Smooth and stringless pole snap beans

High yields of 6" smooth, straight, and stringless pods. This current strain shows irregularity in pod shape, varying from round to slightly flat. Vines reach 6 to 8' tall. With unbeatable flavor, Blue Lake is a long-time favorite for freezing, canning, and fresh use. This is a great variety for the home gardener or small scale grower. White seeds.

Pioneer berries

75 days. Large purple berries that are cooked and sweetened, (do not eat raw). Great in pies; huge yields of fruit all summer long. Plant 14 inches apart. Strong tall plants do not have to be staked. Grow plants like peppers. Great for anyone wanting quick easy berries and a huge yield. Originated in Africa.

Large, delicately sweet flavored berries

Patriot was selected for home gardeners who desire a cold-hardy variety that bears consistent crops. Patriot's low growing bush reflects its partial lowbush parentage. It is adaptable to many soil types and may perform better in wetter soils than many other varieties. Patriot makes an excellent container and landscape variety with its showy white blooms in the spring, dark green summer foliage, and fiery orange-red fall colors. Chill Hours: 1000+

Good cooking carrot with purple exterior and orange interior

This one is causing excitement at farmers’ markets. Carrots have bright purple skin and flesh that comes in shades of yellow and orange. Spicy and sweet-tasting roots are great for marketing. 

Gourmet carrots, good for pickling and canning

Little Finger is a gourmet baby carrot with 3" x 1/2" cylindrical, blunt roots. It has a very small core, smooth skin, and a deep-orange color. This baby carrot was developed in France for canning and pickling whole.

A very large type of celery, excellent flavor

This celery is wonderful. It grows beautifully and produces abundance large heads that are tasty and delicious. It keeps in the garden until late in the season.

Earliest white sweet corn matures to dark purple

4-5' (SU 60-70 days) An early variety grown for over 50 years by Ira Hooker of Olympia, Washington. Flavorful, white, 5-6" ears mature to dark purple (sweetest when still white). Great for small spaces, northern and coastal gardens. Prefers a mild summer climate.

Purplish-black smooth eggplants

This bushy, spreading 24 to 30" plant bears purplish-black, smooth, oval 6.5" x 5" fruit. Blunt and broad at the blossom end, the eggplants retain their color well. Black Beauty bears 1 to 3 pounds of fruit. This very popular variety holds up well with high quality and fine flavor. Rich, deep purplish black fruits can grow to enormous size. Tender and tasty at all stages. At maturity, they are broad and blunt at blossom end. Harvest about 73 days after transplanting.

Rich, mild flesh is very popular with chefs and gardeners alike

(Solanum melongena) Originally from France. Compact plants produce stunning ivory fruits that are three times as long as broad. Mild snow-white flesh. Our favorite white variety for fresh eating; peeling is not necessary if eaten when small. 70 days from transplant.

Ideal for storage and suitable for colder climates

Better have your fire extinguisher ready. If you like hot garlic, you'll love this one! Bogatyr is one of the spiciest varieties around, and is a challenge for the palate. Averages 4-7 huge cloves per bulb, stores up to nine months, and is ideally suited to colder climates.

Bite-sized, husked berries with a flavor reminiscent of pineapple.

1/2" diameter berries have a delicious flavor reminiscent of pineapple. Bite-sized berries are so tasty that they may never make it into the kitchen, especially if you have children. Excellent for preserves, hot dessert toppings, salads or mock pineapple yogurt.

Plants are short (12"-18") but with bushy spreading lateral branches which choke out weeds. Fruits ripen to a pineapple yellow. Stores well in husks.

Gorgeous, rare variety that produces sweet, delectable leaves

This rare, gourmet variety has red-purple veins on slate-green, wavy-margined leaves. Cool weather intensifies its color. Steamed lightly, the frilly leaves make an attractive garnish. If using in soup, add kale at the end to avoid overcooking.

Easy to grow transplant with great flavor

Very adaptable, you can't go wrong with this leek, and it's very easy to grow. It's not dependent on the amount of daylight it receives per day. Is great in soups, has nice flavor, and good yields. Produces 12-14 stalks.

Very cold hardy, needs little protection to overwinter.

Compact and open growth, slightly frilled leaf margins, dark green crunchy leaves with bronze tips, excellent sweet flavor, Very cold hardy, needing little protection to overwinter and grows well in the summer.

French heirloom, beautiful Red Bibb type rosette

This head lettuce is an unusual French Bibb variety. It is a ruby-red butter lettuce with tightly folded, green hearts. It has excellent flavor in hot weather with crisp yet tender leaves, but tends to bolt. This variety was introduced in 1885. This Boston-type butterhead is 6 to 10" in diameter and has large red-tinged, savoyed leaves and withstands light frosts. A real beauty.

Most popular Romaine, vigorous with creamy white hearts

This Romaine lettuce is an old favorite. It grows an upright, dark grey-green 8 to 12" head with a neatly folded, slightly savoyed creamy-white heart. This variety has good heart production and vigorous growth. It transplants well under stressful conditions. Tip burn and mosaic tolerant, it was developed to replace Dark Green Cos. It is named after Parris Island, off the coast of South Carolina.

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Compact 3 foot vines produce a quantity of 4 inch cantaloupes which mature very early. Excellent sweet flavor.

Heirloom perennial onion that "walks" across the ground as it grows season to season.

Sets are produced on leaf tips in late summer, becoming heavy enough to tip the leaf to the ground. As sets root the cycle is repeated and the onion continues to walk. Harvest bulbs in the ground (like regular onions) to the sets themselves and everything in between.

The classic parsnip. Robust producer, delicious flavor.

Delicious, tender, white 12-inch roots have a sweet flavor; refined in appearance. Great boiled, fried, or used in "Parsnip Bread." A good producer and popular variety.

Dependable, fusarium wilt resistant, 3-1/2" pods, 6 to 7 peas per pod

Dwarf, 16" vines produce double-borne pods, each 3-1/2" pod containing 6 to 7 peas per pod. Resistant to fusarium wilt. An old dependable variety.