New
Seed Varieties for 2010 |
541 |
Bodacious R/M sweet corn: Bodacious with built-in disease
resistance! |
598 |
Nauset hybrid sweet corn: Now set your mouth for flavor! |
688 |
Floriani red flint corn OG: Wowed us in the bake-off! |
1093 |
White Honey hybrid honeydew melon: This honey’s on the money! |
1095 |
Yellow Honey hybrid honeydew melon: Another honey of a melon! |
1375 |
Richmond Apple cucumber: Australian heirloom! |
2149 |
Touchstone beet OG: Makes growing golden beets easy! |
2257 |
Zlata radish: A new color in radish! |
2264 |
Saisai Leaf radish: A new way to eat radishes! |
2267 |
Green Meat radish: A new color for the interior! |
2446 |
Red Marble hybrid onion: So we won’t lose all our marbles! |
2485 |
Rossa Lunga di Tropea onion: A kinder, gentler torpedo! |
3229 |
Ruby Streaks mustard: A flash of color and flavor! |
3264 |
Purple Pac Choy F-1 hybrid: A new color in pac choy! |
3339 |
Gustus hybrid brussels sprout: Enjoy with gusto! |
3466 |
Rainbow Lacinato kale: Another inspired Frank Morton creation!
|
3469 |
Kale Mix: Combines color, savor and good health! |
3681 |
Galine hybrid eggplant: Star of the trials! |
3685 |
Black King hybrid eggplant: Ebony royalty! |
3699 |
Beck’s Big Buck okra: More bang for your okra buck! |
3779 |
Beaver Dam pepper: One to gnaw on! |
3788 |
Bolivian Rainbow pepper: A pot of gold from the Andes! |
3885 |
Krimson Spice pepper: Hot paprika! |
4134 |
Opalka paste tomato: Great paste even in poor growing years! |
4522 |
Cumin: Spice up your herb garden! |
4686 |
Topas St Johnswort: Chase away those winter blues! |
5002 |
Leda ageratum: Zeus’s favorite! |
5305 |
Red Flame pansy: Hello sailor!! |
5331 |
Flemish poppy OG: A portrait in beauty! |
5356 |
Tequila portulaca: No hangovers here! |
5374 |
Early Giant stock mix: Not much risk to invest in this stock! |
5403 |
Green Heart hybrid sunflower: From the heart of the garden! |
5820 |
Pale Blue Seeker statice: Seek and ye shall find! |
5828 |
Rose Compindi statice: Raise the status of your dried arrangements! |
5954 |
Ruby Silk Love Grass: Ask and it (love) shall be given? |
6322 |
Southern Charm Verbascum: Y’all will be ever so pleased! |
| In addition, we welcome the return of 21 favorites
including Northeaster Pole bean, Limelight bean, Alderman pea,
Amplissimo Viktoria soup pea, Early Moonbeam watermelon, Nantes
Fancy and Scarlet Keeper carrots, 3 Root Grex beet, Rossi di
Milano and Varsity onions, Lingua di Canarino, Des Oreilles
du Diable, Nancy, Michelle and Winter Wonderland lettuces, Cascade
Glaze collard, Ventura celery, Aconcagua and Amish Pimiento
peppers, Black Prince tomato (after 13 years!) and Mixed Streamers
sweet pea. |
Dropped
Varieties for 2010 top |
492 |
Sayamusume soybean: Crop failure. |
584 |
Double Gem corn: Discontinued by supplier. |
606 |
Bravado corn: Dropped by supplier. |
616 |
Painted Hills corn: No crop this year. |
632 |
Shasta corn: Trace GMO contamination of crop. |
744 |
Progress #9 pea: No crop this year. |
788 |
Mayfair pea: Crop failure. |
795 |
Blue Pod Capucijners pea: Crop failure. |
882 |
Sugar Ann snap pea: Crop blown away by hurricane. |
1392 |
Telegraph Improved cucumber: No crop. |
1672 |
Turk’s Turban squash: Dropped for slow sales. |
2129 |
Golden Grex beet: Try #2128 3 Root Grex. |
2265 |
Rat-tail radish: No crop this year. |
2306 |
Andover parsnip: Hoping for an organic production next year. |
2327 |
Skirret: Crop failure. |
2478 |
Red Cipollini onion: Try #2446 Red Marble. |
2488 |
Safrane onion replaced by #2488 Varsity. |
2558 |
Winter Bloomsdale spinach: Crop failure. |
2780 |
Rossimo lettuce: Dropped for slow sales. |
2786 |
Red Tinged Winter lettuce: Crop failure. |
2792 |
Revolution lettuce: No crop. No revolution, either. |
2826 |
Barilla lettuce: Replaced by other varieties. |
3316 |
Purple Peacock broccoli: Discontinued by the breeder. |
3318 |
Thompson broccoli: Crop failure. |
3333 |
Oliver brussels sprouts: Dropped by the trade. |
3363 |
Wakamine cabbage: Crop failure. |
3434 |
Dominant cauliflower: No longer available. |
3631 |
Golden Self-blanching celery: We recommend #3624 Ventura. |
3687 |
Turkish Orange eggplant: Dropped for slow sales. |
4076 |
Yellow Brandywine tomato: Crop failure; poor germination. |
4081 |
Mark Twain tomato: Crop failure due to blight. |
4091 |
Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom tomato: Another victim of a poor
year. |
4097 |
Ruby Gold tomato: Crop failure. |
4105 |
WOW! tomato: Still a work in progress. |
4123 |
Mr. Fumo tomato: Wait till next year! |
4146 |
Blue Beech tomato: Not a vintage year for tomato seed crops. |
4520 |
Delfino cilantro: Too few buyers to continue offering it. |
4686 |
St Johnswort: Replaced by #4686 Topas St Johnswort. |
4590 |
Licorice: No crop this year. |
5001 |
Bavaria ageratum: Replaced by #5002 Leda ageratum. |
5068 |
Basketflower: Dropped for slow sales. |
5083 |
Lemon Beauty calendula: Slowest selling of our calendulas. |
5157 |
Coral Queen flowering kale: Queen of slow sales. |
5182 |
Lilac King larkspur: Dethroned for lack of sales. |
5265 |
Moon Lily: Slow sales. |
5324 |
Carnation Rose poppy: Crop failure. |
5356 |
Sundial Mix portulaca: Replaced by #5356 Tequila Mix. |
5374 |
Dwarf Ten Weeks stock mix: Replaced by #5374 Early Giant Mix. |
5413 |
Pro-cut Lemon sunflower: Crop failure. |
5828 |
Rose statice: Replaced by #5828 Rose Compindi statice. |
6074 |
Purple Dame’s Rocket: Considered invasive in several NE states. |
Dropped
Seminis/Monsanto Variety top |
3878 |
Serrano Del Sol pepper |
| A large number of other varieties are in short
supply this year. Check your catalog and order early. |
|
604 |
Serendipity hybrid corn: Slow sales. |
949 |
Schoon’s Hardshell muskmelon: Hardshell a hard sell with customers. |
2861 |
Jericho lettuce: Supplier has discontinued. |
3830 |
Turino pepper: Supplier has discontinued. |
4238 |
Buffalo hybrid tomato: Dropped by the supplier. |
5000 |
Blue Blazer ageratum: Slow sales. |
5018 |
Rosea angel’s breath: Slow sales. |
5094 |
Canary Creeper: Slow sales. |
5441 |
Black Knight sweet pea: Supplier has discontinued. |
5461 |
Zulu Prince venidium: Slow sales. |
5466 |
Benary’s Golden Yellow zinnia: Slow sales. |
5816 |
Apricot statice: Slow sales. |
5868 |
Silvery Rose strawflower: Slow sales. |
| Plus the items beginning with #6409 in discounted
specials |
