Melon, Haogen (80 days) Cucumis melo An Israeli perfume melon held in high esteem for its creamy, sweet green flesh that is much richer than any honeydew. Smooth skin with no netting.  Worth growing for the smell of the ripe fruits alone. One of our favorite tasting melons hands down. Good dependable short season variety for northern growers has vigorous vines that produce 10 or more fruit of 1-5 pounds.  Packet (1/2 g ≈ 25 seeds) Half Ounce (≈ 500 seeds) ...

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Melon, Iroquois (85 days) Cucumis melo Bred by Dr. Henry Munger at Cornell University in 1944. This variety is an excellent producer of 3-6 pound slightly oval fruits with a tough, heavily netted rind that resists rot and insect predation.  Flesh is deep orange and wonderfully sweet and rich. Resistant to fusarium wilt. Packet (1/2 g ≈ 25 seeds) Half Ounce (≈600 seeds) ...

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Melon, Kansas (85 days)  Cucumis melo This nice heirloom melon has heavy netting over an oblong fruit that conceals, sweet, fine textured orange flesh. Vigorous, adaptable plants produce ample amounts of fruits with an average weight is 3-4 pounds per fruits. Packet (1/2 g ≈ 25 seeds) Half Ounce (≈600 seeds) Ounce ...

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Melon, Mountain Honey  (85 days) Cucumis melo A very productive traditional netted cantaloupe with excellent flavor. Texture is smooth and firm. Highly prolific, each plant can produce 10-12, 2-4 pound melons successfully even with the cool nights of our mountain farm. A good open pollinated melon for market growers. Growers Strong Roots Farm in Potter Valley considered this their favorite orange fleshed melon after trying many others.  We hope that you will agree!  SRF Packet (1/2 g ≈ 25 seeds) Half Ounce (≈600 seeds) Ounce   ...

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MUSTARD, Bau Sin (50 days) Brassica juncea A Unique variety from the spicy species of mustard – Brassica juncea, that is typically quite pungent. This variety is unique in that it is among the sweetest and mildest of this class of mustards.  Bau Sin has golden green leaves that have pink to purple veination that eventually wrap together to conceal a mild blanched heart.  This heart forming trait is entirely unique in spicy mustards that typically have a more open form.  Thanks to Wild Garden Seeds for this cool discovery.  SSF.  MU15: Packet (1/2 g. ≈ 250 seeds) ...

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  Mustard, Esperanza Purple (30-50 days) Brassica rapa A cross between regular tatsoi, spoon mustard and a purple-stemmed, veined mustard called Hon Tai Tsai. My goal is to eventually have a true purple tatsoi. For now it is a work in progress, with plantings resulting in a wide diversity of leaf shapes and colors. Works well in salad mix. Named after my favorite musician, Esperanza Spalding! SSF Packet (1/2 g ~ 250 seeds) 10g...

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Mustard, Garnet Giant (30-45 days) Brassica juncea A fast growing mustard that can quickly attain large size for braising and stir-frys. Leaves are dark purple on top and green underneath with wide white petioles. Can become quite spicy as they mature, however they retain a balance of sweetness when harvested while still young.  If planted thickly for cut and come again salads, the petioles elongate which aides in easing harvest. FER Packet (1/2 g ~ 250 seeds) ...

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Mustard, Ho Mi-Zi -  (45 days) Brassica juncea This wonderful slow bolting mustard was originally obtained from the breeding work of Frank Morton at Wild Garden Seeds.  What makes it special is its high contrast leaves of purple veining on a bright green background, and wide midribs that grow and thicken at maturity, “horning up” into a great stir-fry vegetable. Salad size leaves are textured and colorful, with full sweet mustard flavor, but not too hot.  A fall favorite, hardy well into winter. Last mustard to bolt in spring.  SSF  Packet (1/2 g ~ 250 seeds) * Photo credit: Karen Morton...

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Mustard, Purple Osaka (30-50 days)  Brassica juncea This is a very quick growing spicy mustard with dark purple tops of the leaves and green undersides. Adds pizzazz to salads with it's vivid color and forward flavor. Direct sow. If left to flower and go to seed, it will reseed for years on end ensuring diverse salads with little effort!  Packet (1/2 g~ 250 seeds) Ounce...

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Mustard, Ruby Streaks,  (45 days)  Brassica juncea Deeply lobed, lacy burgundy baby leaves are airy and lofty with bright green stems. Adds spice and rosy elegance to any salad plate or stir-fry. Color is darkest when sown summer through fall.  This is an essential salad leaf for adding loft, texture and color along with a spicy flavor to salads. Packet (1/2 g ≈ 250 seeds)  1 oz, 1/4 lb...

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MUSTARD,  Tatsoi, (45 days)  Brassica rapa Also known as spoon mustard, this is a delightful, sweet salad plant that is also perfectly at home in stir frys. Grows quickly to form a rosette of dark green leaves with pale greenish white petioles. Multiple harvests can be had when planted closely as a cut and come again green in salad mixes. Packet (1/2 g ≈ 250 seeds) 1/2 oz 1 oz 1/4lb:...

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Mustard, Wild Garden Pungent Mix (30-45 days) Brassica juncea Bred by Frank Morton. A mixture of 7+ diverse varieties. Bunches of this look like vegetable bouquets. Perfect for salad mix diversity. Leaf colors are golden, green, striped red, and solid purple; flavors sweet, pungent, and hot.   Packet (1/2 g ≈ 250 seeds)...

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Okra, Cajun Jewel   (53 days)  Abelmoschus exculentus Favorite in Cajun country since the 1950's.  Dwarf type, spineless plants, 3-4 tall, produce an early crop of tender 1" to 7" thick pods.  Good flavor.  Packet (5 g ≈ 100 seeds) ...

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Onion, Ailsa Craig (110 days) Allium porrum Named after a perfectly round rock island off the coast of Scotland, Ailsa Craig has become legendary for its exhibition level size that often exceeds 6" in diameter and 2 pounds in weight!  A long-day sweet Spanish onion that does well in northern areas.  Mild sweet flavor and decent storage (1-2 months) on account of its narrow neck.  Teardrop size. Adapted for 38-60° latitude. HEIRLOOM Packet: 1 g. ≈ 250 seeds 1/2 oz:   ...

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Onion, Cippola Borettana (90 days) Allium cepa  A solid flat Cippola medallion onion with yellow gold wrappers that grows to about 2-3” in diameter and about 1-1 ½ “ thick.  Traditionally grown in the village of Boretta, Italy since 1400!  Mild flavor lends itself to using raw or cooked. Long Day type, so it will bolt if planted in southern latitudes. Very pretty and lends itself well to being braided for winter storage. Adapted for 35-55° latitude. Strong tasting.  Packet (1 g ≈ 250 seeds) ...

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Onion, Rosa di Milano   (110-120 days) Allium Cepa Long to intermediate day Italian red onion that tolerates cool climates.  Excellent keeper with 4-5" bulbs that have a unique barrel shape, are uniformly colored, and have tight skins. Selected and improved by the late great Dr. John Navazio for organic conditions and thrip resistance. Very attractive. Adapted for 38-50° latitude. HEIRLOOM. Packet (1 g ≈ 250 seeds) 1/2 ounce (≈ 3250 seeds) ...

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Onion, Valencia (115 days) Allium cepa Large, sweet Spanish type with a full globe covered in a bronze skin.  White flesh is very mild and sweet, although not as sweet as Siskiyou Sweet.  Keeps well for a sweet onion.  Thick necks require careful handling and drying for good storage. Packet (1 g ≈ 250 seeds) ...

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Orach, Purple Mountain Spinach   Atriplex hortensis   (45 days) A relative of spinach, orach makes delicious heat tolerant greens all summer with gorgeous purple sparkly leaves.  When in flower it can reach 6 feet and reseeds easily. Makes an awesome filler in bouquets. Direct sow. Visually spectacular in the garden and on the salad plate!  Packet: (1 1/2 g) ...

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Peas, Cascadia  Pisum sativum (58-70 days) A bush pea with 3-foot vines that produce prodigious quantities of 3” stringless pods with fabulous snap and sweet flavor.  Thick pod walls.  Out performs Sugar Ann in our experience.  Multiple disease tolerance.  Bred by Dr. James Baggett @ OSU.  Packet (1/2 oz) ...

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Peas, Green Arrow, shelling Pisum sativum (65 days)  This shelling pea produces large 4-4½” pods with 8-12 peas.  Green Arrow’s yields are higher than other varieties because it possesses the trait of making 2 pods per node.  The short vines are 24-28” long so they don’t necessarily need trellising, although yields will be enhanced by providing some support. Packet (1/2 Ounce) ...

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Peas, Spring Blush Pisum sativum (70 days) A hyper-tendril variety bred by Alan Kapuler and shared with us by seedsman Rich Peccararo.  This novel strain has pretty, bright pink 2 tone flowers that mature 2 pods per node that are bright green with a rosy blush along the strings and the sides of the pods.  Excellent for fresh snap eating or left to fatten up for shelling.  Packet (Half Ounce≈ 65 seeds) ...

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Peas, Sugar Ann Pisum sativum (55 days) An early, edible-pod bush pea that is ideal for small gardens. It has short, bushy 24-30” vines that do not need support, and it produces about 10 days earlier than other snap peas. Delicious stringless pods are a joy eaten fresh right from the plant or steamed. An All American Selection winner from 1984. Packet (1/2 Ounce)...

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Peas, Sugar Daddy  Pisum sativum (68-75 days)  A dwarf bush snap pea with 24"-30” vines that need little or no support.  Heavy yields of 2.5-3.5” stringless pods with thick, crunchy sweet flavor.  Three successive harvests are common. Packet (1/2 oz) ...

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Peas, Sugar Magnolia Pisum sativum (70 days)  This the first purple podded snap pea and the result of over 15 years of breeding work by Dr. Alan Kapuler.  Vines grow up to 7’ so support with trellising.  Pretty pink flowers and dark violet pods are crisp and sweet.  They are best picked before they become too mature to keep them producing. Packet (1/2oz = approx 30 seeds) ...

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Peas, Sugar Snap  Pisum sativum (70 days)   This is the classic snap pea with vigorous vines that grow to 6-7 feet, requiring staking.  Pods are 3” and are borne over a long season.  Incredible flavor is unmatched.  Long harvest window means greater yields than bush types.  Packet (1/2 oz) ...

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Pepper, Aji Dulce Capsicum chinense (100+ days)  We came across this little gem that's originally from Puerto Rico via Rowen White in the Sierra mountains. It has the wonderful flavor and aroma of habaneros without the heat. This heirloom strain is known as Aji dulce, ajicito or ajíes and is prized for its plethora of small (1-2”) lantern shaped, bright red, thin walled fruits. With hints of coriander and black pepper they bring intrigue many dishes. Late maturing. Packet (2/5 g ≈ 60 seeds) ...

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Pepper, Sweet Banana Capsicum annum (75 days)  A colorful and charming garden friend that is sure to tickle your fancy, as long as you don't slip on them when peeling them!  They start off pale green and become yellow, then orange and then finally mature a bright glossy red.  Sweet Banana grow to about 6" long and 2" wide. Some people pickle them at the yellow stage, but they are sweetest when fully red ripe. Packet: (2/5 g. ~ 50 seeds 1 g. ~ 200 seeds 5g ~500 seeds ...

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Pepper, Black Hungarian Capsicum annum (80-100 days)  A lovely plant with purple/ green foliage and purple flowers. It dazzles with a plethora of 2-3” long blunt-tipped fruits, that ripen from green/black to deep red. Shape comparable to a jalepeño pepper. Well adapted to northern climates, they continue to flower and produce right up until the killing frosts of fall. Fruits are medium spicy, much more than a Jalapeno, but not quite Cayenne level.  Plants can be hung by the roots when frost threatens in the fall to complete maturation. 5,000-10,000 SHU.  Packet ( 2/5 g ≈ 40 seeds) 1 g ( ~100 seeds) 5g ~500 seeds...

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 Pepper, Bolivian Rainbow Capsicum annum (75-90 days) A different species than other commonly grown peppers, this variety has purple=green foliage and stems.  The fruits go through a rainbow of colors: green, purple, yellow, orange then red.  Often all colors are seen on a plant at once.  Very ornamental.  Fruits are small, ¾” and very spicy, actually make that very, very spicy!  Can be grown in a pot as an edible houseplant.  Scoville 10,000-30,000 SHU.  Packet (2/5 g ≈ 40 seeds) 1 g ( ~100 seeds)...

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Pepper, Cayenne, Aci Sivri   Capsicum annum (80-90 days)  This wonderful heirloom strain from Turkey is incredibly prolific, producing up to 50 fruits per plant that are about 5-10” long and typically twisty.  Fruits ripen from green to a brilliant shade of red and are larger than traditional cayennes without sacrificing the heat.  Excellent for making attractive ristras.  Very impressive.  Heat can be variable from plant to plant.  10,000-50,000 SHU. Packet ( 2/5 g ≈ 40 seeds) 1 g ( ~100 seeds) 5g (~500 seeds)...

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Golden Cayenne Capsicum annum (75 days) Vigorous, yet compact plants grow 24” tall and produce abundant masses of 4-6” long fruit that turns from bright green to a brilliant yellow.  Mature fruit is smooth and waxy without the wrinkles of typical red cayennes.  Flavor is quite spicy and lends itself to use in salsa, Cajun and creole cooking.  One of the first chilies to mature for us in SW Oregon, which is impressive considering our summer night time lows are routinely around 50 degrees Fahrenheit. 30-50,000 SHU. Packet (2/5 g ≈ 60 seeds) ...

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PEPPER - Chimayó Capsicum annuum (75 days)   This was shared with us by seed grower, Sebastian Aguilar, who farmed in New Mexico where this was a popular variety.  Chimayó chilies are unpredictable. A single plant might produce some chilies as long as six or seven inches and many more that are shorter; a few might be straight and skinny, and some will be bent oddly into curlicues. Delicious flavor. Chimayó chilies make great red Chile sauce. It tastes sweet and then hot. SHU – 4-6,000.  Packet ( 2/5 g ≈ 30 seeds) 1 g ( ~100 seeds)...

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Pepper, Costeno Rojo Capsicum annum ( 85 days) Plant produces good yields of 2" long by 2" wide ballon shapped chilies. They are thin walled and great for drying as anchos.  Flavor is medium hot with a pleasant smokey flavor.  Fruits turn from green to a satiny brick red when mature. Plant has green stems, green leaves, and white flowers and grows to about 30" tall.  Excellent for mole sauces. A variety from Oaxaca, Mexico in the Ancho / Poblano type. Packet ( 2/5 g ~ 35 seeds) 1g (100 seeds)...

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Fresno Capsicum annum (75-85 days) This is an excellent chili that produces masses of 3” long by 1.25” red, tapered, wedge-shaped fruit. Good for salsa, sriracha, hot sauce, drying, roasting and more.  Fruits ripen from green to red.  White flowers.  Plants grow from 18-24” tall. 10,000 SHU.  Packet (2/5 g ≈ 60 seeds) 1 g ( ~100 seeds) ...

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Pepper, Ghost aka Bhut jolokia (100-120 days) Capsicum chinense x fructescens   In 2007 the Guinness Book of World Records awarded this interspecific cross of two very spicy peppers with the hottest chili in the world award.  It is 400 times hotter than Tabasco sauce and roughly 10 times hotter than a habanero pepper, or 50 times hotter than a cayenne!  The Ghost pepper is rated at 1,000,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHUs).  In 2013 the Carolina Reaper stole the hottest chili crown at 1.5 million Scovilles.  Now the Ghost is number 7. Originally from Northeastern India it is a cross between two landrace chilies Capsicum chinense & Capsicum fructescens and is closely related to the Bangladeshi pepper named "Naga Morich".  Ripe peppers measure 2 to 3" long and 1" wide with a red, yellow, orange, or chocolate color. Plants grow tall (up to 48"). In northeastern India, the peppers are smeared on fences or incorporated in smoke bombs as a safety precaution to keep wild elephants at a distance. Chili grenades made from Bhut jolokia were successfully used by the Indian Army in August 2015 to flush out terrorist Sajjad Ahmed, who was hiding in a cave. Please exercise caution when handling these seeds as they pack a whallop!  packet: 2/5 g (~30 seeds) ...

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Pepper, Gypsy Queen Capsicum annum ( 80 days) This comes to us from the work of Andrew Still & Sarah Kleager of Adaptive Seeds. It is their effort at dehybridizing the classic market standard hybrid "Gypsy". It produces a profusion of elongated, tapered, bell-shaped fruits, which have excellent flavor & productivity. They mature to a warm sunny orange leaning towards red, Sweet, thick flesh is great for eating fresh. Good uniformity. OSSI. Packet:  2/5 g (~40 seeds) 1g ~ 100 seeds  ...

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Pepper, Little Elf Capsicum annum (90 days)  This delightful ornamental pepper from Hungary puts on quite a show with fruit emerging green, then maturing through a rainbow of yellow, orange, purple and red.  Plants have a short stature (12-18”) with small leaves and 1” very spicy fruits borne in great abundance.  Plants can exhibit some purple coloration on the leaves.  Makes a very festive looking container plant. SHU = 20-30,000. Packet (2/5 g ≈ 60 seeds) ...

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Pepper, Maria Nagy’s Transylvanian Capsicum annum (70 days)   A remarkably productive and early chili with 6” long fruits that are 3/4” wide and look like a cayenne. Sourced from our friends at Adaptive Seeds who obtained this heirloom from Maria Nagy, a seed steward near Turda, Transylvania, during their 2008 Seed Ambassadors trip to Romania. BTW - as strange it may seem, I encourage folks to check out the amazing offerings over at Adaptive seeds - seed people, like plants generally try and co-exist and cooperate like the plants that we steward.  Fruits have thick juicy flesh with a flavor that begins pimento sweet and has a substantial heat that builds slowly. Heavy yields that color up earlier than any other chili in our trials! Packet (2/5 g. ≈ 60 seeds) ...

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Pepper, NuMex Big Jim Hatch Capsicum annum (80 days) Developed at New Mexico State University in the 1970s, this chili holds the distinction of the biggest chili ever grown in the Guinness Book of World Records, easily growing up to 12” long. Tall, stocky plants produce 5-10 thick-walled mild fruits that have the heat of an Anaheim chili. Great for roasting or stuffing. 2-4,000 SHU. This variety is an improved hatch variety type roasting chili. Perfect balance of smokey sweet heat.  Packet (2/5 g. ≈ 50 seeds) ...

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Orange, Picnic Capsicum annum (75 days)  This is a popular and much-adored sweet treat bred by the fine folks at High Mowing in Vermont.  Picnic is a 2-4”, thick-walled, elongated, cheery orange snacking pepper with very few seeds.  Plants are 24” upright bushes that produce abundantly.  Fruits contain very few seeds! The perfect size for kids lunches and um…. picnics! Packet (2/5 g ≈ 30 seeds) ...

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PEPPER - Padrón Capsicum annum (80 days)    From the municipality of Padrón in the province of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. These are small peppers with a color ranging from bright green to yellowish green, and occasionally red. While their taste is usually mild, a minority (10-25%) are particularly hot. The peppers are customarily fried in oil and served as tapas. 500-2500 SHU. Packet (2/5 g ≈ 30 seeds)  1 g (~100 seeds) ...

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Pepper, Alma Paprika Capsicum annum An heirloom treasure that produces 2-3"wide fruits that are a nice orange color with thick walls and sweet flesh. A traditional Hungarian variety for drying into Paprika powder. Grow your own! Very productive plants that are 18-20" tall. Packet: 2/5 g (~30 seeds) 1 g (~100 seeds) 5g (~500 seeds)...

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Pepper, Kalocsa Paprika (85 days) Capsicum annum This is a genuine Hungarian variety bred for the making of high quality spicy Paprika. There are 2 types of paprika. Most people are familiar with the sweet, mild type, however, in the Balkan region where paprika originated as a spice (all peppers were from the new world but spread through trade), most people prefer the spicy type. Plants are 24-36" tall  and produces abundant yields of 6" long by 1 1/4" wide fruits that have thinner walls than our Feher Ozan Paprika which is a bit blockier and wider in shape, with thicker flesh.  Fruits mature from dark green to deep red. A wonderful heirloom from Hungary that you will be pleased to grow. It is at 250-500 heat units on the Scoville Scale. SSF. Heirloom   Packet: 2/5 g (~30 seeds) ...

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Pepperoncini - Stravos Capsicum annum (75 days) We have wanted to grow and offer seeds of this Greek heirloom staple enjoyed at delis far and wide for decades.  The wait is over!  You too can now grow and pickle this special garden treat.  Plants are productive even in cooler summer areas growing 18-24” tall and producing dozens of 4” long by 1” wide, thin-skinned, somewhat wrinkled fruits that mature from pale green to medium red.  The fruits sweeten as the turn color; however, they are traditionally pickled when green.  Mildly spicy.   Packet (2/5 g ≈ 60 seeds) ...

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Pepper, Shishito Capsicum annum (75 days green, 90 red)  A culinary sensation!  Try growing them for their prolific yields of thin walled, 3-4”, bull-nosed frying peppers.  Plants grow to 30” tall and yield over a long season.  They are delicious fried with olive oil, coarse salt and some lemon juice.  Quite addictive.  NOT SPICY. Packet (.4g ≈ 50 seeds) ...

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Stocky Red Roaster Capsicum annum (65 days to green, 85 days to red)  Stabilized from a discontinued hybrid pepper by Frank Morton, "This is our Red Italian with refinement - selected for straight un-crumpled sides, smooth skin, thicker walls, and a rich red color. By far the quickest for uniform roasting and easy skin removal, and the thicker flesh holds up well to fire. Fruits are 6-7" long, 2" broad at the crown, sweet, heavy fruiting, and long keeping. Has the fewest seeds of all of these types. Mature 102 days post-trans. at OSU/Corvallis, OR." Packet:  (2/5 g. ≈ 30 seeds) ...

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Cinderella / Rogue Vif D'Etampes Curcurbita maxima (95 days)  This was a popular market squash in France where "Rogue Vif" translates to "vivid Red". Gorgeous deep orange-red fruits are flattened, deeply lobed, cheesewheel shape in the 10-15 lb range. Average of 2 fruits per plant. Moderately sweet flesh. One of the most beautiful winter squash ever! Packet: 3 1/2g (~30 seeds) ...

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Early Dakota Howden Cucurbita pepo (90-100 days)  Our Early Dakota strain of the Howden pumpkin has been selected for early maturity, shortening the required growing season by 15-20 days. A classic jack-o’-lantern type with fruits sized 20-22 lbs. with strong handles. A premium selection from North Dakota. Packet (3 g) Ounce 1/4 lb. ...

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