Sweet basil, good for pesto

This classic Italian basil is most often used for making pesto. It has a sweet fragrance and is slow to bolt. Its large green leaves average 2" long.

Slender dark green unmatched quality and bountiful crops

The sleek rounded pods of gourmet quality Slenderette are particularly tender and crunchy with no tough tips or fiber. The vigorous plants bear strong harvests of delectable, bright green, 5" pods early in the season. Juicy and sweet tasting, they are especially delicious steamed, stir-fried, blanched or marinated in an herbed vinaigrette. An extra bonus is Slenderette's proven disease resistance to bean mosaic and curly top virus. Plant this reliable, delicious and high-yielding garden bean every season.

Produces excellent yields

Bright red flesh on slightly flattened globes with slight zones, tender 15"-18" tops hold bright green color. Excellent bunching and greens beet for home or commercial markets. First introduced in 1940.

An exceedingly popular table vegetable that is unmatched for vitamin content and sweet flavor. It is adaptable, tolerant of mismanagement and unequaled for supplying food for a long period of time Harvesting: Delicious when young. Begin pulling when finger size.

Vigorous stringless variety with excellent, crunchy texture

Tall Utah is a crisp, stringless green celery with tightly folded hearts, and broad, thick, well-rounded stalks. It is a vigorous grower without getting punky. This is a popular green celery for late use.

A classic variety of chives, excellent for cooking

The thin, round leaves of chives are commonly used in soups and sauces. The plant grows in clumps up to 12" high and produces lavender flowers in midsummer. Chives are useful as a companion plant throughout the garden to help reduce the insect population.

Bolt resistant, organic with great flavor

Both leaves (cilantro) and seeds (coriander) are used in Chinese, Indian, and Mexican cuisine. Plant successions monthly. Difficult to germinate in hot weather -- sow in shade, or keep soil covered and cool until seeds emerge. Self-seeds well in cool weather. Cold-hardy to 15˚F.

Medicinal: known in Chinese medicine as 'yuan-xu-zi' (Chinese parsley), the seeds are used as a diaphoretic and appetite stimulant.

Old heirloom dates back to 1880, excellent for pickles

An old heirloom dating back to 1880. Vigorous vines give large yields of smooth green fruit. It is excellent for pickles, very crisp and good quality. A very popular variety at the turn of the century.

High yielding vines produce 2" long fruits used for Cornichon pickles

Slender, little green fruit are picked when 2æ long and are used to make delicious cornichon pickles. A popular French variety that is hard to find. Very productive plants bear fruit that is darker green than most types.

High yielding, dark green hybrid, great for pickling, F1 Hyrbid

Blocky pickling cukes have white spines. the broad disease resistance package keeps plants healthy over a long season. Darker green and more disease resistant than Alibi.

Classic pickling, bears fruit over an extended season

This F-1 hybrid is the only productive pickling cucumber that is bacterial wilt resistant! County Fair makes firm, crunchy, tasty pickles. Its bitter-free gene ensures sweet cucumbers even under stressful conditions. Bitterless varieties also attract fewer insects.

Classic pickling, bears fruit over an extended season

This early bearing pickling or "Kirby" cucumber is a kitchen garden dynamo that produces an extended harvest of dark green, crispy, curved fruits with the traditional knobby pickle skin. Hybrid Endeavor is great tasting and high yielding vines will keep you well supplied for putting up many jars of your favorite treats like kosher dills, bread-and-butter slices, relish and traditional sweet pickles. Endeavor is also a fine crunchy, fresh-eating cucumber right from the vine. Plants are resistant to mosaic viruses and downy mildew.

Early-blooming classic with aromatic dill flavor

Good seed and leaf yields. Edible seeds and greens flavor many foods. Popular addition to sauces and a must for making pickles. Foliage known as dill weed. Medicinal: Seeds are a remedy for flatulence.

Fragrant lemon-scented leaves and white flowers are attractive to bees

Lemon Balm is a member of the mint family and has fragrant lemon-scented leaves and clusters of small white flowers that are attractive to bees. Lemon Balm's botanical name "Melissa" is Greek for "honey bee". The leaves can be used for flavoring teas, ice cream, fruit or in pesto and also have medicinal qualities. Lemon Balm is often included in sachets and potpourris.

Leaf Lettuce

This Romaine lettuce grows 6" high with a thick, sweet heart. There's no waste on this lettuce. It's perfect for individual salads and sandwiches. This popular lettuce is easy to grow and holds well for a prolonged harvest.

Perfect for tea and garnish, very medicinal, bees love it

Here is the true species spearmint, used to flavor everything from jellies to chewing gum, teas to toothpaste! This old favorite reaches to 2 feet tall, grows in sun or shade. The lilac-pink flowers make wonderful food for bees. It has many documented medicinal effects, including antiandrogenic properties. Easy from seed.

Used extensively in Mexican cooking

Medium-sized onion. Good keeper, but does not store quite as long as the yellow onions. Reliable variety with flattened bulbs and a mild flavor. Slow to bolt. Each bulb can weigh more than 1 pound. White papery wrap and a slightly sharp, clean, flavor. Used extensively in Mexican cooking.

A classic herb, beloved by gourmet chefs

This is a culinary, large-leaved variety with white flowers. Use oregano leaves dried or fresh in chili, tomato sauce, meats, and pizza.

Hearty and fragrant, a favorite of gourmet cooks

Italian parsley is a glossy flat-leaf variety that is called for in many gourmet recipes. It's excellent for seasoning, with a stronger flavor than many curly types. It turns bitter when it bolts.

Early, all-purpose pea

Early, extremely prolific, all-purpose pea with straight 3" pods filled with 8 to 10 medium to large peas. Freezes well. Direct-sow in early spring, again in midsummer for a fall crop. Outstanding winter crop in Zones 9-11.