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Lactuca sativa (55 days) Open pollinated. German heirloom. Elegant loose softball-sized green butterhead lettuce with light brown pebbling on leaves. Excellent flavor and bolt resistance.

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Speckled Amish Butterhead Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa (55 days) Open pollinated. Heirloom. Very attractive bibb lettuce has apple-green leaves splashed with maroon-red flecks. Selected for resistance to tip burn.

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Tom Thumb Butterhead Lettuce

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Lactuca sativa (46 days) Open pollinated. Heirloom. Miniature early tight 5" diameter butterhead lettuce. Outer leaves light-medium green, centers creamy white.

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Winter Marvel Butterhead Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa (52 days) Open pollinated. Large fancy fast-growing light-green butterhead lettuce. Bolts quickly in heat. Recommended for fall or overwintering where climate permits.

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Green Deer Tongue Deer Tongue Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa (48 days) Open pollinated. Heirloom. Thick green pointed leaves radiate from a compact center. Rich nutty flavor. Slow to bolt.

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Les Oreilles du Diable (Devil’s Ears) Deer Tongue Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa (50 days) Open pollinated. Rare. Starlike rosettes of glossy deer tongue-type leaves are tinged burgundy-red. Nutty texture and bitter-free. Very bolt resistant.

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Black Seeded Simpson Looseleaf Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa (42 days) Open pollinated. Popular heirloom. Early looseleaf lettuce, 16" in diameter. Large crumpled juicy light-green leaves. Will not stand heat.

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Red Tinged Winter Looseleaf Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa (60 days) Open pollinated. Slightly ruffled green leaf lettuce is tinged bronze at the tips. Extreme cold tolerance. Fall, winter and spring production.

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Bronze Beauty Arrowhead Oakleaf Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa (46 days) Open pollinated. Very attractive oakleaf lettuce forms a green and bronze rosette. Very slow to bolt. Excellent in mesclun and for cut-and-come-again culture.

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Forellenschluss Ritzy Romaine Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa (56 days) Open pollinated. German heirloom. Attractive romaine has deep green leaves flecked with wine-red splotches. Excellent flavor and decent heat tolerance. Bestseller.

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Forellenschluss Routine Romaine Lettuce

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Lactuca sativa (56 days) Open pollinated. German heirloom. Attractive romaine has deep green leaves flecked with wine-red splotches. Excellent flavor and decent heat tolerance. Bestseller.

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Rouge d’Hiver Romaine Lettuce

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Lactuca sativa (65 days) Open pollinated. French heirloom. Semi-romaine head with deep red outer leaves. Green inner leaves with bronze tips. Excellent cold tolerance, good for overwintering.

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Winter Density Romaine Lettuce

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Lactuca sativa (60 days) Open pollinated. French heirloom has substance with succulence. Begins like a bibb, matures into a well-wrapped romaine. Thick tender dark green leaves. Cold hardy.

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Cracoviensis Specialty Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa (47 days) Open pollinated. Heirloom. Beautiful large twisting red and green rosettes with heavy purple accents. Tender, buttery.

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Sparky Mix French Marigold

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Tagetes patula Open pollinated. Mix of yellow, gold, orange and red. Double flowers are 2-2½" wide. Compact 10-12" plants.

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Prescott Fond Blanc Cantaloupe

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Cucumis melo Deep orange flesh. (88 days) Open pollinated. Outside: wrinkled bumpy warted puffy-looking grey-green rock. Inside: green, yellow and deep orange juicy melting dense flesh. Rich aroma.

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Golden Gopher Muskmelon - OG/BD

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Cucumis melo Deep orange flesh. (85 days) Open pollinated. Superb sweet deep orange flesh. This gopher reminds us how good a melon can be.

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Hearts of Gold Muskmelon

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Cucumis melo Orange flesh. (85 days) Open pollinated. 2-3 lb orange-fleshed muskmelon with a thin rind and thick richly flavored flesh.

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Pride of Wisconsin Muskmelon -

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Cucumis melo Salmon orange flesh. (88 days) Open pollinated. Heirloom. Salmon-colored flesh with small seed cavity. Large oval coarsely netted 5-7 lb fruit.

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Clarke’s Heavenly Blue Morning Glory

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Ipomoea tricolor (115 days) Open pollinated. Classic morning glory. Intense azure blooms lighten toward center; a sun-loving 12' vine.

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Sunrise Serenade Morning Glory

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Ipomoea x imperialis Open pollinated. Large double 1-3" ruby-red blooms with white throats. Heirloom. Vigorous 12-15' plant blooms early.

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Empress of India Nasturtium

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Tropaeolum majus (60 days) Open pollinated. Dark purplish-green leaves with brilliant crimson-scarlet flowers contrast well with other varieties. 16" plants.

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Evergreen Hardy White Bunching Onion

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Allium fistulosum (65 days) Open pollinated. Japanese heirloom. Hardy perennial bunching onion. For a steady market crop, seed every two weeks.

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Borettana Cipollini Storage Onion

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Allium cepa Yellow skin. (105 days) Open pollinated. Italian heirloom. Flattened 1" thick 3-4" diameter mild yellow-skinned onion. Braids well.

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Red Wethersfield Storage Onion

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Allium cepa Purple-red skin. (110 days) Open pollinated. 19th century heirloom. Large medium-firm deep purple-red flattened globes with pinkish-white fine-grained flesh. Long-day. Keeps till late winter.

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Southport Red Globe Storage Onion -

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Allium cepa Dark burgundy skin. (110 days) Open pollinated. This old fave is an excellent red onion for northern growers and a superior keeper.

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Ailsa Craig Summer Onion

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Allium cepa Straw skin. (110 days) Open pollinated. Scottish heirloom. Enormous 1-3 lb slightly oval straw-yellow onion. Sweet, mild. Short storage.

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Crystal White Wax Summer Onion

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Allium cepa White skin. (70 days) Open pollinated. Early 1.5" round pearly white baby onions. Can be used in pickling.

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Rossa Lunga di Tropea Summer Onion

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Allium cepa Maroon skin. (110 days) Open pollinated. Italian heirloom. Torpedo-shaped glossy red thin-skinned onion. Sweet, mild. Fair to good storage.

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Walla Walla Sweet Spanish Summer Onion

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Allium cepa Yellow skin. (125 days) Open pollinated. Pacific NW and Corsican heirloom. Large mild juicy sweet onion. Not for storage.

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Canary Creeper

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Tropaeolum peregrinum Open pollinated. Profuse 8' vines with deeply lobed foliage and clusters of lacy golden-yellow flowers.

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Firmament Chinese Forget-Me-Not

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Cynoglossum amabile Open pollinated. Bright dainty 5-petaled azure-blue blossoms. 16-18" tall.

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Tall Mix Four O’Clock

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Mirabilis jalapa Open pollinated. Fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers in cerise, burgundy, pink, yellow, white. 2-3' tall.

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Kiss-Me-over-the-Garden-Gate -

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Polygonum orientale Open pollinated. Large tassels of pink blossoms and heart-shaped leaves 6-7' tall.

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Maltese Cross

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Lychnis chalcedonica Open pollinated. Brilliant scarlet, cross-shaped florets. Attractive to pollinators, excellent for cutflowers. 3' tall.

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Mignonette

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Reseda odorata Open pollinated. Insignificant yellow-green blossoms grown for their enticing raspberry scent. Once common in Paris. Compact plants.

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Takinogawa Burdock

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Arctium lappa (120 days) Open pollinated. Standard Japanese variety. Thin 1-2' long mild earthy root for stir-fries, soups and herbal medicine. Can be dug in spring with parsnips.

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Noir de Russie Scorzonera

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Scorzonera hispanica Black skin, white flesh. (120 days) Open pollinated. European heirloom. Long narrow dark-skinned white-fleshed root. Distinctive.

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Gigante d’Italia Parsley

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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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Gigante d’Italia Parsley -

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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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Alderman Shell Pea

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Pisum sativum (75 days) Open pollinated. 5-6' vines, needs strong staking and frequent picking. 7 peas per pod.

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Lincoln Shell Pea

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Pisum sativum (70 days) Open pollinated. 3' vines. 3-3.5" slender curved pods. 6-8 peas per pod. Heirloom is easy to shell.

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Klari Baby Cheese Cheese Pepper -

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Capsicum annuum Red skin. (65 days) Open pollinated. Also known as Golden Delicious Apple Pepper. Heirloom from Hungary forms delicious flattened thick-walled fruits that ripen through yellow to red.

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Jimmy Nardello’s Elongated Sweet Pepper -

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Capsicum annuum Red skin. (76 days) Open pollinated. Shiny red thin-walled 8" long tapering frying pepper. Sweet mild flavor, good raw and especially fried. High yielding.

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Odessa Market Elongated Sweet Pepper -

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Capsicum annuum Red skin. (87 days) Open pollinated. Heirloom from Ukraine. 2¼x4½" tapered peppers ripen from lime to orange to red. Crisp, juicy, thick-walled.

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Anaheim Hot Pepper

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Capsicum annuum Red skin. (78 days) Open pollinated. Dark green to red 7" long tapered. Pungent, moderately hot; 900-2,500 Scovilles. Typical pepper for chiles rellenos.

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Beaver Dam Hot Pepper

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Capsicum annuum Red-orange skin. (80 days) Open pollinated. Red-orange 3x6" horn-shaped fruits taper to a blunt point. Sweet and mildly spicy; 500-1,000 Scovilles. Heirloom.

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Beaver Dam Hot Pepper -

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Capsicum annuum Red-orange skin. (80 days) Open pollinated. Red-orange 3x6" horn-shaped fruits taper to a blunt point. Sweet and mildly spicy; 500-1,000 Scovilles. Heirloom.

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Bulgarian Carrot Chili Hot Pepper

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Capsicum annuum Fluorescent orange skin. (68 days) Open pollinated. Fluorescent orange 1.5x3.5" fruits look like tiny carrots. Prolific fruit set. Fruity and hot. 5,000-30,000 Scovilles.

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Czech Black Hot Pepper -

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Capsicum annuum Garnet skin. (65 days) Open pollinated. Black 2.5" long conical peppers ripen to lustrous garnet. Mild, juicy, thick-walled, a little less spicy than a jalapeño; 2,000-5,000 Scovilles.

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