Beta vulgaris (55 days) Open pollinated. Tender smooth leaves, thin stems, spinach-like flavor. Lasts through summer into fall. Withstands some frosts.
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Beta vulgaris (56 full size; 30 days baby leaf) Open pollinated. Much like Fordhook, except it’s more compact, deeply savoyed, more uniform and with a narrower stem. Long harvest window.
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Cichorium intybus (60 days) Open pollinated. Savory Italian chicory with deeply toothed red-veined leaves. Best in cool weather, can become bitter in heat.
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Cichorium intybus (80 days) Open pollinated. Italian heirloom grown for its fused stems which form a swollen bulb. Sweet stalks eaten in salad or cooked.
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Cichorium endivia (85 days) Open pollinated. Also known as Escarole. Smooth broad green outer leaves with creamy yellow closely bunched center leaves. Especially good as a fall crop; tolerates frost under row cover.
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Cichorium endivia (42 days) Open pollinated. French heirloom. Large frizzy sweet endive with very fine ribs. For late spring and early summer harvests.
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Rumex acetosa (60 days) Open pollinated. Thick sword-shaped lemony-flavored leaves picked when young and tender. A special treat in early spring. Perennial hardy to Z3.
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Hablitzia tamnoides (45 days) Open pollinated. Perennial spinach-like green. Hardy vine from the Caucasus grows 6-9' long for 2-3 months beginning very early spring. Heart-shaped attractive leaves.
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Blitum bonus-henricus Open pollinated. Heirloom perennial green and ancient European potherb. Eat shoots like asparagus; use leaves like spinach.
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Crambe maritima Open pollinated. Perennial hardy to Zone 5, native to seashores of British Isles. Blanch the tender shoots for spring and winter.
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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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Nasturtium officinale (60 days) Open pollinated. Perennial hardy to Z4. Tasty green likes full sun and soggy conditions. Use in salads and soups.
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Cichorium intybus (66 days) F-1 hybrid. Beautiful elongated upright reliable heading radicchio has deeply ribbed purplish-red leaves with white-green veins. Early and delicious.
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Cichorium intybus (80 days) Open pollinated. White-veined leaves turn from green to variegated burgundy red in cool weather. Romaine-shaped heads. Best for fall crops.
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Montia perfoliata (40 days) Open pollinated. Small, heart-shaped leaves with a mild but succulent flavor. Use in mesclun and cut-and-come-again culture.
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Portulaca oleracea var. sativa (50 days) Open pollinated. Golden-green leaves with succulent texture and mildly acerbic flavor. Ideal addition to mesclun.
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Valerianella locusta (60 days) Open pollinated. Heirloom. Vigorous large-leaf type of staple salad green. Best for sowing in spring for early summer harvest.
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Valerianella locusta (45 days) Open pollinated. Very cold-hardy small-seeded small-leaved strain of this winter staple salad green. Can be overwintered.
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Lepidium sativum (30 days) Open pollinated. Broad leaves are extremely ruffled, wrinkled and savoyed. Spicy, tangy and sweet. Good in salad mix and bunched for market.
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Lactuca sativa Open pollinated. Refined, fancy, pricy and rare lettuces, all suitable for cut-and-come-again culture. Contrasting colors and leaf forms and all organic!
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Lactuca sativa Open pollinated. Contrasting colors and leaf forms! At least a half-dozen different lettuces, all suitable for cut-and-come-again culture.
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Lactuca sativa Open pollinated. Blend of kinds that stand the cold, for late fall eating, for keeping under cover for winter salads, for winter survival and the earliest spring growth.
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Petroselinum crispum (88 days) Open pollinated. Nutty-flavored nearly foot-long root for soup and specialty cooking. Also produces edible flat parsley leaves.
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Petroselinum crispum (75 days) Open pollinated. Double-curled type with long upright stiff stems. Holds color all season, tolerates heat and repeated cuttings.
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Petroselinum crispum (70 days) Open pollinated. Italian heirloom. Flat-leaved parsley with good early seedling vigor and rich sweet flavor. Grows to 1' tall.
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Petroselinum crispum (70 days) Open pollinated. Italian heirloom. Flat-leaved parsley with good early seedling vigor and rich sweet flavor. Grows to 1' tall.
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Raphanus sativus var. caudatus (50 days) Open pollinated. Asian heirloom, Specialty. Grown for its immature purple-green pungent seed pods. Harvest young for best quality.
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