4-6 months for hardneck varieties up to 10 months for
softnecks. Many people believe in the healing value of garlic, particularly when eaten
raw. Nutrients: vitamins C (high), B6, E and K, thiamin, folate, pantothenic acid, niacin.
Growing Guidelines: Garlic likes slightly acidic, well-cultivated soil with plenty
of organic matter (compost). Separate bulbs into cloves and plant within 5-7 days so
they don’t dry out. Garlic roots do best when planted before the ground freezes to allow
for root establishment prior to wintery cold temperatures. Plant garlic cloves 2” deep
(blunt end down) and 4-6” apart with 12-15” between rows. Mulch garlic with straw or
leaves to conserve water, protect young bulbs through winter, and deter spring weeds.
Shoots will push through mulch in spring. In summer, pull mulch away from the bulbs.
Garlic needs to receive ample amounts of water throughout spring and summer, and
should be kept weed free. When the garlic leaves begin to turn yellow (late June and
into July), stop watering for 2 weeks and then harvest the bulbs. Make braids or bundles
of 6-10 bulbs and hang in a dry, shady place to cure for 3-4 weeks before storing.
Seed Garlic can be pre-ordered anytime. Garlic is shipped
starting September 21st through November,
beginning with orders from northern regions.
Garlic, Softneck California Early ORGANIC
NEW! Garlic, Elephant - ORGANIC
An early maturing garlic suitable for most climates.
Mild, rich garlic flavor without the bite. 12-16 cloves
per bulb. A great garlic for the beginning grower.
Late season variety. Produces huge softball-sized bulbs
with mild flavor. These truly impressive plants reach 4-5
feet and the flowers dry nicely for arrangements. Cloves
per bulb: 5-7. Grown in Watauga County, NC.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
402-001-1-G
1/2 lb
10.95
405-002-1-G
1/2 lb
12.00
1 lb
22.00
5 lb
85.00
402-001-2-G
1 lb
19.25
405-002-2-G
402-001-3-G
5 lb
80.00
405-002-3-G
Garlic, Hardneck Chesnok Organic
Garlic, Hardneck - Music
This early-to-mid season hardneck variety produces
large, reddish-purple striped bulbs with 8-10 easy-to-peel
cloves. Especially good for roasting because it holds its
shape and flavor and develops a delightful aroma.
ECO. A very cold hardy, slightly spicy, incredibly
flavorful garlic. One of the most popular and easy-togrow! Produces 4-6 huge, easy-to-peel cloves per
bulb with a shiny-white sheath and pink-tinged
clove skins.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
401-004-1-G
1/2 lb
10.95
401-001-1-C
1/2 lb
10.95
401-004-2-G
1 lb
19.25
401-001-2-C
1 lb
19.25
Garlic, Hardneck German White, Extra Hardy
NEW! Garlic, Inchelium - ORGANIC
(Certified Naturally Grown) Early-to-mid
summer porcelain hardneck variety with a distinctive,
moderately spicy flavor. 6-8 plump, easy-to-peel cloves
in each 2-2 1/2” wide paper-white bulb. A great
roasting variety that stores well into the cold
winter months.
Item Number
Size
Price
401-003-1-C
1/2 lb
10.95
401-003-2-C
1 lb
19.25
401-003-3-C
5 lb
77.00
Flavor is robust and rich with a hint of heat. This
variety has large bulbs reaching 3” across; bulbs can
have 12-20 cloves. Outer bulb wrappers are thick and
protect the bulb. Over winters well. Stores well for 6-7
months. Grown in Watauga County, NC.
Item Number
Size
Price
402-004-1-G
1/2 lb
10.95
402-004-2-G
1 lb
19.25
Additional postage applies for all garlic orders. See order form for
details. If you are seeking bulk quantities of garlic, please contact us
no later than August 20th for a price quote and to ensure availability.
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Gourd • Some speculate that gourds may be the oldest plant domesticated by
loufa
humans. Used for millenia as bowls, bottles, bird feeders, and carved sculptures, as
well as (in the case of the loufa - luffa aegyptiaca) a body scrubbing sponge. Used the
world over as resonating chambers of percussion and stringed instruments. Leave
them on the vine until fully mature and their skin is dry.
Growing Guidelines: Gourds are a frost sensitive plant with tropical origins
that requires a long hot season and full sun. Can be direct seeded in warm regions.
In northern climates, plant seeds in containers indoors before last frost, and transplant
when threat of frost has passed and warm night temperatures prevail. Plant Seeds:
1/2 -1” deep with 6” between seeds in rows 4’ apart. Soil Temp: 60-90°F. Thin to/
Mature Plant Spacing: 12”. Seeds/oz: 140-200. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 1/4-1/2oz.
Gourd - Loufa
Gourd - Birdhouse Bottle
HEIRLOOM. This long-handled ball-shaped gourd can be
hollowed out to make attractive birdhouses, a big dipper
gourd, or musical instruments. 95 days.
Item Number
043-001-1-C
Size
Packet - 2.8 grams
HEIRLOOM. A long season gourd used for Its fibers as a
cleansing, scrubbing cloth when dried. Gourds can range
from 6” to 2 1/2’ long and 4-7” In diameter. Leave to
mature on vine until skin shrivels.
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
2.50
043-003-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
2.95
Gourd - Speckled Swan
NEW! Gourd - Corsican Bowl
Produces round, flattened green fruits that grow to 6-12”
in diameter and 3-5” deep. Fruits have thin, tough skin
that cures easily making them great for gourd craft.
110-130 days.
HEIRLOOM. Long trailing vines yield 12-18” bulbous
swan-necked fruits with a beautiful, dark-green and
white speckled shell. 90-130 days.
Item Number
Size
Item Number
Size
Price
043-004-1-C
Packet - 3.5 grams
043-006-1-C
Packet
2.95
043-004-2-C
NEW! Gourd - Dipper
Price
abozle for 2012
unavail1/2
1/4 oz
043-004-3-C
Produces a distinctly shaped gourd that is great for gourd
craft. Produces a 12” long by 5” in diameter gourd. Easy
to grow, heat tolerant. Frost sensitive. 125 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
043-002-1-C
Packet
2.25
043-004-4-C
1 oz
NEW! Gourd - Tennessee Spinning Top
TENNESSEE HEIRLOOM. Small 2-5” bottle-shaped
gourd with green striping. The dried gourds are great
for ornamental and craft use. Children used to spin
the dried gourds like tops.
Item Number
Size
Price
043-007-1-C
Packet
2.95
kale
Kale • B. oleracea - napus Originated in the Mediterranean region and has
been cultivated for thousands of years. It comes in many varieties, some of them so
colorful and beautiful that they can be used as an ornamental. Extremely nutritious and
can be eaten fresh in salad, or cooked in a large variety of ways, including a delicious
Portuguese kale soup. Nutrients: dietary fiber, vitamins A, C (very high) and E, calcium,
potassium, iron, folate, beta-carotene and the phytochemical quercitinbeta-carotene.
Growing Guidelines: Easy-to-grow by direct seed or transplant. Frost-tolerant and
winter hardy. Wants evenly moist soil and will grow in full sun or with partial shade. Can
be planted in spring, late summer and early fall in succession plantings for nearly year
round harvest. Plant Seeds: Direct seed or transplant after danger of hard frost 1/2”
deep, 1” between seeds, in rows 18” apart. Soil Temp: 50-85°F. Days to Emergence:
15-17. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 12”. Companions: beets, carrots, dill, lettuce,
onion, spinach, tomato, nasturtium, cilantro. Seeds/Oz: 7000. Seed Wt./100’ Row:
5 grams. Yield/100’ row: 75 lbs. Days to Harvest: 45-60. Seed Viability: 4-5 years.
Kale - Dwarf Blue Curled Scotch
HEIRLOOM. Finely curled, blue-green leaves grow on a
compact 12-15” tall plant. Very cold hardy and easily
overwinters with some mulch. 55 -60 days.
Kale - Dwarf Siberian HEIRLOOM.
B. napus. Broad, thick, blue/gray/green plume-like leaves
with slightly frilled edges form a cold-tolerant rosette 24”
in diameter at maturity. Slow bolting. 50 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
046-003-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
2.25
046-001-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
2.25
046-003-2-C
1/2 oz
3.95
046-001-2-C
1/2 oz
3.95
046-003-3-C
1 oz
5.95
046-001-3-C
1 oz
5.95
046-003-4-C
1/4 lb
9.70
046-001-4-C
1/4 lb
9.70
046-003-5-C
1/2 lb
15.00
046-001-5-C
1/2 lb
15.00
046-003-6-C
1 lb
26.00
046-001-6-C
1 lb
26.00
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lettuce
lacinato
NEW! Kale - Lacinato
HEIRLOOM. Also known as Dinosaur kale, from the
Tuscan region of Italy. This plant features strap-like
blue-green leaves 3” wide by 10” long. Extremely
winter hardy. Flavor is enhanced by frost. 60-90 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
046-005-1-C
Packet - 1.25 grams
2.95
046-005-2-C
1/2 oz
7.25
046-005-3-C
1 oz
11.50
046-005-4-C
1/4 lb
17.30
046-005-5-C
1 lb
34.00
Kale - Red Russian
Item Number
Size
Price
046-002-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
2.50
046-002-2-C
1/2 oz
5.50
046-002-3-C
1 oz
8.25
046-002-4-C
1/4 lb
12.50
046-002-5-C
1 lb
30.00
Kale - Winter Red, ORGANIC
A red Russian type developed by Tim Peters for good
uniform color and cold hardiness. A tender salad
kale said to have a little wild mustard in its sap. 50 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
046-006-1-G
Packet - 1 gram
2.95
kohlrabi
Kohlrabi • B. oleracea
A member of the Brassica family, with delicate,
mild-flavored leaves and globed roots that can be eaten raw in salads, steamed,
stir-fried, barbecued, or added to soups. Nutrients: dietary fiber, vitamin C,
potassium, phytochemicals.
Growing Guidelines: Frost-tolerant and winter hardy kohlrabi is grown in the
full sun by direct seed or transplants. Planted early spring through late summer it will
overwinter for an early spring harvest. It is best harvested when the bulbs are under
3” to preserve taste and texture. Plant Seeds: 1/4”-1/2” deep with 1” between
seeds and 18” between rows. Soil Temp: 50-85°F. Days to Seed Emergence: 5-17.
Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 8”. Companions: beets, carrot, dill, lettuce, onion,
spinach, nasturtium, cilantro. Seeds/Oz: 8,500. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 4 grams.
Kohlrabi - Purple Vienna
Slightly larger than Early White Vienna, this
standard home and market variety features
purple skinned bulbs with greenish-white
flesh and small tops. 55-69 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
089-001-1-C
Packet - 0.6 grams
2.25
089-001-2-C
3 grams
3.95
089-001-3-C
1/4 oz
4.95
089-001-4-C
1/2 oz
8.25
A little less robust than an onion in flavor, leeks
are used primarily in stocks or soups. They can also give a mild zing to salads.
Archaeological evidence suggests cultivation of leeks going back as far as 2000 BCE.
The Roman emperor Nero listed leeks among his favorite foods and believed that they
gave him a good singing voice. More recently, the leek has become a national symbol
of Wales, with the Welsh enthusiastically integrating it into many of their dishes.
Nutrients: vitamins A, K, C, B6, and iron.
Growing Guidelines: Easy-to-grow, frost-tolerant, winter-hardy biennial that
grows in full sun through all seasons. Plant Seeds: In flats, 1/4” deep with 1” between
seeds in rows 12-16” apart. Soil Temp: 60-80°F. Days to Seed Emergence: 6-16.
Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 4-6”. Companions: kohlrabi, lettuce, parsnips,
brassicas, carrot, lettuce, pepper. Seeds/Oz: 10,000. Yield/100’ row: 150 stalks.
NEW! Leek - Giant Musselburg
HEIRLOOM. Large stalks that grow to be 9-15” long
and 2-3” in diameter. The white stalks have a mild flavor
and are smooth and tender. Leaves are blue-green and
fan-shaped. Coldhardy, slow to bolt. 100-150 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
048-001-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.25
Item Number
Size
Price
048-001-2-C
1/4 oz
6.40
048-002-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.50
048-001-3-C
1/2 oz
8.25
048-002-2-C
1 oz
12.80
048-001-4-C
1 oz
11.35
048-002-3-C
2 oz
18.00
cimarron
romaine
Lettuce • Lactuca sativa A member of the Aster family, lettuce comes in a beautiful variety of
forms, colors, and textures from smooth lime green leaves to red headings, to multicolored, smooth or crinkled.
Lettuce was grown by the Romans and was also popular among the Egyptians as an aphrodisiac.
Nutrients: vitamins K (high), A and folate.
Growing Guidelines: Very easy-to-grow, lightly frost-tolerant annual that grows in the full sun and
tolerates part shade. Most lettuce bolts quickly in hot weather. Planted in early spring, late summer and
early fall. Plant Seeds: 1/8”deep with 1/2” between seeds and 12” between rows. Soil Temp: 40-80°F.
Days to Seed Emergence: 3-15. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 6-10”. Companions: beet, brassicas,
carrot, onions, radish, garlic. Seeds/Oz: 25,000. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 4 gr. Yield/100’ row: varies.
NEW! Lettuce - Anuenue
ECO. Hailing from Hawaii, the seed of this variety has
the ability to germinate at higher soil temperatures.
The glossy bright green leaves are non-bitter and great
for salads. Heat tolerant and bolt resistant. 54 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
049-022-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.95
Lettuce - Black Seeded Simpson,
ORGANIC HEIRLOOM. An old favorite green leaf
lettuce prized for its delicate flavor and early harvest.
Full sized heads can be harvested in just over a month.
A farmer’s market favorite. 40 days. Slow bolting.
Item Number
Size
Price
049-001-1-G
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.75
049-001-2-G
1/8 oz
5.00
049-001-3-G
1/4 oz
8.85
A distinctive loose-leave butterhead with green and bronze
frilled leaves. Cold hardy and slow to bolt. 50-60 days.
Leek • A. ampeloprasum
flavor. Produces 10” long tasty leeks. One of the favorite
leek varieties grown by home and market growers. 95 days.
freckles
Lettuce - Bronze Mignonette HEIRLOOM.
leek
Leek - American Flag Superior quality and
green
oakleaf
HEIRLOOM. Greenish-gray leaves turn to purple with red
veins in cold weather. An unusual and tasty variety that
grows up to 24” tall and is very productive in cool and
warm weather. Rich flavor improves with frost. 50 days.
Lettuce - Cimarron Romaine
HEIRLOOM. Antique lettuce with deep-red to burgundy
leaves and large loose heads. 65 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
049-003-1-C
Packet - 0.6 gram
2.25
049-003-2-C
1/8 oz
3.95
049-003-3-C
1/4 oz
5.95
049-003-4-C
1 oz
8.25
049-003-5-C
1/4 lb
18.00
Lettuce - Freckles
HEIRLOOM. Beautiful tender romaine with green leaves
splashed with red. A long standing variety that resembles
‘Speckles Butterhead’ but with more substantial leaves.
55-70 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
049-016-1-C
Packet - 0.6 gram
2.50
Lettuce - Green Oakleaf
HEIRLOOM. Tight rosettes of medium dark-green, deeply
lobed oakleaf-shaped leaves. Never bitter, even in the
heat of summer. Introduced in 1771 by Vilmorin Seed
Company. 45 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
049-010-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.25
049-010-2-C
1/8 oz
3.95
Item Number
Size
Price
5.95
049-007-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.25
1/8 oz
5.50
1/4 oz
7.75
049-010-3-C
1/4 oz
049-010-4-C
1 oz
8.25
049-007-2-C
049-010-5-C
1/4 lb
18.00
049-007-3-C
Lettuce - Buttercrunch
Compact, dark-green heads with creamy white interiors
and smooth, sweet, tender leaves. Slow-to-bolt and free
from bitterness. 50-75 days.
NEW! Lettuce - Herb Salad Mix,
ORGANIC
A tasty mix of Black Seeded Simpson, Red Salad
Bowl, Rouge de Hiver lettuces, Tatsoi, Mizuna, Cilanto,
Dill, and Arugula.
Item Number
Size
Price
049-002-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.25
Item Number
Size
Price
Packet
2.95
049-002-2-C
1/8 oz
4.20
049-024-1-G
049-002-3-C
1/4 oz
6.50
049-024-2-G
1/8 oz
6.70
049-002-4-C
1 oz
8.95
049-024-3-G
1/4 oz
10.90
049-002-5-C
1/4 lb
19.80
049-024-4-G
1 oz
16.50
049-002-6-C
1/2 lb
28.00
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Lettuce - Lettuce Blend,
ORGANIC A wonderful blend of four lettuce
varieties including Merveille 4 Seasons (bibb), Rouge
de Hiver (romaine), Red Salad Bowl (leaf), and Black
Seeded Simpson (leaf). 30-45 days.
melon
Lettuce - Red Salad Bowl,
ORGANIC Beautiful garnet colored slow bolting
oak leaf type is very ornamental. Loose heads of cut
and come again leaves offer a mild sweet flavor with
a long harvest. 40-55 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
049-015-1-G
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.75
049-009-1-G
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.75
049-015-2-G
1/8 oz
5.60
049-015-3-G
1/4 oz
9.75
049-015-4-G
1 oz
14.00
Lettuce - Lolla Rosa, Darky
HEIRLOOM. An old favorite green leaf lettuce prized for
its delicate flavor and early harvest. Full sized heads can
be harvested in just over a month. A farmer’s market
favorite. 40 days. Slow bolting.
Item Number
Size
Price
049-017-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.25
049-017-2-C
1/8 oz
3.95
049-017-3-C
1/4 oz
5.95
049-017-4-C
1 oz
8.25
049-017-5-C
1/4 lb
18.00
Lettuce - Merveille 4 Seasons,
ORGANIC HEIRLOOM. A bibb-type lettuce with red,
flavorful leaves with cranberry tips and a tight pale heart.
Frost-tolerant spring and fall variety. 45-70 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
049-013-1-G
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.75
NEW! Lettuce - Paris Island
Romaine, ORGANIC
Leaves are dark green, upright, slightly savoyed, and
crunchy. Good for small leaf production. Creamy white
heart. For cool season gardens. Slow to bolt. 66 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
049-019-1-G
Packet
2.75
NEW! Lettuce Really Red Deer Tongue
Melon • Cucumis melo Prized for their sweet mellow flesh and flavor,
melons grace desserts and snack plates alike during the late summer months.
Nutrients: vitamins A and C, (very high in both), K, B6, niacin, folate, potassium,
magnesium, manganese and copper.
Growing Guidelines: Cantaloupes and muskmelons are frost sensitive
annuals that are easy-to-grow by direct seed or transplant. They prefer evenly moist
soil and full sun with a layer of mulch placed around the young seedlings to keep
weeds down before the melon’s dense foliage can shade them out. Vine ripening will
increase the sweetness of melons. If you pick them before they are ripe, the melons
will soften but won’t get any sweeter. Plant seeds: 1/2” deep, with 6 seeds about
5” apart in mounded hills spaced at 3’ intervals, after danger of frost has passed.
Thin each mound leaving the 3-4 strongest seedlings. To get a head start plant
seeds indoors 2 weeks before your last frost date and transplant. Soil Temp: 75-95°F.
corn, pumpkin, radish, squash, marigolds, nasturtiums, oregano. Seeds/Oz: 1,000.
Seed Wt./100’ Row: 1/2 oz. Yield/100’ row: 50-100 lbs. Days to Harvest: 65-95.
Lettuce - Rouge de Hiver,
ORGANIC
HEIRLOOM. Cool season romaine type with sweet,
buttery texture. Semi-open heads with deep-red outer
and green-bronze tipped inner leaves. 50-60 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
049-014-1-G
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.75
049-014-2-G
1/8 oz
5.00
049-014-3-G
1/4 oz
8.85
NEW! Lettuce - Speckled
Amish Butterhead
ECO. An old heirloom with a most unique pigment
pattern of bright red speckles on lime green buttery
leaves. Heads are dense with pink patterned hearts
that look like varigated raddicio. Another spectacular
variety from breeder Frank Morton. 70 days.
Melon - Edisto 47
A Carolina favorite with 3-5 lb. salmon fleshed
cantaloupe. Resistant to Alternaria, powdery mildew
and downy mildew. Finely netted and does well in
hot, humid conditions. 85 days.
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
051-001-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.25
051-010-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.95
051-001-2-C
1/4 oz
4.95
Size
Price
051-001-3-C
1/2 oz
6.95
049-021-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.95
051-001-4-C
1 oz
9.95
A loose, curled, leaf-lettuce variety with crispy texture,
tight, erect rosettes, deeply cut leaves and frilly edges.
A good cool season variety. 40-52 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
049-012-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.25
049-012-2-C
1/8 oz
3.95
049-012-3-C
1/4 oz
5.95
049-012-4-C
1 oz
8.25
049-012-5-C
1/4 lb
18.00
ECO. HEIRLOOM. Fruits are oval-shaped, ridged,
moderately netted, and average 4 lbs. The fruits
have an excellent flavor and a fine texture. Plants
are hardy and resist sap beetles. 90 days.
Item Number
Item Number
Lettuce - Tango
NEW Melon - Kansas
NEW Melon - Hearts of Gold,
ORGANIC [H] Cantaloupe. Thick, orange-fleshed
sweet and flavorful, 3 lb fruit. High yield. 70-97 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
051-009-1-G
Packet
2.75
Melon - Sharlyn
A juicy, sweet, and aromatic pale-green flesh which
turns orange around the seed cavity. Remarkably
consistent flavor and texture. 80-90 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
051-004-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.50
051-004-2-C
1/4 oz
7.85
NEW! Lettuce - Winter Density
ECO. Long, pointed leaves are dark red with lighter
midrib. Redder than the traditional “Red Deer Tongue.”
Begins as a cutting type, then makes a butter-cos
heart. Better for cooler months. 48 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
049-023-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.95
Large dark green leaves are compact and tightly folded.
Crisp, succulent leaves have a sweet flavor. Great for salads. Can be grown spring, summer, or fall, and is tolerant
to frost. 70 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
049-018-1-C
Packet
2.50
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but a faint shadow.
- William Blake
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mustard greens
okra
Okra • Abelmoschus esculentus
Mustard Greens • Brassica juncea
Okra, which originated in West Africa,
is a member of the mallow family, related to hibiscus and hollyhock, (as its beautiful
blossoms will attest). It is used in Middle Eastern & Indian cooking as well as being
a primary ingredient in gumbo. It was used as a coffee substitute during the Civil War
in America. Even people who don’t like okra can be convinced by a well-executed
Southern fried version. Special care should be taken when harvesting okra because
it can irritate the skin of some gardeners. Nutrients: vitamins B6, C, and K, folate,
calcium, manganese.
Growing Guidelines: A frost sensitive crop that is easily grown in full sun
and by direct seed once danger of frost has passed. Heat-loving okra is capable of
withstanding dry periods once estabished. Okra can grow 30” wide and 4-6’ tall.
Plant Seeds: 1/2” deep with 3-4” between seeds, in rows 2-3’ apart. Soil Temp:
70-90°F. Days to Seed Emergence: 7-15. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 12”.
Companions: lettuce, peppers, eggplant, basil, cucumber, melons, cowpeas.
Seeds/Oz: 420. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 1.5oz. Yield/100’ row: 300+ pods.
Days to Harvest: 60-85. Seed Viability: 1-2years.
Mustard greens are used in
a variety of ways all around the globe, but are most noted for their use in the preparation
of Soul Food in the American South. Mustard greens favor cooler parts of the growing
season and improve in flavor with the early frost. They were said to have been a favorite
food of Martin Luther King Jr. who loved them with black-eyed peas. Nutrients: vitamins
A, K, and C, folate, calcium, and manganese.
Growing Guidelines: A moderately frost-tolerant biennial that is easy-to-grow
by direct seed or transplant in full sun or partial shade. Mustards can be succession
planted in the spring, and again late summer through early fall, for a continual harvest.
Using season extension allows for harvests through the winter. Plant Seeds: 1/4”deep
with 1” between seeds, in rows 18”apart. Soil Temp: 60-85°F. Days to Emergence:
3-12. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 4-8”. Companions: beets, carrots, dill, lettuce,
onion, spinach, tomato, nasturtium, cilantro. Seeds/Oz: 15,000. Seed Wt./100’ Row:
1 oz. Yield/100’ row: 80-100 lbs. Days to Harvest: 30-45. Seed Viability: 4-5 years.
Mustard Greens - Florida
Broadleaf A large, semi-upright 16-22”
spreading leafy plant with oval dark-green leaves
that are 8-10” long. A traditional Southern favorite
with rich flavor and good yields. Slow-to-bolt. 48 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
053-008-1-C
Packet - 1.5 grams
2.25
053-008-2-C
1/4 oz
3.95
053-008-3-C
1/2 oz
4.95
053-008-4-C
1 oz
6.50
053-008-5-C
1 lb
12.00
Mustard Greens - Giant Red
HEIRLOOM. B. juncea. A Japanese mustard with large,
thick, tender, deep purplish-red savoyed leaves with
white midribs. Very slow-to-bolt with strong mustard
flavor. Good for pickling. 40-65 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
053-011-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
2.25
053-011-2-C
1/8 oz
3.25
053-011-3-C
1/4 oz
4.25
053-011-4-C
1/2 oz
5.25
Mustard Greens - Greenwave
Bright green leaves, heavily curled and frilly. This very
vigorous mustard does not bolt in the heat as quickly
as most others. Hot mustard flavor mellows when
cooked. 40-60 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
053-001-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
1.95
053-001-2-C
1/4 oz
3.95
053-001-3-C
1/2 oz
4.95
053-001-4-C
1 oz
6.50
053-001-5-C
1/4 lb
9.85
Mustard Greens - Old Fashioned
HEIRLOOM. A cool season, quick to bolt mustard popular
in the Carolinas with long, ruffled, flavorful leaves and
good yields. The best mustard variety for salad greens.
40 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
053-009-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
2.25
053-009-2-C
1/4 oz
3.95
053-009-3-C
1/2 oz
4.95
053-009-4-C
1 oz
6.50
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Mustard Greens - Ruby Streaks
ECO. Visually stunning with bold purple coloring on
deeply toothed leaves. Germinates quickly, grows
rapidly and is suitable for multiple cuttings. The flavor
is sweet and spicy, though not excessively hot. Color
deepens in autumn. 40 days.
NEW! Okra - Aunt Hettie’s Red
ECO. TENNESSEE HEIRLOOM. 4-5’ tall. The stalks,
leaves, and pods of this variety are a beautiful
burgundy. The pods are glossy and have a great
taste. 65 days.
Size
Price
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NEW! Hill Country Red
4-6’ tall plants have red stems and produce 3” pods.
Colorful pods are bright green tinged with red. Has a
delicious flavor and great for pickling. Produces well
when pods are picked small. Drought tolerant. 70 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Item Number
Size
Price
053-004-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.50
054-007-1-C
054-006-1-C
Packet
2.50
Okra - Clemson Spineless
Mustard Greens Southern Giant Curled
HEIRLOOM. A Southern favorite and the most commonly
grown mustard for greens. Large green leaves are tightly
curled on the margins. Slow-to-bolt, cold tolerant, and
good for late sowings. 45-70 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
053-003-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
1.95
053-003-2-C
1/4 oz
3.95
053-003-3-C
1/2 oz
4.95
053-003-4-C
1 oz
5.95
053-003-5-C
1/4 lb
9.85
All American Winner, this 4-5’ high plant produces
straight, dark-green, slightly grooved, spineless pods.
Best picked under 2 1/2 -3” for full flavored premium
quality. 56 days.
Size
Price
054-001-1-C
Packet - 6 grams
2.25
Item Number
Size
Price
054-001-2-C
1 oz
5.50
054-002-1-C
Packet - 6 grams
2.25
054-001-3-C
1/4 lb
7.25
054-002-2-C
1/2 oz
4.00
054-001-4-C
1/2 lb
9.50
054-002-3-C
1 oz
6.95
onion
Onion • Allium cepa
Onions are very versatile and nutritious and are used
worldwide as a seasoning, condiment, or as a dish in themselves. Sweet yet robust,
they add a terrific flavor to all kinds of dishes. Onion varieties are classified as long,
medium and short day. This refers to the regions where they grow best, according to
the length of day, during the particular variety’s best growing season. Short day onions
are grown in the winter in the South. Long day onions grow best in the Northern summer.
Intermediate day varieties are generally grown in the middle of the country and can go
either way. Very high in vitamin C, onions were often used by western settlers as a way
to prevent scurvy. Curiously, the name Chicago comes from an old Algonquin word that
means “onion place.” Long and intermediate day varieties store well in a cool dry place,
while the sweeter short day varietes should be eaten within a few weeks of harvest.
Nutrients: dietary fiber, vitamins C, B6, folate, manganese and calcium.
Growing Guidelines: A frost-tolerant biennial crop that is planted in full sun
in early spring, in the fall and over the winter in southern regions. Onions require evenly
moist, well-drained soils, and that weeds be kept to a minimum. Plant Seeds: 1/2”
deep with 1” between seeds in rows 12-15” apart, or in flats 4-6 weeks in advance of
planting. Soil Temp: 50-90°F. Days to Emergence: 6-16. Thin To/Mature Plant
Spacing: 3-6”. Companions: leek, lettuce, parsnip, spinach, beet, carrot, tomato.
Seeds/Oz: 7,000. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 1/4 oz. Yield/100’ row: 100lbs.
has oblong, smooth, green leaves with a very distinct,
mild flavor. Matures extra early in only 35 days.
Size
Price
053-006-1-G
Packet - 1.2 grams
2.75
053-006-2-G
1/8 oz
4.25
053-006-3-G
1/4 oz
6.00
Mustard Greens - Tendergreen
(Komatsuna) This heat and drought resistant
variety has oblong, smooth, green leaves with a very
distinct, mild flavor. Matures extra early in only 35 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
053-005-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
2.25
053-005-2-C
1/4 oz
3.95
053-005-3-C
1/2 oz
4.95
053-005-4-C
1 oz
5.95
053-005-5-C
1 lb
12.00
High-yielding, attractive 4’ tall plants with green leaves
and burgundy stems, branches and leaf ribs often used
as an ornamental plant with colorful pods and leaves.
Tender 6-8” burgundy pods that turn green when
cooked. 60 days.
Item Number
Mustard Greens - Tendergreen,
ORGANIC This heat and drought resistant variety
Item Number
Okra - Red Burgundy
Onion - Evergreen Bunching Onion
Common bulbless, Japanese small bunching onion that
produces white stalks and has a sweet, delicious flavor.
Hardy, slow-to-bolt, and overwinters well. 60-120 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
055-001-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.50
055-001-2-C
1/8 oz
3.50
055-001-3-C
1/4 oz
5.50
055-001-4-C
1 oz
10.30
Onion - Long White Bunching
Long-stemmed bunching onion. Summer producing
or will overwinter for early spring scallions. 120 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
055-005-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.25
055-005-2-C
1/8 oz
3.50
055-005-3-C
1/4 oz
5.50
055-005-4-C
1 oz
6.95
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onion Continued
pea
Onion - Red Creole Short day, Southern
variety. Hard, thick, flat, reddish-buff bulbs with
pungent red-purple flesh. Spring planted, 85 days.
Overwintered, 190 days.
Onion - Walla-Walla Sweet Spanish
Harvest 10 days earlier than other Spanish types. Mild
and sweet, light brown, white flesh. Summer ripening.
Very cold hardy. 125 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
055-008-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.50
055-003-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.50
055-008-2-C
1/8 oz
4.85
055-003-2-C
1/8 oz
3.95
055-008-3-C
1/4 oz
7.40
055-003-3-C
1/4 oz
5.25
055-003-4-C
1/2 oz
8.00
Onion - Red Grano
Short day variety, medium maturity, large red top onion.
Soft flesh. Medium keeper. 115 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
055-006-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.25
055-006-2-C
1/8 oz
3.95
055-006-3-C
1/4 oz
5.25
055-006-4-C
1/2 oz
6.50
055-006-5-C
1 oz
7.95
Onion - Red Torpedo
HEIRLOOM. Intermediate day variety. Long torpedo
or spindle shaped onion which grows to 1 lb. Purplered skin with soft light red flesh and mild sweet flavor.
Medium to short keeper. Spring planted, 95 days.
Overwintered, 200 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
055-007-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.50
Onion - Texas Early Grano
Short day variety. Vidalia type large uniform globe
shaped bulbs with straw colored skin, thin scales, soft
white flesh, and a sweet mild flavor. 168-179 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
055-009-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.25
055-009-2-C
1/8 oz
3.95
055-009-3-C
1/4 oz
5.25
055-009-4-C
1/2 oz
8.00
Onion - White Sweet Spanish
Long day variety. Large globed onions with shiny skins,
mild firm flesh and dark-green tops. Good for green
bunching or grows to 5 1/2” in diameter. Not a
long-term storage variety. 110+ days.
Item Number
Size
Price
055-004-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.25
055-004-2-C
1/8 oz
3.95
055-004-3-C
1/4 oz
5.25
055-004-4-C
1/2 oz
8.00
NEW! Onion - Southport White Globe
A northern long day variety used extensively as a
non-bulbing, bunching onion in latitudes below 34°F.
It produces a medium to long white shank with deep
bluish-green tops. Bunching – 65 to 100 days. When
grown in long day areas (42 degrees and above), it
produces a medium-size high globe with very firm
pungent flesh. A great winter keeper. 80 to 120 days.
sugar snap
from the shell (called garden, shelling or English peas); and edible pod peas. Garden/shelling/English peas
are removed from the fibrous, inedible pod and cooked. There are two forms of edible pod peas: the snow pea,
which is only tender before the peas develop; and snap peas which are eaten after the pods have fully developed. Snow peas are well known in Chinese and other Asian cuisine and are delicious raw in salads. Snap
peas are a taste treat right off the vine, or as an addition to stir-frys. Garden peas are sweet and delicious in
salads, soups, and alone as a tasty side dish. All peas freeze well for storage. Nutrients: vitamins A, C, K, B6,
thiamine, riboflavin, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, copper, manganese, and zinc.
Growing: Snow/snap peas (edible pod) and shelling peas are frost-tolerant, cool weather crops that are
planted early spring and late summer in full sun. Most garden peas are more productive and all are easier
to harvest if given a fence or trellis to climb, but all will produce. Innoculant will help germination and greatly
increase the amount of nitrogen that is released into soil by the peas’ roots. Plant Seeds: 1/2” deep with 2”
between seeds, in rows 18” apart. Soil Temp: 50-75°F. Days to Emergence: 6-14. Thin To/Mature Plant
Spacing: Don’t thin. Companions: celery, chicory, radish, turnip, bean, carrot, corn. Seeds/Oz: 110.
Seed Wt./100’ Row: 8 oz. Yield/100’ row: 20 lbs. Days to Harvest: 50-75. Seed Viability: 4-6 years.
Pea, Shelling - Wando
Good for southern regions and late spring seedings.
This productive shelling pea is both cold and heat
tolerant. Excellent for canning or freezing. 68 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
090-001-1-C
Packet - 14 grams
1.95
Size
Price
090-001-2-C
1 oz
2.95
055-010-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.50
090-001-3-C
1/4 lb
4.95
090-001-4-C
1/2 lb
5.75
090-001-5-C
1 lb
8.00
NEW! Heirloom onion plants
available for 2012. Orders may
be placed by phone or online.
Pea, Snap Mammoth Melting Sugar
High yielding, early and uniform production of sweet,
tender 4-5” pods. Trellis 4-5’ vines for maximum
production. 65-75 days.
Item Number
061-006-1-C
Parsnip • Pastinaca sativa
A cool weather, slow growing, white root crop
which resemble carrots, to which they are related. Very winter hardy, and their rich,
nutty, flavor improves after a hard frost. They are used in soups, stews, and casseroles
to sweeten the taste. They are delicious mashed with potatoes. In fact, before potatoes
were introduced to Europe, many dishes now made with potatoes were made with
parsnips. Parsnip seed can lose viability relatively quickly and should be bought
and saved accordingly. Roots can be stored in the ground into the winter and harvested
as needed. Nutrients: vitamins C, E, and K; folate, potassium, manganese, magnesium.
Growing Guidelines: A slow growing, biennial root. Direct seed in mid-spring for
a fall harvest. It needs full sun. Seeds are naturally lower in germination and tend to be
weak, having difficulty breaking through crusty soil. Some growers approach this by
planting fast growing radishes directly beside the parsnips to mark the row and break
the soil for the slower germinating parsnips. Parsnips prefer soil that is not rich in
nitrogen, as it causes them to have furry, forked roots. Plant Seeds: 1/2-3/4” deep
with 1/2” between seeds and 12-18” between rows. Soil Temp: 55-75°F. Days to
Emergence: 15-28. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 3”. Companions: garlic, pea,
pepper, potato, onion, radish. Seeds/Oz: 5,000. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 1/2 oz.
shelling
Pea • Pisum sativum Peas are very nutritious legumes which grow in two forms: peas that you remove
Item Number
parsnip
Size
Packet - 14 grams
Pea, Snap - Dwarf Grey Sugar
A bush edible pod pea with attractive purple blossoms.
Grows 24-36” tall with 3” sweet slender pods. Ideal to
eat fresh out of the garden. Heavy producer, keep picked
for maximum yields. 66 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
061-004-1-C
Packet - 14 grams
1.95
061-004-2-C
1 oz
2.95
061-004-3-C
1/4 lb
5.75
Pea, Snow - Oregon Sugar Pod
Small vines grow 24 -30” tall (no staking) and produce
smooth 4 1/2” edible pods. Peas freeze well with no
loss of color or flavor. Resistant to mosaic virus,
powdery mildew and wilt. 68 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Price
060-001-1-C
Packet - 14 grams
2.25
2.25
060-001-2-C
1 oz
3.15
1/4 lb
5.25
061-006-2-C
1 oz
2.95
060-001-3-C
061-006-3-C
1/4 lb
4.95
060-001-4-C
1/2 lb
6.50
060-001-5-C
1 lb
9.50
061-006-4-C
1/2 lb
5.75
061-006-5-C
1 lb
8.00
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and
dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if
it had nothing else in the universe to do.
Item Number
Size
Price
HEIRLOOM. A delicious variety with a tapered root reaching 12” long and 2-3” thick at the shoulders. Exposure to
frost adds to sweetness in the fall. Excellent winter keeper.
95-120 days.
056-001-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
1.95
056-001-2-C
1/4 oz
4.85
056-001-3-C
1/2 oz
6.15
32
056-001-4-C
1 oz
7.75
Parsnip - Hollow Crown
oregon sugar
pod
- Galileo Galilei
Note: Southern Peas can be found under
“Cowpea” in the Vegetable section.
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pepper
Continued
habanero
sweet peppers
jalapeno
Pepper • Capsicum annuum Peppers are another member of the nightshade family and offer a
huge selection of varieties including red, orange, yellow and purple sweet peppers and a dizzying array of
beautiful hot peppers (often called chilis) in many colors and shapes. Ripe peppers, especially red ones, are
extremely high in vitamin C. Most peppers turn color when ripe. They can be eaten raw, stuffed, chopped into
sauces, salsas, stews and soups. Hot peppers to add a fiery zing to almost any savory dish. The “hot” flavor in
hot peppers is from the chemical capsaicin, which comes off onto hands when handling chilis, so be careful
not to rub your eyes when preparing a spicy dish. Nutrients: vitamins A, C, K, and B6.
Growing: Frost sensitive annuals that need full sun and evenly moist soil to thrive. Plant Seeds: 1/4-1/2”
deep in 3-4” pots, 6-8 weeks before last frost. Transplant after all danger of frost and when soil has warmed
up leaving 2 -3’ between rows and 18-24” between plants. Soil Temp: 65-85°F. Days to Emergence: 8-25.
Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 18-24”. Companions: carrot, eggplant, tomato, loveage, marjoram, oregano,
basil, onion. Antagonists: fennel, kohlrabi. Seeds/Oz: 4,500. Yield/100’ row: 50 lbs. Days to Harvest:
60-100. Seed Viability: 3-5 years.
Pepper, Hot Hungarian Yellow Hot Wax
NEW! Pepper, Hot -
Anaheim Chili - ORGANIC
Vigorous bushy upright plants grow 24-30” tall to produce an abundance of 6-8” long tapered fruits with 1
1/2” shoulders. Medium-hot chili that is continuously
bearing. Good fresh, roasted or dried. 70-90 days.
HEIRLOOM. A sunset ripening pepper changes from
yellow to orange to red. Early, prolific pepper is spicy
without being too hot. Conical fruit, 1-2” wide and 5-8”
long. Can be used fresh, dried, or cooked. 70 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
062-001-1-C
Packet - 0.3 gram
2.25
062-015-1-G
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.75
062-001-2-C
1/8 oz
5.00
062-001-3-C
1/4 oz
7.90
062-001-4-C
1/2 oz
11.30
Pepper, Hot - Cayenne Large Thick
Wrinkled, tapered and curved fruits with very thick flesh.
5-7“ long with 1.5” shoulder. Concentrated set at harvest.
Strong upright plants. Hot cayenne flavor. 64-80 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
062-005-1-C
Packet - 0.3 gram
2.25
062-005-2-C
1/8 oz
5.00
Pepper, Hot Cayenne Long Red Thin
Very hot, thin-walled cayenne pepper. Curled, twisted,
pointed fruits. 4-6” long with 3/4” shoulder. Used from
the 1” size and up. Develops early. 67-80 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
062-007-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.25
062-007-2-C
1/8 oz
5.00
Pepper, Hot - Habanero, Orange
Produces light-green, thin-walled, crinkled peppers which
ripen to a brilliant orange-red color. 40x hotter than the
standard jalapeno pepper. Tipping in at an eye-watering
200,000-300,000 scoville heat units. 85-95 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
062-013-1-C
Packet - 0.3 gram
2.50
062-013-2-C
1/8 oz
8.50
062-013-3-C
1/4 oz
12.00
Pepper, Hot - Jalapeno, Early
Much like a regular jalapeno, but earlier and better
adapted to cool conditions. Concentrated sets of thickwalled, 3” cone-shaped fruits that ripen to red. Hottest
when fully ripe. 60-68 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
062-010-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.50
062-010-2-C
1/8 oz
5.50
062-010-3-C
1/4 oz
8.75
062-010-4-C
1/2 oz
12.80
Pepper, Hot - Jalapeno, Tam Mild
A quarter to half as hot as early jalapeno, this pepper
has excellent yields and is ideal for pickling, canning,
and freezing. 67-73 days.
Mildly hot and slightly sweet with slender 8-14” pepper.
Ripens green to red to brown with a unique, rich flavor that
is commonly used in Mexican mole sauce. 75-80 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
062-012-1-C
Packet - 0.4 grams
2.50
062-012-2-C
1/8 oz
9.00
Pepper, Hot - Poblano HEIRLOOM.
Heart-shaped pepper called Ancho in its dried shape in
which it lends its red-brown color to chili powder. Called
Poblano in its green state in which it may be peeled and
stuffed for chili rellenos. 75 days.
Size
Price
063-010-1-C
Packet - 0.3 gram
2.95
Pepper, Sweet - Corno Di Toro
HEIRLOOM. An Italian variety with extremely productive
tall plants that bear so much fruit they need staking.
Thin, 8-10” long slightly curved fruits have outstanding
flavor. Best roasted or fried. 70 days.
Price
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.50
Packet - 0.5 gram
063-007-2-C
1/8 oz
7.00
1/8 oz
063-007-3-C
1/4 oz
10.80
062-011-1-C
062-011-2-C
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Pepper, Hot - Santa Fe Grande
Prolific 5” conical fruits that ripen from yellow to orangered. Mild hot flavor. Good producer and ideal for sauces,
vinegars, and pickles. 75-100 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
062-003-1-C
Packet - 0.4 grams
2.50
062-003-2-C
1/8 oz
5.00
062-003-3-C
1/4 oz
7.90
062-003-4-C
1/2 oz
11.30
Pepper, Hot - Serrano Tampequino
HEIRLOOM. A very pungent hot pepper. The plant grows
30-36” tall and bears thin-walled, 2” slender fruits.
Prolific and ever-bearing. 80 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
062-004-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.50
062-004-2-C
1/8 oz
5.00
062-004-3-C
1/4 oz
7.90
062-004-4-C
1/2 oz
11.30
Pepper, Hot Tobago Seasoning Mix
All the delicious background flavors of Habanero
without the heat! A mix of 6 selections by Doug Jones
from a gene pool of Caribbean seasoning peppers.
They varyin size, shape, color, and flavor. Late
producing with high yields. 90 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
062-014-1-C
Packet - 0.3 gram
2.95
NEW! Pepper, Sweet - Golden
California Wonder, ORGANIC
California Wonder type sweet pepper with sweet,
thick-fleshed, blocky fruits and upright sturdy plants.
Peppers change color from green to golden-yellow
to deep-orange. 70 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
063-014-1-G
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.75
063-014-2-G
1/8 oz
11.50
Pepper, Sweet - King of the North
ECO. Uniform Bull Nose type with medium flesh, sweet
taste, and a slight taper. Mature fruits go from dark-green
to deep-red in color. Prolific producer. Ideal for Northern
gardens. 57-68 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
063-013-1-C
0.3 gram
2.95
Pepper, Sweet - Marconi Red
HEIRLOOM. Delicious 12” long peppers are eaten fresh or
dried. Prized for its gigantic sweet red fruits. 70-90 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
063-006-1-C
0.5 gram
2.50
Pepper, Sweet - Mega Marconi
ECO. A dehybridized version of ‘Giant Marconi’ by Doug
Jones. Classic long Italian shape (8-10”) and the sweet
flavor found in most Italian frying peppers. High-yielding,
tall plant (up to 5’) requires a sturdy trellis. Can weigh up
to 1 lb.
Item Number
Size
Price
063-012-1-C
Pepper, Sweet - Abundance
062-009-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.50
062-009-2-C
1/8 oz
5.00
062-009-3-C
1/4 oz
7.90
Item Number
Size
Price
062-009-4-C
1/2 oz
11.30
063-009-1-C
0.3 gram
2.95
Red sister to Sweet Jemison by Doug Jones with
slightly thicker, crunchier walls and elongated bell
shape. Far sweeter than most hybrid peppers.
Pepper, Sweet - Big Red
Very sweet, thick-fleshed bell pepper that ripens green
to red. High yielding variety that is an excellent choice
for the fresh market or home gardener. 75 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
063-005-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.95
062-016-1-G
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.75
063-005-2-C
1/8 oz
7.00
063-005-3-C
1/4 oz
10.80
Item Number
Size
Price
Price
Big Jim - ORGANIC Medium heat, classic
Large version of ‘Chocolate Beauty’ selected over many
years by Doug Jones for high yield, earliness, and thick,
crunchy fruit walls. Blockier than any other non-hybrid
chocolate-colored bell. Top-rated in taste tests. Compact.
063-007-1-C
Size
Size
NEW! Pepper, Hot - New Mexico
Pepper, Sweet - Chocolate Cake
Item Number
Item Number
Item Number
green chile for fire-roasting and rellenos. Gigantic
8-12” fruits have produced world records. Peppers
ripen from green to red in approximately 80 days.
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Pepper, Hot - Pasilla Bajio HEIRLOOM.
pepper
Packet - 1 gram
2.95
Pepper, Sweet - Purple Beauty
Compact plants with thick, protective foliage produce
thick-walled, meaty, beautiful, lobed fruits with a tender
crisp texture. High yielding. Ripens from green to purple
to deep-red. 70-75 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
063-003-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.50
063-003-2-C
1/8 oz
6.25
063-003-3-C
1/4 oz
8.90
063-003-4-C
1/2 oz
12.50
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pepper Continued
pumpkin
Pepper, Sweet - Sweet Banana
HEIRLOOM. Upright prolific pepper from Hungary.
Grows 16-24” tall. Fruits grow 6” long with 1 1/2-2”
shoulders and taper to a blunt point. Thick, sweet,
mildly waxy flesh. 61 days.
Pepper, Sweet - Yolo Wonder
Improved strain of California Wonder. 4” thick-fleshed
blocky-belled fruits that ripen from dark-green to red.
70-80 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
063-008-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.50
063-001-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.50
063-008-2-C
1/8 oz
5.00
063-001-2-C
1/8 oz
5.00
063-008-3-C
1/4 oz
7.90
063-001-3-C
1/4 oz
7.90
063-008-4-C
1 oz
11.30
063-001-4-C
1 oz
11.30
Pepper, Sweet - Sweet Jemison
A large “Lamuyo” (elongated tapered bell) developed
by Doug Jones from Italian Heirlooms. Doug claims
there is no pepper sweeter than this one. Tender and
juicy and keeps well after harvest.
Item Number
Size
Price
063-011-1-C
Packet - 0.3 gram
2.95
connecticut
field pumpkin
cinderella
Pumpkin • In America, we first tend to think of pumpkin pie, but pumpkins are a staple vegetable in
many parts of the world, (used as we would use winter squash) and their seeds are a primary source of oil
in some regions. Nutrients: vitamins A, B6, C, E, K, riboflavin, folate, calcium, pantothemic acid, potassium,
phosphorus and magnesium.
Growing: Pumpkins are a frost-sensitive annual, which need evenly moist, fertile soil and full sun. Can
be direct seeded, or, to get a head start, plant seeds indoors 2 weeks before last frost date and transplant.
Pumpkins are large leaved, long vines and space should be planned accordingly. Plant Seeds: In rows: Direct
seed 1” deep, 6” apart with 8’ between rows. In mounds: 1” deep, with 6 seeds about 5” apart in mounded
hills spaced at 8’ intervals, after danger of frost has passed. Thin each mound leaving the 3-4 strongest
seedlings. Soil Temp: 65-90°F. Days to Emergence: 5-10. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 12”.
Companions: corn, eggplant, melon, squash, marigold, nasturtium, oregano, radish. Antagonists: apple,
raspberry, rosemary, tomato, potato. Seeds/Oz: 100-300. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 1/2-1 oz. Yield/100’
row: 200-300 lbs. Days to Harvest: 90-120. Seed Viability: 3-5 years.
Pumpkin - Cinderella, ORGANIC
potato
HEIRLOOM. (C. pepo) Round, 20lb. pumpkins on a bush
vine. Bright, reddish-orange skin. Excellent flavor. Stores
well. 100 days.
Potato • Solanum tuberosum Originally developed in the Andes mountains
where, to this day, there are over a hundred varieties. Famously eaten in Ireland and
throughout Europe, and brought to the continent by the Spanish conquerors. Potatoes,
often thought of as comfort food, are extremely nutritious and can be prepared in almost
any fashion that you can imagine, including roasted, fried, and in soup. They store well
in a cool dry place. Nutrients: dietary fiber, vitamins C, B6, thiamine, panothenic acid,
niacin, iron, copper, managnese, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium.
Growing: Easy-to-grow. Dig a trench 6-8” deep and plant seed potatoes 12” apart
whole or cut into pieces, each containing at least one “eye.” Leave 2’ between rows.
Cover with 3-4” of soil and, as the leaves start to appear through the soil, hoe up soil
against them creating mounds. The growing tubers sometimes push themselves up
through the ground and then must be covered with soil to prevent greening, which
makes them toxic to eat. Carefully dig potatoes when the leaves die back. Days to
Emergence: 10-20. Days to Harvest: 60-120 days. Viability in ideal storage: 6-12
months.
Very reliable russet-type that is an excellent storage
variety. Smooth, tender, golden-brown skin. Plump
oblong tubers with a hard, pure-white flesh. Multipurpose. Used baked, boiled, steamed, mashed,
or fried. Maine Certified Seed Potato. Smooth yellow skin with creamy-textured, bright-golden
flesh. Early harvest and good storage life. Exceptional
buttery flavor. Maine Certified Seed Potato HEIRLOOM. (C. pepo) A classic pie pumpkin with dry
sweet flesh. Orange fruits are round and weigh 6-8lbs.
90 days.
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
065-006-1-G
Packet 3 grams
2.95
065-002-1-C
Packet - 3.5 grams
1.95
065-006-2-G
1/2 oz
8.75
065-002-2-C
1/4 oz
3.95
065-006-3-G
1 oz
12.00
065-002-3-C
1/2 oz
5.25
065-002-4-C
1 oz
7.40
065-002-5-C
1/4 lb
12.90
HEIRLOOM. (C. pepo) Thick yellow-orange flesh. 15-25
lbs. fruits. Perhaps the original Thanksgiving pumpkin!
Use for canning, baking and stock feed. 110 days.
Potato - Yukon Gold
Pumpkin - Small Sugar
Item Number
Pumpkin - Connecticut Field
Potato - Kennebec
small sugar
pumpkin
Pumpkin - Spookie Pie
(C. pepo) Heavy yielding, uniform 6-10 lb. fruits.
Smooth, hard, red-orange skin and sweet, thick,
orange flesh. Great for pies and carving. 100 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
065-005-1-C
Packet 3 grams
2.50
065-005-2-C
1/4 oz
3.95
Item Number
Size
Price
065-005-3-C
1/2 oz
5.10
065-003-1-C
2.5 grams
2.25
065-005-4-C
1 oz
7.90
065-003-2-C
1/4 oz
4.50
065-003-3-C
1/2 oz
6.75
065-003-4-C
1 oz
9.90
065-003-5-C
1/4 lb
12.90
Pumpkin - Kentucky Field
HEIRLOOM. (C. moschata) Very productive 10-15lb.
flattish-to-round shape with orange skin and thick,
yellow-orange flesh. Good for canning, pies and for
livestock. 115 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
404-003-1-C
3 lb
7.50
404-002-1-C
3 lb
7.50
404-003-2-C
10 lb
20.00
Item Number
Size
Price
404-002-2-C
10 lb
20.00
404-003-3-C
25 lb
38.00
065-009-1-C
Packet 2.5 grams
1.95
404-003-4-C
50 lb
57.00
404-002-3-C
25 lb
38.00
065-009-2-C
1/4 oz
3.95
404-002-4-C
50 lb
57.00
065-009-3-C
1/2 oz
4.95
Item Number
Size
Price
065-009-4-C
1 oz
7.40
065-012-1-C
Packet
2.95
Potato - Red Pontiac
Dark red, smooth skin, with white flesh. Large, oblongto-round, heavy-producing spuds. Good new potatoes.
Excellent storage variety. Maine Certified Seed Potato.
Item Number
Size
Price
404-001-1-C
3 lb
7.50
404-001-2-C
10 lb
20.00
404-001-3-C
25 lb
38.00
404-001-4-C
50 lb
57.00
Potatoes can be pre-ordered anytime.
Shipping begins early March and
continues through mid-May, starting
with growers in the south.
Add an additional $2 for shipping
on seed potato orders of 5-10 lbs.
Call for shipping quote on orders
of 10 lbs. or more.
Maine Certified Seed: The Division of Plant Industry certifies seed potatoes in Maine to control the level of regulated
disease and pests in Maine’s potato industry. Only lots that are found to meet field, post-harvest test, and shipping point
inspection tolerances can be tagged as Maine Certified Seed. Seed potato varieties that are labeled only as Maine
Certified seed does not imply that they are certified organically grown.
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Pumpkin - New England Pie,
ORGANIC (C. pepo) Dark
orange-skinned fruit in a range of sizes from 4-6 lbs.
A non-stringy, high dry matter content pumpkin flesh
which makes superior pumpkin pies. 105 days.
NEW! Pumpkin - Styrian Hulless
(C. pepo). ECO. This hulless variety is primarily grown
for its protein-rich seeds. The seeds are encased in a
thin membrane which may be eaten toasted, raw, or
pressed for oil. The vines are prolific and fast-growing.
NEW! Pumpkin - Winter Luxury
(C. pepo) HEIRLOOM. A small pumpkin with a unique,
fine netted skin. Fruits weigh 5-7 lb. The sweet and
smooth textured flesh is wonderful for pies. Also a
charming ornamental. 85-100 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
065-001-1-G
Packet 3 grams
2.75
065-011-1-C
Packet
2.95
Q: What do you get if you divide the circumference
of a pumpkin by its diameter? A: Pumpkin Pi
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radish
rutabaga
Rutabaga • Brassica napus Sometimes called Swedish or Yellow Turnip
or Swede. Makes a flavorful addition to stews, soups, and roasts. Originally a cross
between cabbage and turnip. They will keep for up to 6 months if refrigerated.
Nutrients: vitamin C, potassium,manganese.
Growing: Easy-to-grow and frost-tolerant. Rutabagas taste best when planted in
mid-summer for fall harvest. Direct seed in fertile, evenly moist soil in full sun.
Radish • Raphanus sativus
Radishes are a very easy-to-grow root
crop popular in American gardens and around the world. Coming in myriad
shapes and colors, radishes make a flavorful addition to salads and a colorful garnish.
Radish seeds are being researched as a possible biofuel. Nutrients: vitamin C, K, B6,
folate, potassium, calcium, and magnesium.
Growing: Radish is a fast growing, moderately frost-tolerant, easy to grow vegetable.
It prefers evenly moist, fertile soil in full sun. Sow in 3 week succession plantings from
spring through fall. Plant Seeds: 1/2” deep, 1/2” between seeds, in rows 8” apart.
Soil Temp: 45-80°F. Days to Emergence: 4-11. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 1-2”.
Companions: beans, beets, carrots, chervil, nasturtium, parsnips, squash, spinach,
lettuce. Antagonists: brassicas, grape, hyssop, kohlrabi, potato, turnips. Seeds/Oz:
2500. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 1oz. Yield/100’ row: 100 bunches. Days to Harvest:
Radish - China Rose Winter,
ORGANIC HEIRLOOM. Winter and spring planted
roots with smooth, rose-colored skin, white flesh and
mild flavor. Good keeper. 35 days.
Round, bright purple-skinned radish with firm, white flesh
and mild, sweet flavor. Hardy and adaptable. 28 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Size
Price
069-006-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
2.50
069-007-1-G
Packet - 2 grams
2.75
069-006-2-C
1/4 oz
5.15
069-007-2-G
1/4 oz
4.45
069-007-3-G
1/2 oz
6.55
069-007-4-G
1 oz
7.90
069-007-5-G
1/4 lb
13.00
HEIRLOOM. Giant white roots up to 24” long by 3”
wide. Sweet and very crispy. Good pickled, steamed,
stir-fried or raw. Mild taste even when large. 60 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
069-002-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
2.50
069-002-2-C
1/4 oz
3.50
069-002-3-C
1/2 oz
4.85
069-002-4-C
1 oz
5.90
069-002-5-C
1/4 lb
11.60
HEIRLOOM. Firm, fine-grained yellow flesh and roots with
purple crowns. High yields. Good keeper. 90 days.
Radish - Purple Plum
Item Number
Radish - Daikon,
Japanese Minowase
Rutabaga - American Purple Top
Size
Price
Packet - 2 grams
2.75
069-009-2-C
1/4 oz
094-001-2-C
1/4 oz
3.95
094-001-3-C
1/2 oz
4.95
094-001-4-C
1 oz
6.95
HEIRLOOM. A hearty vegetable with creamy-white roots
and oyster-like flavor. Roots can over winter. Plant seeds
1/2” deep, thin 12” apart. Full sun. 150 days.
4” round roots with deep-green shoulder on white skin
with crisp, bright-red flesh and a mild, sweet flavor. Its
Chinese name, Shinrimei, means “Beauty-In-The-Heart.”
Suitable for fall/winter crops. 60 days.
Size
2.25
Salsify - Mammoth
Radish - Watermelon HEIRLOOM.
Item Number
Price
Packet - 1.75 grams
Salsify • Tragopogon porrifolius A versatile plant grown as an
ornamental for its lovely pink and yellow flowers, as an edible root, and for use in
herbal medicine. The flavor sweetens in the cold. Herbal medicine enthusiasts prize
salsify for its diuretic and tonic properties. Nutrients: vitamins C, B6, folate, riboflavin,
calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium and manganese.
Growing: This is a long season, slow-growing plant which is best matured in cool
weather. Plant in the early spring in colder climates, early fall in milder climates.
Plant Seeds: Direct seed 1/2” deep, with 1-1/2” between seeds, in rows 18-24” apart.
Crisp and snappy-flavored with round, red-skinned roots
and juicy white flesh. Good yields. 26 days.
069-008-1-G
Size
094-001-1-C
salsify
Radish - Sparkler, ORGANIC
Item Number
Item Number
Price
website
069-009-1-C or c
hec-k2 grams
call Packet
Item Number
Size
Price
091-001-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.50
sorghum
Radish - French Breakfast
HEIRLOOM. Blunt oblong with red 3” roots shading to
white at the tip. White flesh is crisp and mildly pungent.
Great home variety. 24 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
069-003-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
2.25
069-003-2-C
1/4 oz
3.50
069-003-3-C
1/2 oz
4.85
069-003-4-C
1 oz
5.90
Sorghum • Sorghum bicolor Ranks with wheat, oats, corn and barley as among the most cultivated
grains in the world. It is used as flour, cereal, sweetner, livestock feed, and in the making of brooms. Best known
in the South as molasses, actually sorghum syrup, which is very rich in minerals. Drought and heat tolerant.
Growing: An annual, frost-sensitive
Sorghum - Hungarian Broom Corn
grass which should be planted in full sun.
ECO. HEIRLOOM. Traditional variety with long stems for
Plant Seeds: Direct seed 1/2”deep, with
making brooms. Fast growing to 7 -10’ tall. Edible red
seeds. Drought-tolerant. 100 days.
1-1/2” between seeds, in rows 2’ apart.
Sorghum - Black Amber Cane
ECO. HEIRLOOM. One of the earliest molasses sorghums
known. 6-8’ stalks bear shiny black seeds and make
fine brooms. A good intercrop for pole beans and peas.
99 days.
Faye performing with a Leek flower
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Item Number
Size
Price
105-001-1-C
Packet - 3.5 grams
3.95
105-001-2-C
1 oz
7.50
Item Number
Size
Price
105-004-1-C
Packet - 3.5 grams
3.95
105-004-2-C
1 oz
7.50
NEW! Sorghum - Sugar Drip
ECO. HEIRLOOM. Grows to 9-12’ tall. One of the earliestmaturing varieties for the South. Produced good quality
syrup during early syrup production. 110 days
Item Number
Size
Price
105-003-1-C
Packet - 3.5 grams
3.95
105-003-2-C
1 oz
7.50
105-003-3-C
1/4 lb
12.00
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specialty greens
Continued
mache
dutch corn
salad
NEW! Specialty Greens -
Braising Greens Mix
A delicious mix of greens that are good for braising. Dwarf
Blue Scotch Kale, Vates Collards, Tendergreen Mustard
Greens, Fordhook Chard, Bloomsdale Spinach, and Tatsoi.
Item Number
Size
Price
092-008-1-C
Packet - 1.75 grams
2.50
092-008-2-C
1/2 oz
4.50
092-008-3-C
1 oz
6.75
092-008-4-C
1/4 lb
12.90
NEW! Specialty Greens - Lambsquarters,
Magenta Spreen, ORGANIC
A wild edible plant related to spinach. Young green leaves
are splashed with brilliant magenta. Has a delicate tangy
flavor. Easy to grow, self-seeds. Can be eaten raw or
steamed. 45 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
092-007-1-G
Packet
2.75
Specialty Greens Mache, Dutch Corn Salad
HEIRLOOM. (Valerianella locuta) France. Among the
softest and most tender of all greens. Larger, oval,
green leaves with mild flavor. Easy-to-grow. Succession
plant for continual harvest. Cold tolerant. 50 days.
radicchio
Specialty Greens are that category
of unique greens, grown for salad or
cooking, which fit in no other category
in our seed selection. Like all greens,
they are highly nutritious and for the
most part, very easy-to-grow.
Item Number
Size
Price
092-006-1-G
Packet
2.75
Specialty Greens Radicchio, Rossa Di Verona
HEIRLOOM. A fine deep-red, tight-balled radicchio from
Verona, Italy. Gourmet quality, perfect for both the home
gardener or market grower. Cool weather enhances flavor
and color. 70 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Packet - 0.25 gram
2.25
098-001-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.25
092-005-2-C
1/8 oz
4.00
4.50
092-005-3-C
1/4 oz
6.00
092-005-4-C
1 oz
9.00
7.35
098-001-4-C
1 oz
9.85
2.25
074-006-2-C
1/4 oz
4.35
074-006-3-C
1/2 oz
5.90
074-006-4-C
1 oz
8.40
Item Number
Size
Price
074-005-1-C
Packet
2.50
074-005-2-C
1 oz
4.75
074-005-3-C
1/4 lb
8.65
074-005-4-C
1 lb
18.20
yellow
straight neck
ronde de nice
Squash, Summer • Maxima, Mixta, Moschata, Pepo
The Summer Squash is distinguished
from Winter Squash by its bush growth habit, thin delicate skin, its short storage life, and because it can be
eaten raw as well as cooked. All squash are symbiotic members of the “Three Sisters” (along with Corn and
Beans) in Native American agriculture. Corn provides a pole for vining beans which in turn provide nitrogen
for the heavy-feeding corn. With their numerous large leaves, squash shades out the weeds and helps retain
moisture in the soil for all. Summer Squash is baked, stuffed, boiled, sauteed and used in casseroles.
Nutrients: vitamins A, B6, C, E, K, folate, riboflavin and manganese.
Growing: This very frost sensitive annual can be planted in full sun by direct seed or transplanted anytime
after the last frost. It benefits from evenly moist soil and a ring of mulch around seedlings and transplants
to keep weeds down and retain moisture before its large shading leaves take over the job. Can be planted in
succession for sustained harvest until frost. Plant Seeds: In rows: Direct seed 1/2” deep with 6” between
seeds or plant seed indoors 3-4 seed per 4” pot 2-3 weeks before last frost. Space 2’ between rows. In
mounds: Make a mounded hill with a crater in it for catching water and plant 6 seeds 1/2” deep about 5”
apart spaced at 3’ intervals. Thin each mound leaving the 3-4 strongest seedlings. Soil Temp: 65-85°F.
Days to Emergence: 5-10. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing in rows: 1’. Companions: beans, celery, corn,
dill, nasturtium, onions, cucumbers, mint, marigold, oregano, borage. Seeds/Oz: 300. Seed Wt./100’ Row:
1/2 oz. Yield/100’ Row: 150-200 lbs. Days to Harvest: 50-70. Seed Viability: 3-4 years.
(C. pepo) Bush-type plant produces high yields of
Spinach • Spinacia oleracea
Spinach is a versatile, very nutritious leafy
green which probably originated in central and southeastern Asia and spread to the
Middle East where it was grown extensively. It can be used in casseroles and egg
dishes, eaten as a side dish, or eaten raw in salads. Nutrients: vitamins A, E, K,
and C, calcium, iron, magnesium, and potassium.
Growing: A very frost-tolerant biennial that is easy-to-grow by direct seed or
transplant from early spring through late summer and into the fall. Plant in full sun or
part shade. Spinach will survive all but the coldest northern winters without protection,
affording an early spring harvest before bolting to seed. Plant Seeds: 1/2” deep with
1” between seeds, in rows 10” apart. Or, plant in containers 2 weeks before
transplanting. Soil Temp: 45-65°F. Days to Emergence: 6-21. Thin To/Mature
Plant Spacing: 4”. Companions: legumes, lettuce, radish, celery, brassicas,
strawberries. Seeds/Oz: 1400-2600. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 1/2 oz. Yield/100’
Row: 40 lbs. Days to Harvest: 30-50. Seed Viability: 3-4 years.
Spinach - Bloomsdale Long Standing
HEIRLOOM. The classic reliable spinach with dark-green,
thick-crinkled leaves. Slow-bolting and heavy-yielding. 46 days.
HEIRLOOM. Produces large, thick leaves full of nutrients.
Heavy yields in spring and fall. Great for raw eating as the
leaves stay tender. Can also be cooked, canned, or frozen.
Slow to bolt. 40-56 days.
summer squash
Squash, Summer - Black Beauty
spinach
NEW! Spinach - Giant Winter
Large, dark green, semi-savoyed leaves. Heavy
yields. Very cold hardy. Recommended for late fall
crops, winter greenhouse crops, or overwintering
under mulch.45 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
074-002-1-C
Packet - 3 grams
2.50
074-002-2-C
1/2 oz
3.95
074-002-3-C
1 oz
5.20
Item Number
Size
Price
074-002-4-C
1/4 lb
7.00
074-004-1-C
Packet
2.50
074-002-5-C
1 lb
12.50
40
Price
Packet - 3 grams
NEW! Spinach - Nobel Giant
Orach, also called Mountain Spinach, is an annual leaf
vegetable with a salty, spinach-like taste. The shimmery
leaves in vivid colors of red, gold, pink, purple, carmine
and green are a colorful addition to salads. 37-60 days
Price
1/4 oz
Size
074-006-1-C
Orach, Aurora, ORGANIC
Size
098-001-3-C
Item Number
cocozelle
Item Number
1/8 oz
(Tetragonia tetranoides) Not a true spinach, but similar
in taste and use. Good summer greens. Soak seeds
24 hours before planting. Plant 18-24” apart. 60 days.
NEW! Specialty Greens -
092-005-1-C
098-001-2-C
Spinach - New Zealand Spinach
spinach
straight, dark-green zucchini squash. The outer
surface is very smooth. Suitable for smaller home
gardens and fresh markets. 60-70 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
078-001-1-C
Packet - 2.5 grams
1.95
078-001-2-C
1/2 oz
2.95
078-001-3-C
1 oz
3.95
078-001-4-C
1/4 lb
10.00
078-001-5-C
1 lb
24.00
Squash, Summer - Black Beauty,
ORGANIC (C. pepo) Bush type plant produces
high yields of straight dark-green zucchini squash.
The outer surface is very smooth. Suitable for smaller
home gardens and fresh markets. 60-70 days.
Squash, Summer Cocozelle Zucchini
HEIRLOOM. (C. pepo)
Italian origin. Features slender fruits with light and
dark- green stripes on smooth, thin skins. Harvest fruits
when they reach 4-8” long. Outstanding flavor. 55 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
078-002-1-C
Packet - 2.5 grams
2.25
078-002-2-C
1/2 oz
3.95
078-002-3-C
1 oz
5.50
078-002-4-C
1/4 lb
15.00
078-002-5-C
1 lb
31.00
Squash, Summer Early Golden Summer Crookneck
HEIRLOOM. (C. pepo) A popular bright-yellow summer
squash with firm, tender, pale-cream flesh. Eat fruit
young at 4-8” long for best flavor. 58 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
078-004-1-G
Packet - 2.5 grams
2.75
078-006-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
2.50
078-004-2-G
1 oz
9.25
078-006-2-C
1/2 oz
3.95
078-004-3-G
1/4 lb
17.00
078-006-3-C
1 oz
5.50
078-006-4-C
1/4 lb
15.00
078-006-5-C
1 lb
31.00
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summer squash
Squash, Summer Early Prolific Straight Neck
HEIRLOOM. (C. pepo) The most popular of straight neck
squashes, this lemon yellow fruit has crisp, firm texture.
Best when harvested 5-6” long. 42-50 days.
Continued
Squash, Summer Scallop Yellow Bush
Continued
HEIRLOOM. (C. pepo) Vigorous bush with large, round,
golden-yellow fruits approximately 7” in diameter.
Distinctive flavor. Least attractive to squash bugs.
51 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
078-003-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
2.50
Item Number
Size
Price
078-003-2-C
1/2 oz
3.95
078-008-1-C
Packet - 1.5 grams
2.25
078-003-3-C
1 oz
5.50
078-008-2-C
1/2 oz
4.95
078-003-4-C
1/4 lb
15.00
078-008-3-C
1 oz
7.95
078-003-5-C
1 lb
31.00
078-008-4-C
1/4 lb
19.00
Squash, Summer Ronde de Nice, ORGANIC
HEIRLOOM. (C. pepo) Small, round summer squash
with beautiful green and yellow mottled skin. Excellent
flavor and perfect for stuffing. Prolific. 50 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
078-009-1-G
Packet - 2 grams
2.75
078-009-2-G
4 grams
5.50
neck pumpkin
Item Number
079-020-1-C
Size
Price
Packet
2.95
Squash, Winter - Blue Hubbard
HEIRLOOM. (C. maxima) Grayish-blue, 30-45 lb
fruits with bumpy, warted skin and thick orange flesh.
Fine-textured with excellent flavor and quality. Great
storage variety. 115 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
NEW! Squash, Winter - Candy
Roaster Melon ECO. HEIRLOOM. (C. maxima)
Large, rampant vines produce 12-14 lb fruits. Fruits
are warty, buttercup-shaped, with pinkish-orange
coloring and blue-green markings. Very sweet, excellent
for baking. 112 days.and freezing. 90-105 days.
Size
Price
079-006-1-C
Packet - 2.5 grams
2.50
079-022-3-C
1 oz
7.95
079-006-2-C
1/2 oz
4.95
079-022-4-C
1/4 lb
19.00
079-006-3-C
1 oz
7.95
079-022-5-C
1 lb
31.00
079-006-4-C
1/4 lb
19.00
Squash, Winter - Table Queen Acorn
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
079-010-1-C
Packet - 5.3 gram
2.50
079-012-1-C
Packet - 1.5 grams
2.50
079-010-2-C
1/2 oz
4.95
079-012-2-C
1/2 oz
4.95
079-010-3-C
1 oz
7.95
079-012-3-C
1 oz
7.95
079-010-4-C
1/4 lb
19.00
NEW! Squash, Winter - Long Island
Cheese HEIRLOOM. (C. moschata) Named for
its resemblance to a wheel of cheese, the fruits are
flattened and ribbed. The skin is buff colored and
the flesh is deep orange and sweet-tasting. Keeps
well and is great for pies. 71-108 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
079-013-1-C
Packet - 3 grams
2.95
Squash, Winter - Neck Pumpkin
HEIRLOOM. (C. moschata) Vigorous vines bear sweet,
15 lb, orange-fleshed, butternut-like, 20-30” fruits. Very
resistant to vine borer. Wonderful for pies. 110 days.
Price
2.95
079-015-2-C
1/8 oz
8.10
Squash, Winter - Pink Jumbo
Banana HEIRLOOM. (C. maxima) Large, pinkish-
orange, banana-shaped fruit can weigh 25-40 lbs.
Very sweet, orange, dry flesh. Large yields. Excellent
keeper. 105 days.
1/4 lb
19.00
5.75
079-002-3-C
079-002-4-C
1 oz
1/4 lb
8.95
21.00
produces good yields of large fruits shaped like butternuts
with elongated necks. The skin has a light golden-orange
color. The flesh is very sweet and gets sweeter during
storage. It is delicious raw or baked. 110 days.
Packet
079-005-4-C
1/2 oz
NEW! Squash, Winter Tahitian Butternut (C. moschata) Plant
Size
7.95
079-002-2-C
7.65
079-019-1-C
1 oz
8.55
1/4 oz
Item Number
079-005-3-C
5.25
2.75
079-014-2-G
2.50
4.95
1 oz
Price
Packet - 1.6 grams
Packet - 2 grams
2.25
1/2 oz
Size
079-014-1-G
079-015-1-C
1/2 oz
079-011-3-C
Item Number
Price
Packet - 5 grams
079-011-2-C
of Table Queen Acorn. Thick, pale-orange flesh cooks
dry and sweet. Very compact and productive. 87 days.
Size
079-005-2-C
2.50
Squash, Winter - Table Queen Bush
ORGANIC (C. pepo) Runnerless, true bush version
Item Number
079-005-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
HEIRLOOM. (C. pepo) Hard dark-green rind with med-deep
ribs and yellow-orange sweet, thick, dry flesh. Very early,
vigorous and prolific. 1-2 lb fruits. Good keeper and bakes
well. 70-90 days.
Item Number
2.95
079-002-1-C
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Item Number
4.95
Packet
2.50
HEIRLOOM. (C. pepo) Awesome nutty flavor and texture.
When baked, stringy flesh can be used as a delicious
gluten-free pasta substitute. A garden favorite. 88 days.
1/2 oz
079-021-1-C
Packet - 4.6 grams
Squash, Winter - Spaghetti
079-022-2-C
Price
079-011-1-C
2.95
2.25
Size
Price
Price
Packet - 2 grams
Price
Item Number
Size
Size
079-017-1-C
Packet 3.5 grams
Price
Item Number
Item Number
Size
Size
HEIRLOOM. (C. pepo) Sweet and nutty flavor with yellow
skin and dark-green stripes. The cylindrical 2 lb. fruits
are the perfect meal size. 100 days.
ECO. HEIRLOOM. (C. moschata) Vigorous heat tolerant vines
up to 30’. Tan, teardrop-shaped fruit 6-7” in diameter.
Produces sweet, smooth fleshed squash. Excellent keeper.
Resistant to squash vine borer and squash bugs. 105 days.
079-022-1-C
Item Number
Squash, Winter - Delicata
Squash, Winter - Seminole Pumpkin
Item Number
bronze-green fruits at maturity. Very thick, sweet, dry,
yellow-orange flesh. Excellent keeper. 95-120 days.
Squash, Winter Winter squash is actually grown in the summer, but differs from summer squash
in that it is longer-maturing, grows on trailing vines (up to 15’), is eaten only after being cooked, and has
a thick skin and firm flesh that allows it to be stored for many months without refrigeration. It is commonly
baked and is prized for its sweet flavor in soups. Nutrients: vitamins A, C, and B, potassium, manganese.
Growing: Frost sensitive annuals, Winter Squashes are quite varied in size and shape. All should be
planted in full sun by direct seed or transplanted anytime after the last frost. They benefit from evenly moist
soil and a ring of mulch around seedlings and transplants to keep weeds down and retain moisture before
its large shading leaves take over the job. Plant Seeds: In rows: 1” deep with 6” between seeds or 3-4 seed
per 4” pot, and space 2’ between rows in the garden. In mounds: 1” deep, with 6 seeds about 5” apart in
mounded hills, after danger of frost has passed. Thin each mound, leaving the 3-4 strongest seedlings.
See varieties for spacing. Soil Temp: 65-85°F. Days to Emergence: 5-10. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing:
1’. Companions: celery, dill, nasturtium, corn, beans, onions, cucumbers, mint, marigold, oregano, borage.
Seeds/Oz: 200-300. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 1/2-2oz. Yield/100’ Row: 150-200+ lbs. Days to Harvest:
ECO. HEIRLOOM. (C. maxima) Fruits have very thick
pale orange flesh and the largest can weigh 60-80
lbs. The firm, moist flesh is great for making pies
and freezing. 90-105 days.
15 lb. fruits. Grows very long vines. Makes amazing
pumpkin pies. 90 days.
(C. maxima) Large vines produce 10-12 lb. dark
candy roaster
NEW! Squash, Winter - Amish Pie
Squash, Winter - Green Striped
Cushaw HEIRLOOM. (C. mixta) Heavy yields of
Squash, Winter - Improved
True Green Hubbard
winter squash
butternut
pink jumbo
banana squash
winter squash
Squash, Winter - Thelma Sanders
Sweet Potato HEIRLOOM. (C. pepo) Acorn-shaped
fruits up to 6” long. Superbly flavored golden-yellow flesh.
Family heirloom from Missouri. 87 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
079-016-1-C
Packet - 1.25 grams
2.95
Squash, Winter - Waltham Butternut
(C. moschata) Most popular of butternuts. Fruits average
8-9” long and 3-6 lbs. Fine- textured, buff colored skin
with rich, nutty, orange flesh. Vigorous and dependable.
Excellent keeper. 95 days.
NEW! Squash, Winter - Red Kuri
Item Number
Size
Price
079-009-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
1.95
striking red-orange skin. The deep orange flesh is
smooth and sweet. Reliable yields in cool, short seasons.
Good for pies. 90 days.
079-009-2-C
1/2 oz
4.95
079-009-3-C
1 oz
7.95
Price
079-009-4-C
1/4 lb
19.00
2.50
079-009-5-C
1 lb
31.00
(C. maxima) 4-6 lb fruits are teardrop-shaped with
Item Number
Size
079-018-1-C
Packet
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tomato
sweet potato
PLUm lemon
Sweet Potato • Ipomoea batatas
black from tula
cherokee purple
Tomato • L. lycopersicum
Sweet potatoes, which are not potatoes but rather related
to morning glory, originated in Central America. A nutritious staple food in many regions of the world, especially
Central America, Africa and the American South. They are a long-growing, warm weather plant, easy-to-grow
where the climate allows for a 120 day growing season. Sweet potatoes store well for much of the winter in
cool, even tempratures and dry conditions. Their abundant, heart-shaped leaves are commonly used as an
ornamental in hanging pots and terraced gardens where they fall gracefully over rock walls. Nutrients: beta
carotene (very high), vitamins A, C, E, K, folate, niacin, riboflavin, thiamin, manganese (very high), potassium,
magnesium, phosphorous. Growing: Sweet potatoes are planted from bare-root slips (also called starts) as soon as the ground is
well warmed and all danger of frost has passed. Extremely heat tolerant and will continue to mature after a
light frost as long as the soil stays warm. Space plants: 12-18” apart with 3-4’ between rows. The vines will
spread and fill in, so give them plenty of room. Plant in a soil rich in organic matter. Sweet potatoes can be
slow starters and they don’t like to compete with weeds. Keep the area clear until the top growth fills in and
acts as a natural mulch. Tip: Don’t water your sweet potatoes during the final 3-4 weeks prior to harvest, to
keep the mature tubers from splitting. Days to harvest: 90-120.
Tomatoes are a juicy delight of the summer garden and like potatoes,
eggplant and peppers, are members of the nightshade family (Solanaceae), which have their origins in South
and Central America. Farmer’s Markets in the past decades have sprung up filled with scores of colorful
heirlooms in varying sizes, colors and patterns. The plants are either determinate, or indeterminate.
On determinate plants the fruits ripen at one time and don’t necessarily need to be staked. Indeterminate
plants continue growing until frost with fruit ripening until the plant dies. Winter storage is by drying, roasting,
canning, freezing and juicing. Nutrients: dietary fiber, vitamins A, C and K, potassium, manganese. Growing: Tomatoes are frost-sensitive annuals that need full sun and evenly moist soil to thrive. Most
varieties prefer caging, staking or trellising. Plant Seeds: 1/4” deep in 3-4” pots, 6-8 weeks before last
frost. Transplant after all danger of frost and when soil has warmed up, leaving 3’ between rows and 18-24”
between plants. Soil Temp: 70-90° F. Days to Seed Emergence: 6-14 days. Companions: asparagus, basil,
bee balm, cabbage family, garlic, nasturtium, celery, parsley, onion, marigold. Antagonists: cabbage family,
pole beans, dill, fennel, potato, corn. Seeds/Oz: 9,000. Average Yield/100’ row: 150 lbs.
Days to Harvest: 55-85 from date of transplant. Seed Viability: 4-7 years.
Sweet Potato Slips - Beauregard
HEIRLOOM. (Indeterminate). Highly productive vines
with 8-12 oz. deep-red, acorn-shaped fruits. Thick,
meaty paste tomatoes with few seeds. 75-85 days.
Fast maturing roots have red-orange skin and orange
flesh. Easy-to-grow with extremely high yields and little
cracking. 90-105 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
400-002-1-C
12 slips
12.00
400-002-2-C
36 slips
26.00
400-002-3-C
100 slips
41.00
400-002-4-C
500 slips
79.00
400-002-5-C
1000 slips
Call for Quote
Sweet Potato Slips - O Henry
RARE. White-skinned and white fleshed variety that
has a somewhat dryer texture than most. 115 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
400-004-1-C
12 slips
12.00
400-004-2-C
36 slips
26.00
400-004-3-C
100 slips
41.00
400-004-4-C
500 slips
79.00
400-004-5-C
1000 slips
CALL
Call for Quote
Sweet Potato Slips - Porto Rico
Sweet Potatoes are
shipped live in the
Spring, usually
late-May.
For details on delivery dates
please visit our website at
www.sowtrueseed.com
•
You can also find
more growing tips for
sweet potatoes on
our blog!
•
Sweet Potato Slips can be
pre-ordered anytime
•
Shipping is mid-May
through June, beginning
with growers in
southernmost regions.
RARE. Easy-to-grow, compact, upright bush habit
(bunch type) plants. Produces copper-skinned roots
with a deep orange, sweet flesh and old-fashioned
flavor. Excellent for baking. 110-130 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
400-001-1-C
12 slips
12.00
400-001-2-C
36 slips
26.00
400-001-3-C
100 slips
41.00
400-001-4-C
500 slips
79.00
400-001-5-C
1000 slips
CALL
Call for Quote
Please do not order sweet potato slips for delivery to California, Alaska, Hawaii or
Canada. Plant inspections can cause delays that may result in plant failure.
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Tomato - Amish Paste, ORGANIC
Tomato - Chadwick Cherry,
ECO. (L. esculentum). (Indeterminate). Vines produce
high yields of utterly delicious, 1 oz. red cherry tomatoes.
Selected by master English horticulturalist, Alan Chadwick.
Disease resistant. 90 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
084-010-1-G
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.75
Item Number
Size
Price
084-010-2-G
1 gram
10.00
084-027-1-C
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.95
084-010-3-G
1/8 oz
25.00
084-010-4-G
1/4 oz
34.00
Tomato - Arkansas Traveler
HEIRLOOM. (Indeterminate). Smooth, rose-colored fruits
are juicy with mild flavor. Tolerates heat and humidity.
Crack and disease-resistant. 80-90 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
084-001-1-C
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.50
084-001-2-C
1 gram
6.85
084-001-3-C
1/8 oz
9.90
084-001-4-C
1/4 oz
18.00
NEW! Tomato - Black From Tula
ECO. HEIRLOOM. Produces large 10-12 oz fruits that have
a green to brown-red color. Heavy foliage cover. Rich full
flavor, great for slicing and canning. 75-85 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
084-025-1-C
Packet
2.95
NEW! Tomato - Black Krim
ECO. Large 8-12 oz fruits have a unique violet-brown
and purple-red coloring. With sufficient sun and heat
they turn almost black. Has a juicy, full flavor.
Originated in Krim, Russia. 69-90 days.
Item Number
084-026-1-C
Size
Packet -
Tomato - Cherokee Purple
HEIRLOOM. (Indeterminate). Exquisite flavor. Flattened
globes have unique purplish-pink flesh. Productive
plants yield large crops of 12 oz. fruits. 80 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
084-009-1-C
Packet - 0.2 gram
2.50
084-009-2-C
1 gram
9.00
084-009-3-C
1/8 oz
14.00
Tomato - Cherokee Purple,
ORGANIC HEIRLOOM. (Indeterminate). Exquisite
flavor. Flattened globes have unique purplish-pink flesh.
Productive plants yield large crops of 12 oz. fruits. 80 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
084-011-1-G
Packet - 0.2 gram
2.95
084-011-2-G
1 gram
12.00
084-011-3-G
1/8 oz
30.00
Tomato - Cherry Sweetie, ORGANIC
(Indeterminate). Long trailing plant produces an
abundance of small, grape-shaped, cherry-sized fruits
in large clusters. Super high sugar content. 65-70 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
084-004-1-G
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.75
Price
084-004-2-G
1 gram
10.00
2.95
084-004-3-G
1/8 oz
14.00
084-004-4-G
1/4 oz
18.00
NEW! Tomato - Brandywine Yellow,
ORGANIC HEIRLOOM. This yellow-fruited variety
has a sweet, delicious flavor similar to the pink-fruited
“Brandywine.” Fruits are large and slightly ribbed. Potatoleaf foliage provides medium fruit cover. 76-100 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
084-020-1-G
Packet
2.95
NEW! Tomato - Cosmonaut Volkov
ECO. HEIRLOOM. The round, slightly flattened fruits have
a complex flavor with a nice acid-sweet balance. Fruits
can reach 1-2 lbs. Variety named after the famous
Russian cosmonaut who died while landing. 75 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
084-023-1-C
Packet
2.95
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tomato
turnip
Continued
NEW! Tomato - Mountain Princess
ECO. WEST VIRGINIA HEIRLOOM. A productive variety
that produces quick and early. The 4-6 oz red fruits
are round, smooth, and sweet. 45-68 days.
NEW! Tomato - Plum Lemon
ECO. Fruit has the size, shape, and color of a lemon.
Has firm, mild flesh that in great is soups and salads.
75-95 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
084-024-1-C
Packet
2.95
084-019-1-C
Packet
2.95
Tomato - Mortgage Lifter
HEIRLOOM. (Indeterminate). Vines produce huge fruits
up to 1 lb. Rich-flavored, irregular-shaped, reddish-pink
fruits continue to produce until frost arrives. 85 days
Item Number
Size
Price
084-013-1-C
Packet - 0.2 gram
2.50
084-013-2-C
1 gram
6.90
084-013-3-C
1/8 oz
9.90
084-013-4-C
1/4 oz
18.00
Tomato - Mr Stripey
HEIRLOOM. (Indeterminate). Productive vines produce
golf ball-sized fruits with low acid, yellow flesh and
pink stripes. Mild flavor. 80 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
084-014-1-C
Packet - 0.2 gram
2.50
084-014-2-C
1 gram
5.50
084-014-3-C
1/8 oz
8.70
084-014-4-C
1/4 oz
14.00
NEW! Tomato - Opalka
ECO. HEIRLOOM. Vigorous wispy vines produce 3” by 6”
red paste tomatoes. Fruits have solid, meaty flesh and
have an excellent flavor. The small amount of seeds
makes this variety great for processing. Fruits hold
well on the vine. 85 days.
Tomato - Principe Borghese
ORGANIC HEIRLOOM. (Determinate). Produces
clusters of red, very meaty, plum-shaped, pointy-ended
fruits with little juice and few seeds. Used for sun-drying
in Italy. Needs support. 70 days.
Price
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Tomato - Roma
(Semi-determinate).
Classic plum-shaped paste tomato. Rich flavor and
low seed count makes “Roma” ideal for canning.
Vigorous compact vines. 75 days.
Price
22.00
Packet - 1.7 grams
1.95
Tomato - Rutgers (Determinate). Large,
vigorous and productive vines with bright, blood-red,
globed fruits. Old-time flavor. Crack resistant.
Widely adapted for hot climates. 70-90 days.
085-003-2-C
1 oz
3.95
085-003-3-C
1/4 lb
6.95
085-003-4-C
1 lb
17.00
1 oz
Item Number
Size
Price
084-008-1-C
Packet - 0.2 gram
2.50
22.00
Size
Price
084-006-1-G
Packet - 0.2 gram
2.75
084-006-2-G
1 gram
10.00
084-006-3-G
1/8 oz
25.00
17.00
Size
18.00
Item Number
1 lb
085-003-1-C
1 oz
old-timey tomato flavor. Produces good yields of 1-2 lb.
beefsteak tomatoes. Pinkish-red when mature. 85 days.
6.95
085-005-4-C
Item Number
1/2 oz
Tomato - Pink Brandywine,
ORGANIC HEIRLOOM. (Indeterminate). Rich,
3.95
1/4 lb
18.00
084-008-6-C
18.00
1 oz
085-005-3-C
12.00
084-008-5-C
9.90
085-005-2-C
1/2 oz
12.00
1/4 oz
4.65
1/4 oz
1/4 oz
084-012-4-C
1/4 oz
084-003-5-C
084-008-4-C
6.90
085-001-2-G
084-003-4-C
6.50
1/8 oz
2.75
6.50
4.00
1 gram
Packet - 1.5 grams
1/8 oz
1/8 oz
084-012-3-C
1.95
085-001-1-G
084-003-3-C
1 gram
084-012-2-C
Price
Packet - 1.7 grams
4.00
084-008-3-C
2.50
Size
085-005-1-C
1 gram
084-008-2-C
Packet - 0.2 gram
Item Number
084-003-2-C
084-003-6-C
NEW! Tomato - Speckled Roman
ECO. The result of a stabilized cross of “Antique Roman”
and “Banana Legs.” The gorgeous and unique 5” long
fruits have jagged orange and yellow stripes with a
meaty flesh with few seeds. Great for processing and
fresh eating. Very productive. 85 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
084-022-1-C
Packet
2.95
Tomato - Yellow Pear HEIRLOOM.
(Indeterminate). Small, pear-shaped, yellow tomatoes
with mild flavor. Very productive and heat-resistant.
75 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
084-005-1-C
Packet - 0.2 gram
2.50
084-005-2-C
1 gram
6.90
084-005-3-C
1/8 oz
9.90
084-005-4-C
1/4 oz
18.00
Turnip - Shogoin HEIRLOOM. A tender,
versatile, fine-grained Japanese Turnip that can be
cooked, steamed or pickled. Tall, mild-flavored
green leaves with 2-4” globe-shaped roots. 42 days.
Price
2.50
2.95
084-012-1-C
Size
Packet - 0.2 gram
Price
Price
Item Number
084-003-1-C
Packet
Size
HEIRLOOM. Mildly sweet, smooth, white 6” roots are
purplish-red above ground and white below. Excellent
keeper. A favorite garden variety. 57 days.
Price
Size
Item Number
Turnip - Purple Top Globe, ORGANIC
Size
084-021-1-C
HEIRLOOM. (Indeterminate). Rich, old-timey tomato
flavor. Produces good yields of 1-2 lb. beefsteak
tomatoes. Pinkish-red when mature. 85 days.
Another member of the Brassica family, turnips are hardy,
frost-tolerant, nutritious and tasty root vegetables. The greens can be eaten when
young and tender. They can be stored in the refrigerator for 6 weeks, and can be fully
cooked or blanched and frozen for later use. Nutrients: vitamins C and B6, folate,
calcium, phosphorous, potassium, and magnesium.
Growing: Easy-to-grow and can be direct seeded about 3-4 weeks before the last
spring frost for early summer harvest, and in late summer for fall harvest. Direct seed
in fertile, evenly moist soil in full sun. Plant seeds: 1/2” deep, 1” between seeds, in
rows 12” apart. Thin to 4-6” between mature plants. Soil Temp: 50-75°F. Days to
Emergence: 5-17. Companions: beets, carrots, dill, lettuce, onion, spinach, tomato,
nasturtium, and cilantro. Seeds/Oz: 7000-9000. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 1/4 oz.
Item Number
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Tomato - Pink Brandywine
Turnip • B. rapa
Turnip - Purple Top Globe
HEIRLOOM. Mildly sweet, smooth, white 6” roots are
purplish-red above ground and white below. Excellent
keeper. A favorite garden variety. 57 days.
watermelon
Watermelon • Citrullus lanatus
Watermelons are native to Southern
Africa, and eaten and enjoyed all over the world. There are numerous distinct varieties,
colors and sizes. Vine-ripened, homegrown watermelon is one of the greatest pleasures
of earthly existence. A wonderful treat on a hot day, watermelons are thirst-quenching
and provide an impressive list of nutrients. Nutrients: vitamins A and C (very high) B6,
thiamin, pantothenic acid, potassium, magnesium, copper, phosphorous.
Growing: Watermelons are very frost-sensitive and grow in warm, fertile soil in the
full sun. Fruits grow on vines that grow from 8’-15’ depending on the variety, so make
space in the garden. Heat-loving but not drought-tolerant, keep evenly moist. In most
climates they are easily grown by direct seed. In cooler northern climates, it is best to
plant seeds indoors 1/2” deep in 3-4” pots 3 weeks before last frost. Transplant or direct
seed after all danger of frost and when soil has warmed up either in rows 4’ apart with
12” between plants, or in hills, 3-4 plants to a hill, spaced 8-10’ apart. Soil Temp: 7090°F. Days to Emergence: 3-10. Seeds/Oz: 400-600. Seed Wt./100’ Row: 1/8 oz.
Yield/100’ row: 50-100 lbs. Days to Harvest: 70-100 days. Seed Viability: 4-5 years.
Watermelon - Charleston Grey
30-40 lb. oblong fruits. Juicy, red fiberless flesh. Thick
gray-green skin with fine dark-green veins. Developed
by the USDA, 1954. 85-100 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
086-004-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
2.50
086-004-2-C
1/2 oz
6.20
086-004-3-C
1 oz
9.40
086-004-4-C
1/4 lb
16.30
Watermelon - Crimson Sweet
HEIRLOOM. 25 lb. oblong fruits with bright deep-red
flesh, high sugar content, and a tough skin with
dark and light-green stripes. Reliable shipping and
local market variety. 80-97 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
086-007-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.50
086-007-2-C
1 oz
18.00
bulk watermelon ORDERS: Due to concerns about Watermelon Fruit Blotch,
customers ordering bulk watermelon seed (packets are exempt) must sign
and return a waiver before shipment. For waiver form, call 828-254-0708
or go to www.sowtrue.com/watermelon.
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Watermelon - Georgia Rattlesnake
HEIRLOOM. Old southern favorite from 1830 prized
for its productiveness and firm, sweet, bright-rose flesh.
25-30 lb. oblong fruits have thin, tough rinds with light
and dark-green “rattlesnake” stripes. 90 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
086-006-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.50
086-006-2-C
1/4 oz
5.00
086-006-3-C
1/2 oz
7.90
086-006-4-C
1 oz
12.70
NEW! Watermelon - Hopi Yellow
ECO. Rare Native American Heirloom. Medium to large
green striped fruits. Flesh is golden-yellow and is very
sweet and crisp. A variety from the Hopi people. 100 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
086-008-1-C
Packet
2.95
Watermelon Moon and Stars Red
HEIRLOOM. Cherokee Native. Outstanding flavor with
sweet red flesh. Large, yellow moon and small star
patterns on dark-green oblong rind. Spotted foliage.
80-90 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
086-001-1-C
Packet - 2.2 grams
2.50
086-001-2-C
1/4 oz
5.00
086-001-3-C
1/2 oz
7.90
086-001-4-C
1 oz
12.70
(anise hyssop - tulsi basil)
NEW! Watermelon Mountain Sweet Yellow
Item Number
Size
Price
086-009-1-C
Packet
2.95
Small Shining Light
ECO. Round 10-12” fruits with a very dark green rind
and sweet red flesh. Matures early and is well suited
for colder climates. Holds for several weeks after
picking. 90 days.
Price
Packet
2.95
Anise Hyssop
(Agastache foeniculum) ECO. MEDICINAL. Annual.
Wonderful licorice flavor and scent. Grows about 18” high
with secondary feather-like leaflets of bright green. Used
for a culinary spice, oils, and tea. Full sun.
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
086-010-1-C
Packet
2.95
239-002-1-C
Packet - 0.05 gram
2.95
NEW! Watermelon - Stone Mountain
ECO. Round dark green fruits with sweet pink flesh, these
fruits average 30 pounds. Thick rind resists splitting and
is also excellent for pickling. One of the most popular
watermelons during the 1930s and 1940s but now
scarce. 95 days.
Item Number
086-011-1-C
Size
Packet
Price
2.95
HEIRLOOM. Rich and incredibly sweet. Compact
vines. Produces plenty of 6-10 lbs. fruits packed with
red-orange flesh. Low space-demanding in the garden.
Ice box variety. 85 days.
Size
Ashwaganda (Withania somnifera)
ECO. MEDICINAL. Frost sensitive perennial. Nightshade.
Native to India and a widely used male tonic in Ayurvedic
medicines. Also known as “Indian Ginseng.” Full sun.
Item Number
Size
Price
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.50
232-010-2-C
1 gram
4.25
HEIRLOOM. This Italian basil is one of the most aromatic
of all basils. Gorgeous, large green leaves on 18-24”
plants. A must for any kitchen garden. 65-95 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
086-003-2-C
1 oz
7.00
232-002-3-G
4 grams
6.50
086-003-3-C
1/4 lb
18.00
232-002-4-G
6 grams
8.00
086-003-4-C
1 lb
33.00
232-002-5-G
1 oz
11.90
232-002-6-G
2 oz
18.00
NEW! Basil - Lettuce Leaf
HEIRLOOM. Compact plants bear large curly leaves 4”
wide by 6” long. Leaves have an enticing aroma and their
flavor is more sweet than spicy. Leaves hold their flavor
well under hot growing conditions. Slow to flower. Great
for cooking.
Item Number
Size
Price
232-014-1-C
Packet - 0.3 gram
2.50
232-014-2-C
1/8 oz
6.80
232-014-3-C
1/4 oz
10.80
232-014-4-C
1 oz
22.00
Basil - Purple Dark Opal, ORGANIC
All American Winner. Very fragrant and tasty. Used as
garnish, for salads and makes beautiful purple-colored
vinegar. Sharper flavor than sweet basils. Flowers are also
edible. 75 days.
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with a spicy anise-clove flavor. Attractive purple stems and
blooms. Height 18-24”. Essential in Thai and Vietnamese
cuisine. 59 days.
232-010-1-C
2.25
bulk watermelon ORDERS: Due to concerns about Watermelon Fruit Blotch,
customers ordering bulk watermelon seed (packets are exempt) must sign
and return a waiver before shipment. For waiver form, call 828-254-0708
or go to www.sowtrue.com/watermelon.
Basil - Thai (var.Thyrsiflora) Slender 2” long leaves
8.95
Packet - 1 gram
2.75
2.95
1 gram
2.75
Price
Packet
201-001-2-C
4.95
Packet - 1 gram
232-015-1-G
Price
Packet - 0.2 gram
Size
Price
2.95
2 grams
086-002-1-G
Size
Size
232-002-1-G
Item Number
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Packet - 0.1 gram
232-002-2-G
Compact vines. Produces plenty of 6-10 lb. fruits
packed with red-orange flesh. Low space-demanding
in the garden. Ice box variety. 85 days.
Annual. Forms a perfect 12-18” globe bush with very
small, thin leaves. Sweet scent and spicy flavor. Slow
to go to seed. Ideal for ornamental use in pots or as
borders in gardens.
Item Number
Price
Watermelon - Sugar Baby,
ORGANIC HEIRLOOM. Rich and incredibly sweet.
NEW! Basil - Spicy Globe Bush,
ORGANIC
201-001-1-C
Basil - Genovese, ORGANIC
Watermelon - Sugar Baby
HEIRLOOM. Dark green oval fruits are covered with
pea-sized bright yellow “stars” and usually one larger
“moon” with spotted foliage. Fruits can grow to be 15”
and have sweet yellow flesh. Once thought to be
extinct, it was found again in 1980.
Size
Herbs are plants grown for flavoring in cooking, medicinal purposes, and for cultural and spiritual rituals.
Item Number
086-003-1-C
086-012-1-G
tulsi basil
They can be annual or perennial, and are often grown as ornamentals.
NEW! Watermelon -
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genovese basil
ECO. Oblong 20-35 lb fruits with dark and light green
stripes. This very sweet melon is firm deep yellow flesh
with black seeds. Keeps well and will last 7 - 20 days
longer after ripening. 100 days.
NEW! Watermelon -
Moon and Stars Yellow, ORGANIC
anise hyssop
herbs
Item Number
Size
Price
232-004-1-G
Packet - 0.2 gram
2.75
232-004-2-G
1 gram
3.95
232-004-3-G
4 grams
6.85
232-010-3-C
1/8 oz
5.85
232-010-4-C
1/4 oz
7.90
232-010-5-C
1 oz
12.40
NEW! Basil - Tulsi, Rama (O. sanctum)
ECO. The Rama variety of Tulsi Basil is characterized by
its purple stems. A good variety for warmer climates,
though can be grown in colder climates if taken indoors
during winter. Very aromatic, it has been used as an
immune-enhancing, antifungal and antibacterial medicinal
herb. It has been grown in India since ancient times.
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Packet - 0.1 gram
2.95
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NEW! Basil - Tulsi, Vana (O. gratissimum)
ECO. Native to India, tulsi often graces shrines and homes
as an aromatic perennial shrub. Has an aesthetic upright,
branching form that produces excellent tasting leaves and
purple-blue flowers. Vana is a bushy perennial variety
that has been unmodified from its wild form.
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232-017-1-C
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.95
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Basil - Tulsi, Kapoor
ECO. The Kapoor variety is the best Tulsi basil for
temperate gardens. An annual that has been know
to self-seed, it is very aromatic and has been used as
an immune enhancing, anti-fungal, and anti-bacterial
medicinal herb. It has been grown in India since
ancient times, and makes a wonderfully soothing tea.
We previously listed Kapoor as “Tulsi, Sacred Basil.”
Item Number
Size
Price
232-013-1-C
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.95
232-013-2-C
1 gram
11.50
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herbs
(bee balm - chives)
borage
calendula
Bee Balm (Monarda citriodora) Hardy perennial.
A brilliant addition to late summer gardens. Butterflies,
hummingbirds, and bees flock to these edible, reddishpurple tubular flowers on rounded flower heads. 24-30”
tall. Leaves and flowers are used for tea. Part shade.
Item Number
Size
(cilantro - feverfew)
Price
234-001-1-C
Packet - .1 gram
2.95
234-001-2-C
1 gram
4.40
234-001-3-C
1 oz
11.80
Borage (Borago officinalis) Annual, self-seeding.
Easy-to-grow by direct seed after danger of frost has passed.
Piercing blue and purple flowers are edible in salads and
make a delicious, soothing tea. Full sun. 45-55 days.
fennel
Chamomile - Bodegold (Matricaria recutita)
Medicinal. Annual. Self-seeding. Highest oil content
variety. Flowers are used to make calming tea with sweet
apple-like flavor and fragrance. Sow seeds on soil surface
and press in lightly. Full sun. Easy-to-grow.
Item Number
207-002-1-C
Size
Packet - 0.1 gram
Price
2.95
Chamomile - German (Matricaria recutita)
Medicinal. Annual. Self-seeding. Branched, somewhat
erect stems grow to 24” tall. Used in teas for its relaxing,
sedative properties. Leaves and flowers are harvested at
bloom and dried for later use. Full sun. Easy-to-grow.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
207-001-1-C
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.50
202-002-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.50
207-001-2-C
1 gram
5.90
202-002-2-C
1/4 oz
5.50
207-001-3-C
3 grams
10.20
202-002-3-C
1/2 oz
8.15
202-002-4-C
1 oz
12.40
202-002-5-C
1/4 lb
23.80
Burdock - Watanbe Early
An early gobo variety that matures faster than “Takinogawa”
and has the same rich flavor with a slightly shorter root.
Mature plants reach 3’ tall. Harvest roots when 20” long.
Direct seed in early spring. Full sun/part shade. 110 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
104-001-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.95
Chamomile - Roman
(Chamaemelum nobilis.) Perennial. This evergreen forms
a thick, 6” steppable mat of sweetly scented, finely-cut,
bright green leaves with delicate yellow flowers.
Item Number
Size
Price
207-003-1-C
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.95
207-003-2-C
1 gram
6.40
207-003-3-C
3 grams
12.50
207-003-4-C
1 oz
29.20
Chaste Tree (Agnus castus) Perennial.
Calendula - Pacific Beauty
(Calendula officinalis) Annual. Large, double flowering
blooms of yellow, orange, apricot. Long stems allow for
ease of flower cutting. Beautiful, delicious edible flower.
Easy-to-grow by direct seed after danger of frost has
passed. Drought-tolerant. Full sun. 85 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
205-001-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.50
205-001-2-C
1/8 oz
5.95
205-001-3-C
1/4 oz
8.70
Calendula - Resina, ORGANIC
Annual. Bright yellow and orange medium sized flowers.
Highest resin variety, favored by herbalists. Easy-to-grow
by direct seed after danger of frost has passed. Droughttolerant. Full sun. 85 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
205-003-1-G
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.95
Catnip (Nepeta cataria) Medicinal.Hardy perennial.
30-50” tall herb resembling mint in appearance, with
grayish-green leaves. Euphoric effects for felines.
Item Number
Size
Price
206-001-1-C
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.50
Deciduous shrub to small tree makes beautiful border or
hedgerow. The leaves and purple columnar flowers exude
exotic aromas. Full sun. Dry soil. Seeds are used to
regulate feminine hormones and support breast health.
Item Number
Size
Price
245-001-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.95
Chervil
HEIRLOOM. Luscious green leaves have
special subtle flavor. Traditionally used in soups and
salads, and makes a handsome garnish. Easy to grow.
Item Number
258-001-1-C
Size
Packet
Price
2.25
Chives
Hardy biennial. A kitchen garden essential.
Grows 8-12” tall in clumps from underground bulbs.
Edible purple to pink flowers. Chopped leaves and
flowers used in salads and as garnish. 80 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
212-002-1-C
Packet - 0.6
1.95
Chives - Garlic Hardy biennial.
clary sage
Cilantro, ORGANIC
Moderately frost-tolerant annual. Fresh leaves best
harvested before flowering. Leaves are cilantro, seeds are
coriander. Suitable for growing in containers. Easy-to-grow
by seed. Full sun. 55-65 days.
purple coneflower
echinacea
Echinacea - Tennesseensis
RARE. ENDANGERED. Frost-tolerant perennial.
Southeastern native wildflower with bright rose petals
that flex backward. Frost-treat seeds for two weeks
outdoors or in freezer, then cover with 1/8” soil to
germinate. Space transplants 18” apart.
Item Number
Size
Price
208-003-1-G
Packet - 1.5 grams
2.75
Item Number
Size
Price
4.50
233-005-1-C
Packet - 0.25 gram
2.95
208-003-2-G
1/8 oz
Cilantro - Slow Bolt (Coriandrum sativum)
Moderately frost-tolerant annual. Great cilantro flavor, yet
slower to bolt. Fresh leaves best harvested before flowering.
Leaves are cilantro, seeds are coriander. Suitable for growing
in containers. Easy-to-grow by seed. Full sun. 55-65 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Echinacea Purpurea - Purple
Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Medicinal. Frost-tolerant perennial with striking
3” rose-purple, long-lasting flowers. Used medicinally to
stimulate the immune system. Frost-treat seeds for two
weeks outdoors or in freezer, then cover with 1/8” soil.
Space transplants 18” apart.
208-002-1-C
Packet - 1.75
1.95
208-002-2-C
1/4 oz
3.95
208-002-3-C
1/2 oz
5.25
233-001-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.95
208-002-4-C
1 oz
7.00
233-001-2-C
1 gram
4.95
208-002-5-C
1/4 lb
12.00
233-001-3-C
1/4 oz
9.75
208-002-6-C
1 lb
24.00
233-001-4-C
1/2 oz
12.00
233-001-5-C
1 oz
18.00
Clary Sage (Salvia sclarea)
ECO. Perennial herb with gorgeous purple and white
flowers. Extremely aromatic. Used in cookery, medicinally,
and in making wines.
Item Number
Size
Price
209-001-1-C
Packet - 0.2 gram
2.95
NEW! Codonopsis (C. pilosula)
ECO. Native to China, this is a fascinating twining climbing
plant with small leaves and bell-shaped blossoms. Also
called “Poor Man’s Ginseng”, the roots can be harvested
after 3 years and used in a similar way as ginseng. The
roots are crunchy, sweet and delicious!
Item Number
Size
Price
256-001-1-C
Packet
2.95
NEW! Dill - Bouquet, ORGANIC
Moderately frost-tolerant biennial. Very aromatic variety
that produces flavorful leaves and seeds. Great companion to most and beneficial attractant. Easy-to-grow by
direct seed. Full sun. 50-70 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
210-005-1-G
Packet - 1 gram
2.75
210-005-2-G
1/8 oz
3.95
210-005-3-G
1/4 oz
5.35
210-005-4-G
1 oz
11.70
210-005-5-G
1/4 lb
16.50
Item Number
Size
Price
Epazote - Glossy, ORGANIC
(Chenopodium ambrosoides) Extremely aromatic
culinary herb commonly used to flavor pinto beans in
Mexico. Main ingredient in BEANO. Start seed indoors
and transplant after danger of frost. Space 18-24”
between plants. 60% germination.
Item Number
Size
Price
247-001-1-G
Packet - 1 gram
2.75
247-001-2-G
4 grams
9.00
Fennel - Florence (var. Azoricum)
Moderately frost-tolerant biennial. Licorice-flavored
bulb used as vegetable and leaves, stalks and seeds as
a culinary herb. Plant seeds 1/2” deep, thin or space
transplants 12” apart. 90+ days.
Item Number
Size
Price
211-001-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.50
211-001-2-C
1/8 oz
5.25
211-001-3-C
1/4 oz
8.35
211-001-4-C
1/2 oz
11.80
Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) Medicinal.
Frost-tolerant perennial. 18” small bush plants with
citrus-scented leaves and small daisy-like flowers. Full
sun, easy-to-grow by direct seed or transplant 18” apart.
Item Number
Size
Price
249-001-1-C
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.95
(Chinese leeks). Mild, garlic-flavored, fine green blades
grow 12-18”. Perfect raw or in a stir-fry. Garlic chives
are taller than the standard chives. Easy-to-grow by
seed or transplant. Drought-tolerant. Full sun. 90 days.
206-001-2-C
1 gram
4.95
206-001-3-C
1/4 oz
14.00
Item Number
Size
Price
206-001-4-C
1 oz
27.40
212-001-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.25
50
cilantro
herbs
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herbs
(flax - parsley)
lemon balm
nasturtium
NEW! Flax - Fiber
The outer fibers of the flax plant are used to make linen.
If being grown for fiber the seeds should be planted close
together in an open site with wind and sun exposure. Flax
is a cool season, early maturing plant.
Item Number
Size
(parsley - yarrow)
Marjoram - Sweet (Origanum hortensis) Frost
sensitive perennial. Delicate, mild oregano-flavored leaves
commonly used as a culinary herb. Direct seed after danger of frost or space transplants 12” apart.
Full sun / partial shade.
Parsley - Italian Dark Green,
ORGANIC Frost-tolerant biennial. Very flavorful
parsley preferred by chefs. Organic selection of Italian
Flat Leaf. Pre-soak seeds before planting 1/4” deep.
Thin or space transplants 12-18” apart. 75 days.
valerian
Summer Savory (Sataruga hortensis)
Frost sensitive annual. Bushy 12-18” plants with fragrant
lavender leaves and lavender-pink flowers. Especially
good in bean dishes. Direct seed or transplant in full
sun/partial shade.
Size
Price
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.50
222-004-1-G
Packet - 1 gram
2.75
228-001-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.50
1 gram
6.20
222-004-2-G
1/8 oz
4.45
228-001-2-C
1 gram
3.25
222-004-3-G
1/4 oz
5.95
228-001-3-C
1/8 oz
4.50
228-001-4-C
1/4 oz
6.90
255-001-1-C
Packet
2.95
1/4 oz
8.50
218-001-2-C
NEW! Flax - Omega , ORGANIC
(Linum usitatissimum) The golden-yellow seed of this
variety are good for using whole, roasted and ground.
Has a branching habit that gives a high yield of seed.
A great source of fiber.
Item Number
Size
Price
255-002-1-G
Packet - 1 gram
2.95
255-002-2-G
1/4 oz
8.50
Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) Medicinal.
Moderately frost-tolerant, full sun perennial. Beneficial
insect attractant. Blooms in early summer with lavenderblue flowers on bushy plants. Lightly cover seeds indoors
and transplant at 18” after danger of frost.
Price
1/8 oz
8.75
14.00
222-004-4-G
1 oz
8.95
218-001-5-C
1/2 oz
19.50
222-004-5-G
1/4 lb
18.00
Motherwort - Siberian (Leonurus sibiricus)
Medicinal Frost sensitive annual. Medicinal herb valued
in Chinese medicine (Yi-mu-cao). Grows 5-6’ tall by 3’ wide
with light purple flowers. Direct seed or transplant in full
sun or part shade in the fall or early spring.
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.95
222-005-1-G
Packet - 1 gram
2.75
NEW! Mullein Biennial. Tolerates poor, gravelly
soiland fierce sun. Used medicinally as tea or tincture
for moistening mucous membranes and are therefore
a great soothing agent for the throat, bronchi and lungs.
2.95
Item Number
Size
Price
215-001-1-C
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.95
214-002-3-C
1/8 oz
7.40
214-002-4-C
1/2 oz
12.80
214-002-5-C
1/4 lb
34.00
Price
235-001-1-C
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.95
235-001-2-C
1/8 oz
9.00
235-001-3-C
1/4 oz
16.00
235-001-4-C
1 oz
32.00
Lovage (Levisticum officinale) Frost-tolerant
perennial. A fantastic edible landscape plant. Seeds,
leaves and young stalks are used like celery. Plant 1/4”
deep in beds or container in fall or early spring. Plant
eventually grows 7’ tall by 4’ wide.
Item Number
Size
Price
217-001-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.95
217-001-2-C
1/8 oz
5.25
217-001-3-C
1/4 oz
7.95
217-001-4-C
1 oz
11.95
nice accent for mixed salads. May also be lightly steamed
with other greens such as mustard or turnip greens or
used in creamed soups.40 days.
Item Number
5.20
Size
NEW! Parsley - Triple Moss Curled,
ORGANIC Distinctive, sharp, peppery leaves are a
250-001-1-C
Packet - 0.1 gram
Item Number
Price
1/4 oz
1 gram
Medicinal. Frost-tolerant perennial. Lemon-scented
leaves are used medicinally and make a delicious tea.
Plants reach 24-36” tall and wide. Easy-to-grow by direct
seed or transplant. Full sun to part shade.
Size
218-001-3-C
214-002-1-C
Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis)
Item Number
218-001-4-C
214-002-2-C
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st. john’s wort
Item Number
255-001-2-C
Size
lovage
Price
218-001-1-C
Item Number
spilanthes
herbs
Nasturtium - Dwarf Jewel Mix
(Tropaeolum majus) Frost sensitive annual. Beautiful red,
yellow and orange edible flowers. Low-growing plants ideal
for borders. Very easy-to-grow by direct seed. Full
sun/partial shade.
Item Number
Size
Price
220-003-1-C
Packet - 3 grams
2.95
220-003-2-C
1/4 oz
4.95
220-003-3-C
1/2 oz
7.95
NEW! Nasturtium - Tall Trailing Mix
Red, rose, orange and yellow flowers. Will climb. Height
8-10’. Edible flowers, leaves and seed pods. Immature
seed heads can be pickled. 55-65 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
220-002-1-C
Packet - 3.5 grams
2.95
Parsley - Forest Green, ORGANIC
Frost-tolerant biennial. Finely cut, deeply curled dark
green leaves that do not fade yellow in summer. Vigorious
growing 12” plants. Pre-soak seeds before planting 1/4”
deep. Thin or space transplants 12-18” apart. 75 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
222-001-1-G
Packet - 1 gram
2.75
222-001-2-G
1/8 oz
4.45
222-001-3-G
1/4 oz
5.95
222-001-4-G
1/2 oz
7.20
Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) Medicinal.
Frost-tolerant perennial. Low-growing plant with long,
creeping branches. Repels white flies and mosquitoes.
Sow on soil surface and transplant to moist, rich soil
in partial shade.
Item Number
Size
Price
224-001-1-C
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.95
Sage - Broad Leaf Culinary
(Salvia officinalis) Frost-tolerant perennial. Easy-togrow, savory culinary variety. Beautiful, silvery green
foliage. Sow 16” deep in containers and transplant at
12-18” in full sun to partial shade.
Item Number
Size
Price
228-001-5-C
1 oz
11.00
228-001-6-C
1/4 lb
33.00
NEW! Thyme - Winter
Perennial. Growing up to 8” tall this variety produces
wonderful aromatic leaves. Bushy in habit, evergreen in
color. Winter hardy. Has many culinary and medicinal uses.
Item Number
Size
Price
252-001-1-C
Packet
2.50
Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
Medicinal Frost-tolerant perennial. Sweetly scented
pink or yellow flowers. Roots used medicinally for its
strong sedative effects. Direct seed or transplant in full
sun to partial shade.
Item Number
Size
Price
231-001-1-C
Packet - 0.1 gram
2.95
NEW! Violet Mustard ECO.
Native to China, a winter annual in the mustard family.
Has 2” wide showy lavender-pink flowers. Germinates
readily and hardy to at least 20F but won’t make much
growth at such temperatures. Better in coldframe or under
row cover. Large leaves have a spicy flavor like roquette.
Flowers are pleasantly sweet and sour. Recently reported
to have the highest protein content of any of the Brassicas.
Item Number
Size
Price
243-001-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.50
243-001-2-C
1/4 oz
8.00
243-001-3-C
1 oz
18.00
Item Number
Size
Price
243-001-4-C
1/4 lb
38.00
257-001-1-C
Packet
2.95
Siberian Motherwort (see Motherwort)
Spilanthes - Acmella
ECO. Medicinal “Toothache plant.” Frost sensitive
annual. Anti-viral, anti-fungal, immune enhancer has
numbing effect that can help alleviate toothaches.
Easy-to-grow by direct seed.
Item Number
Size
Price
227-001-1-C
Packet - 0.04 gram
2.95
St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
Medicinal Frost hardy perennial. Yellow flowering herb
grows to 3’ in height. Medically used for treatment of
depression. Direct seed or transplant in full sun.
Drought-tolerant.
Item Number
Size
Price
226-002-1-C
Packet - 0.05 gram
2.95
NEW! Woad
ECO. Perennial. A native of southeastern Europe and
West Asia. Used to make a natural blue dye. Plant prefers
average to poor soils and full sun. A cool season plant.
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NEW! Yarrow, White
Perennial. Beautiful dense clusters of snow white flowers with fine and ferny leaves. Blooms all summer and
into fall. Easy to grow in any soil and loves full sun. Heat
and drought tolerant. Can be used as a cut flower and a
ground cover. Has many medicinal uses.
Item Number
Size
Price
251-001-1-C
Packet
2.50
53
flowers
(bachelor button - lupine)
bachelor button
spider flower mix
(cleome)
Bachelor Button, Tall Blue
1-3‘ self-seeding annual. A tall, brilliant blue, resilient
flower. Easy-to-grow, cut and dry. Full sun. Plant 2 weeks
before last frost. Good for succession plantings. Early/mid
summer bloom. 70-85 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-002-1-C
Packet - 0.4 gram
2.25
301-002-2-C
1/8 oz
4.85
301-002-3-C
1/4 oz
7.25
Black Hollyhock (Althea rosea, var. nigra.)
HEIRLOOM. Biennial. Black blooms with purple undertone
grace 6-8’ plants in summer. 1st year plants form large
rosettes of round, hairy leaves, bloom the next summer,
then return by self-seed. Full sun, tolerant of marginal
soils, drought-resistant.
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NEW! Daisy, Gloriosa
3’ tall plants produce large colorful blooms. Flowers
are burnt red in the center turning golden orange-yellow
towards the tips. Easy to grow, loves full sun and is heat
and drought tolerant. A great cut flower, keeps well in
floral arrangements.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-039-1-C
Packet
2.50
Castor Bean Gibsoni, ORGANIC
8-12’ Annual. Fast-growing, stunning ornamental with
bright red flowers, huge star-shaped green and red leaves.
Full sun, summer/fall bloom. BEANS ARE POISONOUS.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-036-1-G
Packet - 3.5 grams
2.95
301-036-2-G
1/4 oz
4.85
Chamomile (see Herb Section)
Single-rayed, daisy-like blooms have petals of deep red,
yellow, orange, pink and white with contrasting bands
around a dark center. Fast growing plants have delicate,
ferny leaves. Blooms in late spring. Easy to grow, drought
tolerant. A beautiful cut flower.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-043-1-C
Packet
2.50
Biennial. 8-18” tall. These brilliant little flowers have
fringed petals of red, pink, purple or violet. Bloom the
second year. Direct-seed or transplant after last frost.
Prefer sun, but will tolerate partial shade. Long-lasting
cut flower.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-009-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.25
301-009-2-C
2 grams
4.70
301-009-3-C
1/4 oz
7.00
301-009-4-C
1 oz
12.00
Echinacea (see Herb Section)
Cosmos, Bright Lights
Showy, graceful annual with 3’ tall sunset-orange, red
and yellow double flowers that attract butterflies. Direct
seed after last frost in full sun for blooms from summer
into fall. Excellent cut flower. Self-seeds. Easy-to-grow.
Drought-tolerant.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-007-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.25
NEW! Cosmos, Sensation Mix
Tall, wispy plants covered with large white, pink, rose
and crimson flowers. Summer and fall blooming. Very
easyto grow, self-seeding. Drought tolerant. An excellent
cut flower.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-038-1-C
Packet
2.50
Daisy, African (Dimorphotheca aurantiaca)
A low-growing, self-seeding annual with a brilliant profusion of 3” daisy-like flowers. Blooms all summer in vivid
shades of butterscotch yellow, creamsicle orange & white.
Sow 1/16” deep after danger of frost. Drought-tolerant.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-028-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.50
Feverfew (see Herb Section)
Love Lies Bleeding
HEIRLOOM. 3-4’ plants with gorgeous maroon red
draping flowers. Edible leaves, but mostly grown as
an ornamental. 40-50 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-022-1-C
Packet 0.5 gram
2.25
Lupine, Russell Mix
Perennial. Grows to 3’ tall. Beautiful flowers with spires
of red, blue and pink, with attractive foliage. A hardy,
self-seeding spring blooming delight. Direct seed in full
sun. Prefers less fertile soil. 65 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-016-1-C
Packet - 1.3 gram
2.50
301-016-2-C
1/4 oz
6.50
301-016-3-C
1/2 oz
9.75
301-016-4-C
1/4 lb
21.00
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moonflower
Marigold, African
A very popular variety with large yellow, gold and orange
flowers that average 4” in diameter. Ideal for garden color
or as cut flowers. Direct seed mid-spring for summer
blooms that continue until first frost.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-029-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.50
NEW! Marigold, Naughty Marietta
NEW! Daisy, Painted
Dianthus, Sweet William
Calendula (see Herb Section)
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(marigold - sunflower)
A French variety. Bright yellow blooms with streaked
mahogany centers. Plants have varying heights which
create an informal look in gardens. Great for massed
plantings.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-042-1-C
Packet
2.50
NEW! Marigold, Sparky Mix
(T. patula.) Bloom vivid, varying shades of orange and
yellow. Unlike most marigolds, the petals are wide and
wavy. Abundant blooms come early and all summer long.
A colorful addition to any garden.
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morning glory
NEW! Poppy, Oriental
PERENNIAL. 24-36” tall plants bear large 3-4’’ spectacular
red-orange blossoms with deep purple centers. Blooms in
early summer.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-045-1-C
Packet
2.95
NEW! Spider Flower Mix
ECO. Annual. These 3-4’ tall plants sport unusual
white, pink, and magenta flowers. Gets its name from
the seedpods which resemble spider legs. Thorny stems.
Very easy to grown and maintain. Self-seeds every year.
Introduced from the West Indies to England in 1817.
Also called “Cleome.”
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Sunflower - Autumn Beauty
Striking, late blooming, multi-headed, two-tone flowers.
Yellow petals with internal ring of copper-red. Good
cutting, lovely ornamental. 90-110 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
301-040-1-C
Packet
2.50
302-008-1-C
Packet - 1.2 grams
2.25
NEW! Money Plant
Also called Honesty. This plant produces early purple
or white blooms. Dried seed pods are distinctly flat and
ovalshaped consisting of pearly membranes. Be sure
to leave some blooms for the seed pods. Easy to grow,
self-seeding. Flowers are nice in spring bouquets, and
seedpods create a lovely look in dried arrangements.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-044-1-C
Packet
2.50
302-008-2-C
1/4 oz
5.00
302-008-3-C
1/2 oz
7.50
Moonflower Beautiful snow-white 6” blooms
open at sunset, releasing a lovely fragrance. Score seed
and soak for 24 hours. Plant in containers 6-8 weeks
before last frost. Transplant after frost to full sun and
evenly moist soil. Vigorous climber, needs trellis.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-021-1-C
Packet - 2 grams
2.95
301-021-2-C
1 oz
13.00
Morning Glory - Grandpa Ott
HEIRLOOM. Gorgeous, deep blue-purple flowers with
red star at the throat. Prolific, self-seeding, 15’ vines need
full sun and trellising. Soak seeds before planting. Direct
seed or start in containers for transplanting after last frost.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-031-1-C
Packet - 0.5 gram
2.50
Nasturtium (see Herb Section)
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Sunflower, Autumn Beauty,
ORGANIC Multi-branching variety. Bright fall colors
from yellow to copper-red to reddish-purple. Large multiheaded blooms. Excellent tall screen, cut flower, and food
source for small birds. Direct seed in full sun after last
frost. 90-110 days (to flower).
Item Number
Size
Price
302-001-1-G
Packet - 1.2 grams
2.95
Sunflower - Dwarf Sunspot
Magnificent 10” blooms with bright yellow petals on 2’ tall
plants. Excellent cut flower. Direct seed in full sun after
danger of frost. 80 days.
Item Number
flower mixes
(sunflower - zinnia)
Size
Price
302-003-1-C
Packet - 1.75 grams
2.25
302-003-2-C
1/4 oz
4.50
302-003-3-C
1/2 oz
7.00
Sunflower - Lemon Queen
Beautiful poly-headed, 5-6’ tall annual has 5-6” blooms
with bright lemon-colored petals and dark brown centers.
Good cut flower. Direct seed in full sun after danger of
frost. 70-90 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
302-004-1-C
Packet - 1.75 grams
2.25
302-004-2-C
1/4 oz
5.00
state fair zinnia
Sunflower - Velvet Queen
Beautiful 5-6 ft. tall plants. Velvety, multi-headed, deep
rust-colored 4-6” blooms with mahogany centers. Can
be staked for support. Good fresh market cut flowers.
Direct seed in full sun after danger of frost. 100 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
302-005-1-C
Packet - 1.5 grams
2.50
302-005-2-C
1/4 oz
4.50
302-005-3-C
1/2 oz
7.00
Tithonia, Torch (Mexican Sunflower) 4-5’ tall
annual bearing vibrant red-orange 2-3” flowers with yellow
centers. A favorite for its long bloom-time. Direct seed in
full sun and evenly moist soil. Loves hot, dry locations.
Flowers are attractive to bees, butterflies and birds.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-035-1-C
Packet - 0.3 gram
2.25
NEW! Zinnia, Persian Carpet
ANNUAL. The 24-28” tall plants produce single and double
flowers come in varying shades of gold, burgundy, purple,
red, orange, and cream. Will bloom all summer until first
frost. Has small, narrow leaves and a bushier habit as
compared to common zinnias.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-046-1-C
Packet
2.95
Sunflower - Mammoth Grey Stripe
Long-blooming, large-headed, archetypal giant sunflower.
Easy-to-grow. Sturdy 6-12’ stalks with big yellow-petaled
flowers. Often grown for their meaty seeds, good for
roasting or bird seed. Direct seed in full sun after
danger of frost. 75-90 days
Item Number
Size
NEW! Zinnia, Purple Prince
HEIRLOOM. 2’ tall plants produce brilliant purple blooms.
Loves full sun and warm, relatively dry climates. Disease
and mildew resistant. A colorful addition to any garden.
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
301-041-1-C
Packet
2.95
302-009-1-C
Packet - 1.5 grams
1.95
302-009-2-C
1/4 oz
3.95
302-009-3-C
1/2 oz
5.95
302-009-4-C
1/4 lb
11.50
Sunflower - Sungold Dwarf Lovely 2-4’
tall plants with 3-4” multi-headed blooms. Bushy, goldenyellow double petals. Easy-to-grow. Direct seed in full sun
after danger of frost. Excellent cut flower. 80 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
302-006-1-C
Packet - 1.5 grams
2.25
302-006-2-C
1/4 oz
4.50
302-006-3-C
1/2 oz
7.00
Zinnia, State Fair Mix
3’ tall annual with a rainbow of large 4-5” red, orange,
yellow, pink, and white blossoms. Direct seed or transplant
after last frost in full sun. Blooms all summer. Excellent
cut flower. 90-100 days.
Item Number
Size
Price
301-018-1-C
Packet - 1 gram
2.50
301-018-2-C
1/4 oz
5.95
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Annual Cut Flower Mix A glorious mix of
annual cut flowers that are very easy-to-grow by direct
seed. Includes: C. chinensis (Aster), C. officinalis (Pot
Marigold), C. cyanus (Bachelor Button, Polka Dot Mix), C.
amoena (Godetia), C. elegans (Clarkia), C. tinctoria (Plains
Coreopsis), C. bipinnatus (Cosmos, Dwarf Sensation),
C. amabile ‘Firmament’ (Chinese Forget-Me-Not), D. ajacis
(Larkspur), D. aurantiaca (African Daisy), E. californica
(Poppy, Mission Bells), G. pulchella (Annual Gaillardia),
G. elegans (Baby’s Breath), H. annuus (Sunflower), H.
monstrosum (Strawflower mixed), I. umbellata (Candytuft),
L. trimestris mix (Tree mallow), L. maritima (Alyssum, tall
Sweet), O. lamarckiana (Evening Primrose), P. rhoeas
(Shirley Poppy), P. campanularia (California Bluebells),
R. hirta (Black Eyed Susan), S. armeria (Catchfly),
T. erecta (Marigold), Z. elegans (Zinnia).
PLANTING RATEs Per acre: 11-22 lbs. Per half acre
or less: 8 oz/1000 sq. ft.
Hummingbird, Butterfly, Songbird
Mix Flowers reach up to 3 1/2’ and create a meadow
effect. Plant in full sun for best results.
Includes: A. tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed), A. caerulea
(Mrs. Scott Elliot), A. tetra (Snapdragon), C. chinensis
(Aster), C. bipinnatus (Cosmos Sensation Mix), C. amabile
(Chinese Forget-Me-Not), D. consolida (Larkspur Giant
Imperial Mix), D. purpurea (Foxglove), G. tricolor (Bird’s
Eyes), L. trimestris (Treemallow), L. maroccana (Toadflax),
L. maritima (Alyssum, Carpet of Snow), L. chalcedonica
(Maltese Cross), M. jalapa (Four O’clock), M. citriodora
(Lemon Mint), N. alata (Tobacco Plant), P. rhoeas
(Red Corn Poppy), P. strictus (Gloxinia Penstemon),
S. coccinea (Scarlet Sage), S. armeria (Catchfly),
T. erecta (Marigold Crackerjack), T. majus (Nasturtium
Dwarf Jewel Mix), Z. elegans (Zinnia).
PLANTING RATEs Per acre: 11-22 lbs. Per half acre or
less: 8 oz/1000 sq. ft.
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
300-008-1-C
Packet - 3 grams
2.95
300-002-1-C
Packet - 5 grams
3.95
300-008-2-C
1 oz
7.00
300-002-2-C
1 oz
10.00
300-008-3-C
1/4 lb
14.00
300-002-3-C
1/4 lb
20.00
Bee Feed Mix This mix provides bee forage for
the entire growing season. It includes annual and perennial
flowers that provide pollen and nectar to honey bees and
native bees. Includes: C. allionii (Siberian Wallflower),
G. elegans (Baby’s Breath), L. lewisii (Blue Flax), C. chinensis
(China Aster), C. amabile (Chinese Forget-Me-Not), C. cyanus
(Polka Dot Mix Cornflower), E. californica (California Poppy),
E. purpurea (Purple Coneflower), G. grandiflora (Perennial
Gaillardia), G. lindheimeri (Gaura), G. pulchella (Annual
Gaillardia), S. coccinea (Scarlet Sage), C. bipinnatus (Dwarf
Cosmos), C. lanceolata (Lance-Leaf Coreopsis), G. capitata
(Globe Gilia), P. rhoeas (Corn Poppy), A. foeniculum (Lavender
Hyssop), A. novae-angliae (New England Aster), C. tinctoria
(Plains Coreopsis), C. bergamia (Bergamot).
Low Grow Flower Mix A beautiful low-growing
mix of wildflowers for use as ground cover.
Includes: C. cyanus (Bachelor Button dwarf), C. allionii
(Siberian Wallflower), C. amoena (Farewell to Spring dwarf),
C. heterophylla (Chinese Houses), C. lanceolata (Lance
Leaf Coreopsis dwarf), C. tinctoria (Plains Coreopsis dwarf),
C. firmament (Chinese Forget-Me-Not), D. barbatus
(Sweet William), D. aurantiaca (African Daisy), E. californica
(California Poppy), G. elegans (Baby’s Breath), I. umbellata
(Candytuft), L. lewisii (Blue Flax), L. maritima (Sweet
Alyssum), N. menziesii (Baby Blue Eyes), P. campanularia
(California Bluebells), S. armeria (Catchfly).
Item Number
Size
Price
Item Number
Size
Price
300-006-1-C
Packet - 4 grams
2.95
300-007-1-C
Packet - 7 grams
3.95
300-006-2-C
1 oz
9.00
300-007-2-C
1/4 lb
10.95
300-006-3-C
1/4 lb
18.30
300-007-3-C
1 lb
32.50
300-007-4-C
5 lb
120.00
300-007-5-C
10 lb
246.00
300-007-6-C
25 lb
560.00
Beneficial Attractant Mix The combination
of perennial and annual varieties in this mix attract a wide
array of beneficial insects that prey upon garden-harming
bugs. Includes: A. millefolium (White Yarrow), G. elegans
(Baby’s Breath), I. umbellata (Candytuft), L. platyglossa
(Tidy Tips), L. maritima (Alyssum), N. menziesii (Baby Blue
Eyes), T. repens (White Dutch Clover), P. campanularia
(California Bluebells).
PLANTING RATEs Per acre: 9-18 lbs. Per half acre or less:
4 oz/1000 sq. ft.
Partial Shade Flower Mix Blend of
wildflowers particularly suitable for a shade to part-sun
garden. Includes: A. vulgaris (Garden Columbine),
C. cyanus (Bachelor’s Button), C. allionii (Siberian
Wallflower), C. maximum (Daisy Chrysanthemum),
C. elegans (Clarkia Mix), C. lanceolata (Lance Leaf
Coreopsis), C. tinctoria (Plains Coreopsis), C. amabile
(Chinese Forget-Me-Not), D. consolida (Rocket Larkspur),
D. barbatus (Sweet William), D. purpurea (Common
Foxglove), G. elegans (Annual Baby’s Breath),
L. trimestris (Rose Mallow), N. menziesii (Baby Blue Eyes),
P. rhoeas (Shirley Poppy).
Item Number
Size
Price
300-005-1-C
Packet - 4 grams
2.95
Item Number
Size
Price
300-001-1-C
Packet - 4 grams
2.95
300-005-2-C
1 oz
9.00
300-005-3-C
1/4 lb
18.30
300-001-2-C
1 oz
9.00
300-001-3-C
1/4 lb
18.30
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flower MIXES
South East Native Flower Mix
A lovely, bright and colorful mix of vigorous-growing
wildflowers native to the mountains and plains of the
southeastern US.
Includes: Asclepias tuberosa (Butterflyweed),
Chamaecrista fasciculata (Partridge Pea), Coreopsis
lanceolata (Lance-leaved Coreopsis), Coreopsis tinctoria
(Plains Coreopsis), Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower),
Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master), Gaillardia
pulchella (Indian Blanket), Ipomopsis rubra (Standing
Cypress), Liatris spicata (Dense Blazing Star/Gayfeather),
Lupinus perennis (Perennial Lupine), Monarda citriodora
(Lemon Mint), Rudbeckia amplexicaulis (Clasping
Coneflower), Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan),
Salvia ccoccinea (Scarlet Sage).
Item Number
Size
Price
300-004-1-C
Packet - 4 grams
2.95
300-004-2-C
1 oz
9.00
300-004-3-C
1/4 lb
18.80
safe seed pledge
South East Naturalizing Flower Mix
A beautiful mix of self-seeding annuals and perennials,
including native and non-invasive species. Perfect for
establishing wildflower meadows.
Includes: C. allionii (Siberian Wallflower), C. maximum
(Shasta Daisy), C. lanceolata (Lance-Leaf Coreopsis),
C. tinctoria (Plains Coreopsis) C. bipinnatus (Cosmos),
C. sulphureus (Cosmos, Klondyke Mix), D. consolida
(Larkspur Giant Imperial), E. purpurea (Purple Coneflower),
G.pulchella (Indian Blanket), G. elegans (Baby’s Breath),
H. matronalis (Dame’s Rocket), L. trimestris (Tree Mallow),
L. spicata (Gayfeather), L. grandiflorum rubrum (Scarlet
Flax), L. maritima (Sweet Alyssum ), T. erecta (Marigold),
L. perennis (Perennial Lupine), M. citriodora (Lemon Mint),
O. missouriensis (Dwarf Evening Primrose), P. rhoeas (Corn
Poppy), P. drummondii (Annual Phlox), R. amplexicaulis
(Clasping Coneflower), R. hirta (Black Eyed Susan),
S. coccinea (Scarlet Sage).P. campanularia (California
Bluebells), R. hirta (Black Eyed Susan), S. armeria
(Catchfly), Z. elegans (Zinnia).
Item Number
Size
Price
300-009-1-C
Packet - 4 grams
2.95
300-009-2-C
1 oz
9.00
300-009-3-C
1/4 lb
18.30
FALL-WINTER GARDEN PLANTING GUIDELINES
Plant a fall-winter garden and enjoy fresh
produce all through the seasons!
Sow True Seed is aligned with over 70 seed companies that have signed the
Council for Responsible Genetics’ “Safe Seed Pledge” (reproduced below).
We feel that GMO varieties threaten botanical diversity through indiscriminate
cross-pollination and the resulting abandonment of non-GMO, open-pollinated
varieties. Participating companies have taken the pledge to not engage in the
trade of genetically modified seed.
Sow True Seed takes the pledge further by exclusively offering untreated,
open-pollinated seed that can be reliably saved and replanted in the future.
We recognize that the unlimited production and distribution of open-pollinated
seed is primary to the growth and endurance of sustainable, regional, farming
communities. Sow True Seed endorses the basic right of all people to enjoy a
safe, ethical and sovereign food production and distribution system.
The Safe Seed Pledge
“Agriculture and seeds provide the basis upon which our lives depend.
We must protect this foundation as a safe and genetically stable source for
future generations. For the benefit of all farmers, gardeners and consumers
who want an alternative, we pledge that we do not knowingly buy or sell
genetically engineered seeds or plants. The mechanical transfer of genetic
material outside of natural reproductive methods and between genera,
families or kingdoms, poses great biological risks as well as economic,
political, and cultural threats. We feel that genetically engineered varieties
have been insufficiently tested prior to public release. More research and
testing is necessary to further assess the potential risks of genetically
engineered seeds. Further, we wish to support agricultural progress that
leads to healthier soils, genetically diverse agricultural ecosystems and
ultimately healthy people and communities.”
Cool weather crops thrive as the temperatures cool and insect pressures are minimized. After
experiencing light to moderate frosts, many crops grown in the fall increase in storage quality and
taste better. Several fall planted crops are “winter hardy” and will survive deep frosts to produce
food through the winter and into spring.
Success depends on planting in time for your crops to grow and establish roots before cooler
nights and frosts arrive. With the exception of far northern locations well-rooted crops can
produce without protection from the cold, especially if planted in a sunny south facing location,
using row covers and cold frames. Broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower
will better mature when started in containers (see Planting Chart, page 64-65). In lower
elevations and further south, these crops may be transplanted or direct seeded. Arugula,
beets, carrots, dill, kohlrabi, peas, radish, rutabaga and turnips can all be easily seeded
directly into the garden to eliminate the shock of transplanting. It is important to thin these
seedlings to the spacing recommended in the planting chart. Asian greens, chard,
collards, kale, lettuce, mustard greens, spinach and other leafy greens do well either
by direct seed or transplant.
To apply, please
For information specific to your region, contact your county’s Agricultural
Extension
Office with
send
an e-mail
or Master Gardener Program. We recommend Elliot Coleman’s great book, Four-Season
your contact
Harvest (p. 62), an excellent resource for fall and winter gardening.
information
and
to:
Estimations of First Frost Dates for Asheville, Northresume
Carolina
[email protected]
10% chance of frost
50% chance of frost
90% chance of frost
before October 8
before October 15
before November 10
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Seed Collections & Book Offerings
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COLLECTIONS
COLLECTIONS
Sow True Seed Gift & Whole Garden Collections
These popular collections have been selected by the Sow True team to meet your growing needs.
They come neatly packaged to make a convenient and perfect gift for the gardener in your life
(perhaps yourself). Each collection includes a growing guideline for helpful implementation.
Arugula OG
Genovese Basil OG
Chives
Cilantro OG
Large Organic Heirloom Vegetable Garden · $30
Fourteen of our favorite Organic varieties to plant a tasty vegetable garden.
A great gift for the new or experienced Organic Gardener.
Arugula OG
Genovese Basil OG
Royalty Purple Pod Snap Bush
Bean OG
Detroit Dark Red Beet OG
Di Ciccio Broccoli OG
Ruby Red Chard OG
Marketmore Cucumber OG
Culinary Herb Garden · $16
An annual assortment of eight scrumptious flavors to complement
any well-appointed kitchen. Grow these herbs as close to your kitchen
as you can to enhance all your favorite recipes.
Greensleeves Dill OG
Florence Fennel
Forest Green Parsley OG
Thyme
Rosa Bianca Eggplant OG
Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce OG
New England Pie Pumpkin OG
Amish Paste Tomato OG
Cherokee Purple Tomato OG
Sugar Baby Watermelon OG
Black Beauty Zucchini OG
Appalachian Native Garden · $13
An heirloom collection that celebrates the history of our mountain region.
A wonderful gift for both visitors and natives to the Appalachians.
October Dry Bean (Cherchei)
Greasy Pole Bean
Cherokee Wax Snap Bush
Bean
Small Organic Heirloom Vegetable Garden · $21
Ten of our favorite Organic varieties to plant a tasty vegetable garden.
A great gift for the new or experienced Organic Gardener.
Bean OG
Detroit Dark Red Beet OG
Di Ciccio Broccoli OG
Ruby Red Chard OG
Marketmore Cucumber OG
Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce OG
New England Pie Pumpkin OG
Cherokee Purple Tomato OG
Sugar Baby Watermelon OG
Black Beauty Zucchini OG
Upland Cress (Creasy Greens)
Cherokee Purple Tomato
Cherokee Moon and Stars
Watermelon
Fall-Winter Vegetable Garden · $23
A well-rounded selection of eleven cold-hardy crops, chosen to
nourish you through the winter and into the early spring.
A great gift for all levels of fall gardener
American Flag Leek
Bloomsdale Spinach
Chioggia Beets
Cimarron Romaine Lettuce
Dwarf Grey Sugar Snap Pea
Dwarf Siberian Kale
Sunflower Salutations · $13
A celebration of the sun, this collection showcases six varied and lovely
sunflowers. Planted together for an explosion of color or shining from
separate beds, these flowers are sure to bring a smile to every grower.
Mammoth Grey Stripe
Dwarf Sunspot
Velvet Queen
Mexican Sunflower
(Tithonia Torch)
Lemon Queen
Autumn Beauty
Georgia Southern Collards
Rainbow Mix Chard
Tendergreen Mustard Greens
Tendersweet Carrots
Waltham
Whole Garden
Collection
$155
Children’s Garden · $16
A fun, easy-to-grow and yummy collection to tempt the taste buds and
excite the imagination of even our youngest growers.
Bean OG
Little Fingers Carrot
Cherokee Moon & Stars
Yellow Watermelon OG
Chadwick Cherry Tomato OG
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Cinderella Pumpkin OG
Freckles Lettuce
Mammoth Grey Stripe
Sunflower
Hungarian Broom Corn
Sorghum ECO
Our survival collection features 32
types and 40 varieties of non-hybrid,
untreated vegetable seed sealed in
triple layer foil mylar packaging for
long-term storage. Most vegetable
types will maintain good germination
for 5-10 years when stored in a dry
location with cool, steady temperatures.
Includes vegetable growing and seed
saving guidelines. 2.3lbs of seed.
Approximate estimates: 36,000 seeds.
Plants 2,600 row feet or 3/4 acre. Yields
up to 2,700lbs of fresh nutritious
vegetables.
Our website provides greater detail about the
contents and sizes of this carefully curated
collection: www.sowtrueseed.com/seedcollections
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Books
Best Seller! Seed to Seed, Suzanne Ashworth · $24.95
A complete seed-saving guide that describes specific techniques for saving the seeds of 160 different
vegetables. This book contains detailed information about each vegetable, including its botanical classification,
flower structure and means of pollination, required population size, isolation distance, techniques for caging or
hand-pollination, and also the proper methods for harvesting, drying, cleaning, and storing the seeds.
New to Sow True! Botany in A Day, Thomas J. Elpel · $30
The Patterns Method of Plant Identification is changing the way people learn about plants! Instead of presenting
individual plants, this book unveils the patterns of identification and uses among related plants, giving readers
simple tools to rapidly unlock the mysteries of the new species they encounter throughout the continent. Within
1 1/2 hours you can understand the big-picture of botany and herbalism.
New to Sow True! Eat Your Yard!, Nan Chase · $19.99
Eat Your Yard! has information on 35 edible plants that offer the best of both landscape and culinary uses.
Edible plants provide spring blossoms, colorful fruit and flowers, lush greenery, fall foliage, and beautiful
structure, but they also offer fruits, nuts, and seeds that you can eat, cook, and preserve. Nan K. Chase writes
about architecture and landscape design. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, Smithsonian,
Fine Gardening, Architectural Record, and Southern Living. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina, where she
is a contributing editor of WNC Magazine.
New to Sow True! Microgreens, Eric Frank, Jasmine Richardson · $19.99
With simple instructions, Eric Franks and Jasmine Richardson, show readers how to grow their own little
greens of arugula, basil, purple cabbage, chard, radishes, broccoli, cilantro, and more. Microgreens teaches the
easy process of how to plant and grow, as well as how to harvest little greens, which on average is about 2 weeks
after sowing. Only a small amount of space is needed to grow microgreens—a porch, patio, deck, or balcony,
indoors or outdoors, will do. This allows anyone to easily incorporate microgreens into their daily meals.
How to Grow More Vegetables, John Jeavons · $19.95
This is the classic book on biointensive gardening for beginners to advanced gardeners. The most complete and
practical book of its kind, proven effective in all types of garden conditions. This major revision updates information
and techniques on soil sustainability; composting; the future of farming; garden plans; master charts reorganized
for easier planning; new plans for making tools; expanded index; and online address for a greatly expanded
bibliography. Everyone who has used and enjoyed previous editions will want this book too. Available March 1.
Best Seller! Four Season Harvest, Eliot Coleman · $24.95
Eliot Coleman introduces the surprising fact that most of the United States has more winter sunshine than
the south of France. He shows how North American gardeners can successfully use that sun to raise a wide
variety of traditional winter vegetables in backyard cold frames and plastic covered tunnel greenhouses without
supplementary heat. This story of sunshine, weather patterns, old limitations and expectations, and new realities
is delightfully innovative in the best gardening tradition. Four-Season Harvest will have you feasting on fresh
produce from your garden all through the winter.
New to Sow True! The Winter Harvest Handbook, Eliot Coleman · $29.95
Choosing locally grown organic food is a sustainable living trend that’s taken hold throughout North America.
Eliot Coleman helped start this movement with The New Organic Grower published 20 years ago. He continues
to lead the way, pushing the limits of the harvest season while working his world-renowned organic farm in
Harborside, Maine. Gardeners and farmers can use the innovative, highly successful methods Coleman
describes in this comprehensive handbook to raise crops throughout the coldest of winters.
New to Sow True! Carrots Love Tomatoes, Louise Riotte · $14.95
Plant parsley and asparagus together, and you’ll have more of each. But keep broccoli and tomato plants far apart
if you want them to thrive. This classic companion-gardening guide shows you how to use the native attributes
of vegetables to create a naturally bountiful garden. Learn which plants nourish the soil, which repel pests, which
encourage each other, and which just don’t get along.
Best Seller! Growing Great Garlic, The Definitive Guide for Organic Gardeners and
Small Farmers, Ron L. Engelland · $16.95
Growing Great Garlic is the definitive grower’s guide written by a small scale farmer who makes his living
growing over 200 strains of garlic. Commercial growers will want to consult this book regularly.
New release! Raised Bed Vegetable Gardening Made Simple, Raymond Nones · $15.95
Books
Gaia’s Garden, 2nd Edition: A Guide To Homescale Permaculture, Toby Hemenway · $29.95
Permaculture gardens are no longer a thing of the future. This extensively revised and expanded second edition
broadens the reach and depth of the permaculture approach for urban and suburban growers. As Hemenway
demonstrates, it’s fun and easy to create a “backyard ecosystem” by assembling communities of plants that can
work cooperatively and perform a variety of functions.
Fresh Food for Small Spaces, R. J. Ruppenthal · $24.95
Readers will learn how to transform their balconies and windowsills into productive vegetable gardens, their
countertops and storage lockers into commercial-quality sprout and mushroom farms, and their outside nooks and
crannies into whatever they can imagine, including sustainable nurseries for honeybees and chickens. Free space
for the city gardener might be no more than a cramped patio, balcony, rooftop, windowsill, hanging rafter, dark
cabinet, garage, or storage area, but no space is too small or too dark to raise food.
New Release! The Small Scale Poultry Flock, Harvey Ussery · $39.95
The most comprehensive and definitive guide to date on raising all-natural poultry for the homesteader and small
farmer. Ussery’s new book offers a practical and integrative model for working with chickens and other domestic
fowl based entirely on natural systems. His model will prove invaluable for beginner homesteaders, growers
looking to incorporate poultry into their farm, or farmers seeking to close their loop, including the most complete
guide to working with broody hens available anywhere.
New to Sow True! Wild Fermentation, The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods,
Sandor Ellix Katz · $25
Bread. Cheese. Wine. Beer. Coffee. Chocolate. Most people consume fermented foods and drinks every day.
For thousands of years, humans have enjoyed the distinctive flavors and nutrition resulting from the transformative
power of microscopic bacteria and fungi. Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods
is the first cookbook to widely explore the culinary magic of fermentation.
Natural Beekeeping, Ross Conrad · $35
The best organic and natural approaches to keeping honeybees healthy and productive. Readers will learn about
nontoxic methods of controlling mites, eliminating American foulbrood disease (without the use of antibiotics,)
breeding strategies, and many other tips and techniques for maintaining healthy hives.
Best Seller! Worms Eat My Garbage, Mary Appelhof · $12.95
A new edition of the definitive guide to vermicomposting--a process using redworms to recycle human food
waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer for plants. Author Mary Appelhof provides complete illustrated instructions on
setting up and maintaining small-scale worm composting systems. Internationally recognized as an authority
on vermicomposting, Appelhof has worked with worms for over three decades. Topics include: bin types, worm
species, reproduction, care and feeding of worms, harvesting, and how to make the finished product.
New to Sow True! The Vegetable Gardener’s Book of Building Projects, The Editors
of Storey Publishing · $18.95
These 39 simple-to-make projects — including cold frames, compost bins, planters, raised beds, potting benches,
gates, trellises, storage containers, outdoor furniture, and more — will increase your harvest, make your garden
chores easier, and turn your garden and yard into an appealing outdoor space for relaxing and enjoying the fruits
of your labors. Many of the projects are ideal for beginners, and most can be completed in just a few hours.
Best Seller! How to Store Your Garden Produce, Piers Warren · $14.95
Completely revised, it is the modern guide to storing and preserving your garden produce, enabling you to
eat home-grown goodness all year round. The easy-to-use reference section provides applicable storage and
preservation techniques for the majority of plant produce grown commonly in home gardens. Why is storing
your garden produce the key to self-sufficiency? Because with less than an acre of garden you can grow enough
produce to feed a family of four for a year.
New Release! Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning, by Gardeners & Farmers
of Terre Vivante · $25
Traditional Techniques include Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage, and Lactic
Fermentation. Yet here is a book that goes back to the future-celebrating traditional but little-known French
techniques for storing and preserving edibles in ways that maximize flavor and nutrition and doesnt’ require
refrigeration or electricity!
New Release! The Transition Companion, Rob Hopkins · $29.95
This is the biggest urban brainwave of the century. A visionary, practical blueprint that took root in a town and
is circling the globe. Transition tells inspiring tales of communities working for a future where local economies
are valued and nurtured; where lower energy use is seen as a benefit; and where enterprise, creativity, and
the building of resilience have become cornerstones of a new economy.
Having a backyard garden just got a lot easier! Framed raised beds and a modular approach to growing
vegetables means more production in less space and with less work. Nones shows you how to set up the
raised-bed modular system and then gives in-depth descriptions of: sowing seeds, thinning, transplanting,
cultivating, mulching, watering, harvesting, pest control, composting, crop rotation, and seed saving. It’s a
complete gardening book for both the beginner and the experienced gardener.
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63
3 gr
5 gr
13,000
Arugula
8 oz
8 oz
90
Bean, Snap Bush
2 gr
2-4 lbs
1,000
20,000
6,000
na
140 -200
Cucumber
Dill
Eggplant
Garlic
Gourd
8 oz
after last frost
plant cloves in fall
tp after last frost
spring, summer
after last frost
spring, summer, fall
seed after last frost
spring, summer
spring, summer
spring, summer
spring, summer
spring, summer
spring, summer
after last frost
Planting Season
420
7,000
18,000
Okra
Onion
Parsley
1/2 oz
1,000
15,000
Melon
Mustard Greens
4 gr
25,000
Lettuce
4 gr
200-300
200-300
300
na
9,000
7,000-9,000
400-600
Squash, Summer
Sunflower
Sweet Potato
Tomato
Turnip
Watermelon
1,400-2,600
Spinach
Squash, Winter
7,000-9,000
na
Rutabaga
Sorghum
2,500
Radish
10 lbs
na
100-300
Potatoes
Pumpkin
2gr
4,500
Pepper
1/2 oz
1/8 oz
1/4 oz
2gr
100 slips
1/2-1 oz
1/2-2 oz
1/2 oz
1/2 oz
na
1/4 oz
1 oz
1/2-1 oz
8 oz
5,000
110
Parsnip
Pea
1/4 oz
1/4 oz
1 1/2 oz
1 oz
1/4 oz
8,500
10,000
5 gr
Kohlrabi
7,000
Kale
Seed
100'
row
Leek
Avg.
Seeds/oz
Type Name
after last frost
tp after last frost
tp after last frost
after last frost
after last frost
after last frost
after last frost
spring, summer
after last frost
spring, fall
tp after last frost
spring, summer
spring, summer
spring, summer
spring, fall
after last frost
spring, summer
Planting Season
planting guide
1/4-1/2 oz
1/4 oz
1/2 oz
3 gr
60-80
9,000
Cowpeas
4 oz
5 gr
1-2 oz
1 oz
na
4 gr
10 gr
5 gr
5 gr
5 gr
Cress
7,000
100
Collards
2,100
Cilantro
Corn
75,000
800 -1,800
Celery/ Celariac
8,000
Cauliflower
Chard
7,500
18,000
Cabbage
Carrot
5,000
Brussels Sprout
1/2 oz
2,200
7,000
Beet
Broccoli
6 oz
60
Bean, Pole
16 oz
100
40-65
Bean, Soy
Bean, Runner
8 oz
18,000
90
Basil
Bean, Dry
1/16 oz
25,000
Amaranth
Seed
100'
row
Avg.
Seeds/oz
Type Name
planting guide
65
na
Aug 10 - Oct 1
na
na
na
na
na
Aug 15 - Oct 1
na
Aug 1 - Sep 15
Aug 15 - Oct 1
na
Aug 20 - Oct 1
na
Aug 10 - Sep 15
July15 - Aug 1
July 15 - Sep 15
Sep 1 - Nov 20
Feb 20 - May 1
na
Aug 15 - Oct 1
na
Aug 15 - Oct 1
Aug 1 - Oct 1
Aug 1 -Sep 15
Aug 15 - Oct 1
AVL NC Fall
Planting
na
Oct 1 to Nov 20
na
Aug 1 - Sep 10
na
Sep 1 - Oct 1
na
na
Aug 1 - Oct 1
July 1 - Sep 15
Aug 1 - Sep 15
na
July 1 - Sep 1
July 15 - Sep 25
July 10 - Sep 1
July 1 - Sep 1
July 1 - Sep 1
Aug 1 - Sep 25
na
na
na
July 15 - Aug 1
July 15 - Aug 1
na
Aug 15 - Oct 1
leaf:AugSep 15
AVL NC Fall
Planting
70-90°F
50-75°F
70-90°F
70-90 F
65-85°F
65-85°F
65-85°F
45-65°F
55-80°F
50-75°F
45-80°F
65-90°F
na
65-85°F
50-75°F
55-75°F
50-85°F
50-95°F
70-90°F
60-85°F
75-95°F
40-80°F
50-80°F
50-85°F
50-85°F
Ideal Soil
Temp
60-90°F
na
75-90°F
45-75°F
60-90°F
45-70°F
50-80°F
60-85°F
50-85°F
55-85°F
45-80°F
50-70°F
50-85°F
45-85°F
50-85°F
50-85°F
50-80°F
45-75°F
60-80°F
75-90°F
55-60°F
60-80°F
75-90°F
65-85°F
50-85°F
60-85°F
Ideal Soil
Temp
full sun
full sun
full sun
full sun
full sun
full sun
full sun
full sun
full, part
full sun
full sun
full, part
full sun
full sun
full sun
full sun
full sun
full, part
full sun
full sun
full, part
full sun
full, part
full sun
frost sensitive
frost-tolerant, winter hardy
frost sensitive
light frost tolerance
frost sensitive
frost sensittive
frost sensitive
moderate frost tolerance
frost tolerant, winter hardy
frost sensitive
frost sensitive
frost sensitive
frost sensitive
frost sensitive
frost sensitive
Frost Tolerance
ds or tp
ds
tp
ds or tp
ds or tp
ds or tp
ds
ds
ds or tp
ds or tp
ds or tp
tp
ds or tp
ds
ds or tp
ds or tp
ds or tp
ds
ds
ds
ds
ds
ds
ds or tp
ds or tp
ds or tp
Direct
Seed/
Transplant
1/2-3/4"
2"
1/4"
1/8"
1/2"
1/4-1/2"
1-2"
1-2"
1/4-1/2"
1/4 "
1/2"
1/16"
1/4"
1/4-1/2"
1/4-1/2"
1/4-1/2"
1/2"
1/2"
1"
1"
1/2"
1"
1"
1/4"
1/8"
1/8"
Seed
Depth
6"
4-6"
NA
2-3"
2"
1"
2-3"
3"
1-2"
1"
1"
1/4"
1"
1/2"
4-6"
4-6"
2-4"
1-2"
2-3"
2-3"
2-4"
2-4"
2-3"
2-4"
1-2"
1-2"
Seed
Spacing
7-14
7-21
5-17
6-12
4-13
2-15
6-14
7-10
5-17
5-17
5-17
10-20
5-15
6-21
5-17
5-17
5-17
5-17
8-16
8-16
8-16
8-16
8-16
7 -14
3-10
8-12
Days
Emergence
12-18"
Don't thin
24-30"
10-14"
6"
10"
Don't thin
8-12"
8-12"
3-4"
10-14"
8-14"
18"
1-3"
18-24"
18-24"
3-5"
4-6"
Don't thin
6-8"
Don't thin
Don't thin
12-18"
4-12"
6"
Thin to/
Plant
Spacing
75-120
7-8 mo
70-100
30-45
55-65
40-50
50-75
75-120
55-80
30-45
45-60
100-120
90-115
75-80
90-120
80-100
50-85
50-85
60-80
50-80
70-90
50-75
60-90
40-60
20-35
30 - 110
DaysHarvest
varies
30-40 lbs
50 lbs
na
120 lbs
35 lbs
40 lbs
90-100 ears
50 lbs
30-40
40 lbs
100 heads
60 heads
100 lbs
60 heads
60 lbs
75 lbs
100 lbs
150-200 lbs
80 lbs
na
80 lbs
40-50 lbs
40-50 lbs
30-40 lbs
varies
Avg. Yield/
100'Row
annual
perennial
annual
biennial
annual
biennial
annual
annual
biennial
annual
biennial
biennial
biennial
biennial
biennial
biennial
biennial
biennial
annual
annual
annual
annual
annual
annual
annual
annual
Growth
Cycle
3-5 yr
4-10 mo
3-5 yr
3-5 yr
5-7 yr
3-5 yr
4-6 yr
4-6 yr
4-5 yr
6 yr
3-4 yr
4-5 yr
4-5 yr
3-5 yr
4-5 yr
4-5 yr
4-5 yr
2-3 yr
3-6 yr
3-6 yr
3-6 yr
3-6 yr
3-6 yr
4-6 yr
3-4 yr
3 - 10 yr
Seed
Viability
frost sensitive
frost sensitive
frost sensitive
frost sensitive
frost sensitive
frost sensitive
frost sensitive
frost sensitive
frost sensitive
frost sensitive, winter hardy
frost sensitive
Frost Tolerance
ds or tp
ds
tp
tp
ds or tp
ds or tp
ds or tp
ds or tp
ds or tp
ds
ds
ds or tp
ds
tp
ds
ds or tp
ds or tp
ds or tp
ds
ds or tp
ds or tp
ds or tp
ds or tp
ds or tp
ds or tp
Direct
Seed/
Transplant
1/2"
1/2"
1/4"
NA
1"
1"
1/2"
1/2"
1/2"
1/2"
1/2"
1"
3-4"
1/4-1/2"
1-2"
1/2-3/4"
1/2"
1/2"
1/2"
1/4"
1/2"
1/8"
1/4"
1/4-1/2"
1/2"
Seed
Depth
6"
1"
NA
12"
4-6"
6"
6"
1"
1 1/2"
1"
1/2"
6"
12"'
NA
2-3"
1/2"
1"
1"
3-4"
1"
5"
1/2"
1"
1"
1"
Seed
Spacing
3-10
5-17
6-14
NA
5-12
5-10
5-10
6-21
7-15
5-17
4-11
5-10
10-20
8-25
6-14
15-28
12-25
6-16
7-15
3-12
3-10
3-15
6-16
5-17
5-17
Days
Emergence
12"
3-6"
18-24"
Don't thin
8-12"
1'
12-18"
4"
8"
5"
1-2"
12"
Don't thin
18-24"
Don't thin
3"
8- 10"
3-6"
12"
4-8"
3-4/mound
6-10"
4-6"
8"
12"
Thin to/
Plant
Spacing
70-100
40-65
55-85
90-120
80-120
60-110
50-70
30-50
100-120
85-95
20-30
90-120
60-120
60-100
50-75
100-130
65-90
65-110
60-85
30-45
65-95
25-50
100-120
60-75
45-60
DaysHarvest
50-100 lbs
40 lbs
150 lbs
50+ lbs
na
150-200+ lbs
150-200 lbs
40 lbs
50 lbs
150 lbs
100 bunches
200-300 lbs
50+ lbs
50 lbs
20 lbs
75 lbs
30 lbs
100 lbs
300+ pods
80-100 lbs
50-100 lbs
40-50 heads
150 stalks
50 lbs
75 lbs
Avg. Yield/
100'Row
annual
biennial
annual
perennial
annual
annual
annual
biennial
annual
biennial
biennial
annual
perennial
annual
annual
biennial
biennial
biennial
annual
biennial
annual
annual
biennial
biennial
biennial
Growth
Cycle
4-5 yr
4-5 yr
4-7 yr
6-8 mo
4-6 yr
3-5 yr
3-4 yr
3-4 yr
3-5 yr
3-4 yr
2-5 yr
3-5 yr
6-12 mo
3-5 yr
4-6 yr
1-3 yr
3-5 yr
2-4 yr
1-2 yr
4-5 yr
5-7 yr
3-4 yr
2-4 yr
4-5 yr
4-5 yr
Seed
Viability
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Sow True Seed • 146 Church Street • Asheville, NC 28801 • 828-254-0708 • www.sowtrueseed.com
2012 event schedule
sow true seed programs
Wholesale Rack Program
Do you have a favorite store that you think
would be perfect for a Sow True Seed rack?
Please let them know about us! Sow True Seed
offers a variety of racks and seed for retail stores,
from our large wire spinner to our counter top
best-seller seed offerings. To receive our wholesale materials, please contact Peter Waskiewicz
at 828-254-0708 or [email protected].
Seed Money
Fund-Raising Program
Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
Jan 18-21
Little Rock, AK
Virginia Biological Farming Conference
Feb 10-11
Richmond, VA
Georgia Organics
Feb 24-25
Columbus, GA
Organic Growers School
March 3-4
Asheville, NC
Sow True Seed partners with schools and
organizations to help promote sustainability,
healthy living, regional agriculture and heirloom
seed preservation while raising money for a cause.
Our easy-to-implement program offers our new seed
collections and bestsellers for your group to sell in
your community, either in-person or through our
on-line website. Your organization will keep 30% of
income generated by your sales, tracked with your
own promotional code. SEED MONEY fundraising
includes a fabulous K-6 Curriculum on Seed Saving.
If your school or organization is interested in
fundraising with our seeds, please contact Ginger
West at 828-254-0708 or [email protected] to
receive materials and get started!
Community Seed Exchange (CSE)
This popular program offers local gardeners the opportunity to be a part of our seed
preparation process. We offer participants four packets of our seeds per hour for use in
your home or community garden. With an abundance of seeds earned, it is no surprise
that many participants choose to donate packs to local organizations like ASAP, who
use our seeds in their Growing Minds Farm to School Program. Interested? Please contact
Mikey Brandt at [email protected] or call 828-254-0708 to schedule a time to come in.
Spring Herb Festival
May 4-6
WNC Farmer’s Market
Asheville, NC
North Carolina Master Gardener Conference
May 20 – 23
Asheville, NC
True Nature County Fair
October (Date TBD)
Flat Rock, NC
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA)
October 26 - 28, 2012
Greenville, SC
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visit our retail store
146 Church Street in Downtown Asheville
The Sow True Seed Retail Store is located at our warehouse in Asheville, North Carolina
and is open year round. Store hours vary according to the season. From February – May,
the store is open from 10am-6:00pm Monday-Friday. The rest of the year, our store hours
are generally Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm. If you happen to be visiting our area and would
like to come by at another time, please let us know in advance and we will do our best to
accommodate your visit. Sow True Seed is closed for major holidays, so please contact us
for specific dates if your visit overlaps a holiday.
In addition to our full seed packet selection, this year our retail store offers a selection of
our most popular seed varieties in convenient, ready-to-buy bulk sizes. We have also expanded our book collection. And finally, a note to locals: feel free to order on-line and pickup your order in our store. Simply enter the code LOCAL in the promo box on our website
shopping cart, and we will contact you when your order is ready for pick-up.
Voila - no shipping charges!
sow true seed policies
Seed Warranty and Refund Policy We proudly stand by the quality
and performance of our seed and guarantee your satisfaction. If you are dissatisfied with our
seed after providing proper storage and growth attempt, we will credit or refund the full
purchase price of the seed. This warranty does not extend beyond the purchase price of seed,
for any reason, under any circumstances. No other warranty is given, expressed or implied
to the fitness of seed, for any particular purpose, or against loss due to any cause. Sow True
Seed, Inc. assumes no responsibility for crop failure due to pests, environmental conditions,
fertilization, irrigation, weeds or any other factors beyond our control. To qualify for a warranted refund, you must contact us in writing, by phone, fax, or
e-mail, within 3 months of purchase, and within 20 days of discovery. Please provide
the following: 1) Purchase date/location. 2) Type/Variety name and lot # from packet. 3) Statement describing your dissatisfaction and your preference for a refund, credit or
replacement. 4) Any remaining seed from any quantities larger than standard sized
packets must be returned to Sow True Seed for quality testing. Warranty does not
apply to onion sets, plants, seed potato, sweet potato slips, seed garlic or asparagus
crown purchases.
Back Orders We do our best to avoid back-orders, but sometimes products can
be temporarily unavailable. Should this be the case, there is a choice on the order form
and in the shopping cart to 1) receive a similar substitute or 2) receive a refund, or
3) call me with options. If you have asked for a seed that is back-ordered, either your
order will be shipped within 2 weeks or we will contact you to discuss options. Check our
website, www.sowtrueseed.com, for the most up-to-date information on product availability.
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meet our growers
MEET OUR GROWERS - WOMEN IN SEED
Sow True Seed works with growers across the Southeast to build upon our
seed offerings sourced regionally. This year, we are excited to highlight two
female seed farmers in our community of seed producers:
Holly Whitesides, Farmer
Sow True Seeds: Arikara Yellow Beans,
Hutterite Soup Beans, Bush Pickle,
Styrian Pumpkin, Opalka Tomato,
Cosmonaut Volkov Tomato, Montana
Popping Amaranth+
Impassioned about the production and
distribution methods of our contemporary food
system, Holly began farming over 7 years ago
in Watauga County, NC. Her farm, against the
grain, is a small sustainable farm with 2 acres
of cultivated land. Holly and her partner, Andy Bryant, grow a broad spectrum of vegetables, sorghum
cane for molasses production, heirloom grains,
pasture poultry, and now...seed crops! Committed to food security and accessibility for
everyone, the 2011 season marked Holly’s first year producing seed for us. “I am so
excited to grow seed for a small catalog like Sow True Seed,” says Holly. “It feels incredibly
empowering to participate in the regional food system on many different levels.” We couldn’t
agree more – thanks, Holly!
Cathy Cleary, West End Bakery
Sow True Seed: Neck Pumpkin Winter Squash
Cathy is the co-owner of the successful
West End Bakery in West Asheville. With a
passion for cooking and baking with the freshest
ingredients possible, it is a natural fit for her
to grow food for the bakery. On her land in
Madison County, Cathy and her husband
grow their famous Neck Pumpkin Squash,
which Cathy uses at the bakery to make the
delicious Pumpkin Chocolate Chip muffins,
Pumpkin Cocount Curry Soup, Pumpkin Pies,
and even Pumpkin Sage and Parmesan
Veggie Burgers. She saves the seed from
these amazing squash and trades them with
Sow True Seed for other types of seeds for her
garden. The collaboration with Sow True Seed
has been inspiring to her and to other gardeners
in the West Asheville Community. In fact, this
year she sold packets of Sow True Seed Neck
Pumpkin at her bakery, and enjoyed stories from her many customers about their
bountiful harvest of delicious winter squash! A great story celebrating the full circle
of food production -- from seed to fruit to community!
Our heartfelt thanks to Holly, Cathy, and
all of our hard-working seed growers –
may your harvest always be bountiful!
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