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Globe Artichoke Seed
Purple Romagna 
This globe artichoke has a fairly tall plant (up to six feet ) with artichokes that vary in color from green with purple hazing to mostly all purple.
Bush Bean Seed
Provider
An excellent early choice for a bush bean as it germinates well in cool soils and has resistance to several diseases. Very adaptable.
Purple Queen
A flavor favorite. The flowers and pods are dark purple and the plants also have a purplish tint in the leaves. The beans turn green when cooked and are very fine tasting. Tolerates cool soil like Provider.
Topcrop
Cans and freezes well so an excellent choice for the home gardener. Very early maturing green bean with resistance to common bean mosaic.
Bush Wax Bean Seed
Indy Gold
A heavy bearing wax bean with tolerance to BCMV races 1 and NY 15. Uniform yellow pods with white seeds.
Bush Dry Bean
Black Turtle
Dark as midnight beans are a little smaller than common Pinto beans. A very fine soup bean. Note: if they are cooked with other beans they will color all the other beans very dark.
Bush Lima Bean
Henderson's Bush
An early bush lima with buttery tasty beans that can be used as a shell bean or as a dried bean. Widely grown variety and a good choice for home gardeners. A good source of vitamins A, B and C.
Beets
Early Wonder Tall Top
One of the earliest beets. The beet tops make good cooked greens as the name implies. Can be planted every one to two weeks for a continuous harvest of fresh beets all summer long.
Cabbage
Golden Acre YR
A fine, quick-maturing cabbage with resistance to fusarium or "yellows". The compact plants produce solid, 6 - 7", round heads. Good, mild, sweet flavor. (65 days)
Mammoth Red Rock
Large, flattened, round heads form late in the season; and in mild winter areas, they will often last in the garden until spring. Deep purplish-red interiors. Space these large plants at least 2' apart in rows 3½ - 4' apart.
Savoy Perfection
The leaves of this cabbage have the savoyed or "crinkled" look which adds contrast to the typical smooth leaf types.
Carrot
Cosmic Purple
Purple exterior with a lighter yellow interior. A relatively new carrot with a new look. Very Sweet roots measure 7 to 8 inches long.
Little Finger
Small finger length carrots with a rich orange color. Early and can be sown at weekly intervals throughout the season for a continuous harvest. The shorter length means they are also easier to harvest than full length carrots.
Cauliflower
Snowball Early
An early maturing cauliflower with 6 inch heads that generally weigh about 1.5 to 2 pounds.
Performs well under a wide range of growing conditions.
Celeriac
Celeriac
A great addition to soups as this root vegetable has a very rich flavor. Can be dug and stored for winter use similar to carrots.
Celery
Redventure
A different color in celery. The redness is more pronounced at the base of the plant and at the joints.
Tall Utah 52-70
Very popular type with long green stalks.
Chinese Cabbage
Nozaki Early
Bolt resistant and adaptable. The best open-pollinated variety for spring and summer sowing. 3 - 4 lb. barrel shaped heads. 60 days from seed!
Endive
Green Curled Rufec
A deeply cut and frilly variety with plants 16 - 18 inches tall. Blend into a salad with lettuce and other greens.
Herbs
Basil, Cinnamon
The blooms are beautiful deep lavender - purple and the leaves have the characteristic cinnamon taste and aroma.
Basil, Lemon
A fresh lemony scent is what distinguishes this basil from the rest.
Caraway
Typically used in bread making like Thyme although it has an entirely different flavor. The seeds resemble dill.
Chervil
Has leaves that are milder than parsley and can be used in much the same way in salads or for a garnish.
Summer Savory
This herb can be used in small amounts to impart a peppery flavor.
Sweet Marjoram
Commonly grown as an annual although it is perennial. Protect from frost if you intend to grow as a perennial. Spicy and aromatic.
Thyme
Has been used for medicinal and culinary purposes. Useful for flavoring roasts, breads and other dishes. Best to use sparingly in cooking. In mild climates this can grow as an evergreen shrub.
Kale
Winter Red 
A vigorous Red Russian kale that colors up well even before cold weather, but especially after cool weather. The oak-leaf shaped leaves of this kale are more deeply cut than some other common strains of Red Russian kale. Excellent for salad greens when leaves are thumb size; larger leaves make delicious and nutritious cooked greens.
Seed Origin: PSR Kale breeding program
Kohlrabi
Early Purple Vienna
Purplish on the outside similar to red cabbage with greenish white flesh.
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Leek
American Flag
Has tender, white stems 8 - 10 inches long and the mild sweet onion flavor makes it excellent for enhancing soups and stews.
Lettuce - Cos or Romaine type
Cimmaron
A romaine lettuce with a deep red color that will add color to any salad mix. Slow to bolt.
Parris Island
Excellent for summer salads or munching with carrot sticks. The plants are upright with leaves up to 12 long. Has good bolting resistance.
Melon
Cantaloupe type
Ananas
Oblong melons about 5 pounds with creamy white flesh that is juicy and sweet. The fruits have a very light netting. An heirloom that is popular in the Middle East.
Eden Gem
A netted muskmelon with delicious green flesh like a honeydew melon. Fruits average 2 - 3 lbs. Matures sooner than Ananas.
Honey Rock
A very pleasantly aromatic melon will keep you coming back for more with this melon. Fruits are round and about 6 inches in diameter with orange flesh.
Iroquois
Deeply ribbed, 4-5 lbs, slightly-oval cantaloupe. Deep-orange, fine-textured flesh of excellent flavor and sweetness. Early maturing and tolerant to fusarium.
Minnesota Midget
Very early with compact vines that bear 4" melons that is edible to the rind. Tolerant to fusarium and cool nights.
Casaba type
Sungold Casaba
A full-size casaba melon that ripens 3 - 4 weeks ahead of any other casaba we've seen! A high-yielding, high-quality melon bred for northern growers. Sungold vines are somewhat shorter than other casabas and can be spaced closer. The slightly wrinkled skin turns a golden yellow when mature. When fully ripe, the white flesh is tender with a mild sweet flavor. Like other casabas, it must be cut from the vine. Although bred for short growing seasons, the season must be relatively dry and fairly warm. (matures 95 days)
Origin: Dr. Meader
Mustard (sweet types, not spicy)
Osaka Purple
Very similar in appearance to Red Giant Mustard with deep burgundy purple leaves, but with a mild flavor. A mustard from Japan than can be harvested in 40 - 45 days.
Parsnip
Harris Model
Very winter hardy with high quality 12 inch roots. Can be dug all winter long where the ground does not freeze. Delicious fried, creamed or added to mixed vegetable soup. Parsnips add a special savory touch to vegetable dishes that is hard to equal.
Pea
Sugar Sprint
Bears very sweet stringless pods on plants that are tolerant to Powdery Mildew and Pea Enation Mosaic Virus. Early Variety.
Dwarf Gray Sugar
Has beautiful lavender blooms - most peas blossoms are pure white. Best picked when pods are young and tender.
Pumpkin
Small Sugar
The fruits are about 5 to 6 pounds in size with sweet fine-grained flesh. Perfect for making the traditional pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving Dinner.
Radish
Champion
A widely adapted radish with bright red roots about golf ball size. Very popular with gardeners as it is mild, resists getting pithy and does well in cooler temperatures.
Flowers
Bachelor Button, Polka Dot Mix
Mixed colors of flowers. Fairly easy to grow as it will tolerate poor soil and growing conditions where other flowers will not thrive. Also edible.
Cosmos, Sensation Mix
Another historic favorite of many a gardener and also easy to grow. Attains heights of 3 - 4 feet with blooms of deep lavender, various shades of pink and white.
Crimson Clover
Trifolium incarnatum
This annual has beautiful rich crimson blossoms that can be used in salads and blooms summer to fall. Can reach heights of 3 feet in moist conditions.
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
A perennial that is very tolerant of dry soils. Has blooms with purple petals and brown centers.
Sunflower
Autumn Beauty
Bears numerous semi-double flowers in a mix of yellow to golden bronze to red to burgundy colored petals on plants 5 to 7 feet tall. Some of the flowers are bi-colored.
Dwarf Sunspot
Exactly as the name implies, this sunflower is low growing type only 1 - 2 feet tall. It has 10 inch blooms of yellow flowers for up to five weeks.
Indian Blanket
The colors are darker than Autumn Beauty. The flowers of this sunflower make a good color compliment to Indian corn as a decoration.
Lemon Queen
The opposite of Velvet Queen as this sunflower has very light soft lemon colored flowers surrounding a dark chocolate center. Ten inch heads on 5 - 6 foot plants. Good cut flower.
Velvet Queen
Very dark velvety crimson ten inch flowers on 5 - 8 foot tall plants. The distinctive foliage helps make this an excellent border. Also good as a cut flower.
Tomato
Cherokee Purple
A fine flavored heirloom with 8 to 10 ounce fruits with a purplish or sometimes brownish appearance. Tolerates drought better than many other varieties.
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