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Even'Star Chinese Thick-Stem - Organic
Mustard - Asian Greens

Brassica juncea (47 days mesclun, 62 full size) Open-pollinated. Sweet succulent ribs and moderately pungent winter-hardy greens. Good for summer mesclun; excellent cut-and-come-again. read more

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Mizspoona Salad Selects Gene Pool - Organic
Mustard - Asian Greens

Brassica rapa (40 days) Open-pollinated. Medium-dark green variably shaped leaves. Zingy. Excellent for salads or braised. read more

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Pink Lettucy Mustard Gene Pool - Organic
Asian Greens

Brassica rapa
(40 days) Open-pollinated. Frank Morton selected well-mixed breeding pools for disease resistance and particularly for pink and... read more

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Purple Rapa Mix Gene Pool - Organic
Mustard - Asian Greens

Brassica rapa (45 days) Open-pollinated. Tall frilly medium-hot serrated green leaves with purple veins and shading, with nice variation among plants. read more

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Red Tail - Organic
Bush Green Bean

Phaseolus vulgaris (58 days) Open-pollinated. 5.5" long green bean. Very stress tolerant and high yielding, with good texture and flavor. White seed. read more

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Brown Resilient - Organic
Shell & Dry Bean

Phaseolus vulgaris (100 days) Open-pollinated. Productive brown dry bean with rich meaty flavor that can stand alone in dishes. read more

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Fast Lady Northern Southern Pea - ECO
Shell & Dry Bean

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Vigna unguiculata (65 days shell, 90 days dry) Open-pollinated. Cowpeas for the North! Small white bean matures quickly. Easy-to-pick yellow pods. Beautiful yellow flowers on bushy semi-erect plants. read more

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White Candle Gaucho - Organic
Shell & Dry Bean

Phaseolus vulgaris (88 days) Open-pollinated. White bush bean with good yields and mild flavor. Pale sibling of golden Goucho. read more

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3 Root Grex - Organic
Beet

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Beta vulgaris (54 days) Open-pollinated. Gene pool based on 3 heirlooms. Expect 3 colors: pink-red with orange, bright gold and vivid orange. 3.5 x 7-8" tapered form. read more

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Umpqua - Organic
Broccoli

Brassica oleracea (botrytis group) (95 days) Open-pollinated. Handsome uniform dark-green 5-6" heads. Abundant side shoots over a long harvest window. Ideal home-garden variety for the fall. read more

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Redventure - Organic
Celery

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Apium graveolens (84 days) Open-pollinated. Delicious chewy stalks with interior red color. Lively flavor for soups, salads, casseroles. read more

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Blue Mountain - Organic
Flint Corn

Zea mays (88 days) Open-pollinated. Fast-maturing blue flint corn great for grits, polenta, hominy and cornbread. read more

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Zea mays (85 days) Open-pollinated. Early and productive true flint corn superb for cornbread, johnny cakes and polenta. 8–12" ears with 8–12 rows. read more

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Homestead Hero - Organic
Flour Corn

Zea mays (95 days) Open-pollinated. A nutrient-dense grain that is fast maturing under harsh conditions, and stands strong for machine harvest. The soft starch makes fluffy cornbread and also binds well for Johnnycakes and tortillas. read more

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Montana Morado Maize - Organic
Flour Corn

Zea mays (90 days) Open-pollinated. Dark purple kernels on long thing ears. Fast maturing, highly nutritious. Great for flour. read more

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Painted Mountain - Organic
Flour Corn

Zea mays (85 days) Open-pollinated. 5' plant with 6-7" cobs. Kernels are gold, orange, red and purple. Multi-colored tassels. read more

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Dakota Black - Organic
Popcorn

Zea mays (100 days) Open-pollinated. Compact plant with one ear each. 4.5" dark maroon-black ears with 15 rows. 4' stalks. read more

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Common Wealth - Organic
Pickling Cucumber

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Cucumis sativus (52 days) Open-pollinated. Sweet crisp thin-skinned 6" pickler. Resistant to downy mildew. read more

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South Wind - Organic
Slicing Cucumber

Cucumis sativus
(55 days) Open-pollinated. Another stand-up variety from Edmund Frost, who focused in on bacterial wilt tolerance as well as downy... read more

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Silver Slicer - Organic
Specialty Cucumber

Cucumis sativus (64 days) Open-pollinated. Unique white slicer. 7-8" slim creamy-white fruit with crisp non-bitter flesh. Excellent flavor. read more

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Flashback - Organic
Calendula - Flower Seed

Calendula officinalis (55 days) Open-pollinated. Mix of orange, apricot and peachy doubled petals, all with red backing. read more

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Solar Flashback - Organic
Calendula - Flower Seed

Calendula officinalis (55 days) Open-pollinated. Yellow, pinkish-blond, some with light tips, all with contrasting red backs. read more

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Zeolights - Organic
Calendula - Flower Seed

Calendula officinalis Open-pollinated. Pinky-maroon and yellow with dark centers. read more

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Ice-Bred - Organic
Arugula - Greens

Eruca sativa (44 days) Open-pollinated. Cross of two European heirlooms and selected for vigor and cold hardiness. Turns purple when it freezes. Full of flavor. read more

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Wrinkled Crinkled Crumpled Cress - Organic
Specialty Greens

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. read more

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Rainbow Lacinato - Organic
Curly Kale

Brassica oleracea (acephala group) (61 days) Open-pollinated. Lacinato crossed with Redbor. Curly edges, red veins, purple or blue-green leaves, diverse shapes and colors. Productive and cold-hardy. read more

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Dazzling Blue - Organic
Dinosaur Kale

Brassica oleracea (acephala group) (60 days) Open-pollinated. Vigorous upright lacinato-leaved kale in a range of bluish-green shades, all with a dramatic pink mid-rib. read more

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Russian Frills - Organic
Siberian Kale

Brassica napus (pabularia group) (55 days) Open-pollinated. Cold hardy 18-28" purple and red-veined kale leaves grow frilly while remaining very tender. Good for bunches and mesclun mixes. read more

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White Russian - Organic
Siberian Kale

Brassica napus (pabularia group) (60 days) Open-pollinated. Serrated silvery-green flat-leaf Siberian-type kale with white veining. Sweetens after frost. Extremely cold hardy. read more

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Garnet Butter Gem - ECO
Butterhead Lettuce

Lactuca sativa (48 days) Open-pollinated. Compact tight uniform heads form upright rosettes for a clean market and salad harvest. Pebbled leaves shaded red and light plum on a green base. read more

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Garnet Butter Gem - Organic
Butterhead Lettuce

Lactuca sativa (48 days) Open-pollinated. Compact tight uniform heads form upright rosettes for a clean market and salad harvest. Pebbled leaves shaded red and light plum on a green base. read more

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Really Red Deer Tongue - Organic
Deer Tongue Lettuce

Lactuca sativa (48 days) Open-pollinated. Deep red pointed deer-tongue leaves and contrasting white-green stems. Withstands some heat. read more

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Gildenstern - Organic
Iceberg or Crisphead Lettuce

Lactuca sativa (46 days) Open-pollinated. Folded and blistered light green leaves wrap into a tight crisp whorled 4" head that easily makes a single-serving salad. read more

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Freedom Lettuce Gene-Pool - Organic
Lettuce Blend

Lactuca sativa Open-pollinated. At least 10-12 different forms of disease-resistant great-tasting lettuces. And all open-source seed. read more

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Lollo di Vino - Organic
Lollo Rosso Lettuce

Lactuca sativa (56 days) Open-pollinated. Beautiful compact Lollo-type has extremely dark purple-red leaves with ruffles and curls. Very mild flavor for type. Stays non-bitter longer. read more

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Hyper Red Rumple Waved - Organic
Looseleaf Lettuce

Lactuca sativa (50 days) Open-pollinated. Very deep red savoyed leaves with extreme ruffling. Good flavor and texture. Fair heat resistance and good cold tolerance. read more

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Antares - Organic
Oakleaf Lettuce

Lactuca sativa (48 days) Open-pollinated. Very large vigorous oakleaf lettuce with extra-frilled bright pink and bronze leaves. Withstands some heat. Start in early spring for an amazing show. read more

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Blushed Butter Oaks - Organic
Oakleaf Lettuce

Lactuca sativa (49 days) Open-pollinated. Compact butterhead with 12" mounded upright form. Pink and green rounded oakleaves are tender and buttery. read more

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Camo Oakheart Gene Pool - Organic
Oakleaf Lettuce

Lactuca sativa (55 days) Open-pollinated. Dense oakheart heads range from mini to full to elf-earred. Variations in this gene pool range from deepest solid red to the heart, red spotting, speckling and blushing, to spotless green. read more

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Elf Ears Oak - Organic
Oakleaf Lettuce

Lactuca sativa (50 days) Open-pollinated. Bright green leaf with deeply cut lobes, crowned in extra-extended narrow tips. Compact form, easy salad cutting or clean full-head presentation. read more

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Flashy Green Butter Oak - Organic
Oakleaf Lettuce

Lactuca sativa (54 days) Open-pollinated. Beautiful troutback/oakleaf cross, with rich lime-green oakleaves showing dark speckles. Excellent flavor and texture. read more

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Merlox Red Oak - Organic
Oakleaf Lettuce

Lactuca sativa
(53 days) Open-pollinated. Frank Morton’s first release of his “Merlox variations” combines the ultra-dark pigmentation of Merlot... read more

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Better Devil - Organic
Romaine Lettuce

Lactuca sativa
(60 days) Open-pollinated. A really superior romaine lettuce from breeder Frank Morton. When it romaines, it sends up gorgeous... read more

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Blushed Butter Cos - Organic
Romaine Lettuce

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

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Jadeite - Organic
Romaine Lettuce

Lactuca sativa
(50 days) Open-pollinated. True to name, mini-romaine Jadeite’s matte apple-green rounded leaf and graceful small vase form looks... read more

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Mayan Jaguar - Organic
Romaine Lettuce

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. read more

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Zeb - ECO
Romaine Lettuce

Lactuca sativa
(65 days) Open-pollinated. One manifestation of climate change in New England seems to be increasingly hot dry springs and early... read more

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Grusha - ECO
Galia-type Melon

Cucumis melo
(80 days) Open-pollinated. This story begins when former Fedco staffer Heron Breen heard tell of a “lost” disease-resistant... read more

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Arachne - Organic
Muskmelon

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. read more

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King Sieg - Organic
Leek

Allium ampeloprasum (porrum group) (84 days) Open-pollinated. 6" tall, 3" thick shanks. Blue-green leaves. Very cold tolerant. A good candidate for overwintering. read more

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Val-Aux-Vents - ECO
Shallot

Allium cepa (aggregatum group) (105 days) Open-pollinated. Handsome golden-bronze 1¼–2" bulbs uniformly divide into triples and quadruples, store into the spring, and have a luxurious caramel flavor. read more

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Green Beauty
Snow Pea

Pisum sativum (60 days) Open-pollinated. 7-8' vine. 5" long light green pods. High yields. Excellent flavor. Purple flowers. read more

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Mega Marconi - Organic
Elongated Sweet Pepper

Capsicum annuum (90 days) Open-pollinated. Heavy early fruit set of 2½x8" tender-skinned Italian-style Lamuyo peppers. read more

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Resilient Shishito - ECO
Elongated Sweet Pepper

Capsicum annuum
(65 days) Open-pollinated. An open-pollinated selection of the ever-popular shishito. The folks at Wild Mountain Seeds have been... read more

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Alpine Poblano/Ancho - ECO
Hot Pepper

Capsicum annuum
(60 days green, 80 days red ripe) Open-pollinated. A triumph of breeding work from Wild Mountain Seeds in Zone 3 Carbondale, CO,... read more

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Carrot Bomb - Organic
Hot Pepper

Capsicum annuum (74 days) Open-pollinated. Round 1-2" shiny bright tangerine fruits on sturdy plants. Heat is comparable to a mild jalapeño, but varies with the weather. read more

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Jaluv An Attitude - Organic
Hot Pepper

Capsicum annuum (75 days) Open-pollinated. Thicker-skinned jalapeño-like fruits. Delicious hot fruity flavor; 2,500-8,000 Scovilles. Adapted to northern latitudes. read more

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Matchbox - Organic
Hot Pepper

Capsicum annuum (75 days) Open-pollinated. Pale green to deep scarlet 2" long, 1/3" wide. Hot! 30,000-50,000 Scovilles. Prolific. read more

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Chocolate Cake - ECO
Sweet Bell Pepper

Capsicum annuum (90 days) Open-pollinated. Rich reddish-brown 3½x3½" blocky thick-walled pepper. Meaty, sweet, delicious and flavorful even when green. read more

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Goldrush Golden Eclat - Organic
Sweet Bell Pepper

Capsicum annuum (90 days) Open-pollinated. Blocky 4¼x4¼" thick-walled yellow fruits weigh about ¾ lb each. Great roasted, frozen, or raw. read more

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Mountaineer - Organic
Sweet Bell Pepper

Capsicum annuum (68 days) Open-pollinated. Prolific yields of long tapering 2"red sweet peppers on short stocky plants. Great for cold-climate growers. read more

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Peacework - Organic
Sweet Bell Pepper

Capsicum annuum
(65 days) Open-pollinated. An exciting early red bell pepper bred by Molly Jahn and George Moriarty with King of the North and... read more

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Goldini II - Organic
Golden Zucchini - Summer Squash

Cucurbita pepo (55 days) Open-pollinated. Fast-maturing shiny ridged gold zucchini. Large fruits hit perfection at 1 lb, and are good for slicing and drying. read more

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Chocolate Stripes Improved - Organic
Slicing Tomato

Lycopersicon esculentum (75 days) Open-pollinated. Brick-red metallic-striped uniformly round medium-large 10–15 oz fruits are delicious, sweet, and earthy. Plants are productive and disease-resistant. read more

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Green Cherokee - Organic
Slicing Tomato

Lycopersicon esculentum
(75 days) Ind. Tomato expert Craig LeHoullier noticed and selected this sport of Cherokee Chocolate around 1997. A... read more

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Mountain Spirit - Organic
Slicing Tomato

Lycopersicon esculentum (77 days) Open-pollinated. Medium-to-large 10–15 oz yellow-red bicolor tomato has lower acidity and gentle fruitiness. Great yields and overall performance. read more

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Be My Baby - Organic
Small-Fruited Tomato

Lycopersicon esculentum (65 days) Open-pollinated. This productive cherry is the result of a cross between a beefsteak and two cherries, one orange and one red. Rich sweet flavor, regular tomato foliage. read more

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Gardener’s Sweetheart - Organic
Small-Fruited Tomato

Lycopersicon esculentum (62 days) Open-pollinated. Red miniature heart-shaped firm fruits, about ½ oz, in clusters of 6-8. Sturdy on the grill. read more

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Honeydrop - Organic
Small-Fruited Tomato

Lycopersicon esculentum (62 days) Open-pollinated. Light orange sweet juicy treats, much less prone to cracking in wet weather than Sun Gold. read more

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Peacevine - Organic
Small-Fruited Tomato

Lycopersicon esculentum (78 days) Open-pollinated. Red 1" cherry. Similar to Sweet 100, bearing gazillions of clusters of sweet fruits. Dependable and prolific. read more

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Pink Princess Gene Pool - Organic
Small-Fruited Tomato

Lycopersicon esculentum
(62 days) Rampant Ind. From the originators of comes the even more exciting Pink Princess, a recessive pink-fruited sport... read more

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Pink Princess Gene Pool - ECO
Small-Fruited Tomato

Lycopersicon esculentum (62 days) Open-pollinated. Deliciously irresistable sweet pink cherry. Fruits averaging 12.7g begin maturing early in August. Thick skins somewhat resistant to cracking. read more

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Blacktail Mountain - Organic
Red & Pink Flesh Watermelon

Citrullus lanatus (71 days) Open-pollinated. Modern classic. Crunchy orange-red flesh. Dark green to nearly black round 4-15 lb fruit. Extra early and hardy. read more

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Sweet Dakota Rose - Organic
Red & Pink Flesh Watermelon

Citrullus lanatus (82 days) Open-pollinated. Modern classic. Red flesh with few seeds. Round-to-oval 8-12 lb fruit with dark green stripes on light green base. read more

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Early Moonbeam - Organic
Yellow & Orange Flesh Watermelon

Citrullus lanatus (78 days) Open-pollinated. De-hybridized Yellow Doll. Sweet yellow flesh, light green skin with dark green stripes. 5-8 lb icebox size. read more

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Uncle David’s Dakota Dessert - Organic
Buttercup - Winter Squash

Cucurbita maxima (95 days) Open-pollinated. Slightly smaller than the standard Burgess, with a lighter green rind. Very high-quality fruits. read more

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Zeppelin Delicata - Organic
Winter Squash

Cucurbita pepo (100 days) Open-pollinated. High-quality strain. 1 lb fruit has ivory skin with dark green stripes. Turns orange and yellow in storage. read more

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Turtle Moon Blue Kuri - Organic
Kabocha - Winter Squash

Cucurbita maxima (95 days) Open-pollinated. 4–6 lb subtly ribbed, slightly flattened 6x5" fruits ripen to buff chestnut-brown with a blue sheen. Flesh is moist but not watery. Great keeper. read more

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