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Asian Greens
Mustards
Mustard
Brassica rapa (40 days) Open-pollinated. Medium-dark green variably shaped leaves. Zingy. Excellent for salads or braised. read more
Mustard
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
Beans
Shell & Dry Beans
Brown Resilient - Organic
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Phaseolus vulgaris (100 days) Open-pollinated. Productive brown dry bean with rich meaty flavor that can stand alone in dishes. read more
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
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
Broccoli
Broccoli
Solstice - Organic
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Brassica oleracea (botrytis group) (71 days) Open-pollinated. Mild uniform sweet heads. Tons of side shoots. Best as a fall crop. read more
Celery
Celery
Apium graveolens (84 days) Open-pollinated. Delicious chewy stalks with interior red color. Lively flavor for soups, salads, casseroles. read more
Collections
Collection
Support the seed commons! 8 packets of OSSI-pledged varieties that includes lettuces, greens, leeks/onions, watermelon, calendula and more. read more
Corn
Flint Corn
Flint Corn
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
Popcorn
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
Flower Seeds
Calendulas
Calendula
Calendula officinalis (55 days) Open-pollinated. Mix of orange, apricot and peachy doubled petals, all with red backing. read more
Calendula
Calendula officinalis (55 days) Open-pollinated. Yellow, pinkish-blond, some with light tips, all with contrasting red backs. read more
Calendula
Calendula officinalis Open-pollinated. Pinky-maroon and yellow with dark centers. read more
Greens
Specialty Greens
Specialty Green
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
Kale and Collards
Curly Kale
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
Dinosaur Kale
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
Siberian Kale
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
Lettuce
Batavian Lettuce
Batavian Lettuce
Lactuca sativa (48 days) Open-pollinated. Hefty wine-red Batavian forms open rosette that folds together like a romaine at maturity. Shiny red leaves, green in the center, good for baby leaves. read more
Deer Tongue Lettuce
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
Iceberg or Crisphead Lettuce
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
Lettuce Blends
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
Lollo Rosso Lettuce
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
Looseleaf Lettuce
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
Oakleaf Lettuce
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
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
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
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
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
Romaine Lettuce
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
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
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
Onions and Leeks
Leeks
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
Yellow Storage Onions
Allium cepa (112 days) Open-pollinated. Very hard 1 lb yellow-skinned onion with robust flavor. Very long storage ability. read more
Peppers
Hot Peppers
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
Sweet Bells
Sweet Bell
Capsicum annuum (90 days) Open-pollinated. Blocky 4¼x4¼" thick-walled yellow fruits weigh about ¾ lb each. Great roasted, frozen, or raw. read more
Spinach
Spinach
Spinach
Spinacia oleracea (30 days) Open-pollinated. Prized as a baby green for its striking magenta-red stems and veins in deep green arrowhead leaves. For the cooler ends of the season only. read more
Squash - Summer
Golden Zucchini
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
Squash - Winter
Buttercup
Buttercup
Cucurbita maxima (95 days) Open-pollinated. Slightly smaller than the standard Burgess, with a lighter green rind. Very high-quality fruits. read more
Delicata
Delicata
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
Tomatoes
Small-Fruited Tomatoes
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
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
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
Watermelons
Red & Pink Flesh
Red & Pink Flesh
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
Red & Pink Flesh
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