Sourced From Small Farmers - Seeds

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Better Devil Romaine Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa
(60 days) Open pollinated.

A really superior romaine lettuce from breeder Frank Morton. When it romaines, it sends up gorgeous

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Blushed Butter Cos Romaine Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa (49 days) Open pollinated. Unique Butterhead/Romaine combination with ruffled savoyed leaves dappled red and green. Very crisp and buttery.

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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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Jadeite Romaine Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa
(50 days) Open pollinated.

True to name, mini-romaine Jadeite’s matte apple-green rounded leaf and graceful small vase form looks

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Jericho Romaine Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa (60 days) Open pollinated. Bred in Israel. Classic romaine lettuce for warm temps. Hefty 2' head of light green sword-shaped leaves. Excellent bolt resistance.

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Marshall Romaine Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa (67 days) Open pollinated. Deep dark red leaves with contrasting pink veins, and a smidgen of green in the center. Tall upright 8" heads.

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Mayan Jaguar Romaine Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa (51 days) Open pollinated. Best of the speckled types. Dark green ruffled leaves mottled with maroon-red spots. Sweet juicy veins, blushed pink heart. Poor heat tolerance.

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Olga Romaine Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa (66 days) Open pollinated. Elegant lime-green romaine has upright 8" oval heads with big hearts. Slightly fringed leaves. Excellent heat tolerance.

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Pandero Romaine Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa (44 days baby, 63 days mature) Open pollinated. From England. Compact Winter Density-type mini-romaine with very deep purple-red leaves. Very cold tolerant, decent heat tolerance.

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Plato II Romaine Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa (65 days) Open pollinated. Attractive romaine with dark green slightly ruffled heavily veined leaves. Excellent heat tolerance.

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Winter Wonderland Romaine Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa (70 days) Open pollinated. 2' tall erect romaine with dark green leaves, slow to bolt in heat but we recommend it for cool to cold weather.

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Zeb Romaine Lettuce

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Lactuca sativa
(65 days) Open pollinated.

One manifestation of climate change in New England seems to be hot dry springs and early summers, making

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Balady Aswan Specialty Lettuce -

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Lactuca sativa
(45 days) Open pollinated.

An ancient form of native Egyptian celtuce that is customarily allowed to bolt and enjoyed for its

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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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Cardinal Flower Lobelia

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Lobelia cardinalis Open pollinated. This gorgeous wetland native wildflower and hummingbird magnet can be grown in moist garden soils or meadows. 2–4' tall

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Grusha Galia-type Melon - ECO

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Cucumis melo (80 days) Open pollinated. Round-to-oblong 2–3 lb fruit that embodies the texture, flavor and redolence of the finest pear. High yielding, even in melon-challenging seasons.

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Huerfano Bliss Honeydew Melon -

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Cucumis melo (90 days) Open pollinated. Orange-fleshed heirloom from Colorado. Slightly oval 5x6" fruits average 5 lbs and keep up to 3 weeks in cool storage

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Arachne Muskmelon -

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Cucumis melo (88 days) Open pollinated. Firm orange flesh is mild but sweet with just the right amount of musk. 3-lb oval fruits feature exquisite netting.

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Golden Gopher Muskmelon - OG/BD

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

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Montreal Market Muskmelon -

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Cucumis melo (89 days) Open pollinated. Green-fleshed heirloom, once the most widely grown in Canada, New England. Netted and ribbed fruits with aromatic silky texture. Can get quite large.

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Kniola’s Purple Morning Glory -

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Ipomoea purpurea (50 days) Open pollinated. Rich deep purple flowers vibrate against lush green foliage. Starts blooming while it is only 2' tall and still vining.

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Stinging Nettle -

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Urtica dioica Open pollinated. Perennial. Grows 3-6'. Young shoots and leaves are delicious steamed as spring greens, very high in minerals and protein.

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Only the Lonely Nicotiana -

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Nicotiana sylvestris Open pollinated. Clusters of drooping tubular white blossoms that perfume the garden day and night. Full powerful scent. 4–5' tall.

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Rossa di Milano Red Storage Onion -

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Allium cepa (114 days) Open pollinated. Red storage onion. Flat square-shouldered top tapering like a barrel to a narrower flat bottom. Tops slow to go down.

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Southport Red Globe Red Storage Onion -

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

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Clear Dawn Yellow Storage Onion -

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Allium cepa (104 days) Open pollinated. Hard 8-10 oz onion with dark bronze skin. Excellent storage ability.

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Dakota Tears Yellow Storage Onion -

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Allium cepa
(112 days) Open pollinated.

Dave Podoll’s breeding breakthrough, Dakota Tears was more than 20 years in the making. Though you might

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New York Early Yellow Storage Onion -

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Allium cepa (98 days) Open pollinated. Firm 2.5-3" diameter mild yellow onion. Good storage.

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Ailsa Craig Yellow Summer Onion -

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

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Walla Walla Sweet Spanish Yellow Summer Onion

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

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Grace Mix Godetia -

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Clarkia amoena (90 days) Open pollinated. 3" “satin flowers” blooms in red, pink, salmon, lavender and white, and with a bright red patch in the heart of the four petals. Best for cutting.

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Indigo

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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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Jewels of Opar -

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Talinum paniculatum (95 days) Open pollinated. Petite pink flowers on thin stems mature into airy glistening bronze-to-burgundy sprays of teensy seedpods. Annual.

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Job’s Tears -

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unavailable, crop failure

Coix lacryma-jobi (100 days) Open pollinated. Sets pendulous sprays of globular pearly purple-grey seeds, which may be strung as beads for necklaces. Spiky 2–3' stalks good for planters or as filler in dried fall arrangements.

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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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White Finch Laceflower -

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Orlaya grandiflora (65-70 days) Open pollinated. 2-3' with ferny foliage and sturdy stems, dainty delicacy resembling lace-cap hydrangea, with the central florets of a flat-topped cluster surrounded by a ring of larger flowers.

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Madder -

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Rubia tinctorum Open pollinated. Ancient and excellent source of red dye. Harvest roots after three years and grind to yield a wash- and light-fast red dye par excellence. 4' plants.

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Dara Queen Anne’s Lace -

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Daucus carota (70 days) Open pollinated. 3' plant bearing 7-15 sturdy upright stems.

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White Snakeroot - ECO

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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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Sweet Annie -

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Artemisia annua (120 days) Open pollinated. The scent of the Common Ground Fair. Light green leaves valued for wreaths, flower crowns and other dried arrangements. Grows up to 5'.

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Anise Hyssop -

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Agastache foeniculum Open pollinated. Perennial can grow 3' tall, 2' wide. Vigorous self-sower. Anise-scented foliage and purple flowers are delightful as a tea or culinary seasoning, or filler in mixed bouquets.

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Baikal Skullcap

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Scutellaria baicalensis
Open pollinated.

Perennial to Zone 4. Beautiful little perennial with myriad small violet monkshood-shaped blooms on a

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Codonopsis -

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Codonopsis pilosula Open pollinated. Perennial to Zone 4. Used in Chinese medicine like ginseng, but considerably easier to grow than true Panax ginseng.

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Elecampane -

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Inula helenium Open pollinated. Large dramatic plant with 2–3" bright yellow rayed flowers is an excellent lung tonic.

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Epazote -

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Dysphania ambrosioides (55 days) Open pollinated. Culinary herb native to Central America, often added to beans to deepen flavor and to mitigate flatulence. Sharp and pungent.

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Feverfew -

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Tanacetum parthenium Open pollinated. Strongly scented bushy 18" plant with small daisy-like white blooms, merry in bouquets.

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Hoary Mountain Mint - ECO

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Pycnanthemum incanum Open pollinated. A culinary herb, excellent cutflower and pollinator fave! “Mintier than mint” and less likely to spread.

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Marshmallow -

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Althaea officinalis Open pollinated. Cousin to the hollyhock, this showy 4–6' plant is used to soothe and soften irritated skin and membranes.

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Moldavian Dragonhead

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Dracocephalum moldavica (80 days) Open pollinated. Annual. Tea and medicine plant with purple-blue flower spikes that bumblebees love. 18" tall.

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Motherwort -

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Leonurus cardiaca Open pollinated. Perennial 2–4' plant with dull green leaves and tiny white to purple blooms. Bees love the flowering tops, which are used for tea or herbal tincture.

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