KALE, Dazzling Blue Lacinato (75 days) Brassica oleeracea   NEW FOR 2016 from our friends at Wild Garden Seeds! "This stunning new blue kale comes from our own Hank Keogh’s inspiration to backcross a ‘Rainbow Lacinato’ variant with its ‘WGS Lacinato’ ancestor. The result, a dazzling blue-green savoyed strap leaf with underturned margins, upright growth, and a striking pink midrib. Eye-catching at the market, and the flavor is “very lacinato.” More winter hardy than any other lacinato-type, as demonstrated in the kale-killing freeze-out of 2013–14. Nice work!" Packet (1/2 g) 1/2 oz-...

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Fractal Frills (50 days) Brassica napus This is a Siskiyou Seeds original that is a breeding population from a cross between Siber Frills and Frisée’ with the aim of stabilizing it into a hyper-frilly purple-tinged, purple-petioled fractal fantasy.  Some individuals have a very wide pink/purple petiole that fans into the leaf majestically , alluding to ornamental kales.  Lots of surface areas for seasonings in kale chip recipes.  Very hardy and late bolting. Packet (1/2 g ≈ 125 seeds) 1 oz (≈ 8,000 seeds)...

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Olympic Red (50 days) Brassica oleracea  An open pollinated alternative to the popular hybrid, RedBor (F1) that many market growers rely on.  Olympic Red was bred by Nash Huber to be a farm work horse to have good productivity, flavor and disease resistance. Leaves are dark blue/green with wide purple petioles and veins. Packet (1/2 g ≈ 125 seeds)...

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Kale, Red Russian   (50 days)  Brassica napus The standard homestead/garden kale in the Pacific NW.  Leaves are blue-green, flat and lobed/toothed with beautiful purple stems and veins.  Mild flavor can be used young in salad or mature as a cooking green.  Selected over multiple generations for cold hardiness down to 10°F and uniform color. An essential ingredient in mesclun mix for cut and come again salads, providing some color and loft. Packet (1/2 g ≈ 125 seeds) 1 oz (≈8,000 seeds)...

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Kale, Tall Alive Grex,  (55 days)  Brassica oleracea A Seven Seeds Farm original variety that is based on our wonderful “Alive Vates” but backcrossed to the tallest specimens of numerous open pollinated commercial kales from a kale trial we grew in 2016 with the goal of producing a vigorous, stable, disease resistant Vates type kale with frilly dark green leaves. Expect variation in this population. We have a half-sibling progeny row breeding project underway to stabilize the tall (but not too tall!) trait.  Packet (1/2 g ≈ 125 seeds) 1/2 ounce Ounce:...

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Kale, White Russian  (60 days) Brassica napus The most cold hardy kale, also bolts later in the spring than any other kale by 2-3 weeks, which helps to keep the garden on your dinner plate in the lean month of April.  Looks like Red Russian kale, but with white veining and stems.  Developed by Farnk Morton as a cross between Siberian and Red Russian kales.  Generally regarded as the best tasting kale.  We have also noted that this is the latest bolting kale in our fields in the spring, providing food for up to a month longer than curly Vates and Lacinato types. Packet (1/2 g ≈ 125 seeds) 1 oz (≈8,000 seeds) 1/4 pound (≈32,000 seeds)          ...

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Mustard, Karate Cabbage / Highland Kale.  (40-70 days)  Brassica carinata Now here is something unique! Originally sourced from seedsman, George Stevens (Synergy Seeds), this Ethiopian green grows quickly to a nice mound of shiny light green leaves that have an amazing texture and sweet flavor that truly tastes buttery; yes that’s right, like butter! Must be tried to be believed. Also Known as “Ethiopian Kale” or Abyssinian mustard.  Packet (1/2 g ≈ 250 seeds) 1 oz ...

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