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Vegetables
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Derby
Snap
Beans |
AAS* 1989 Huge yields of incredibly tender beans on strong upright bushes. The long, thin pods remain tender to 7”. Easily harvested. Resistant to mosaic virus. 85 seeds. 60-65 days, Area 10.
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Golden Bantam
Corn |
Old time favorite from 1902. Plump broad yellow kernels on 8-row, 5-7”ears. Short, 5-6’ vigorous, High-yielding plants. Excellent flavor for eating or freezing. Can be ready by mid-summer. 150 seeds. Area 180. 70 days.
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Bronze
Arrow
Lettuce |
A rare, long-standing heirloom leaf lettuce that has it all. We think it is one of the best lettuces in the world. Will stay fresh and tasty at marketable size for about three weeks even in hot weather. Overwintered through a snowy winter in Willits (zone 8). Can be grown as a cut and come again variety. One of our gardeners took seven heads off each of her plants one summer. Oak-leaf shaped, bronze-red leaves are tops for appearance and sweet flavor. 300 seeds.
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Rutgers Tomato |
Wilt and rust resistant. Large, vigorous, productive thick-stemmed determinate vines with heavy foliage. About 7-8 ounce globular, smooth, bright red fruits with thick walls and small seed cells. Very firm fruit with low acidity, it has a fantastic “old time flavor”. Very productive under a wide range of conditions. Does well under humid conditions. Free from cracks. 45 seeds.
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Sugar
Baby Watermelon |
Many feel this is the sweetest melon grown! Vigorous vines produce round fruits about 7-8.5” in diameter and 8-12 lbs. The flesh is medium red, crisp, firm and solid with few, small brown Very productive and resistant to cracking, it will ripen in areas where other varieties do not produce. 70 seeds.
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Nantes
(Tip Top) Carrot |
Nantes 2. Very early. 7” long cylindrical, blunt-bottomed roots, and almost core-less. Sweet, brittle, aromatic flesh, a good type for pulling early and eating. Good freezer. 800 seeds.
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Straight
Eight Cucumber |
Fruit has a dark green color & an attractive cylinder with rounded blunt ends. Measures 8”X 2”. Prolific and vigorous plant that is tolerant to mosaic. Good for home use. 40 seeds.
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Haogen
Melon |
“Widely coveted”, flesh of fragrant sweetness. Thick medium-green flesh that is tinged salmon near the seed cavity. Smooth pale-yellow rind with green sutures. Vigorous vines, heavy crops of small fruits. Grows anywhere in mainland U.S. Needs some watering in dry spells. Freezes well. Israeli adaptation of ancient SW Indian melon. 30 seeds.
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Southport White Globe Onion |
Best white keeper. Handsome medium-size globe. Flesh is fine-grained, very firm and snowy-white with a mild pungent flavor. Excellent bunching onion and as Autumn onions. Preferred by restaurants whenever available. Long day. 150 seeds.
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White Lisbon Green Onion |
(Circa 1865 or earlier) Very popular, very quick-growing. Vigorous and prolific producer of ample green tops and clear, silvery-white shafts. Delicious, mild flavor. Does grow 3-4” bulb but not a keeper. 150 seeds.
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Compost Crops
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Ecology Action Special Mix |
For years we have been recommending a formulation of fava, vetch, wheat and rye as a particularly beneficial compost crop for your garden. We are now offering this standard as a 2-pack combination: one pre-mixed packet of wheat, vetch, and rye, and one packet of fava beans, which are planted separately. 1500 seeds.
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Calorie Crops
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Hard Red Spring Wheat |
Here's a wheat you can plant and harvest in the same season! While not as high yielding as winter wheat, it is very high in protein, generally over 12%. Plant around the date of the last killing frost, maturity by early Summer. 1250 seeds.
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Taylor’s Dwarf Bean Cranberry |
Delicious improved Pinto Snap beans, this plant provides green shell beans & dry beans in one. 85 seeds.
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AC Baton Hulless Oats |
Popular commercial variety if you're lucky enough to find it! Medium height variety for early spring planting and late summer harvest. Umbrella-like grain heads with lots of straw for use as organic matter. 750 seeds.
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*AAS = All American Selection |
