Specialty and Heirloom Squash - Winter Squash Seeds
Cucurbita maxima (98 days) Open pollinated. Unique French heirloom. Round slightly flattened 15 lb fruit has salmon-peach skin covered in peanut-like warts. Lovely, or ugly?
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Malus spp. Fall. A popular historic variety from the South. Great for fresh eating, cider and cooking. Reaches peak flavor in storage. Natural resistance to many pests and diseases. Z4.
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Malus spp. Fall-winter. Medium to very large apple has a good balance of sweet and tart with hints of pear. All-purpose. Keeps until midwinter. Z4.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Fall-winter. Medium to very large apple has a good balance of sweet and tart with hints of pear. All-purpose. Keeps until midwinter. Z4.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Fall-winter. Medium-large size, fine-grained, crisp, tender, juicy. All-purpose. Annual producer of heavy crops. Bears young. Z4.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Late fall. Medium-sized, medium-bittersweet cider apple. One of the most popular cider varieties. Not for eating fresh. Annual bearer. Z4.
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Phaseolus vulgaris (60 days) Open pollinated. Dubbed “weirdo beans,” by the student seed keepers at Troy Howard Middle School, these glorious mutts spin out a ragtag rainbow of patterns, habits and ancestral forms.
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Daucus carota (58 days) F-1 hybrid. Uniform 6" smooth orange Nantes-type carrot. Harvest baby or full-size. Excellent flavor, both fresh and in short storage. Strong tops.
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Daucus carota (58 days) F-1 hybrid. Uniform 6" smooth orange Nantes-type carrot. Harvest baby or full-size. Excellent flavor, both fresh and in short storage. Strong tops.
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Crew-neck straight-cut tee shirt featuring the irresistible cottagecore garden gnomes from our 2020 Bulbs catalog cover. White graphic on black cotton. Made in the U.S. from organic cotton.
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Bunias orientalis Open pollinated. Perennial, Zones 4-8. Tender spicy mustard greens and florets for stir-frying. Drought-tolerant with a deep taproot.
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Persicaria tinctoria Open pollinated. Japanese indigo preferred by dyers in Maine. A tender annual, indigo thrives in fertile soil and likes heat and humidity.
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Chasmanthium latifolium Open pollinated. Perennial. Strong 2' arching stems with airy flattened seedheads are beautiful for dried arrangements. Native ornamental grass.
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Ageratina altissima Open pollinated. Flat-topped fuzzy clusters of small pure white disk flowers bloom August through October, attracting multiple species of bees, moths and butterflies.
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Pyrus communis Early fall. Soft fine flesh is sweet and flavorful with almost no grit cells. Produces annual crops of delicious medium-sized fruit. Bears heavily. Z3.
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Rich in several bitter flavonoids that stimulate plant immune function. Shown to prevent many pests from feeding and laying eggs. Also shown to kill pests such as mites, aphids and leafminer larvae.
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Tiny particles of kaolin clay prevent insects from recognizing their targets, and, if they land, inhibit their access to the plant’s surface and cause irritation and excessive grooming.
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Can be used to monitor the presence and population level of insect pests or as a control measure (when used in high density on small plantings). For thrips and leafminers.
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Amelanchier stolonifera 3-5' x same. Berries are small but very flavorful—perfect combo of sweet and tangy. Would do well in a rock garden, hedge or thicket. Native. Z4.
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Solanum lycopersicum (65 days) Open pollinated. Prolific clusters of 10–12 1½" very shiny red fruits hold on the vine and can be picked all at once. Excellent fresh, stewed or added to sauce.
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Solanum lycopersicum (68 days) Open pollinated. Red 2.5-3 oz plum tomato. Firm fruits amazingly early. Small loaded plants with clean fruits.
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Solanum lycopersicum (75 days) Open pollinated. Iridescent garnet-colored 5-7 oz globes, most uniformly handsome. Outstanding flavor. Reliable, heavy-yielding.
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Curcuma longa (120 days) Vibrantly orange tuber is a potent spice and medicine fetching top dollar at markets. Suitable for high tunnel cultivation, even in Maine!
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