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Flambo
Flambo is a truly flamboyant bean! Strikingly brilliant, bush-type plants produce purple tinged flowers followed by showy, fuchsia and cream mottled, slightly flattened pods that are 4 inches long. The plump, maroon and white cranberry type beans share the same ornate mottling, only deeper in tone. A delectable and hearty ingredient for soups, we also found them superb pureed in hummus.
nice green-colored beans have good flavor; developed by the late Prof. Elwyn Meader, UNH.
Christmas Lima
Very large white beans with beautiful, dark red splashes, rich flavor; heavy yields even in very hot weather; long vines. Heirloom.
Hopi Red-Dye
Originally grown as a dye plant by the southwestern Hopi Nation, this variety has the reddest seedlings of any amaranth known, making it a natural for micro-green mixes! Plants reach 4-6 feet and cut a most striking figure in the garden! The Hopis use the deepred flower bract as a natural dye to color their world renowned piki bread.
Jacobs Cattle
Bush bean. An old-time bean from the New England states, the white and maroon-mottled beans have long been a staple for baking and soups. This early, bush variety is also good as a snap bean.
Pinto
High in protein, these small speckled brown beans are the most popular dry shell beans for winter use! Pinto beans are commonly used in Mexican cuisine and great when used for refried beans! Young pods may also be eaten as green snap bean.
Cannellini Lingot
A favorite staple in Italian cuisine, and a key ingredient in minestrone soup, this rich, meaty, white, kidney bean is delicious and satisfying when cooked. Our Cannellini Lingot variety produces delectable, hearty beans in 6-8 inch pods on bush-type plants that reach 22-26 inches tall.
MacGregors Favorite
Extraordinarily delicious and strikingly beautiful variety grown for its greens. Elongated, narrow leaves are glossy, nearly iridescent purple and superbly tender and delicious. Plants are vigorous and productive. We are proud to offer this exceptionally rare seed from Scotland.
Hidatsa Red
Half-runner. Heres another Dakota variety, so you know its rugged! This one comes from the Hidatsa people of the upper Missouri River Valley; was introduced in Oscar Wills Pioneer Indian Collection of seeds in 1915. Plump rosered beans for dry use; plants climb only 3 feet or so.
Cupidon
This high quality French/filet bean is a favorite among home gardeners in Great Britain and is now available in the US. The 18-22 inch plants bear loads of medium green 6-8 inch pods that are stringless, full of flavor, and very productive over the long season. Speckled brown seeds.
Black Coco
Black Cocos 5 inch long, round pods are easy to pick from 22-24 inch tall plants. They make a good snap bean, or wait a couple of weeks longer to harvest that traditional black, dry shelling bean tucked inside. Black Coco soup has an unparalleled, robust flavor. It can be a complete meal in itself. Also good for refritos.
Envy Soya
Early 80-day variety is great for the North. Perfect for Edamame, fresh shelling or dried;
Rosa Bianca
A beautiful, round Italian heirloom with a rosy pink cast over a creamy white base. Meaty flesh has a good mild flavor and no bitterness. Great stuffed, sliced, or filled and rolled.
Turkish Orange
This beautiful heirloom comes from Turkey. The 3 round fruit are best cooked when they are green to light orange. This variety has very sweet flavorful flesh. It imparts a strong, rich flavor to any dish. The small plants yield well. This variety is great for ethnic markets. Very ornamental-looking.
Derby Day
This Territorial-selected strain grows very rapidly in the chill of spring, and can hold up to 5 weeks without bolting if the weather is right. The early maturing, round, blue-green heads weigh in at 3-5 pounds and measure 5-7 inches in diameter. The dense interior is extremely sweet and tender and makes great slaw both cold and hot. English seed.
FENNEL DiFirenze
This is the Anise flavored vegetable that Italians love. Large 1 to 2-lb bulbs are delicious in soups, sauteed, baked and raw in salads. This Italian cultivar is fairly early. The authentic "Finocchio" for growers of quality.
CARROT Amarillo
Lovely, lemon-yellow roots have sweet, bright yellow flesh. Good for a summer to fall crop, large 8 roots and strong tops. Yellow carrots always taste the best to me; they are so crunchy and full of juice.
Purple Dragon
The most refined purple carrot available; bred by SSE member John Navazio. Sure to be the best selling carrot at specialty and farmers markets. Beautiful red-purple exterior provides an amazing contrast with the yellow-orange interior when sliced. Sweet, almost spicy flavor.
Marketmore 76
Dark green, 8-9 fruit; great slicer! Good yields! Excellent flavor. A real standard for superb eating cukes.
St. Valery
The vilmorins of France mentioned this variety in 1885 and said it had been grown a long time then. A large handsome variety with bright red-orange roots; smooth, 10-12 long and 2-3 in diameter. Sweet and tender. Rare.
Lunar White
Here is a vigorous producer that has creamy white roots that are very mild, delicious, and have a fine flavor; very small core. White carrots were grown in the Middle Ages, but now they have become very rare. We are glad to offer this productive new variety.
ARUGULA Arugula
Delicious salad green has a spicy flavor; a rage in salads. I just love this green sprinkled on pizza and sandwiches. One of our most popular greens.
OKRA Burgundy
Pods are a beautiful, deep red, and stems are also red. Very tender and delicious. Ornamental; tasty.
Pasillo Bajio
Mild-sweet-hot, fruit is dark green, turning brown as it ripens. This pepper is used in Mexican mole sauces; tasty.
Poblano
One of the most popular chilis in Mexico! 3 to 6 inch heart-shaped fruits are usually of gentle heat, at around 2000 scovilles. Used green, after roasting and peeling, it is the classic pepper for chili rellenos. Dried, the fruits turn a rich dark red-brown and may be ground into an authentic red chili powder. Plants reach 2 feet or so and require a long season.
ONION Stuttgarter
A tasty old favorite that sets medium-large, yellow onions with a good, pungent flavor. This variety is among the best keepers and produces well. Plant some of these for winter eating and store them clear through to next spring.
Trinidad Scorpion
New record holder for heat- the hottest chili on the planet! Wrinkled, lantern-shaped fruits ripen to a searing red-orange. Named as the worlds hottest pepper by the New Mexico Chile Institute, edging out the previous record holder, Bhut Jolokis, although some authorities dispute this. Trinidad Scorpion averaged at 1.2 million scovilles. Who needs pepper spray?
Red Baron
A really nice red onion with flavor not too pungent. Great fresh in salads and sandwiches. Though not as large or high-yielding as Stuttgarter, Red Baron is a nice addition to your onion bin. Ive experienced good storage, easily into May. Keep them fed and weeded; they dont like competition.
Serrano Tampequino
Large plant bears club-shaped fruit; very hot and pungent, distinctive flavor.
Healthy
A gardener couldnt ask for more in a pepper. Healthy produces heavy yields of appealing, sweet, disease-resistant fruit even in cloudy, cooler growing seasons. Blocky, 3-walled fruit measure 2 inches across and over 5 inches long. They ripen from yellow to orange and finally red. A dependable producer of delicious fruit.
Sugar Ann
An early, edible-pod pea ideal for small gardens. Its short, bushy vines do not need support, and it produces about 10 days earlier than other snap peas. Delicious pods are a joy sauted, fresh or steamed. An AAS winner from 1984.
Minnesota Midget
This very small, very early heirloom was introduced in Minnesota in 1948. They have sweet, orange flesh, measure just 4 across, and are perfect miniature versions of the Classic Muskmelon. Compact 3-4 vines produce good yields. I fondly remember these
Orange Bell
Super sweet, brilliant orange fruit are blocky and good-sized with thick flesh that is flavorful and among the best tasting of all peppers. Plants produce large yields of this most magnificent pepper.
Purple Plum
Here is one lovely radish, with its bright purple skin that makes this one of the most colorful varieties for marketing. 1 globes have sweet, crisp, white flesh which does not get pithy.
Red Thumb
Dug as small babies, these bright red-skinned thumbs of delicacy have beautiful dark pink flesh. Pleasing flavor and firm flesh is perfect for roasting with olive oil and rosemary, then caramelizing. Serve with your favorite steak and salad. An interesting fingerling for the specialty market. Very productive small to medium-sized plant.
Marina Di Chioggia
The heirloom sea pumpkin of Chioggia, on the coast of Italy. The large turban-shaped fruit are deep blue-green. It is one of the most beautiful and unique of all squash. A perfect variety for market gardeners. The rich, sweet flesh is a deep yellow-orange and of good quality, delicious baked or in pies. The fruits weigh about 10 lbs each and are produced on vigorous vines. Stunning!
Sangre
A beautiful potato with smooth, thick, red skin and white flesh, having wonderful boiling and baking qualities. Stores well, maintaining good skin color. Bulks up quickly, so its good for early new potatoes. Resistant to hollow heart, moderately resistant to scab. Expect few lavender flowers on these large spreading plants.
Waltham Butternut
An old favorite. Good yields with excellenttasting, rich, orange-colored flesh. Great baked!
Connecticut Field
The heirloom pumpkin of the New England settlers and Indians, several hundred years old. Golden fruit weigh about 20 lbs each. This is a truly old variety; can be used for pies; the traditional American pumpkin.
Kennebec
Released by the USDA in 1948, Kennebec is still one of the top ten varieties grown in Maine. And no wonder! Its very dependable under most growing conditions, with high yields of large, white-fleshed tubers. Good filed resistance to late blight. You can cook Kennebec any way (boil, mash, or bake) and enjoy a superb meal every time. Excellent storage. Loads of white flowers cover this large plant.
Delicata
High sugar content. Fruit are 1-3 lbs each, and skin color is rust-white with green stripes. Delicate sweet flavor. This old heirloom was introduced in 1894 by Peter Henderson and Co.
Jack Be Little
This tiny, cute pumpkin weighs just 8 ounces; flat and ribbed. These are highly popular and a top-selling fall crop. The flesh is good to eat and the skin is bright orange. This type of squash may have been developed in the Orient as pumpkins of this type are offered to the Spirits by many in Thailand, where they come in 4 or 5 colors.
Goldrush
Released in 1992 by North Dakota, Goldrush is a welcome addition to the russet repertoire. Attractive oblong-to-long tubers with smooth russeted skin and extremely white flesh are especially delicious for baking and fries. Midseason maturity, high yields, resistance to hollow heart, common scab, verticillium wilt, and drought have made this variety popular. Large vigorous upright vine has light lavender flowers.
Fordhook Zucchini
Classic, cylindrical, dark-green straight to slightly curved zucchinis. Tender, creamy-white flesh freezes well. Vigorous and productive bush plants.
Croatian Heart
Beautiful, big, oval, pointed fruit with a fine, sweet, old-fashioned flavor! Popular with oldtimers, a good all-purpose variety. Brought to me from Palestine from an 85 year old man who has been saving this seed for decades.
cross with some of the best qualities you can ask for in a tomato.
Gold Nugget
Always among the first to ripen, Gold Nugget attains an unusually rich, sweet flavor when ripe. Vigorous and determinate, plants are loaded with 3/4 inch, round golden fruit from early in the season 'til frost. Bred by Dr. Jim Baggett at Oregon State University.
Cherokee Purple
An old Cherokee Indian heirloom, pre-1890 variety; beautiful, deep, dusky purple-pink color, superb sweet flavor, and very-large=sized fruit. Try this one for real old-time tomato flavor. My favorite dark tomato and one of our best-selling varieties.
Vegetable Spaghetti
This is the popular squash with stringy flesh that is used like spaghetti. Introduced by Sakata Seed Co. of Japan, in 1934. May have originated in China.
Blue Beauty
This recent Brad Gates introduction was selected from a cross between Beauty King and a blue tomato. Fruits are modest beefsteak-type slicers, weighing up to 8 ounces, and the flavor is as good as their outstanding anti-oxidant content! Gorgeous, deep blueblack shoulders make this unique among slicing types. Excellent potential for market, as the fruits hold well on the vine. Sunburn- and crack resistance are a welcome bonus.
Transparent
A very pale, creamy lemon-colored tomato which almost borders on translucent, giving this 3-oz wonder an exotic appearance indeed! Very mild and sweet, having a soft skin and smooth texture that makes it a delight for fresh eating. The vines set huge yields of this rare and delicious little tomato.
Purple Tomatillo
Beautiful purple fruit, large size. Many are a bright violet color throughout their flesh. Much sweeter than the green types, it can be eaten right off the plant. Turns purple when ripe; rare!
Black Cherry
Beautiful black cherries look like large, dusky purple-brown grapes; they have that rich flavor that makes black tomatoes famous. Large vines yield very well; very unique and delicious.
WATERMELON
Moon and Stars, Yellow Fleshed
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. Our favorite variety of the planetary watermelons, it was a real favorite at our 2004 "Heirloom Garden Show". A great variety for farmers' markets.
Chadwick Cherry
Delicious, sweet flavor makes this 1 ounce cherry popular with home gardeners. Large vines set huge yields and are disease resistant. Developed by the late horticultural expert Alan Chadwick. He sure had a winner with this one!
Blue Berries
Heres a new, small cherry variety from Brad Gates, Wild Boar Farms. Very dark purple color, which means its super-rich in anthocyanins. Unripe, the fruits are a glowing amethyst purple. At maturity they turn deep red where the fruit was shaded; the areas that received intense sunshine are a purple so deep its almost black! The flavor is intensely fruity, and sugar-sweet! Plants are very productive, yielding all season in elongated clusters that look so beautiful. A new favorite here at Baker Creek!
Sugar Baby
The #1 icebox sized melon! Early! 6-10 lb. melons are great for the north and have sweet deep red flesh.
Giraffe
Intriguing long-keeping variety from Russia. 2 to 4 ounce round fruits are meaty with a red interior and skin that changes from green to yellow as the fruit ripens in storage. Vineripened fruits eventually reach a unique orange color. Reportedly keeps up to 5 months! Originally bred at the Timirjazev Agricultural Academy, Russia.
Lime Basil
A unique lime-flavored basil from Thailand. Popular variety for fresh market!
Illinois Beauty
An excellent home and market garden variety with great flavor. A heavy producer of 4 to 6 ounce fruits which are usually free of any blemishes or cracks. This disease-resistant type sets fruit in hot, dry summers and produces prolifically all season- six plants yielded nine gallons of tomatoes the first picking and six gallons the second picking! A lucky, accidental
Sage
Used in Europe and America to flavor many meats, stuffings, vinegars and more! Fragrant leaves are also used in potpourri, 20 inch tall gray-green plants are quite attractive.
San Marzano
Famous Italian cooking tomato. Long, cylindrical fruit are filled with thick, dry flesh and few seeds. This heavy producing variety is a standard for many Italian farmers and chefs.
Oregano
This is a beautiful and delicious Italian flavoring herb. Also medicinal. Great for Italian and Greek cooking.
Stevia
A hard-to-find herb that is grown for the famous Stevia leaves which, when dried, are used to sweeten drinks and desserts. Much sweeter than sugar; stevia powder is reported to be 300 times sweeter! Not winter-hardy, except in zones 8-10. From Brazil and Paraguay.
Arikara Sunflower
This native variety produces tall 10-foot plants with many beautiful large, bright yellow flowers and black centers. The seeds are edible and were used by the Arikara tribe in North Dakota. This heirloom produces flowers over a long period and was a real winner in our garden.
Titan Sunflower
Massive, record-setting flower heads have reached a fantastic 24 inches across in some areas. One of the largest you can grow, it also produces lots of really big seeds. Fun for the kids and adults as well.