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Cucumis sativus (68 days) Open pollinated. Specialty heirloom. Rounded 3" crisp non-bitter fruit. Skin turns from pale greenish yellow to lemon yellow. Productive.

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Mexican Sour Gherkin Specialty Cucumber

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Melothria scabra (65 days) Open pollinated. Vigorous but delicate climbing vine. Profuse bearing of 1" oblong green and white fruits. Eat fresh or pickled.

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Mammoth Dill

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Anethum graveolens Open pollinated. Variety generally grown for its seeds. Can also be used as dill weed, but the foliage is slightly darker, coarser and stronger-tasting than that of Bouquet.

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Rosa Bianca Eggplant -

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Solanum melongena (88 days) Open pollinated. Italian heirloom. White with lavender streaking, plump, 3-4" wide by 5" long. Fruits avg 2 lb. Creamy, delicate, great for gourmet markets.

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Rosita Eggplant -

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Solanum melongena (84 days) Open pollinated. Pink-lavender with white shoulders, pear-shaped, 4-6" wide by 6-8" long. Sweet tender white flesh. Early and productive.

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Luffa

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Luffa aegyptiaca (110 days) Open pollinated. Used to make sponges and scrubbies. Also edible when harvested young. Requires a long season; start indoors.

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Tennessee Dancing Gourd Small Gourd

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Cucurbita pepo var. ovifera (93 days) Open pollinated. Heirloom ornamental. Tiny 2-3" green-and-white striped bottle gourds. Rampant vines. Hard shells dry to tan.

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Opopeo Amaranth -

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Amaranthus hybridus (65 days to flower, 125 days to seed) Open pollinated. Is it a green vegetable? An ornamental? A gluten-free grain? Why, yes! No wonder Amaranth was sacred in pre-Columbian Mexico.

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Terra Hulless Oats -

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Avena nuda (100 days) Open pollinated. Grain that’s easier to thresh than most other oats, though it still has a small hull that must be removed. A good variety to re-introduce growing grain on home ground.

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Duborskian Rice - ECO

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Oryza sativa (115 days) Open pollinated. Upland short-grain hardy Russian variety adapted to dry-land production. Can withstand a light frost. May be direct seeded in warmer regions.

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Yukihikari Rice - ECO

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Oryza sativa (120 days) Open pollinated. Short grain light brown rice, can work in Zone 5b in paddies from direct sowing but does best from transplants.

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Yukimochi Rice - ECO

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Oryza sativa (120 days) Open pollinated. Lowland variety from northern Japan. Pearly white short-grain sweet-sticky rice is great for mochi and fries well.

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Texicoa Sorghum -

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Sorghum bicolor (100 days) Open pollinated. A white-seeded 4' grain sorghum, can be popped, but it is more commonly ground into a mild-flavored flour, cooked as a grain, or sometimes nixtamalized like corn and made into tortillas.

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Red Callaloo Specialty Greens

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Amaranthus tricolor (120 days) Open pollinated. Very red Jamaican traditional green for Callaloo stew. Beautiful tricolor blaze makes it ornamental as well.

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Tarwi

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Lupinus mutabilis (130 days, longer to seed) Open pollinated. “Lost” crop of the Incas. Wild-looking 3' lupine native to the high Andes. Attractive, many-colored flowers. Protein-rich seeds.

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Sylvetta Wild Arugula

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Diplotaxis erucoides (21 days baby, 50 days mature) Open pollinated. Wild Arugula. Deeply lobed dark green narrow leaves. Excellent for cold-season salads, but also shows good summer endurance.

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Fordhook Giant Chard

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Beta vulgaris (50 days) Open pollinated. Standard broad white stems and dark green savoyed leaves with white veins.

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Golden Sunset Chard -

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Beta vulgaris (56 days) Open pollinated. Heirloom. Large light green semi-savoyed leaves contrast with bright yellow stems and veins.

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Perpetual Spinach Chard

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Beta vulgaris (55 days) Open pollinated. Tender smooth leaves, thin stems, spinach-like flavor. Lasts through summer into fall. Withstands some frosts.

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Red Rhubarb Chard -

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Beta vulgaris (59 days) Open pollinated. Heirloom. Crimson stalks and dark green leaves. Hardy.

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Italiko Rosso Chicory

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Cichorium intybus (60 days) Open pollinated. Savory Italian chicory with deeply toothed red-veined leaves. Best in cool weather, can become bitter in heat.

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Pan di Zucchero Chicory

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Cichorium intybus (80 days) Open pollinated. Heirloom. 1' tall large tight chicory with light green leaves. Very mild flavor. Stores well.

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Puntarelle di Galatina Chicory

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Cichorium intybus (80 days) Open pollinated. Italian heirloom grown for its fused stems which form a swollen bulb. Sweet stalks eaten in salad or cooked.

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Full Heart Batavian Endive

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Cichorium endivia (85 days) Open pollinated. Also known as Escarole. Smooth broad green outer leaves with creamy yellow closely bunched center leaves. Especially good as a fall crop; tolerates frost under row cover.

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Très Fine Maraîchère Olesh Endive -

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Cichorium endivia (42 days) Open pollinated. French heirloom. Large frizzy sweet endive with very fine ribs. For late spring and early summer harvests.

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Broad-Leaved Sorrel Perennial Greens

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Rumex acetosa (60 days) Open pollinated. Thick sword-shaped lemony-flavored leaves picked when young and tender. A special treat in early spring. Perennial hardy to Z3.

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Caucasian Mountain Spinach Perennial Greens - ECO

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Hablitzia tamnoides (45 days) Open pollinated. Perennial spinach-like green. Hardy vine from the Caucasus grows 6-9' long for 2-3 months beginning very early spring. Heart-shaped attractive leaves.

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Good King Henry Perennial Greens - ECO

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Blitum bonus-henricus Open pollinated. Heirloom perennial green and ancient European potherb. Eat shoots like asparagus; use leaves like spinach.

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Sea Kale Perennial Greens

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Crambe maritima Open pollinated. Perennial hardy to Zone 5, native to seashores of British Isles. Blanch the tender shoots for spring and winter.

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Watercress Perennial Greens

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Nasturtium officinale (60 days) Open pollinated. Perennial hardy to Z4. Tasty green likes full sun and soggy conditions. Use in salads and soups.

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Watercress Perennial Greens -

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Nasturtium officinale
(60 days) Open pollinated.

Perennial to Zone 4, native to Europe. Start seeds indoors and transplant to cold frame,

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Palla di Fuoco Rossa Radicchio

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Cichorium intybus (85 days) Open pollinated. Uniform round Chioggia-type with deep burgundy red heads.

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Radicchio di Treviso

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Cichorium intybus (80 days) Open pollinated. White-veined leaves turn from green to variegated burgundy red in cool weather. Romaine-shaped heads. Best for fall crops.

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Claytonia Specialty Greens

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Montia perfoliata (40 days) Open pollinated. Small, heart-shaped leaves with a mild but succulent flavor. Use in mesclun and cut-and-come-again culture.

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Large-Leaf Round Mâche Specialty Greens

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Valerianella locusta (60 days) Open pollinated. Heirloom. Vigorous large-leaf type of staple salad green. Best for sowing in spring for early summer harvest.

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New Zealand Spinach Specialty Greens

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Tetragonia tetragonioides (52 days) Open pollinated. New Zealand native plant. Spinach-like green stands well in the heat of summer.

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Verte de Cambrai Mâche Specialty Greens

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Valerianella locusta (45 days) Open pollinated. Very cold-hardy small-seeded small-leaved strain of this winter staple salad green. Can be overwintered.

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Black Hollyhock

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Alcea rosea var. nigra Open pollinated. Shimmering burgundy-black single flowers.

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Chater’s Double Mix Hollyhock

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Alcea rosea Open pollinated. Doubles in shades of red, pink, yellow and white. 4-5' tall.

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Indian Spring Single Mix Hollyhock

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Alcea rosea Open pollinated. Old-fashioned single 7' beauty in red, yellow, white and rose.

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Variegated Collards - ECO

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Brassica oleracea (acephala group) (61 days) Open pollinated. Florida heirloom. After frost, develops beautiful white ribs that contrast with yellow-green leaves.

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Dwarf Blue Scotch Curled Curly Kale -

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Brassica oleracea (acephala group) (30 days baby, 56 days mature) Open pollinated. The most commonly grown kale. Dense finely curled blue-green leaves on upright hardy plants. Best as a fall crop, planted July or August.

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Nero di Toscana Dinosaur Kale

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Brassica oleracea (acephala group) (62 days) Open pollinated. Italian heirloom also known as Lacinato and Tuscan Black. Very dark green wrinkled, pebbled sturdy leaves extend like palm fronds from stalk.

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Madeley Rounded Leaf Kale -

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Brassica oleracea (acephala group) (60 days) Open pollinated. English heirloom. Extremely hardy and vigorous. Rounded slightly savoyed leaves are tender even when large.

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Red Russian Siberian Kale

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Brassica napus (pabularia group) (60 days) Open pollinated. Unsurpassed tenderness and flavor. Green oakleaf with purple veining darkens in cold weather. Wilts quickly once picked. Great microgreens.

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Red Russian Siberian Kale -

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Brassica napus (pabularia group) (60 days) Open pollinated. Unsurpassed tenderness and flavor. Green oakleaf with purple veining darkens in cold weather. Wilts quickly once picked. Great microgreens.

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Gigante Kohlrabi

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Brassica oleracea (gongylodes group) (130 days) Open pollinated. Czechoslovakian heirloom. Green kohlrabi can exceed 10" and 10 lb without getting woody. Crisp white interior is mildly tangy.

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White Vienna Kohlrabi

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Brassica oleracea (gongylodes group) (58 days) Open pollinated. Central European heirloom. Green kohlrabi with short tops and medium stems. White interior is crisp, tender, pungent.

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Bronze Mignonette Butterhead Lettuce

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Lactuca sativa (46 days) Open pollinated. Heirloom. Very small ruffled bronze-tinged butterhead lettuce.

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Kagraner Sommer Butterhead Lettuce

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Lactuca sativa (58 days) Open pollinated. Elegant pale green heads of exceptional tender quality. Excellent heat tolerance.

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