Melothria scabra (65 days) Open pollinated. Vigorous but delicate climbing vine. Profuse bearing of 1" oblong green and white fruits. Eat fresh or pickled.
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.
Solanum melongena White-streaked lavender skin. (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.
Solanum melongena Pink-lavender skin. (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.
Luffa aegyptiaca Green skin. (110 days) Open pollinated. Used to make sponges and scrubbies. Also edible when harvested young. Requires a long season; start indoors.
Cucurbita pepo var. ovifera Green skin. (93 days) Open pollinated. Heirloom ornamental. Tiny 2-3" green-and-white striped bottle gourds. Rampant vines. Hard shells dry to tan.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Amaranthus tricolor (120 days) Open pollinated. Very red Jamaican traditional green for Callaloo stew. Beautiful tricolor blaze makes it ornamental as well.
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.
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.
Cichorium intybus (60 days) Open pollinated. Savory Italian chicory with deeply toothed red-veined leaves. Best in cool weather, can become bitter in heat.
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.
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.
Cichorium endivia (42 days) Open pollinated. French heirloom. Large frizzy sweet endive with very fine ribs. For late spring and early summer harvests.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Valerianella locusta (60 days) Open pollinated. Heirloom. Vigorous large-leaf type of staple salad green. Best for sowing in spring for early summer harvest.
Valerianella locusta (45 days) Open pollinated. Very cold-hardy small-seeded small-leaved strain of this winter staple salad green. Can be overwintered.
Brassica oleracea (acephala group) (61 days) Open pollinated. Florida heirloom. After frost, develops beautiful white ribs that contrast with yellow-green leaves.
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.
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.
Brassica oleracea (acephala group) (60 days) Open pollinated. English heirloom. Extremely hardy and vigorous. Rounded slightly savoyed leaves are tender even when large.
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.
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.
Brassica oleracea (gongylodes group) Green skin, white flesh. (130 days) Open pollinated. Czechoslovakian heirloom. Green kohlrabi can exceed 10" and 10 lb without getting woody. Crisp white interior is mildly tangy.
Brassica oleracea (gongylodes group) Green skin, white flesh. (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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