Fedco Seeds variety changes for 2021
New Seed Varieties for 2021
- Natural Remedies Collection: Fortify against the plague!
- Accelerate bean: Zero to sixty in 53 days!
- The Bold & The Beautiful beet mix: As dramatic as the Forresters!
- Jacaranda purple broccoli: Nothing like its namesake!
- Green Magic broccoli: The power is yours!
- Divino brussels sprouts: Diablo went to the devil; Divino ascended.
- Bermeo cauliflower: Withstands Maine’s new Bermeo-like summers!
- Fujiyama cauliflower: Cauliflower breeding at its peak!
- Bangor pelleted carrot: Ayuh!
- Redsun carrot: Redsun at night, gardener’s delight!
- Zwolsche Krul cutting celery: After we go to press I’ll krul under a rock!
- Yellowstone supersweet corn: A national treasure!
- Gaudi eggplant: Plenty artful, but does not resemble a drip castle!
- Texicoa sorghum - Organic: TEXICOA in Scrabble tiles anagrams 63 ways!
- Brune d’Hiver lettuce - Organic: A brunette to keep your winter lively!
- Banana pickling pepper: If pickled bananas are your thing!
- Greek Pepperoncini: Pick a peck of pickled pepperoncini!
- Celesta radish - Organic: Only the sky limits this radish’s delights!
- Tundra spinach: Because Maine isn’t far enough north anymore!
- Delta crookneck squash: An improvement on Gamma!
- Seneca buttercup squash - Organic: Thrives in Great Hills!
- Sheboygan paste tomato: Like anything in Wisconsin, best with cheese!
- Pike “Turnip”: Why in quotes? Answer lies in our ponderous description!
- Boneset - Organic: Casts are a thing of the past!
- Leisure cilantro - Organic: Takes its sweet sweet time before bolting!
- Dwarf Sensation Mix cosmos - Organic: Feel a little!
- Sparky Mix marigold - Organic: Always sparks joy, and now it’s organic!
- Milkweed: The fragrant weed that feeds monarch butterflies.
- Grandpa Ott’s morning glory: You ott to give it a try!
- Evening Sun sunflower: Best viewed during that golden hour!
BACK in 2021
- Calypso dry bean - Organic: Seven years stranded on an island? Yes, please!
- Black Kabouli garbanzo: A bright spot in otherwise falafel times!
- Lutz Green Leaf beet - Organic: Not the “Rippon Lutz” but still graceful!
- Fiesta broccoli - Organic: Celebrate! (Alone in your house, please.)
- Mokum pelleted carrot: Rhymes with hokum, but it’s truly excellent!
- Atomic Red carrot: We’re going back to the Cold War with this one!
- Terra Hulless oats - Organic: Cook up a pot of homegrown oatmeal!
- Purple Rapa Gene Pool mustard - Organic: Rapa’s Delight!
- Green Ice lettuce - Organic: Won’t make your car skid off the road!
- Lingua di Canarino lettuce - Organic: No birds were harmed in the making!
- Italienischer lettuce - Organic: That’s German for “Italian!”
- Garnet Butter Gem lettuce - Organic: Greasy gemstones! Double delish!
- Carmona lettuce - Organic: A stunning head!
- Sierra lettuce - Organic: Not to be confused with Appalachian lettuce!
- Orangeglo watermelon - Organic: May or may not glow in the dark!
- Ramps: A shy allium for your woodland garden!
- Mayfair shell pea - Organic: May it fair well in your garden!
- Sumo snow pea - Organic: Not an enormous man in a thong!
- Sugar Lode snap pea - Organic: Take a lode off, sweetie!
- Tangerine Pimiento: Better for stuffing than actual citrus!
- Skirret: Skirret the ordinary with this homely over-wintering root!
- Mark Twain tomato ECO: Reports of its death were greatly exaggerated!
- Grandma Mary’s paste tomato - Organic: Mind your elders!
- Pink Princess cherry tomato - Organic: A royal gene pool to delight you!
- Purple Ballerina datura - Organic: Pirouetted back onto our list!
- Jewel Mix nasturtium - Organic: A long-time favorite, returns to organic!
- Dara Queen Anne’s Lace - Organic: Bouquet filler in purples, pinks & white!