Available 2024 Shallots, Bonjour (100 days from transplant) Allium cepa While most folks grow shallots from sets, planting them in the Fall, they are increasingly grown from seed, planted in the spring. This is a more cost effective options compared with the investment in sets for planting stock and the yield can be equally impressive. Bon Jour is a pretty rosy pink-skinned, long-storing shallot with a teardrop shape. Grow like you would onions. It is possible to save some of your harvest from replanting in the Fall as you would with sets. Packet:  .5g. ≈ 100 seeds ...

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Sorghum, Coral Sorghum bicolor  (105 days)   A monocot related to corn with a similar growth habit to about 6 feet tall that is commonly grown throughout much of Africa, but less common in the USA.  Sorghum can be grown for grain, bird food, and also a sweet syrup can be pressed from the stalks much like sugar cane.  This variety has pretty panicles of coral colored grain as opposed to the multi colored black and red of the Hungarian broomcorn we offer to which it is closely related. Very similar to Milo. Stalks and de-seeded heads can be used for broom making. Packet: 1 g (~95 seeds)...

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Scallop, Custard White Cucurbita pepo (55 days) This is a nice Italian heirloom strain of “patty pan”-type summer squash that produces flattened disk-shaped fruit with lobes around the edges that are a creamy, off-white color.  When picked young and repeatedly their flavor is tender and creamy with a mild sweetness.  Bush growth habit lends to success when growing in containers. Packet (2 g. ≈ 30 seeds) ...

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Atomic Grape Solanum esculentum A remarkable elongated grape tomato bred by breeder extraordinaire, Brad Gates.  Fruits come in 2 variants - one is warm hues of red, and orange,  while the other is green, purple and yellow.  One of the fruitiest flavored tomatoes that we’ve ever grown that wows all who taste it. Fruits are about 1 & ½” long born on Indeterminate plants. 1/4 g (~30 seeds)...

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Tomato, Caro Rich Solanum lycopersicum (77 days) A deep orange beefsteak style tomato high in beta carotene developed in 1973 at Purdue University. Caro Rich produces multitudes of 10-12 oz round fruits and is fairly drought resistant.  Fairly compact growth at 36-48". Indeterminate. Packet 1/4 g ~ 30 seeds ...

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Japanese Black Trifele Solanum esculentum (80 days) This beauty is the shape and size of a Bartlett pear, with a beautiful red-brick color. The fruits are perfect and smooth with no cracks. The fruits are green-shouldered fading to red, then purple Black at the base and are about 3” long and 8-12 ounces in weight. Despite the name (there’s a story there I have yet to hear), this was bred in Russia and has determinate potato-leaved vines. Has a firm, meaty texture with a complex and dynamic smooth flavor. One of the best. Packet (1/4 g. ≈ 30 seeds)  ...

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Paul Robeson Solanum esculentum (90 days) A wonderful brick red Russian heirloom slicer with 8-12 ounce slightly flattened fruits with a smooth skin devoid of the pleats and cat-facing that some large heirloom types can be plagued with.  Named in honor of the famous black opera singer, star of King Solomon’s Mines, 1937. Paul Robeson, an American, was also a Russian Equal Rights Advocate. Indeterminate. Packet 1/4 g (~30 seeds) ...

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Rutgers Solanum esculentum (80-90 days) The legendary Jersey tomato, introduced in 1934, is a cross between J.T.D. (an old New Jersey variety from the Campbell Soup Co.) and Marglobe. Bred to be a true workhorse variety in a time when 36,000 acres of tomatoes were being grown in the Garden State! It is a very dependable, smooth skinned, medium sized, red slicer with good crack and disease resistance. Tall vines, Fusarium resistance. Indeterminate. Packet (1/4 g. ≈ 50 seeds)...

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Tomato, Wali's Gold  ORGANIC A unique open pollinated orange cherry tomato that is exceptionally productive bred from the wildly popular hybrid: SunGold (F1).  We are still selecting this strain with the assitance of my now 15 year old son, breed for higher sugar levels, productivity and crack resistance. As it is a work in progress, there will be the occasional red fruited plant which is still a delicious cherry tomato.  This is a delicious garden snack tantalizing taste buds with an abundance of bright sweet fruits.  Vigorous growing vines require trellising as they can easily grow to 8 feet tall. Indeterminate.  SSF TM58: Packet ( 1/4 g ≈ 50 seeds) - $4.50  ...

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Blacktail Mountain Citrullus lanatus (75 days)  Developed by Glenn Downs from the Sandhill Preservation Center, created while he lived in northern Idaho, a location which has cool 35 to 45 degree nights and short seasons. He says, “The fruit is dark green with very faint stripes, flesh is an orange red similar to Sugar Baby. Continuously, it is my earliest type in over 100 varieties grown each season. Fruit averages 6 to 10 pounds. Our son, Cory, and family moved to a new home in mid-July, 2013 and he wanted to plant a garden. He stuck in some Blacktail Mountain seed on July 18 and was rewarded in late September with an abundance of nice sized ripe melons.” OSSI (Open Source Seed Initiative) Pledged Variety. Packet (2 g ≈ 70 seeds) Ounce  ...

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