Tomato, Chestnut Chocolate Solanum lycopersicum  (80 days)  Lovely 1-2 oz chestnut chocolate colored fruits with that wonderful sweet rich flavor that we have come to expect in the darker brown colored fruits. Very prolific and hardy plants. Foliage is dark green and purple blushed.  Bred by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms. Packet; 1/4 g (~30 seeds)  ...

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Dakota Gold Solanum lycopersicum (80 days) This is a light yellow beefsteak tomato that can grow to 2 lbs. They are sweet, very fruity, and have a delicate pink blush in the centers. Pictured inside back cover. Indeterminate. Packet (1/4 g ≈ 30 seeds)  ...

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German Streaked  Solanum esculentum (80 days) Large 8-12 ounce, flattened fruits with some ribbing are a beautiful yellow, orange red marbled pattern. Particularly attractive when sliced. Flavor is very fruity and complex and reminiscent of fruits from more tropical locales. One of My favorites! Packet (1/4g ≈ 30 seeds) ...

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Tomato , Gold Currant  L. pimpinellifolium (75 days)   ORGANIC   This is a very vigorous, vining cherry tomato that can grow to 8 feet high and produce thousands of small (3/4”-1”) very sweet orange/yellow fruits. They are so sweet that they will keep you in the garden for longer than you expected! Currant tomatoes are a more primitive species of tomato than that which is commonly grown. I suspect that this may have been among the parents used to produce the famed Sungold hybrid orange cherry tomato. Unlike Sungold, you can save the seed from this wonderful OP. HEIRLOOM SSF TM25: Packet ( 1/4 g ≈ 30 seeds) - $4.50  ...

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Granny Cantrall’s Solanum esculentum (80 days) The original seeds were given to Lettie Cantrell from a World War II soldier returning home from Germany. Large Pink/Red beefsteak type fruits can weigh up to 2 pounds and are slightly flattened and lobed. A favorite in our taste tests in on-farm trials here. Has that classic heirloom full-bodied flavor that is a combination of all great things tomato. A regular winner of tomato taste offs. HEIRLOOM. Indeterminate. Packet (1/4 g. ≈ 30 seeds)  ...

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Hartman's Yellow Gooseberry Solanum esculentum (70-75 days) While it not a Gooseberry its sunny yellow fruits are reminiscent of the cape gooseberry ground cherry.  Believed to be the same yellow cherry as listed by seedsmen since pre-1830s, this was reintroduced by the John Hartman Seed Company. Delightfully prolific lemon yellow cherry tomato.  With long clusters of light and bright tasting one inch round fruits. Plants grow quite tall with narrow foliage. Indeterminate. Heirloom. Packet 1/4 g ≈ 30 seeds...

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Hungarian Heart Solanum esculentum (80 days) This is a gorgeous, large fruited “ox-heart” shaped heirloom from Budapest, Hungary with solid fruits that grow up to a pound.  Meaty and flavorful fruit does not form a juicy core and has very few seeds.  Versatile fruit is excellent for fresh eating or canning.  Packet (1/4 g. ≈ 30 seeds)  ...

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Japanese Black Trifele Solanum esculentum (80 days) This beauty is the shape and size of a Bartlett pear, with a beautiful red-brick color. The fruits are perfect and smooth with no cracks. The fruits are green-shouldered fading to red, then purple Black at the base and are about 3” long and 8-12 ounces in weight. Despite the name (there’s a story there I have yet to hear), this was bred in Russia and has determinate potato-leaved vines. Has a firm, meaty texture with a complex and dynamic smooth flavor. One of the best. Packet (1/4 g. ≈ 30 seeds)  ...

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 Moldovan Green Solanum esculentum (80 days)  This is a large heirloom type with 8-12-ounce fruits that are a flattened globe and picked when green with a golden glow under the skin. Flesh is an intriguing lime green with darker translucent green around the seed cavity.  Their flavor is out-of-this-world pleasantly sweet and rich with no acidity and perfect texture.  They surprisingly became our FAVORITE! fresh eating tomato.  Try them, you’ll see. Packet (1/4 g. ≈ 30 seeds)  ...

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Nebraska Wedding Solanum esculentum (90 days) First listed in the 1983 Seed Savers Exchange Yearbook by Dorothy Beiswenger of Crookston, Minnesota who originally received the seeds from a Mrs. Englert of Sandpoint, Idaho, who was seventy-two years old at that time. Mrs. Englert told a story that her pioneer ancestors from Minnesota had brought the seeds with them when they settled in western Nebraska in the late 1800’s. It was Mrs. Englert’s claim that the seeds of this tomato were given to Nebraska brides as wedding gifts.  Fruits are large (2-3”, 4-7 oz) and more orange than yellow.  They scored very high in our on-farm taste tests and their color and appearance were found to be very pleasing.  Packet (1/4 g. ≈ 30 seeds) ...

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Tomato, Old Carolina (UNM)  A tomato that represents the true meaning of an heirloom. The seeds were saved by Nell Bryson for over 50 years in a freezer and then passed along at a seed swap. Fruits are large 1-1.5 pounds with bright yellow and orange stripes and a gorgeous red center. Indeterminate with regular leaf pattern. Requires trellising. Packet (1/4 g. ≈ 30 seeds)...

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Paul Robeson Solanum esculentum (90 days) A wonderful brick red Russian heirloom slicer with 8-12 ounce slightly flattened fruits with a smooth skin devoid of the pleats and cat-facing that some large heirloom types can be plagued with.  Named in honor of the famous black opera singer, star of King Solomon’s Mines, 1937. Paul Robeson, an American, was also a Russian Equal Rights Advocate. Indeterminate. Packet 1/4 g (~30 seeds) ...

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Polish Giant Solanum esculentum (80-90 days) A delightful heirloom that yields huge 2 pound round pink fruits with rich, juicy balanced flavor without much acidity.  One of our favorites here!  A suitable, dependable market variety. Packet (1/4 g. ≈ 50 seeds)  ...

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Polish Linguisa Solanum esculentum (75 days) An early maturing, large fruited (10-12 ounce), sausage shaped heirloom brought from Poland in the 1800s.  Solid, meaty fruits are quite flavorful and pleasing for a paste type.  Much bigger and longer than typical paste tomatoes! Versatile and beautiful! Packet (1/4 g. ≈ 50 seeds)  ...

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Red Calabash Solanum esculentum (80-90) Originally a meso-American variety from the Zapotec peoples of Mexico, brought to northern shores by horticultural adventurer, Gabriel Howearth. Delights the eyes with its flattened, bright red, pleated fruits that are 3-4” across and have a wonderful sweet tomato flavor. Mildly indeterminate. Packet ( 1/4 g ≈ 50 seeds) 1 g ~ 200 seeds  ...

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Rutgers Solanum esculentum (80-90 days) The legendary Jersey tomato, introduced in 1934, is a cross between J.T.D. (an old New Jersey variety from the Campbell Soup Co.) and Marglobe. Bred to be a true workhorse variety in a time when 36,000 acres of tomatoes were being grown in the Garden State! It is a very dependable, smooth skinned, medium sized, red slicer with good crack and disease resistance. Tall vines, Fusarium resistance. Indeterminate. 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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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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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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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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VITEX    Vitex agnus-castus (Monk's Pepper or chaste berry) Woody perennial bush to small tree to 15 feet tall, native to the Mediterranean and hardy to -20 degrees F.   The leaves and pretty purple flowers exude exotic aromas. Seeds regulate hormones and support breast health. To grow you must scarify seed lightly on sandpaper, then sow 1/4 inch deep in pots.  Germination is slow, which takes about 18 days.  Grows to be a small tree so allow it space to get about 15 feet tall and wide.  SSF Packet (1/2 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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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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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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Winter Squash, Butternut clan mix (110 days) This is a diverse mix of butternut type squash that range from Tromboncino types to regular Butternut shapes.  All have good storage qualities and excellent culinary value as cooking and baking squash.  Cucurbita moschata type squash benefit from a 2 week period of post harvest curing that we typically do in a warm greenhouse environment.  SSF WS28: - 3 g (~30 seeds) ...

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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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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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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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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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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 Packet (0.3 g ≈ 35 seeds) ...

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Zinnia, Firestarter  Zinnia elegans (75-85 days) This is a Siskiyou Seeds Original selection from the Peppermint stick Zinnia that is been selected for a few seasons for having only deep gold flowers that are splashed with bright red stripes.  Selected for predominately fully doubled blooms that are about 2” across.  We like to harvest this flower before the center cone extrudes. An annual that grows up to 36” and can be spaced 12” apart. Bred by Don Tipping. Packet -0.4 g (~55 seeds) ...

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Zinnia, Mega Diversity Mix  Zinnia elegans (70 days) A mixture of all the classic shades and shapes you know and love about zinnias plus some new twists like orange with purple edges and red with purple margins. Superb cut flower and has a long vase life.  Original mix obtained from Peace Seedlings.  SSF. Packet -0.8 g (~75 seeds)  ...

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ZINNIA, Queeny Lime Red Zinnia elegans  (75-85 days)  Queeny Lime (QL) Red began my QL addiction.  (formerly known as the "Queen" series). It produces 3” double & semi-double (and occasionally single-petaled) blooms that have a pink color with lime undertones.  Ray petals fade to cream approaching the center where a small set of brighter, fuchsia disc petals form a bullseye.  The quintessential cut-and-come again flower that lasts up to two weeks in the vase.  An annual that reaches up to 3’; space 12’ apart.  WWA  ~0.8g - ...

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Zinnia, Scarlet (75-90 days)  A wonderful show of deep scarlet red single and fully double petaled blooms makes a striking visual statement in gardens or as border plantings.  Tiger swallowtail butterflies are very fond of this strain.  Produces blooms over a very long season and even into the first light frosts of fall.  Grows to 4 feet.  Feral Farm 1 1/2 g (~150 seeds)...

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