Beans, Army, pole(85 days) Phaseolus vulgaris - We were fortunate to receive this beautiful semi-trailing dry bean from seed steward Beatrice in Gilgil, Kenya. It produces 4” pods with 5-6 round beautiful army green round seeds. It has a semi trailing habit that can benefit, but does not require support. Dries down uniformly which is a valuable trait for a dry bean. Available only in our Large and Homestead CSA’s Packet: 1/2oz...

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Bean, Kirarusha pole (90 days) Phaseolus vulgaris - A pretty traditional variety from East Africa that vines to about 6’ and produces large pods that are 4-5” long typically used as a dry shelling bean. The large beans are in shares of tan, pink and purple with darker swirl patterns on them. This would be a suitable variety to grow with field corn or on any type of trellis. Gathered in the Gilgil region of Kenya. HEIRLOOM Packet: 1/2 ounce...

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Beans, Zuni Gold trailing  (85 days) Phaseolus vulgaris - We obtained this gorgeous bush dry bean from LeeAnn Hill at a seed swap in Idaho. Seeds are oblong with a mottled gold over white. Early maturing with uniform ripening habit. An excellent short season dry bean which is rewarding and beautiful to grow. The Zuni people originate and continue to steward land in the high desert south of present day Albuquerque, New Mexico. HEIRLOOM Packet: 1/2 ounce...

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Managu, Black Nightshade (75 days) Solanum nigrum - While most gardeners in the USA would not think of growing black nightshade (Solanum nigra) which is a Eurasia weed that typically grows to 12-24” tall with purplish black fruits, this is a different species (Solanum nigrum) which grows wild throughout Eastern Africa and has been widely domesticated as a nutritious green vegetable. It is typically parboiled and then the water discarded as the leaves contain also contain high levels of vitamin A, B, and C, and phenolics and alkaloids, including cocaine, quinine, nicotine, and morphine! Unbeknownst to most people, all members of the Solanacea (nightshade) family including peppers and tomatoes contain trace amounts of nicotine! What we found amazing about growing this species is its tall growth habit to over 4’ and its larger clusters of deep purple fruit that would likely make an incredible natural dye. Luther burbank bred a hybrid form called Wonder Berry with sweet palatable fruits (Solanum burbankii). Available only through our CSA’s Packet: 1/4 ...

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Corn, Cassiopeia, Popcorn (100-110 days) Zea mays  A southern Oregon original in development over the past 11 years.  Originating with the old Cochiti Pueblo strain from New Mexico, we crossed it with 4 other varieties.  Cassiopeia combines the best traits of 5 different heirloom popcorns.  Selected for early maturity, large ear size and multiple ears per plant (up to 5), it is multicolored, tall (8-9’) and beautiful.  Let dry in the field and cure on the cob indoors for a few months before popping.  Will not cross with sweet or flour corns.   * Please note that in order to pop successfully popcorn must have an adequately long season to mature fully.  Harvest once husks are dry on the plant.  If frost kills plants before maturity you can pull them from the roots, bundle and let finish under cover.  Let ears dry fully after shucking (usually 2-3 months) before trying to pop.  (And no it doesn’t work to try and pop it on the cob. they just burn!). An Open Source Seed Initiative pledged variety bred by Don Tipping. Siskiyou Select Original Packet (1/2 ounce) Quarter pound    ...

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Corn, Oregon Blue Maiz, Flour (75-110 days) Zea mays We have created a strain cross between 4 blue flour corns (Hopi Blue, Rio Grande Pueblo from NM, Chihuahua Blue, and Papa's Blue - which is a blue strain of the short season Painted Mountain.) The goal is to eventually develop a well adapted, reliable staple Maiz for the PNW and similar climates. It will exhibit some variability, however all will make good flour corn.  If you save seed, particularly if you do it for numerous cycles, then you are on your way to having your own Heirloom of tomorrow! Can be eaten as sweet corn when picked young and roasted, but is best known for making an excellent, sweet blue corn flour that has 30% higher protein levels (up to 14%) than dent corns. Plants are 5-8 ft. tall and bushy with many tillering side shoots.  Ears are a beautiful smooth silvery blue that are 8-10” long with usually 2, but up to 7 per stalk. There is still some variability in this strain with respect to kernel color and degree of kernel denting.  Expect ears to mature into shades of light gray/slate blue, to dark blue and purple.  Robust, drought-tolerant cultivar selected over many generations.  Makes excellent corn meal (as pictured). Siskiyou Select Original  Packet (One Ounce) Quarter Pound - ...

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Corn, Starburst Select Sweet (F4) (85 days) Zea Mays Starburst Sweet Corn has a red splash of color in a star pattern over white kernels. Eating quality is on par with the open pollinated white sweet corn, Tuxana with large ears that are  9-12” long. The orange red pigmentation is still somewhat variable and we will be working to continue to grow and stabilize the unique variety in the coming seasons. This variety began as a chance cross when we were growing out our Sunfire Flour Corn and upon shucking it we noticed a few dozen dried wrinkled kernels indicative of sweet corn seed. Typically flour corn seed remains plump when dry. So we carefully pried those kernels out and saved them for a future opportunity to grow them out. 4 years later this project is came to fruition and it’s just about ready to be released and minted as a bona fide variety. Siskiyou Select Original Packet 1/2oz ...

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Purple Stripe, Hardneck Certified Organic In a prevalent Russian dialect, "Chesnok" means garlic, although this garlic originally hails from the village of Shvelisi in the Republic of Georgia.  It is an excellent producing, brilliant garlic. Long, crescent-shaped purple-hued cloves are covered by purple-striped bulb wrappers that glow with sparkles of golden glaze. Outstanding, uniquely spicy flavor raw. Holds flavor well when baked. Very long storing garlic. 8-12 cloves per bulb.  SORRY BUT NO INTERNATIONAL ORDERS ON GARLIC * Free Shipping does not apply to Garlic Orders * Check out our Garlic Growing tips in order to make the most of your growing opportunity: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/garlic-planting-tips  Photos credit: Wild Plum Farm (Montana) and Siskiyou Seeds...

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Porcelain, Hardneck Type Certified Organic Romanian Red Garlic is a late-season, Porcelain type. Truly impressive in every way, each bulb contains 4-6 large cloves, delivering a hot and pungent flavor that lasts. Its popularity stems from its robust growth, hardiness, and high allicin content, as well as the easy-to-peel cloves and unique streaked purple-red skin. The heads are wrapped in silky, creamy white and have excellent storage capabilities. Originally from Romania, this garlic has great market appeal for its size, taste and quality. Flavor: Rich, spicy garlic with heat that lingers when raw.  Storage ability: Will keep until March or April in a cool, dark garage or shed. Cloves per bulb: 4-6 Cloves per pound: 16-24 - or about 4 bulbs/pound. Planting: One pound plants 12 row feet at one clove every 6". SORRY BUT NO INTERNATIONAL ORDERS ON GARLIC * Free Shipping does not apply to Garlic Orders * Remember to check out our Garlic Growing tips in order to make the most of your growing opportunity: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/garlic-planting-tips ...

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Millet, Aukse's Foxtail  (100 days) Setaria italica -  From our friends at Adaptive Seeds who obtained it while on their Seed Ambassadors Project by The Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture in Dotnuva, Lithuania, who wrote that, “the breeder there had been working with millets since long before the collapse of the Soviet Union and he said the birds at the zoo prefer his varieties.” There are 4 major types of  millet which include Pearl (the most common grain type), Proso, Finger, and Foxtail (the type used for birdseed). Foxtail millet has a hull which is quite difficult to remove and are most typically grown for floral arrangements and poultry feed. Seed heads are dense clusters of small seeds that grow from 4-10” long in a drooping form that resembles a fox's tail.Millets may have been consumed by humans for about 7,000 years and potentially had "a pivotal role in the rise of multi-crop agriculture and settled farming societies". Interestingly, millet is the 5th most commonly cultivated grain crop in the world after wheat, rice, corn and barley. HEIRLOOM, SSF Packet 2g (~300 seeds) ...

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Millet, Dragon's Claw (90 days) Eleusine coracana - A finger millet that grows to about 18” tall. 4-8 Panicles containing small seeds reach skyward, curling in much like a claw. Seed has a hull that is difficult to remove,  so they are more commonly grown for floral arrangements and birdseed. There are 4 major types of  millet which include Pearl (the most common grain type), Proso, Finger, and Foxtail (the type used for birdseed).  Millets may have been consumed by humans for about 7,000 years and potentially had "a pivotal role in the rise of multi-crop agriculture and settled farming societies". Interestingly, millet is the 5th most commonly cultivated grain crop in the world after wheat, rice, corn and barley. HEIRLOOM, SSF Packet 2g (~300 seeds) ...

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Millet, Juosvse Proso  (90 days) Panicum miliaceum - Variety given to the Seed Ambassadors Project by the Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture, Dotnuva, Lithuania and obtained from our friends at Adaptive Seed. Proso millets are an easy to grow warm season grass that produce attractive sprays of seeds on a loose panicle. Seeds are a copper red and have a hull that is difficult to remove, so they are more commonly grown for floral arrangements and birdseed.  There are 4 major types of  millet which include Pearl (the most common grain type), Proso, Finger, and Foxtail (the type used for birdseed). Millets may have been consumed by humans for about 7,000 years and potentially had "a pivotal role in the rise of multi-crop agriculture and settled farming societies". Interestingly, millet is the 5th most commonly cultivated grain crop in the world after wheat, rice, corn and barley. HEIRLOOM, SSF Packet 1g (~150 seeds) ...

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Millet, Lime Light Spray (85 days) Setaria italica - A pretty foxtail type with densely packed panicles of small seeds clustered in an appealing lumpy form (think cauliflower) that make charming additions to floral displays and wreathes. Seed heads are dense clusters of small seeds that grow from 4-10” long in a drooping form that resembles a fox's tail. There are 4 major types of  millet which include Pearl (the most common grain type), Proso, Finger, and Foxtail (the type used for birdseed).  Millets may have been consumed by humans for about 7,000 years and potentially had "a pivotal role in the rise of multi-crop agriculture and settled farming societies". Interestingly, millet is the 5th most commonly cultivated grain crop in the world after wheat, rice, corn and barley. HEIRLOOM, SSF Packet 1g (~300 seeds) ...

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Milllet, Mukombi, Pearl type (110 days) Pennisetum glaucum - A striking Pearl millet type that we obtained from the Kenyan highlands. Plant is a tropical grass that resembles corn until seed heads form that rise 8-12’ above the grown like a valiant torch to the sun. Densely packed bluish ivory seeds cluster around the stem and grow from 10-20” long. They make a striking addition to larger floral displays and wreathes.  There are 4 major types of  millet which include Pearl (the most common grain type), Proso, Finger, and Foxtail (the type used for birdseed).  Millets may have been consumed by humans for about 7,000 years and potentially had "a pivotal role in the rise of multi-crop agriculture and settled farming societies". HEIRLOOM. Only available through our CSA Packet 2g (~300 seeds) ...

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Onion, Tropea Rossaa Tonda (90 days) Allium cepa - A beautiful and reliable long day red keeper onion with firm globe shaped bulbs that are typically 3-4” in diameter, which would vary depending upon fertility and spacing. We were impressed by the uniform drying down time in early August from an April transplanting (we start seeds February 1st here in Oregon). Tight bulb wrappers are another great feature of these sweet beauties. This is one of the most famous onions in Italy. HEIRLOOM Available only through our CSA’s. Packet: 1 g. ≈ 250 seeds...

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Pepper, Little Spice Bush  (85 days) Capsicum annum - A dwarfing selection made from the Little Elf variety. This adorable plant only grows to 12” tall but still manages to produce a riot of tiny ½” fruits in a rainbow of colors from green to yellow, orange and then scarlet red. Leaves are green with white flowers. Very spicy! Would make a great container plant. SHU = 20-30,000. HEIRLOOM. Packet (2/5 g ≈ 60 seeds) ...

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Pepper, Yellow Picnic Capsicum annum (75 days)  This is a popular and much-adored sweet treat that is quite popularly sold in bags of mixed colors in organic grocers all over.  This is the golden yellow variant.  Picnic is a 2-4”, thick-walled, elongated, cheery gold snacking pepper with very few seeds.  Plants are 24” upright bushes that produce abundantly.  Fruits contain very few seeds! The perfect size for kids lunches and um…. picnics!  Packet (2/5 g ≈ 30 seeds)...

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Purple Sunrise  Raphanus sativus  (30 days) The project began as a friendly challenge between Dr. John Navazio and Don Tipping after a seed grow out of Plum Purple radish and noticing some off types that were more elongated. We wondered if we could breed a French Breakfast type that was purple and white instead of red and white. John's idea was to make selections from Plum Purple off types, while Don chose the path of crossing Plum Purple with French Breakfast and selecting from there. This is an ongoing project to stabilize a cross between Plum purple and French Breakfast radishes. Begun in 2017, it still produces an occasional off type (as red seems genetically dominant to purple) but is close to the goal of elongated purple and white crisp tasty roots. We like to eat all the colors of the rainbow and know that purple is harder to find! Siskiyou Select Original Packet (2 g ≈ 250 seeds) ...

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Certified Organic Dutch Red Shallots have beautiful coppery-red bulb wrappers, purple-pink flesh and a delicate flavor loved by chefs and home cooks the world over. They are easy to grow and produce well in many climates. Mature bulbs can be 1-4 inches in diameter and can last for over a year with proper storage. Plant in Fall or early Spring for a bountiful mid-summer harvest. Can withstands hard freezes and yield ~30 cloves per pound. One pound of shallot seed will plant about 15' at 6" spacing. We have learned that the trick to easily peeling these beauties is to slice lengthwise and simply slip them out of their wrappers!  Fall Shipment.  Check out: Our Shallot Growing Tips & Info SORRY BUT NO INTERNATIONAL ORDERS ON SHALLOTS * Free Shipping does not apply to Shallot Orders *   ...

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Sunflower, Red Sun (70-90 days) Helianthus annus - A wonderful polyheaded variety for cut flowers and bold color displays in the garden. Grows to 5-7’ tall and produces 8-20 5-6” flowers per plant with dusky orange, burgandy to deep scarlet red petals, black centers and dark chocolate seeds. We did our best to rogue (remove) plants that didn’t have the darker burgundy petals, however, our original seed produced about 20% gold petaled plants, so expect some variation. The standout individuals are well with the variability.  Packet - 2 1/2 g (~45 seeds)...

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Tomato, de Colgar Bombeta, storage (85 days) Solanum lycopersicum -  This is a Spanish variety from our friends in the Catalonia region of Spain who have a farm based cooperative seed company called Les Refardes. “De Colgar” translates as “hanging” referring to the tradition of hanging the tresses of fruits from string in the kitchen where they can last for up to 6 months! A semi indeterminate plant produces clusters of 8-12 1-1&¼” grape shaped Saladette type fruit with a charming point at the blossom end. Fruit color is a deep orange red. The dense fruits are pleasantly sweet when eaten in season. Comparable to the Italian storage varieties beginning to become popular here in the PNW. HEIRLOOM. Packet (1/4 g. ≈ 30 seeds)...

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 Sundream Cucurbita Maxima (90 days) Good ideas have to start somewhere…this project started as a taste bud love affair with the excellent variety Sunshine (F1), a delicious orange skinned squash developed by Rob Johnston.  With the dream of culturing this strain into an open pollinated variety, we offer this stabilized (F6) open pollinated strain.  We love the flavor of this productive and tasty squash.  This heirloom of tomorrow in the making is a Siskiyou Seeds farm original bred by Don Tipping An interesting agronomic note on this variety and other cucurbit seeds that we grow here at Siskiyou Seeds is that we have not used floating row covers to protect young plants from cucumber beetle damage (which is standard practice on nearly all small farms in our area). Our aim is to breed for and select for plants that are naturally resistant to cucumber beetles and a decade into doing this it seems to be working!  Open Seed Source Initiative pledged & Siskiyou Select Original Packet (5 g ≈ 30 seeds) 1 oz ...

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ZINNIA, Crazy Legs Zinnia elegans (70 days) This is a selection from the popular cactus mix of an exceptionally unique mutation with fully quilled bright fuchsia petals that are both involute (rolled inwards) and fimbriated (petal tips splayed or frizzled looking).  The petals also have a characteristic only observed in 2 plants (out of 300) from the original population of being crooked, like a bent leg. Plants grow to 3' tall. We will continue to select and refine this unique specimen. A pale orange version is in development. (See picture). Bred by Don Tipping. SSF. Packet (0.8 g ≈ 75 seeds) ...

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Zinnia, Tidepool Mix (75 days) This was the outcome of an intentional cross between our Cactus Mix with its wondrous highly doubled, quilled petals and the marvelous Dreamin’ Mix which is an interspecies cross between Zinnia elegans and Zinnia haageana. The resulting progeny will undoubtedly be a wild and raucous combination of the myriad phenotypes possible between this genetic mashup. During the Fall Seed Academy class we went through a field of thousands of plants to select our favorite individuals and that is the origin of the Tidepool Mix, named for the propensity of many of the flowers to resemble sea anemones. Grow it and discover the wonders of nature for yourself. Siskiyou Select Original Packet - 0.3g (~30 seeds) Podcast Interview describing the breeding behind this project: https://awaytogarden.com/expanding-the-zinnia-palette-with-siskiyou-seeds-don-tipping/  ...

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