New
Seed Varieties for 2012 |
| 299 |
Gigante Fava bean OG: An Italian specialty variety for Fedco!
|
| 322 |
Red Noodle bean: Use your Noodle for another good ethnic choice! |
| 331 |
Silver Cloud Cannellini bean OG: Every cloud has a silver
lining! |
| 490 |
Tankuro soybean OG: Tank up on Tankuro! |
| 547 |
Honey Select hybrid sweet corn: Select this honey for some
good eating! |
| 930 |
Petit Gris de Rennes cantaloupe OG: An artisanal heirloom
treat! |
| 950 |
Sweet Freckles crenshaw: The ones with freckles are always
the prettiest! |
| 953 |
Blacktail Mountain watermelon: Drown(s) yourself in pleasure!
|
| 1396 |
Shintokiwa cucumber OG: Say sayonara to Suhyo! |
| 1520 |
Lemon squash OG: Not a lemon if harvested young! |
| 1526 |
Zephyr squash: For a cool breeze in summer squash color! |
| 2716 |
You Mai Tsai lettuce: You may sigh for this sword lettuce! |
| 2766 |
Australian Yellow lettuce OG: Extend your lettuce color palette! |
| 2788 |
Oscarde lettuce OG: Classic baby oak leaf comes to Fedco! |
| 2836 |
Red-Earred Butterheart lettuce OG: One look and you’ll melt! |
| 2856 |
Mayan Jaguar lettuce OG: Morton invents a new garden beast! |
| 2984 |
Freedom lettuce mix OG: Not just another word for nothing
left to lose! |
| 2985 |
Red Carpet lettuce mix OG: Is waiting to take you away! |
| 3273 |
Joi Choi: Not for your boy toy! |
| 3315 |
Gypsy hybrid broccoli: A wandering broccoli I but be! |
| 3391 |
Deadon hybrid cabbage: Dead on the money for colorful savoy! |
| 3428 |
Snow Mystique cauliflower: ’Sno mistake! |
| 3825 |
Sweet Superette Banana pepper: Anna Banna Banana! |
| 3899 |
Potassium Nitrate: Not a seed, for germination speed! |
| 4121 |
Green Doctors Frosted cherry tomato OG: Good medicine! |
| 4136 |
Vilms paste tomato: A diet of Vilms beats a diet of Worms! |
| 4138 |
Casady’s Folly paste tomato OG: Don’t let Casady’s Folly become
ours! |
| 4211 |
Premio hybrid tomato: A primo early cluster tomato! |
| 4218 |
Bobcat hybrid tomato: No beef about this Big Beef replacement! |
| 4238 |
Luci 2103 hybrid tomato OG: You’ll love Luci in the greenhouse! |
| 4266 |
Honey Bunch hybrid red grape tomato: Oh, sweetie! |
| 4271 |
Lucia hybrid grape tomato: Santa Lucia be praised! |
| 4293 |
San Diego hybrid paste tomato: Where in the world is Tomato
San Diego! |
| 5135 |
Double Click Cranberries cosmos: A favorite color in this
vibrant series! |
| 5330 |
Drama Queen poppy OG: All the garden’s a stage for this showy
queen! |
| 5354 |
Yellow Mexican Tulip poppy: No drama here, dainty and delicate! |
| 5378 |
Vintage Stock mix: We predict a bull market for this stock! |
| 5441 |
April in Paris sweet pea OG: As sweet as Ella sings with Louis! |
| 5477 |
Golden Yellow Oklahoma zinna: As high as an elephant’s eye! |
| 5745 |
Purple Las Vegas gomphrena: Roll the dice on this vibrant
purple! |
| 5753 |
White Las Vegas gomphrena: Better than a trip to the casino! |
| 5755 |
Las Vegas gomphrena mix: Why gamble? These are the best! |
| 5970 |
Duborskian rice OG: A new crop for New England! |
| 5997 |
Banatka winter wheat ECO: Another neglected staple for our
region! |
| In addition, we welcome the return of 18 favorites
including: German Pole bean, Black Coco bean, True Red Cranberry
pole bean, Painted Hills sweet corn, Prescott Fond Blanc cantaloupe,
Early Moonbeam watermelon, Richmond Green Apple cucumber, Burpee’s
Butterbush squash, Winter Bloomsdale spinach, Winter Marvel
lettuce, Kinemontpas lettuce, Hon Tsai Tai, Thompson broccoli,
Staddon’s Select pepper, Mr. Fumo paste tomato, Tashkent
marigold, Madder and Utrecht Blue wheat. |
Probably
Your Last Chance in 2012 top |
| 556 |
Tuxedo hybrid corn: Being dropped by the supplier. |
| 598 |
Nauset hybrid corn: Slow sales make Nauset history. |
| 1055 |
Passport melon: A good replacement is waiting on the docks. |
| 5121 |
Clarkia: Slow sales. |
| 5232 |
Harlequin marigold: Supplier has discontinued. |
| 5261 |
Saluti salvia: Supplier has discontinued. |
| 5461 |
Zulu Prince venidium: Slow sales. |
| 5824 |
Lavender statice: Slow sales. |
| 6062 |
Bressingham coral bells: Slow sales. |
Dropped
Varieties In 2012 top |
| 321 |
Mitla Black Tepary bean: Crop failure. |
| 333 |
Limelight bean: Crop failure. |
| 337 |
Maine Sunset bean: Off-types in the stock. |
| 354 |
Aunt Jean’s bean: Crop failure. |
| 388 |
Saturday Night Special bean: No seed grower. |
| 484 |
Beer Friend soybean: Check web for possible availability. |
| 516 |
Ashworth sweet corn: Crop failure. |
| 530 |
Honey Treat sweet corn: Replaced by #547 Honey Select. |
| 560 |
Incredible sweet corn: Replaced by #561 Incredible R/M. |
| 739 |
Patriot pea: Crop failure: Where are the true patriots when
we need them? |
| 808 |
Dwarf Grey Sugar snow pea: Off-types in supplier’s seed stock. |
| 812 |
Dwarf White Sugar snow pea: Off-types in supplier’s seed stock. |
| 822 |
Blizzard snow pea: Crop failure, we already had our October
blizzard. |
| 920 |
Canoe Creek Colossal melon: Short seed crop; not available
|
| 949 |
Schoon’s Hard Shell muskmelon: Late maturity and slow sales. |
| 1672 |
Galeux D’Eysines squash: Failed germination test. |
| 2051 |
Nantes Fancy carrot: No crop this year. We hope to have back
in 2013. |
| 2240 |
Hailstone radish: Poor quality in available supplier strains. |
| 2474 |
Clear Dawn onion: No seed grower; darkness at dawn. |
| 2910 |
Michelle lettuce: We suggest #2907 Sierra. |
| 3075 |
Chickendive: No crop, back in 2013, no, the grower did not
chicken out. |
| 3150 |
Aurora Orach: Crop failure; Aurora is without aura. |
| 3219 |
Senposai Select: No crop. |
| 3256 |
Tenderleaf: Alas, crop failure. Weevils at work. |
| 3257 |
Chinese Thick Stem: Crop failure. More weevils. |
| 3307 |
Windsor broccoli: Try #3315 Gypsy. |
| 3325 |
Umpqua broccoli: No grower, no oomph. |
| 3327 |
Piracicaba broccoli: Crop failure. This one hurts. |
| 3421 |
Violet Queen cauliflower: Crop failure. |
| 3428 |
Cassius hybrid cauliflower: KOed by trade. Try #3428 Snow
Mystique. |
| 3490 |
American rapa: Crop failure. |
| 3715 |
Boldog pepper: No seed grower. |
| 3741 |
Amish Pimiento pepper: No seed grower. Dr. Demento says no
pimiento |
| 3788 |
Bolivian Rainbow pepper: Hard to get good germination with
this variety. |
| 3839 |
Valencia pepper: Dropped by the trade. |
| 3885 |
Krimzon Spice pepper: Dropped by the trade. |
| 4079 |
Old German tomato: Try #4077 Pineapple or #4097 Ruby Gold. |
| 4081 |
Mark Twain tomato: No seed grower. |
| 4091 |
Lillian’s Heirloom tomato: No seed grower. |
| 4105 |
Wow! cherry tomato: Still not stabilized. |
| 4118 |
Egg Yolk cherry tomato: No yolk, no seed grower. |
| 4511 |
Bodegold Chamomile: Crop failure. |
| 4515 |
Cilantro: Replaced by #4517 Caribe. |
| 5000 |
Blue Blazer ageratum: Sales were less than blazing. |
| 5040 |
Sea Star aster: No longer available to us. |
| 5144 |
Chianti dianthus: Dropped for slow sales. |
| 5160 |
Osaka mix flowering cabbage: Slow sales. |
| 5161 |
Red Peacock flowering cabbage: Slow sales. |
| 5167 |
Daybreak Mix Gazania: Dropped by the trade. |
| 5190 |
White Spire larkspur: Slow sales. |
| 5224 |
Mauritanean Malva: Slow sales. |
| 5316 |
Imperial Mix stock: Dropped by the trade. |
| 5359 |
Indian Summer rudbeckia: No longer available to us. |
| 5374 |
Early Giant stock: Dropped by the trade. |
| 5377 |
Vintage Red stock: Replaced by #5378 Vintage stock mix. |
| 5411 |
Prado Red sunflower: Only treated seed available. |
| 5412 |
Prado Gold sunflower: Only treated seed available. |
| 5726 |
Pink Candle celosia: Dropped by the trade. |
| 5742 |
Orange Gomphrena: Replaced by the Las Vegas series, white,
purple and mixed. |
| 5746 |
Purple Gomphrena : Replaced by the Las Vegas series, white,
purple and mixed. |
| 5754 |
Mixed Gomphrena: Replaced by the Las Vegas series, white,
purple and mixed. |
| 5890 |
Winged Everlasting: Slow sales, supply everlasting! |
| 5910 |
Burbank Barley: Stock mixed up. |
| 6013 |
Ruby September New England aster: Dropped by the trade. |
| 6130 |
Grandiflora gaillardia: Dropped by the trade. |
| 6196 |
Maiden Pink: Dropped for slow sales. |
| 6244 |
Gartford Giants mix poppy: Dropped by the trade. |
| Plus we’ll deadhead some other slow-selling
flowers as they run out of stock. |
