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$4.35 – $75.00
Phaseolus vulgaris. Tan with Red stripes. 90 days. A round borlotti/cranberry type. Good dry or as a fresh shelling bean that is early and cold tolerant. Plants are half-runner and somewhat sprawling. We recommend a trellis for small spaces, but plants can be left to sprawl if you have room. Has a classic smooth borlotti bean…
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Rated 5.00 out of 5
$4.35 – $72.00
Solanum melongena. Purple. 60 days. Astrakom is possibly the best eggplant for short season climates or for those who struggle to get the larger fruited types to produce well. Deep purple, elongated teardrop-shaped fruit are smaller and a bit earlier than Diamond. Compact plants produce lots of medium-small (about 4” long) fruit, perfect for folks who…
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Rated 5.00 out of 5
$4.35 – $200.00
Brassica napus. 25 days baby, 60 days full. A Siberian type that was recommended to us by Dr. Alan Kapuler of Peace Seeds as a highly productive, hardy kale. A variety that is becoming harder and harder to find. Resembles other Siberian kale types and you can see its relationship with red Russian kale, which…
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$17.00 – $27.00
Hardneck Marbled type Khabar garlic is a strong flavored, high yielding, and reliable variety. Stocky plants with light green leaves produce big, thick garlic scapes. The flavor is fairly hot with a lingering pungency that mellows nicely when roasted. Plants are medium to late maturity, which helps them miss the worst of garlic rust issues….
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$4.35 – $30.65
Lactuca sativa. Speckled Crisphead. 60 days. A large, crisphead type lettuce. Olive green with a nice bronze blush and covered in beautiful red speckles. In passing, it could be mistaken for a Castelfranco chicory but with close inspection it is all lettuce. Sweet crunchy flavor even in the heat of summer. Slow to bolt. Seems to…
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$4.35 – $56.00
Lactuca sativa. Green Pink Leaf. 30 days baby; 50 full. Apple green leaf lettuce tinged with pink. White Seeded Samara has a unique style, a little like a savoyed butterhead but without the tight heads. Flavor and texture is great, providing a sweet loftiness with a slight crispness. Grows vigorously and survives cold, wet weather…
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$4.35 – $185.00
Pastinaca sativa. You may think you know parsnips once you have seen a parsnip, but, think again. This is the most unique parsnip we have ever seen and never would have guessed there could be a parsnip like this. A heritage Russian variety with a beet-shaped, bulbous root. This certainly makes for a very easy…
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Rated 5.00 out of 5
$4.35 – $17.00
Phaseolus vulgaris. Tan Speckled. 90 days. These very large (XXL), round, speckled beans have a rich tan and purple-red color. Hands down the largest seeded bean in our collection other than favas and runner beans. The already large beans expand in size when cooked, making them even bigger. Large pods are nice for hand harvesting…
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$4.35 – $36.00
Solanum lycopersicum. Yellow. 55-60 days. Det. Dwarf. This was one of our earliest and tastiest tomatoes in 2010, which was for many gardeners in our area, “the year of late, bland tomatoes.” 1-3 oz, yellow-gold globes are plentiful and early, yielding for quite a while despite being determinate. One of the only yellow tomatoes we…
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Rated 5.00 out of 5
$4.35 – $18.00
Solanum lycopersicum. 70-75 days. Indet. Big, red beefsteak variety from the Astrakhan region of Russia. Always a big hit in our tomato patch. The appearance alone is all we could want in a beefsteak, and with flavor to match, Astrakhanskie is one of our go-to varieties when harvesting for the kitchen. What really gets us…
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$4.35 – $36.00
Solanum lycopersicum. 60 days. Det. This was one of our standby farm varieties for producing early red slicers. Known for its rich classic tomato flavor. Medium sized 2-4 oz red fruit have a slightly flattened globe shape. Excellent fresh market slicing tomato, also good for cooking. Small bushy plants provide large early yields. Grows well…
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$4.35 – $36.00
Solanum lycopersicum.Yellow. 65-70 days. Indet. Earlier than most other beefsteak types, this gorgeous, 3-5″ round oblate, 6-12 oz, yellow beefsteak comes on strong in those seasons when many other tomatoes struggle to ripen. In addition to its earliness and productivity, its impressive delicious flavor is much better than other yellow tomatoes, with a slightly acidic…
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Rated 4.00 out of 5
$4.35 – $36.00
Solanum lycopersicum. Brown/Maroon Paste. 65-70 days. Indet. Plum-shaped fruit are a wonderful maroon-brown color with a little green on the shoulders. Big, vigorous plants provide extremely high yields of fat, 2-3 oz fruit that are good for sauce. A Russian variety named after the hats Russian cavalry once wore. Given to The Seed Ambassadors Project…
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$4.35 – $36.00
Solanum lycopersicum. Red Paste. 70-75 days. Det. Deep red, 2 ½” slightly oval, 2-3 oz fruit with exceptional sweet flavor on vigorous plants that are extremely prolific, even in cool conditions. Juicy and thick walled, these paste-type fruit are good for processing and also fresh eating. Fruit detaches without calyx. Russian variety, first brought from…
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Rated 5.00 out of 5
$4.35 – $36.00
Solanum lycopersicum. Yellow Cherry. 60 days. Indet. Potato leaf. Bright yellow cherry tomato with unique, perfectly balanced sweet and tart flavor that we never tire of. Yields early and heavily all season long. Does well in both cool weather conditions and in the heat. Keeps very well off the vine. Picked ripe, this tomato kept…
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Rated 5.00 out of 5
$4.35 – $36.00
Solanum lycopersicum. Pink. 60 days. Indet. Bushy plants produce big, pink, 3-5″ slicer tomatoes that weigh 8-16 oz. Very early and reliable. Gorgeous and delicious. Sarah thinks this is our best tomato (*objectively*) and Andrew thinks it is one of our favorites (subjectively). Does very well even in cool, shady gardens. Ripened a tasty 1…
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$4.35 – $36.00
Solanum lycopersicum. 75 days. Indet. A high quality and high yielding medium-large, round, main season red slicer from Russia. Skin is always blemish free and slightly shiny. Meaty beefsteak type with dense, tasty flesh great for slicing fresh or canning. Fruit size is fairly large, but not giant, averaging around 12-14 oz. This variety is…
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$4.35 – $36.00
Solanum lycopersicum. Red. 65-70 days. Indet. Another great Siberian tomato, Minusinsk Lion holds the perfect balance of giant fruit size and early ripening. These large red slicing tomatoes are definitely a surprise as we have seldom seen a tomato variety that produces so much so fast. Minusinsk Lion is not as early as a lot…
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$4.35 – $36.00
Solanum lycopersicum. 70 days. Indet. Dwarf Another round, red, mid-season tomato? It takes a lot for a tomato to impress us these days and Nevsky surely did. Dwarf plants with good disease resistance produce fruit that hold late into the season when all other varieties succumb to wet, cold weather. Attractive, meaty, round, slightly flat,…
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Rated 4.00 out of 5
$4.35 – $36.00
Solanum lycopersicum. Maroon/Brown. 75-80 days. Indet. Gorgeous color of deep red blended with chocolate-black that is rightly associated with delicious flavor. This category of tomato (which includes Sarah Black, Mavritanskite, Lila Sari, Sokolades and many others) is typically so rich, sweet and almost smoky that one would be justified in giving up all other tomatoes….
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$4.35 – $36.00
Solanum lycopersicum. 75 days. Semi-det. Another great main season, 4-6 oz, red tomato from Siberia that’s perfect for fresh eating. We are starting to specialize in Russian and Siberian tomatoes and for good reason—they’re awesome. Sasha’s Altai comes with a very special seed-explorerromantic story. It was originally brought to the US from Irkutsk by seedsman…
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$4.35 – $36.00
Solanum lycopersicum. Pink. 80 days. Indet. Truly giant, 12-16 oz, pink beefsteaks form on tall, floppy vines. Deliciously juicy and meaty. Siberian tomatoes are usually on the early side but this special variety is an exception. Like other main season tomatoes, the yield is huge but concentrated later in the season. Siberian Giant Pink fills…
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Rated 5.00 out of 5
$4.35 – $46.00
Solanum lycopersicum. Orange Paste. 80 days. Indet. Plump, pear-shaped paste tomatoes are amazing cooked and also delicious for fresh eating. A brilliant orange sherbet color, incredibly sweet and fruity. Makes candy sweet orange tomato sauce that would make phenomenal ketchup. Tall, wispy vines produce 4-8 oz fruit with very few seeds. We have planted it…
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Rated 4.67 out of 5
$4.35 – $46.00
Solanum lycopersicum. 50 days. Det. Dwarf. Unique, super early dwarf plants are very well-suited for container culture. Red, 2-4 oz, mini-beefsteak shaped fruit are juicy with good flavor. Consistently one of our earliest tomatoes to ripen in the field. Uralskiy Ranniy is extremely easy to grow and produces high yields – especially for such small…
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Rated 5.00 out of 5
$4.35 – $186.00
Citrullus lanatus. 75 days. Round, ice box type fruit reach 10-15 lbs, and average 10″ in diameter. Dark green, nearly black rind. Fruit have a pinkish red, sweet flesh that is quite a treat. This Russian heirloom is early and vines are quite vigorous, producing a lot of fruit until frost. Comparable to Blacktail Mountain…