Sunrise Bumblebee Solanum esculentum  (70-85 days) A charming oblong cherry with 1 ¼” fruits that are swirls of yellow, gold and red – a real conversation starter that makes it fun to share with others. Flavor is bright, sweet and mild with less acid than most tomatoes.  Indeterminate growth habit benefits from staking. Packet (1/4 g. ≈ 50 seeds)  ...

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Sweet Orange II  Solanum esculentum (65 days)  A unique open pollinated orange cherry tomato that is exceptionally productive. Crack resistant. Bred for higher sugar levels, it is a delicious garden snack tantalizing taste buds with an abundance of bright sweet fruits.  Vigorous growing vines require trellising as they can easily grow to 8 feet tall. Indeterminate. Packet ( 1/4 g ≈ 30 seeds) 1 g ~ 200 seeds  ...

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Thessaloniki Solanum esculentum (60-80 days) A Greek heirloom tomato that was introduced to the USA in the 1950’s by Glecklers Seedsmen of Ohio. It is a popular large, red uniform fruit with excellent flavor, high yields and disease resistance. An early variety perfect for home or market; keeps well.  Packet ( 1/4 g ≈ 50 seeds) 1 g ~ 200 seeds  ...

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Tomato, Tlacolula Gold (75 days)  An old landrace variety originally from Talcolula, Oaxaca, Mexico which is near the center of origin for all tomatoes. This unique pear shaped variety has a rich gold color with deep ruffled ribs. A prolific producer of 4-12 ounce fruits that benefits from staking. Reasonably disease resistant. Flavor is medium firm and pleasantly mild sweet, and the ribbed form makes for a very interesting looking slicer. Could also work as a stuffing tomato. Very eye-catching variety. Highly recommended! 1/4g...

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Tomato, Tlacolula Pink (75 days) An old landrace variety originally from Talcolula, Oaxaca, Mexico which is near the center of origin for all tomatoes. This unique pear shaped variety has a cheery pink color with deep ruffled ribs. A prolific producer of 4-12 ounce fruits that benefits from staking. Reasonably disease resistant. Flavor is medium firm and pleasantly mild sweet, and the ribbed form makes for a very interesting looking slicer. Could also work as a stuffing tomato. Very eye-catching variety. Highly recommended! 1/4g...

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Valencia Solanum esculentum (75 days)  Smooth, round fruits that are about 8 ounces are the perfect size for being a versatile staple in your garden. Wonderful, mild, low-acid and sweet in flavor. Vigorous, adaptable plants. An all around workhorse variety.  Packet (1/4 g. ≈ 50 seeds)  ...

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Tomato, Wali's Gold  ORGANIC A unique open pollinated orange cherry tomato that is exceptionally productive bred from the wildly popular hybrid: SunGold (F1).  We are still selecting this strain with the assitance of my now 15 year old son, breed for higher sugar levels, productivity and crack resistance. As it is a work in progress, there will be the occasional red fruited plant which is still a delicious cherry tomato.  This is a delicious garden snack tantalizing taste buds with an abundance of bright sweet fruits.  Vigorous growing vines require trellising as they can easily grow to 8 feet tall. Indeterminate.  SSF TM58: Packet ( 1/4 g ≈ 50 seeds) - $4.50  ...

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Willamette   Solanum esculentum (70-100 days) Bushy 3-4’ vines yield quality small (3”), smooth red slicers.  Bred at OSU for Oregon growers.  Produces well in northern climates, with good disease resistance and the ability to mature with cooler summer temperatures.  Mildly indeterminate. Packet ( 1/4 g ≈ 50 seeds) 1 g ~ 200 seeds  ...

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Wisconsin 55  Solanum esculentum (72-75 days)  Large smooth red slicer that produces uniform 3-4” round fruits that hold very well off the vine. Strong skin and solid walls give this tomato the workhorse characteristics that could make it a main crop tomato for market growers. Flavor is excellent, full, rich and satisfying.  Indeterminate. Packet ( 1/4 g ≈ 50 seeds) 1 g ~ 200 seeds...

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Yellow Brandywine   Solanum esculentum (75-100 days)  Indeterminate, fuzzy potato leaf vines that make humongous 1-2+ pound fruits that are flattened with occasional ribbing.  Delicious creamy texture and complex bouquet will satisfy the most discriminating tomato connoisseur.  Packet ( 1/4 g ≈ 50 seeds)  ...

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Yellow Centiflor Solanum esculentum (80 days) Hyper-tresses of 3/4" yellow cherry tomatoes on indeterminate vine. Highly novel and intriguing, a real garden conversation starter. Try it yourself! Peace Seeds original bred by Dr Alan Kapuler. Indeterminate. Packet: 1/4 g (~50 seeds)  ...

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Yellow Pear  Solanum esculentum (70-80 days) Rampant indeterminate vines produce clusters of small (1.5 to 2” x .75 to 1” diameter), yellow pear-shaped fruits.  Heirloom from 1805 with a mild flavor.  Great eye appeal for fresh eating.  Packet ( 1/4 g ≈ 50 seeds) 1 g ~ 200 seeds ...

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Yellow Stuffing Solanum esculentum (70-80 days)  This was a find from a seed swap of years ago. Yellow Stuffing heirloom open pollinated tomato is a tomato like no other.  It looks more like a bell pepper than a tomato, especially on the inside.  Yellow stuffing has a mild flavor, and is great when stuffed with meat, potatoes, onions, and carrots.  Indeterminate.  Packet ( 1/4 g ≈ 50 seeds)  ...

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Des Vertus Marteau Brassica rapa (35 days) The name translates poetically to Hammer of Virtue. Vertus, is in the northeast of France. Its elongated shape is great for slicing in the kitchen and mild flavor is delicious in salads or steamed with butter. A great early season crop with a sweet, crisp flavor and unique elongated shape.  Roots average 2” wide by 4-6” long. This French heirloom dates back to the 1800s. Packet:  1 g. ~ 350 seeds ...

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TURNIP, Golden Globe  Brassica rapa (55 days) Very tasty turnip with sweet, crisp golden-colored flesh. Firm, round roots grow to 3-4”, best for spring or fall harvest. Tops can be eaten as nutritious greens. Packet: (1 g) ...

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Purple Top White Globe (45 days) Brassica Rapa Old standby for smooth 3-4" easy to grow turnips.  Can grow much larger but harvested small is best for eating quality. Roots are Purple above the soil line and white below.  Best grown as a spring or fall crop as hot temperatures of the summer are not conducive to quality roots. Interestingly, before the arrival of pumpkins and other large squash from the new world, extra large turnips were carved at Halloween! ±10,000 seeds/oz Packet: 1 g. 1/2 ounce...

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Veronica, Sight Seeing Mix Veronica spicata   A quaint garden perennial that can be used in the border or as a cut flower.  Veronica has long flower spikes in purple, white and pink, although purple predominates in the mix.  Plants bloom from June until first frost with the bulk of the blooms in the first month of its flowering season.  Each year as the plant ages it grows wider and reproduces vegetatively, so after initially starting from seed, you can divide plants with a spade to increase the number of plants in your garden.  A long-lasting cut flower bloom and attractive spike.   FLA. Packet (1/4 g)...

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Blacktail Mountain Citrullus lanatus (75 days)  Developed by Glenn Downs from the Sandhill Preservation Center, created while he lived in northern Idaho, a location which has cool 35 to 45 degree nights and short seasons. He says, “The fruit is dark green with very faint stripes, flesh is an orange red similar to Sugar Baby. Continuously, it is my earliest type in over 100 varieties grown each season. Fruit averages 6 to 10 pounds. Our son, Cory, and family moved to a new home in mid-July, 2013 and he wanted to plant a garden. He stuck in some Blacktail Mountain seed on July 18 and was rewarded in late September with an abundance of nice sized ripe melons.” OSSI (Open Source Seed Initiative) Pledged Variety. Packet (2 g ≈ 70 seeds) Ounce  ...

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Crimson Sweet Citrullus lanatus (85 days) An heirloom workhorse that can hold its own against any hybrid out there.  Fine sweet flavor with incredible smooth texture.  Small seeds don’t get in the way of enjoying the crisp red flesh.  Produces 5-6 fruits that are generally about 10-15 pounds, but can mushroom up to 30 pounds with ample spacing and fertility.  Rind is light green with dark green stripes.  Packet (2 g ≈ 70 seeds) One Ounce (≈ 650 seeds)    ...

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Desert King  Citrullus lanatus (90-100 days) This variety produces 20-30 pound fruits with a light green rind that resists sunburn and performs well in drought and heat as its name implies. Flesh is yellow orange with a tangy sweetness with large tan and black seeds.  A dependable producer. Packet (2 g ≈ 70 seeds) ...

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Early Yellow Moonbeam  Citrullus lanatus (80-90 days)  This variety originated as a hybrid called Yellow Doll and was stabilized over the last 2 decades as a result of the work of Dr. Alan Kapular.  A reliable producer of 3-8 pound fruits with bright, lemon yellow crisp sweet flesh. Very thin rind that has been known to crack open with an audible ‘pop’ when stared at for too long or handled roughly. Refined flavor. Productive variety for northern growers.         Packet: (2 g ≈ 70 seeds) Ounce: (≈ 650 seeds) ...

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Moon & Stars Citrullus lanatus (80 days)  Take a bite out of this galaxy of taste. Moon and Stars is named for the yellow dots, ‘stars’, and 1-2” ‘moons that are speckled over the dark green skin. The flesh is deep red with large tan seeds that are the perfect ammo for seed spitting. Not as sweet as Crimson Sweet, but very pleasant and refreshing nonetheless, with fine texture and depth.  Can grow up to 40 pounds!  Packet (2 g ≈ 70 seeds) One Ounce (≈ 650 seeds) ...

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Moon & Stars Gold Citrullus vulgaris (95-95 days)  Rare, this is the yellow-meated strain of this fine heirloom; these are very delicious and have beautiful, yellow-orange meat that is very sweet. The large fruit can grow to 40 lbs, and they have large, yellow "moons and stars" covering their nearly black rinds. A favorite variety by many. Draws rave reviews! A great variety for farmers' markets. Pictured inside back cover. Packet (1 1/2 g ≈ 70 seeds)...

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Sweet Dakota Rose  Citrullus lanatus (80-90 days)   Sweet Dakota Rose has become known as one of the best tasting, most reliable open pollinated watermelon varieties.  It features great flavor, few seeds and sunburn resistance.  It produces 8-15 lb fruits.  Bred by the Podoll’s of Prairie Road Organic Seed of North Dakota. Packet (2 g ≈ 70)...

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Wheat, 16 Variety Grex (120 days from fall planting) Triticum aestivum   Thanks to Utah seedsman Joseph Lofthouse who compiled this initial population from 16 distinct varieties of spring soft wheat. If you have been curious about trying to grow some of your own grain, wheat is an easy to grow place to start. Wheat is the planet’s most widely grown crop. As a “grex” this is a synthetic cross of diverse yet related varieties that constitute a wide cross section of traits that would have the ability to adapt more readily than a single specific variety. Grows to about 36” tall. Best fall planted in more mild winter areas such as the Pacific Northwest as it can be grown without irrigation, drying down with the early summer heat for a mid July harvest. Can also be spring sown, but yields may be less. SSF. Packet (½ ounce)...

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Wheat, Khorasan, Triticum turanicum   Kamut is a registered trademark of Kamut International, Ltd. It is an ancestor to modern wheat, originating from the fertile crescent region near what is modern Iran. The grains are about twice the size of modern wheat. It also has a much higher protein content (12-18%). This is a vigorous growing, tall grain that can reach 4 ft tall. Plant in fall or early spring. Grain heads are plump with pretty black awns above buff white glumes. HEIRLOOM. Packet: 7g...

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Baby Butternut, Burpee’s Butterbush   Curcurbita moschata (75 days)  Excellent early-maturing butternut, with compact vines (3-4 ft).  Flesh is deep reddish-orange, moist and deliciously sweet.  Long keeper.  Yields 1.5 - 4 lb fruits, averaging 4 fruits per plant.  Selection for uniformity is ongoing with this old strain so their may still be some elongated types that we hope to rogue out in future generations of growing seed.  Packet (2 g ~ 40 seeds) Ounce ...

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Black Forest Kabocha Cucurbita maxima (95 days)  A nice uniform kabocha that produces 4-5 fruits averaging 3-4 pounds each. Fruits are gray-green flattened shape with dark orange flesh that is sweet, dry and flaky. They store moderately well until February or March if kept in a dry spot. Delicious baked with butter! Packet (5 g ~ 30 seeds) Ounce ...

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Winter Squash, Butternut, Waltham   Cucurbita moschata (110 days)  Solid 9” fruits weigh in at 4-6 pounds and have a very small seed cavity, brilliant orange flesh and a tan skin. Flavor is sweet, smooth and slightly nutty. Excellent for pie. Requires supplemental curing in a greenhouse or warm house post harvest to properly color up and cure. Univ. of Mass. 1956 introduction. Packet (3 g ~ 40 seeds) ounce...

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Honeyboat Delicata Cucurrbita pepo ( 100 days ) This is a charming variant on the Delicata theme with shorter, fatter fruits that are 1-2 lbs with copper skin and green stripes rather than the typical pale yellow with green stripes of the Zepplin Delicata. Grow this for its incredibly sweet flavor and reliable storage qualities. Thin skin can be eaten. Wonderful, steamed, baked, roasted, cut up into bite sized pieces and sauteed, or stuffed. A consistent favorite! Bred by Dr. James Baggett at OSU. Bush habit.  Packet:  2 1/2 g (~40 seeds) 1 oz ...

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Delicata, Zepplin  Cucurbita pepo (100 days)  A much loved 1894 heirloom winter squash that is just the right size for a side dish with dinner. The fruits are 7-10” long, weigh about a pound and possess flesh that is finer-textured, sweeter, and significantly longer keeping than other strains. Packet (2.5 g ≈ 40 seeds) ...

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Winter Squash, Green Hubbard  Cucurbita maxima (90-100 days) A large squash with deep green skin and brilliant orange flesh that can weigh up to 20 pounds. This is a potluck squash people! A true family feeder. Vigorous vines spread 8-10 feet from the roots, making this heirloom squash a good candidate for use in a corn/beans/squash polyculture system as it will handily suppress weeds under your corn. Thick skin enables hubbards to store well into March. HEIRLOOM. (6 g ≈ 25 seeds) ...

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Winter Squash, Honeynut Cucurbita moschata x C. maxima. (105-110 days) Adorable winter squash bred by Michael Mazourek of Cornell University in collaboration with Stone Barn Center Food and Agriculture chef Dan Barber. Fruits start off as a dark green and meld into a bright honey colored orange when ripe. Sweeter and smaller than a Butternut squash, the perfect size for easy eating. Stores up to around 2 months. Packet (2 ½ g ≈30 seeds)...

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Lower Salmon River Cucurbita maxima (90 days) This PNW heirloom from Idaho has a thick, mottled, salmon-colored rind. Deep orange and sweet flesh make this squash great for pies, soups, or as a side. Grows from 3 to 10 lbs. Harvest before fall rains. Great for storage. A regular taste test winner! SSF Packet( 6g ~ 30 seeds) 1 oz ...

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North Georgia Candy Roaster Cucurbita maxima (95 days) Local to present day North Carolina, the Candy Roaster Squash is known for its sweet, unique flavor, which is the reasoning behind its name. The Cherokee tribes in the southern Appalachians originally cherished this squash for its long shelf life. Despite its odd appearance, many more people have come to treasure it for its unique taste. When fully ripe and stored for several months, it will reach its full flavor potential. A favorite in pies, soups, butters and breads, recipes that utilize this squash do not call for any additional sugar or sweetener, such that many have compared it to a sweet potato   This delicious, unique hubbard-type winter squash was a stand-out open-pollinated variety in terms of dry farmed yield and storability in a dry farmed winter squash variety trial conducted by Alex Stone and Jennifer Wetzel of the Oregon State University Horticulture Department, and is also a top-yielder in Dry Farming Collaborative variety trials. SRF Packet: 5 g (~30 seeds) 1 oz ...

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Sibley   Curcibita Maxima (100-110 days)  The Sibley Squash, which is also known as Pike’s Peak, was obtained from an elderly woman in Van Dinam, Iowa who had grown it for more than fifty years.  Hiram Sibley & Company of Rochester, New York introduced it commercially in 1887.  It is a hubbard type squash with moderately vigorous 12-15 foot vines.  The slate blue teardrop-shaped fruits have very shallow ribs and weigh from 8-10 pounds.  Its medium-thick orange flesh is flavorful and sweet. The flesh becomes drier and richer with storage, reaching its peak right after turn of the New Year.  This seed was grown by Ben Yohai of Wandering Fields Farm in Applegate, Oregon.  Ben also sells the fruits at local growers markets to customers who give it rave reviews.  Part of the Slow Food Movements "Ark of Taste" Heirlooms. Packet: (6 g ≈ 30 seeds) 1 oz ...

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Stella Blue   Cucurbita maxima (100 days) A hokaiddo kabocha type squash with deep orange, flakey sweet flesh. Developed by Bill Reynolds, this variety is an improved baby blue hubbard type, suitable for family dinners. Slate gray skin conceals thick, orange flesh that is smooth, sweet and delicious. Try cutting one in half and filling with rice, onion, garlic, tomatoes and the like and baking it! Selected under dry farmed conditions in Northern CA. Stella Blue was included in variety trials with the Dry Farming Collaborative 2016 – 2018, and yielded an average of 23 lbs per plant, with an average planting density of 34 sqft per plant, on 7 sites in Western Oregon.   Packet (5 g about 20 seeds)  One Ounce (about 130 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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Tromboncino Curcubita moschata (60 days summer squash/ 90 days winter squash) This is a highly unique classic Italian heirloom squash that can be harvested young as a rich, full-flavored summer squash which is much preferred to traditional zucchini by many Italians who call it "zucchini rampicante". Harvested at 8-12" long, it is delicious roasted, grilled, grated raw into salads or stuffed in ravioli. It can also be left to mature as a long keeping winter squash. Related to Butternut squash, Tromboncino has vigorous growing vines that give rise to elongated serpentine fruits that can grow up to 3 feet long. Can be stored and eaten like a winter squash, however its texture is somewhat stringy like a spaghetti squash and not as sweet and even as a Butternut. A real treat to grow and marvel at! Packet: 3 g (~30 seeds) 1 oz ...

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Uncle David’s Dakota Dessert   Cucurbita Maxima (95-105 days)  Uncle David's Dakota Dessert offers deep orange color, thick flesh, rich and sweet flavor, smooth texture, plant vigor and cold-hardiness.  Bred by FFSC farmer David Podoll, it produces solid yields across extreme fluctuations of climate.  It's a favorite for main dishes, pies and other desserts.  Packet (6 g ≈ 30 seeds) 1 oz ...

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Wonder Berry – SunBerry Solanum Burbankii   Developed by plant genius Luther Burbank this is an interesting tomato relative. 3' plants yield dozens of clusters of dark, 1/4" berries, and each cluster holds 8-12 fruits. Unique, huckleberry-like flavor makes for intriguing dessert fillings, jellies, syrups, etc. Grown in the usual tomato fashion can be challenging to germinate - the tiny seeds need to keep moist for a much longer period. Start seeds 6-8 weeks before transplanting outside after the last frost. Space plants 30" apart.  Packet (2/5 g) ...

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Wormwood Artemisia absinthium – Perennial  An aromatic gray-green herb with lacy foliage that can grow to 6’ tall when flowering. Leaves have long been used as a medicinal tonic, a vermifuge and the main ingredient in the fabled beverage, Absinthe. Can spread readily, so be wary and is considered invasive in CO, WA and ND (we cannot ship to those states).  Very easy to grow. SSF. Packet (0.1g ≈ 200 seeds)...

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Xeranthemum annuum  Here’s seed for a long-lost favorite that’s a great dried flower known as “Immortelle”.  Plants produce either white or mauve (pale purple)- colored 1” flowers atop silvery green foliage.  Like strawflower or ammobium, they are dry and papery when fresh, but can be used both fresh and dried as a cut flower.  Or, xeranthemum serves as a great bedding plant in the front border as it grows to about 2’ and flowers for a long period—typically midsummer through autumn.  Space 12” apart.  Hardy annual.  SSF.  Packet (.3grams~80 seeds)...

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Yarrow, Colorado Mix Achillea millefolium (120 days)  An array of flowers in rose, peach, white, fuschia and cream top strong stems with lacy foliage in this Colorado Mix Yarrow.  It makes excellent filler for cut fresh or dried arrangements, retaining it's color well for months of post-harvest.  A long-lasting, drought tolerant and hardy perennial, Yarrow is easy to grow and slowly spreads by its roots.  Grows to 24".   Packet= 1/10 g (~120 seeds) ...

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Yarrow, Common Achillea millefolium - Perennial    A widespread native plant with pretty compound white flowers that grows across the entire northern hemisphere.  Many medicinal uses internally and externally.  Easy to grow once established. Can spread readily.  Drought tolerant. Traditionally the I Ching is thrown using yarrow flower stalks. SSF. (.1g ~ 150 seeds)...

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Yarrow, Golden Achillia filipendulina   A hardy plant that yields bright yellow 3-4” flowers on strong, tall stems over a long season. They work very well for cut flower bouquets. A strikingly beautiful specimen plant.  This is a different species than the traditional white yarrow (Achillea millefolium). Winter hardy to zone 3.  FLA.    1/10 g ...

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Zinnia, Benary's Giant Zinnia elegans (75-85 days Benary's Giant is the market farmer's go-to mix of large-flowered, brilliantly colored zinnias.  If you're wondering how you can have a multitude of flowers in many colors throughout the warm/hot growing season, this is the mix for you!  3" double, semi-double, and single-petaled blooms top 3' plants.  Cut regularly and they will "come again", producing blooms for up to 12 weeks.  Long lasting in the vase.  Space 12" apart.   Packet -0.8 g (~75 seeds)  ...

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Zinnia, Cactus Mix Zinnia elegans   This was a true standout in our gardens!  Grows to 30-48” tall with unique involute petals (that roll into themselves), revolute petals (rolled under) and fimbricated petals (frayed ends).  Large (3-4”) blooms appear in shades of pale pink, deep yellow, orange, pink, red, peach, and white.  Flowers are all double-petaled (like a dahlia).  Bumblebees love them! - 0.3 g (~30 seeds) ...

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