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AMARANTH
Miriah
Red veined on green leaf amaranth, backs are red, adds unique color to salad. Heat tolerant spinach substitute, popular food in Asia and Latin America, good cooked or pickled. Black seed, from CV Shepherds Garden Seed '99, no longer commercially available.

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CARDOON (Biennial)
Argenté de Genéve Inerme
Hardy perennial, a silver spiny variety comparable to the variety Argentée de Plainpalais, but with less thorns. Heirloom from the Grosjean family in Chêne-Bougeries, Switzerland. After blanching with straw or paper it is used raw in salads or as a steamed vegetable. From Pro Specie Rara, the Swiss seed saving organization.

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BEAN / BUSH / DRY (Large seeded)
Brazilian Carioca
LQ SSE Only
Some short runners, beautiful blue and grey seeds, delicious looking. low yielding.

Brazilian Preto
Excellent black bean variety with high yeild of small matte black beans. Short runners and some pod shattering when left too long to dry. From a seed saver in Belgium

Brauner Bär
SSE Only
"Brown Bear" in German, Half brown half white seeds, fairly early, prolific bushes, from Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Brightstone
SSE Only
Pods and seeds mottled with dark purple, high yielding and early, fair as snap. Heirloom said to be from a shipwreck in the 1800's on the Isle of Wight. From Heritage Seed Library, UK.

Early Warwick
Heirloom from Warwick, England pre -1890. Red speckled with pink seed, early maturity and high yielding. Tolerant of poor conditions. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Flor de Mayo
100 days, Mexican Heirloom, unique fine purple speckling on pink-tan bean. Good flavor, some say it is a little smoky. from Warren Creek Farm, Arcata, CA.

Frauenbohne
LQ SSE Only
Beautiful plump kidney, speckled white maroon and tan, from Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Kakaobohne
SSE Only
Dark brown medium sized seed. Old Heirloom from Schäffern Austria. from Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Mariazeller
LQ SSE Only
Beautiful big round half white half speckled red and orange seeds, low yeilding, from Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

May Beans
Small White beans held in high yeilds of small pods. Dries down early. Best as a dry bean, but can be used as a snap. From Heritage Seed Library, UK.

Moorskraft
Productive bush plants with good sized dark brown seed. Some green around the hilum. Fairly early to mature. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Princesse
LQ SSE Only
Danish heirloom, in literature around 1900, similar to Swedish brown. Pale yellow brown round seeds, hardy and strong growing. Cold weather tolerance, germinates in cooler soil. from Søren Holt, Denmark

Redland Pioneer
Australian heirloom, small pink seeds, high yeilding, from Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Rosso Di Lucca
Productive plants, early yields of beautiful red beans with dark speckles and striping. An Italian heirloom from Tuscany. From Agricultori Custodi, Italy.

Schwefel
Translates from German as "Sulfur." Very pale green/yellow soup bean similar to Hutturite soup bean but with lighter hilum marking and plumper larger seed. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

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BEAN / BUSH / SNAP (Large seeded)
Blue Ribbon
Great green snap with purple speckles, good as a dry bean, early and high yielding. from Patrick Wiebe, Netherlands.

Caruso
LQ SSE Only
Similar to Cupidon though medium green pods and taller plants, from Bingenheimer German Biodynamic seed company.

Cupidon
High yeilding, light green french fillet type. From Real Seeds, UK.

Gauk
SSE Only
Small white speckled pink seeds. Originating on the Island of Gotland, Sweden over 100 years ago. Cool weather tolerant and early, pods are speckled yellow and light red. from Heritage Seed Library, UK.

Marona
LQ SSE Only
Green Snap, very early with long round pods. High early yields, that hold up well in shipment, also good for an autumn rotation. Produces well in drought conditions. From Bingenheimer German Biodynamic seed company.

Maxi
LQ SSE Only
Teepee type (with the pods hanging above the leaves) for easier harvest. 18-20 cm round green pods. High yielding and early maturing. Tan seeds. From Christina Henatsch, Germany, a breeder for Bingenheimer German Biodynamic seed company.

Mourne Grange
SSE Only
Early cold tolerant, Green snap beans, from Irish Seed Savers Association.

Purple Diamond
Productive, purple podded with some short runners. Beans are a unique sort of splotchy purple. Bred by Robert Lobitz. From OR KA A.

Reine Des Pourpres
Productive, easy picking, long pods, purple snap bean. "Purple Queen" in French. from Ferme de Sainte-Marthe, a small organic seed company in France.

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BEAN / BUSH / WAX (Large seeded)
Helios
LQ SSE Only
Pale yellow wax bean, round slightly curved pods, black seeds. Plants are robust and 16-18" tall. Does well in poor weather. Vigorous growing, early and high yielding with excellent flavor. Brom Bingenheimer German biodynamic seed company.

Wachs Beste Von Allen
Excellent German bush wax bean. White seeds with a small black soldier figure. 14 cm long yellow pods. Dropped from the EU Common Catalog in 2000. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

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BEAN / POLE / DRY (Large seeded)
Asturische Kirschkern
Medium-small, round, dark red-maroon seeds, "Cherry Stone" in German, fairly late maturing. Originating in Spain, Asturias Provence, from Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Chabarowsk
SSE Only
Big speckled seeds, originally from a market in Chabarowsk, Siberia in 1990. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Diecimino
Slender pods with orange-red speckled seeds, good in soups. Very beautiful heirloom from Tuscany. From Agricoltori Custodi, Tuscany, Italy.

Herrenböhnli
One of our smallest dry beans. Perfectly round, tan with some red hue -- dare I say "empress mauve" (from the paint can for the living room in an old rental). Prolific bearer of small pods.

Iara Speckled
SSE Only
Round egg shaped, light tan colored with maroon mottling. A gift to the Seed Ambassadors Project from a villager in Iara, Transylvania, Romania, in February 2008.

O' Driscoll
Round egg shaped, greyish bean with deep purple speckles. Tolerant of cool weather. Flat, green pods flecked with purple are also suitable as a snap bean when young. Very early maturing for a pole bean. Heirloom from the O'Driscoll family, from Heritage Seed Library, UK.

Volga German Siberian
LQ SSE Only
Borlotto type and is good dry or for fresh shelling. Very early and cold tolerant. Originates from German Mennonites who were brought to the Volga river region of Russia by Katharina the Great. They were brought there with their agricultural skills to help reduce the impact of a famine in Russia. Under Stalin they were sent to Siberia. From Søren Holt, Denmark.

Sargas
Five seeds per pod 5" light green pods thin and flat 1/2 " wide. Medium sized seeds are orange gold blocky and flat. Primarily a dry or shelling bean but makes a great snap bean. Clusters of 4 pods. Very productive and moderately early. Tall vines need support. Obtained from Gerhard Bohl, Germany during our 2007 Seed Ambassadors trip.

Slowenian 5
Small, cherry stone type, round maroon beans from small, thick pods. productive. A lovely rarity from Gerhard Bohl, Germany, originally from Slovinia.

Tamila
Eye-poppingly beautiful roundish pink beans with red speckles. Pole bean but there may be some bush plants. Originating in the village of Kostilnyky, western Ukraine, from Heritage Seed Library, UK.

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BEAN / POLE / SNAP (Large seeded)
Blauhilde
SSE Only
Long flavorful round purple snap bean, Old German heirloom, famous all around Europe. From Bingenheimer German biodynamic seed company.

Broughton Astley Polish
Early and productive, beautiful green speckled purple pods are small but good as snap. Seeds are a beautiful lavender speckled brown, Good as a dry bean. A polish family heirloom brought to Broughton Astley, UK. From a friend of the Polish family.

Echte Kipfler
"Genuine Crescent" in German, Heirloom from the Weststeirische region, high yeilding of green and purple crescent pods, beautiful speckled seeds, good as dry bean. from Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Kew Blue
Originally from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Deep purple stems, leaves and pods. Semi flat pods with excellent flavor raw. From Heritage Seed Library, UK.

Oregon Giant
LQ SSE Only
Beautiful purple speckled green pods, excellent flavor. Oregon heirloom Early 1930's, from Heritage Seed Library,UK.

Trebona
SSE Only
Large flat white seeds. Tasty, long romano type pods. From Christina Henatsch, a breeder for Bingenheimer German biodynamic seed company.

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BEAN / POLE / WAX (Large seeded)
Golden Nectar
LQ SSE Only
Excellent yellow wax bean, high yielding good flavored pencil pods. White seed, form seed saver in Belgium.

Judia De La Manteca
Excellent wax bean with healthy vines, late maturing, barely matured seed in Oregon. Black round seeds good as a dry bean. Collected By Ben Gable in Spain, nearly extinct heirloom originally from Spain, From Ben Gable, Real Seeds, Wales.

Schwarze Witwe
Curved wax pods, good flavor, huge yields early, but slow to make seed, black speckled grey seed. Name translates as Black Widow, so named because the bean looks "similar to the veil of old widows" in Austria. Austrian Heirloom, From Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

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BEET / GARDEN (Biennial)
Kamuolini 2
Beautiful round beet, bred by and given to the Seed Ambassadors Project by Dr. Rasa Karkleliene, the vegetable seed breeder at the Lithuanian Institute of Horticulture.

Ukranian
Standard beet color, slightly elongated, with some showing more cylindrical tendencies. Good fresh eating salad beet or storage beet. From Heritage Seed Library, UK.

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CAULIFLOWER (Biennial)
Lemington English Winter
Vigorous hardy plants produce large, potentially giant, tasty white heads in May after overwintering. An old variety from Lemington Spa England. Nearly extinct. Sprouted in '07 from a '92 seed packet of "Johnson's 'Long Life' Seeds", From Heritage Seed Library, UK.

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CELERY (Biennial)
Hollow Pipe of Malines
Light green leaf celery great for soups. Grows to 18''; stems are also usable, but much smaller than those of stalk celery. This vigorous biennial leaf makes a great addition to the herb garden and contributes wonderful celery flavor without the stringy, fibrous stems. A Belgian Heirloom from Malines (the French name for the town of Mechelen), from Belle Epoch Seed Company, Belgium.

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CHICORY (Biennial)
Grumolo Rossa
Red Grumolo type chicory. Hardy and beautiful, forms a beautiful rosette in the spring, from Italian seed company Franchi.

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CRESS
Dutch Broadleaf
Very large broad leaves for a cress, with a wavy edge. Fairly slow to bolt, good peppery flavor. Originating in the Netherlands from CV Shepards Garden Seed '99, no longer commercialy available.

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FAVA BEAN (Large seeded)
Ianto's Return
Strongly selected for over-wintering for the last 5 years in Willamete Valley By Nick Routledge. Interbreeding collection of many of Ianto Evans' original fava diversity. Mostly large seeds of many shades of purple, from lavender-tan to almost black. High culinary value and adaptive resilience. Big plants with many tillers.

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FLORENCE FENNEL (Biennial)
Red
Danish variety Similar to bronze fennel, Excellent for producing aromatic seeds, spring re-growth makes a good vegetable. Very winter hardy and perennial. From a small Biodynamic herb seed company Urtegartneriet in Denmark.

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KALE (Biennial)
Dwarf Siberian
B. napus
A good curly green and white napus kale. Hardy and flavorful. Dwarf stature make it easier to cover with mulch durring extreme winter conditions, although not as productive as True Siberian. Only offered by a single US company. CV Ter '07.

Extremist Agreements
B. napus
A crossed up, diverse genepool mix of napus kales: Red Ursa, White Russian, Dwarf Siberian and Delaway(possibly an oleracea). As many plant breeders suggest, we have taken all the extremist and put them in a room together in order to see what kind of agreements they come up with. Hopefully some new and exciting rearangements of traits and nothing but tasty hardy kale.

Gulag Stars
B. napus with B. rapa crosses
Incredible diversity unlike anything else. A mix of napus kales that have been crossed with B. rapa. Bud polinated by Tim Peters in Oregon to bypass species incompatability mechanisms. Crazy diversity of colors and shapes, mostly kale-like traits and good flavor. Individuals seem to self-polinate well so selecting new varieties from the mix is easy.

Pentland Brig
B. oleracea
One of the most vigorous oleracea kales, developed in the UK from a cross between a curly scotch kale and thousand headed kale. Green lightly curled leaves and tender and delicious on 2 foot tall plants. Excellent kale raab in the spring. Rarely offered in the US but a standby variety in Europe. From CV Chase Organics, UK.

Russian Frills
B. napus
A Extremely frilly red russian kale type. Appears to have frills upon frills on frills. Bred by Tim Peters in Oregon, Comercially lost here, but we found it in Belgium with Seedsman Peter Bauwens.

Russian Hunger Gap
B. napus
Red Russian type with broader leaves. Lighter red coloring and more jagged leaf edge. The most vigorus of 6 napus kales we grew last year. Looked very healthy all winter. As the name suggest, bolting in the spring is many weeks later than other kales, filling the hunger gap of May with excellent kale raab. Very hardy and extremely rare. From Heritage Seed Library, UK.

Sutherlin Kale
B. oleracea
Unique flat leaved green kale from Sutherland, in northern Scotland. A true heirloom "Scotch Kale" that is nearly extinct. Many growth tips with medium sized tender sweet leaves on 3 ft tall plants. Very hardy and resists the worst maritime winter weather from freezing sleet and cold to 70 mph winds. Makes the sweetest kale raab in the spring through the hunger gap, even sweeter than collard raab, many growth tips means lots of raab. Sourced from Real Seeds, Wales who got it from 93 year old Elizabeth Woolcombe. She got it from Angus Simmonds about 50 years ago, a man doing kale reaserch at Edinburgh University.

The Kale Coalition
B oleracea, A diverse genepool mix of 17 oleracea kales and their crosses. Nick Routledge trialed the 17 kales collected on our 2007 Seed Ambassadors trip and this is what happened the next spring. This Grex contains a lot of very interesting diversity of kales not available in the US, NOT just curly green kales. A combination of Hoj Amager Grunkohl (DK), Madeley (UK), Westphalian (UK), Westland Winter (UK), Westländer Winter (DE), Asparagus Kale (IR, UK), 1,000 Headed kale (DE), Roter Krauskohl (DE), Altmarker Braun (DE), Baltic Red (SE), Blonde Butter of Jalhay (BE), Butterkohl (DE), Nicki's Cut'N'Come Again (IE), Shetland (UK), Hellerbutter Kohl (CH), Cavolo Nero di Toscana (IT), and Ostfriesische Palm (CH).

Western Front
B. napus
A selection of Red Russian kale made by Tim Peters of Peters Seed and Reaserch, selected for the most cold hardy kale availible. Selected from the 10% of survivors from hard freezes that killed all other kales including other Scotch, Russian and Siberian kales. Some variation but mostly a classic Red Russian theme.

Wild Garden Kales
B. napus, Diverse gene pool of Siberian and Red Russian kales in all shapes and color combinations. Originally crossed by Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seeds, very resilient to selection pressures natural and human caused. Parent of White Russian and Red Ursa, makes a beautiful leaf bunch for market something akin to Bright lights chard.

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LEEK (Biennial)
Mechelen Blue Green Winter
A selection of the heirloom Blue Green Winter, Selected for over 15 years in Mechelen for winter hardiness down to -10F. Thick giant leeks are very highly regarded in Belgium and are an important winter food. From a Biodynamic seed grower in Mechelen, Belgium.

Verdonnet
A Swiss landrace variety of winter leek that has been improved by a Swiss farmer/breeder. Large, dark green, tasty leeks that stand all winter and into the spring. From Irish Seed Savers Association.

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LETTUCE / HEAD
Arctic King
50 days small light green butterhead, cold hardy, for spring, autumn or early winter harvest. Does not stand hard frosts, originally from England where butterheads are most popular, from CV Ter.

Bríwerí
Light Green Butterhead, bred for greenhouse and coldframe forcing in winter and spring. Excellent variety developed by the German biodynamic seed company, Bingenheimer saatgut.

Cindy
Light Green Butterhead, Tender texture and bolt resistant, European Commercial variety dropped from the EU Common catalog. Excellent market variety. Saved by Christina Henatsch a biodynamic plant breeder in Germany.

Magnet
Light green Butterhead, Fast to head up and of compact size. A little early to bolt, but a good lettuce, from Seed Dreams.

Northern Queen
Beautiful big light green butterhead. Cold and damp weather tolerant, bolts quick in the heat after making a medium-sized head. Originally sold by Finney's of Northumberland, UK pre 1950. From Heritage Seed Library, UK.

Rolando
Shiny Green Butterhead, Large lightly savoyed heads resistant to powdery mildew and LMV, thrives with low fertility, good for spring planting. Excellent variety developed by the German biodynamic seed company Bingenheimer saatgut.

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LETTUCE / LEAF
Carnival
A fantastic odd oakleaf type similar to canary tongue but with nice red coloration. Heads are large and good flavor. From Heritage Seed Library, UK.

Devil's Ear (ear of the devil)
Massive heads with deer tongue shaped leaves. Green leaves with lots of red tone throughout and crunchy midribs. Very slow to bolt and heat tolerant. From Seven Seeds Farm Williams, OR.

Soulie
Beautiful butter cos type with dark green rounded leaves forming a nice rosette. Heirloom From England, From Heritage Seed Library, UK.

Verte Grasse
Striking butter cos type. Rosetted heads that are a shiny bright green with some red coloring. (Hard to describe). A french variety from Ferme de Sante Marthe.

White Seeded Samara,
Apple Green leaf lettuce with good flavor and texture. Bolts rather quickly, A little like a butter head, White Seeded. From the Heritage Seed Library, UK.

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LETTUCE / ROMAINE
Bath Cos
Large dark green leaves have a rust tinge and slightly savoyed texture, wide crunchy leaves form open heads. Mentioned by Vilmorin-Andrieux in 1885, English heirloom. From the Heritage Seed Library, UK.

Brown Goldring
55 days similar to Bunyards Matchless and Sherwood with more compact and open growth, slightly frilled leaf margins, dark green crunchy leaves with bronze tips, excellent sweet flavor. Very cold hardy, needing little protection to overwinter and grows well in the summer. Won an award of merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1923, A British heirloom (possibly originating in the US). Originally by the name of "Goldring's Bath Cos" from Heritage Seed Library, UK.

Bunyards Matchless
Dark green big open heads with some bronze tint, crunchy with distinctive nutty flavor, cold and heat tolerant, English Heirloom. From Heritage Seed library, UK.

D Hiver de Sante Marthe
Green crunchy leaves tinged with bronze, Cold tolerant romaine, fairly slow to bolt, from Ferme De St. Marthe, small French organic seed company.

George Richardson
Light green semi-closed head romaine, slight bronze tint, slow to bolt. English Heirloom, from Heritage Seed Library, UK.

Greek Maroulli Cos
A solid medium sized bright green romaine lettuce, crunchy leaves form tall heads. Originating in Greece where many "Cos" types have originated. From the Heritage Seed Library, UK.

Stoke
Mini romaine, a bit like "little gem", crunchy and dark green. Very hardy, capable of overwintering in the south of England with no protection. Good for close plantings. Original seed from Stoke near Rochester in Kent, UK. Grown in Kent by the Cheeseman family for 150 years, though likely older, pre 1840. from Heritage Seed Library, UK.

Turkish Cagirkan Coy
Long rounded romaine leaf, fast to bolt, fairly bitter flavor. Collected in a remote Turkish Village called Cagirkan Coy by John Lets, a grower of ancient grains in the UK. Black seeded.

Winter Density
Dense green heads, crunchy and buttery, very cold tolerant, popular in the UK, half way between a romaine and a butterhead, from CV Abu '01.

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MELON / MUSK
Farthest North Melon Mix
65 days. A diverse geenpool mix of ultra early, cool weather tolerant melons. Small, single-serving size melons vary in color as well as texture and flavor. The earliest short-season variety we have found. Ripens outdoors in Denmark! Developed by Tim Peters of Peters Seed and Research.

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MILLET
Aukses
Setaria italica, Foxtail millet, small seed with yellow hulls. Very easy to grow. From Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture, Dotnuva, Lithuania.

Juosvés
Panicum miliaceum, Proso Millet, Red orange hulled large seeds, Very easy to grow. From Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture, Dotnuva, Lithuania.

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MUSTARD GREENS
Oak Fire
A mix of excellent flavored oak shaped red and purple leaves with good moderate heat. Great for salad or bunching greens. Bred by Tim Peters of Peters Seed & Reaserch for more cold hardiness and disease resistance than other red mustards.

Pizzo
Light green extra curly salad leaf, mild when baby and very hot when larger. Winter hardy. From CN Seeds in England.

Spicy Curls
A very diverse and strikingly beautiful mix of curly and wavy mostly red and purple leaves with good moderate heat. Great for salad or bunching greens. A favorite of ours for winter cooked greens, the heat vanishes once cooked and the rich flavor remains. Bred by Tim Peters of Peters Seed & Reaserch for more cold hardiness and disease resistance than other mustards.

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OATS / COMMON
Black
Hulled oat from a Biodynamic farm in the UK. Dark brown almost black hull. If left in the field too long the sun bleaches the blackness to a light brown.

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OATS / HULLESS
AC Baton
Grew very well here in western Oregon, ready in mid July. Fairly short and early maturing. Proven commercial variety. 38" tall spring planted.

Paul
Developed by Tim Peters of Peters Seed & Reaserch in Oregon, taller and a few weeks later than AC Baton. 40" tall Spring planted.

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OKRA
Pentagreen
SSE Only
60 days, early variety good in the north. Quality commercial variety from Japan, dropped when the hybrids arrived. from CV Pe6, no longer available commercially.

PSR Northern Mix
An interbreeding mix of many early and extra-early green okra selections from Peters Seed and Reaserch. Grows well in short season areas and generally productive. Resilient in less than ideal conditions due to its genetic diversity.

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PARSLEY (Biennial)
Einfache Schnitt 3
Translates as "Easy Cut" from German, very flavorful and hardy, dark green flat leaves are heald upright for easy cutting and rot resistance. Looks great and healthy even in the dead of winter. From Bingenheimer Saatgut the German biodynamic seed company.

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PARSNIP (Biennial)
Bedford Monarch
A rare old English parsnip variety with long white roots with broad shoulders, sweet flavor. From Irish Seed Savers Association.

Halblange Wiesse SE
Good half long variety with bright white skin. selected by the German biodynamic seed Company, Bingenheimer Saatgut.

Kral Russian
Heirloom Russian variety with a beet shaped bulbous root. Very unique for a parsnip. Not very white skin. from Heritage Seed Library, UK.

White Spear
Classic parsnip bread by English seed company Tozers. One of the last highly selected OP parsnips availible in this age of hybrids. Vigorus plants produce giant perfect roots up to 4 feet long with most of the mass in the top 12 inches. Could be considerd a half long type. A popular variety in Gemany. From CV Tozers '07.

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PEA / GARDEN (Large seeded)
Caruthers' Purple podded
SSE Only
Four to six ft. tall vines, pink and purple flowers, purple pods contain sweet seed for fresh shelling or freezing. Grown by the Caruthers family in Co. Down, Northern Ireland for almost 40 years. From the Heritage Seed Library, UK.

Ester's Shelling
Three foot tall vines produce purple/blue flowers followed by large speckled round seeds in big green pods. High yielding and hardy shelling pea. From a Danish seed saver.

Kent Blue
32'' tall old English variety grown in Kent for more than 70 years. Flowers are blue/purple. Seeds are round and speckled blue when dry. Pods are green and make good snow peas when young. Primarily used as a shelling pea. Hardy variety can be sown in late winter through spring. From the Heritage Seed Library, UK.

Lancanshire Lad
SSE Only
An old English purple podded shelling pea. Bicolor purple and pink flowers, good sweet fresh shelled peas. Developed in the UK by Carter's Seed Company in the early 1900's and trialed by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1911. From the Heritage Seed Library, UK.

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PEA / POD (Large seeded)
Taiwan
Productive tall vined, medium sized snow peas. Heat tolerant and good flavor. Originating in Taiwan, from Patrick Wiebe, in the Netherlands.

Spring Blush
Sweet sugar snap type, light green pods with a nice purple stripe. Amazing hyper tendrils and tall 8 foot vines. Good Heat tolerance. Bred By Alan Kapler of Peace seeds.

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PEA / SOUP (Large seeded)
Almara
Small seeded dry pea. Seeds are speckled or drab green or yellow color all with a strange nub still remaining from where the pea attaches to the pod. Aquired from Livija Zarina of the Priekuli Plant Breeding Institute, Latvia, where it was developed.

Lasma
A round yellow pea. Good for winter storage and pureed pea soup. Aquired from Livija Zarina of the Priekuli Plant Breeding Institute, Latvia, where it was developed.

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PEPPER / HOT
Elefantenrussel
Long slender Yellow cayenne type fairly hot pepper with bright yellow smooth skin and a curl at the tip. Dries to a transparent copper color. A European heirloom variety, both productive and disease-resistant. Tall plants with long delicate branches bearing huge quantities of fruit. Benefits from a tomato cage. From the Irish Seed Savers Association.

Chinese Dragon Tongue
Long red cayenne type hot pepper with a greatly wrinkled appearance. Tall, very productive and early; pale green plants benefit from a tomato cage. Originating in China, from Ulla Grall, Biosaatgut, Germany.

Maria Nagy Hot
Short strong plants are early bearing and ripening of large cayenne type red hot peppers. Dries easily into spicy paprika. Heirloom from Maria Nagy, a seed saver we met near Turda, Transylvania, during our 2008 Seed Ambassadors trip to Romania.

Santo Domingo
An excellent early maturing New Mexico type drying chili, 3-5" long red with medium thin walls. Medium heat level, Originally from Santo Domingo Pueblo in northern NM at 5,200'. CV Native Seed/SEARCH '07.

Szentes
Very hot round red cherry shapped fruit, 1 in wide. From Hungarian seed Company.

Szededi 179 Paprika
SSE Only
Hot pepper for making spicy paprika powder. Dries very easily, From Hungarian seed company.

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PEPPER / SWEET / NON-BELL
Liebesapfel
Very early, deeply lobed, red pepper with sweet thick flesh. Developed by a small eco-seed company in Germany. Matures outside without any plastic in Denmark. From Søren Holt of Frøsamlerne (the Danish seed savers).

Pointy Kaibi #1
Excellent early maturing sweet pepper. One of my favorites. Heirloom from Bulgaria. Given to Real Seeds by Mitko Antonov whose family in central Bulgaria has been growing it for generations. from Real seeds, Wales.

Pustagold
Blocky medium sized fruit with a conical point start waxy white, ripening to orange then red. Very sweet and prolific. A great variety, from a Hungarian seed company.

Sunnybrook Pimento
65 days. Very early sweet sheep nose type. Small blocky 2.5x3" fruit ripen quickly to red, walls are not very thick. SSE PEPPER 1608. From the Irish Seed Savers Association.

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QUINOA
Red Head
A bright red headed variety selected by Frank Morton in Philomath, OR. High yeilds of off-white seeds. Heads are more open than others and shed moisture well, resulting in less seed sprouting in the head. CV Wild Garden Seeds '07.

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RADISH
Round Black Winter (Biennial)
SSE Only
Similar to "Round Black Spanish." The classic German Winter radish: Solid dense round ball with black skin and white flesh. Mild flavor, good winter storage root. Sow in July for harvest through March. From German Biodynamic Seed Company Bingenheimer.

Snake Radish
Distinctly different variety from "Rat's Tail," with thinner, longer pods. Grown for young seed pod, not the root. Incredibly beautiful and productive 3 1/2' tall plants produce fleshy pods with classic radish flavor. Profuse flowers can be lavendar or white, with pods green or purple. Wonderful insectary plant and also good as an annual "edible ornamental." From Peter Bauwens, Belgium.

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RUNNER BEAN (Large seeded)
Boerentenen
LQ SSE Only
Belgian heirloom, "Farmer Toes" in Flemish. Large yields of giant white seeds, gigantic when fresh shelled. one of the largest seeded runner beans. White flowers, 1-3 seeds per pod, very tall climber. The English call this type butter beans, from Peter Bauwens, Belgium.

Burgas Speckled mix
The original seed is primarily dark brown with some white background speckles. We recieved it a little crossed up with delightful results -- In addition to the original form, some plants produced beans black with purple specks, and some plants produced lavendar beans with black flecks in pods that are green with red speckles. Most plants are dwarf with some runners, some flowers red and some bi-color red and white. A beautiful mix in the garden and on the plate. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany, originating from a market in Burgas, Bulgaria.

Moldovanesti Buffalo Bean
LQ SSE Only
Eight foot tall plants produce large yields of white beans. "Buffalo Bean" seems to be the common name for white runner beans in Romania, after water buffalos which are still used in agriculture in some places. From the village of Moldovanesti, Transylvania, Romania, February 2008.

Native Whispering
LQ SSE Only
Dwarf bush runner bean with some short runners. White, small for a runner bean, late to dry down on the plant. From CV Sow Organic 2004.

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RUTABAGA (Biennial)
Nadmorska
Large swedes are green topped with golden flesh. Uniform, large, round, vigorous and early maturing with very little neck. From CV seed packet in a garden store in Lithuania, obtained during our 2007 Seed Ambassadors Europe trip.

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SQUASH / MAXIMA (Large seeded)
Oregon Homestead Sweet Meat
Beautiful blue squash on huge vigorous vines. Three to four fruits per plant weigh ten to twenty pounds each. Selected for vigor, large seeds for vigorous cool soil emergence, a small seed cavity, and premium flavor by Carol Deppe, who received it from an old-time seed saver.

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SPINACH
Verdil
Giant winter type, suitable for autumn and overwinter cultivation, not summer. We were very impressed with this variety's winter-hardiness. The plants stood in the freezing mud all winter, were at times covered with up to one foot of snow, and were not bothered by slugs. From German Biodynamic seed company Bingenheimer, who says it has a particularly aromatic flavor and is best suited as a raw salad leaf.

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SUNFLOWER (Large seeded)
Hungarian Black Seeded
Tall plants and large single heads with yellow petals, Large black seeds of good flavor, good for sprouting because the sprouts are huge. Hungarian heirloom. Popular protein-rich food in Eastern Europe. From Martin Ringhoffer, Hungary.

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SWISS CHARD (Biennial)
Joy Larkcom's Midnight F3
Initially selected by Joy Larkcom from a Bulls Blood beet for having larger chard-type leaves (possibly crossed with a perpetual spinach type). Most plants have leaves that are incredibly deep dark burgundy, some with bright yellow-orange midribs. Only in its third generation, there may be some more vairability that could be selected out. Classic chard flavor, good tolerance to cold and wet conditions. Given to us by Joy Larkcom on our 2007 Seed Ambassadors Trip.

Bietola a Costa Fine
White stemmed chard with green leaf. Young leaves have no oxalic acid flavor at all - the sweetest chard we have ever tried. Older leaves have more standard chard flavor. After overwintering, in the spring of the second season, the roots traditionally were processed into sugar. From Agricoltori Custodi, Tuscany, Italy.

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TOMATILLO
Plaza Latina Giant Green
3-4 inch wide green fruits on super tall plants that benefit a lot from support. Seed originally saved from imported Mexican fruit purchased at the Plaza Latina Market in Eugene, OR. Much higher culinary value than the smaller yellowish varieties.

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TOMATO / ORANGE-YELLOW
Cherry, Golden Peacevine
Medium-small egg shaped, productive orange-yellow cherry. Indet. A selection from Alan Kapular's Peacevine Cherry by Jo at the Irish Seed Saver's Association.

Cherry, Marisol Gold
Rich yellow-orange color with a slight blush of red. Large size for a cherry. Sweet, fruity flavor. Fair split resistance on productive, indeterminate plants. From a seed swap in Eugene, OR.

Cherry, Sunshine
Indet. small yellow cherry, high yields, good flavor, from Peters Seed and Research.

Golden Swedish Beef
Big round bright yellow meaty fruits. Early and high yeilding. From Lila Towle of Foesamlerne, the Danish seed savers. Originating in Sweden.

Millefleur
60 days, indet. received from Peter Bowens, Belgium, Small oblong yellow flavorful cherry tomato. huge tresses of 50 + flowers.

Morden Yellow
55 Days. Determinate. Huge early yields of attractive medium sized yellow fruit. Furit are slightly flat and turn golden orange-yellow when very ripe. Good rich flavor for a yellow. Developed in 1932 at the research station in Morden, Canada from a cross of 'bestal' and 'round smooth', both red parents.

Dark Orange Muscat
60-70 days, indet. Unique dark orange cherry, green inside. Shoulders are brownish, sweet fruity flavor, from Brown Envelope Seeds, Ireland.

Polen
60 days, indet. Large yeilds of small golden plum pear shaped fruit. Good mild sweet flavor, fruits late into the year. Originally from a Polish genebank. From Irish Seed Savers Association.

Scotland Yellow
70 days. Indeterminate. Productive, 2-3 oz round golden yellow fruits with good sweet and tangy flavor. Remain fairly firm when fully ripe and keep well. From Heritage Seed Library UK, originally from Scotland.

Sibiriche Orange
80-90 days, indet. 3" tall, plump pear shaped paste tomatoes. A brilliant light orange color, incredibly sweet and fruity for a paste. Somewhat low yielding outside. Makes amazingly candy sweet orange tomato sauce. Fruits have very few seeds. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany and one of his favorits of the 3,000 tomatoes he grows.

Sungella
60-70 days, indet. 1 1/2'' - 2'' wide sweet orange globes with deliciously sweet flesh. Very productive and cold tolerant, Bigger and much more split resistant than Sungold. This is one of only a few varieties still producing high quality fruit for us (from the greenhouse) in the first week of November. A Sungold dehybridization. From CV Thomson and Morgan UK, bred by one of their customers.

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TOMATO / PINK-PURPLE
Cherry, Pink
50 days, Indet. Good yeilds of sweet tart, dark pink fruit. Medium large for a cherry, holds quality well and is split resistant. From Ulla Grall, Biosaatgut, Germany.

Humboldtii Wild Pink
50 days indet. small wild cherry tomato, pink skin and very acidic, may be similar to a wild acidic pink type from mexico. A little strong for some stomachs but many people liked it at our taste-off, received from collector Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Iraqi Heart
80 days, indet. Received as "Irakische Herzformige" from collector Gerhard Bohl, Germany. Pink fruit are shaped like an oxheart or more like the Amish paste. Very meaty and rich flavor. Great for cooking and slicing. Yields heavy fairly late in the season; likes the heat. Possibly brought to the UK by a military officer after WW2.

Katja
55-60 days vigorus semi-det. Pink 3-5" slicer tomato, very early and reliable. Gorgeous and delicious, Originates in Sludjanka at the shores of lake Bajkal in Siberia, where it is grown onutdoors. It is not clear whether it was developed by Katarina Konovna Sviatova (Katja) herself, or if it is an old Russian commercial variety, received from Søren Holt of Frøsamlerne (Danish seed savers) who received it from the Sviatova family in Siberia.

Maria's French Oxheart
70- 80 days, indet. productive, big meaty classic pink Oxheart from France, some blossom end rot. From a seed saver in Belguim.

Sarah Purple
60-70 days, Indet. Early pink very round medium sized fruit, excellent juicy and flavorful. Thin skin doesn't keep well, a little like Rose De Bern, from Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Ukrainian Pear
80-90 days. Indet. 5' vines. 3x2" pink pears. Sweet mild flavor, keeps well and good for cooking. Brought back by a peace corps volunteer from Yalta Ukraine, 1995. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Wheatly's Frost Resistant
60 days, Indet. Tart-sweet pink plum shaped fruit. Huge yeilds on big plants, cool weather tolerant, but not actually frost resistent. An American Heirloom. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

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TOMATO / RED
Ararat Flame
Indet. bush, "Ararat Geflammte" in German. Very attractive and heavy cropper of deep red flattened medium sized fruit all through season. Great rich tomato flavor. One of our favorites. Originating via Debrecen, Hungary and possibly from Armenia near Mount Ararat. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany, who says that "it grows at the foot of the mountain."

Ararat Hellfrucht
75 days, indet. Medium small 2" red fruit yeild late but in large amounts. Very red and juicy inside. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Auld Sod
Det., small bushy plants produce plum shaped, red fruits that are firm walled but juicy with some tang. Large early yields and some blight resistance. Irish heirloom that grows well outdoors there and in Oregon, from the Irish Seed Savers Association.

Aurora
Det., small bushy plants. Large early yields. Large red, slightly flattened juicy flavorful fruits, excellent cooking tomato despite its slicing nature. Named after the Aurora Borealis in Siberia where it originates. Germinates well at cool temperatures and grows well in cool outdoor conditons. From the Irish Seed Savers Association.

Best of Bonn
Indet., "Bonner Beste" in German. Two inch round, red fruit. Clusters of 7-9 with good old-fasioned rich flavor. Heirloom from Bonn, Germany. Offered commercially in the US pre-1991. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany. SSE TOMATO 854.

Chery, Conchita
Indet. Very productive, 1" red fruit with very shiny skin. Holds well on the plant; good split resistance. Sweet-tart flavor. From a Seedy Sunday (seed swap) in Brighton, UK.

Columbianum Wildform
65-70 days, indet. Massive tresses of medium small red cherry fruits. Good flavor and ability to hold on the plant. Originating in Columbia, from Gerhard Bohl, Germany. Possibly SSE TOMATO 2429 need confirmation.

Dacia
Determinate bushes produce flattened, average sized red slicing tomato. From a commercial seed pack in Romania.

Deutsche Fleiss
"German Diligence." Indet. Potato leaf. One of our highest yielding varieties this year. Huge amounts of 1.5'' perfect ball-shaped fruit, red and juicy, form on clusters of 7-8 fruits. Good tart tomato flavor and good storing ability, both on and off the plant. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Fakel
70-75 days vigorus det, deep red 2.5", slightly elongated round fruits with exceptional sweet flavor, juicy and thick walled. Good for processing and for fresh use. Detaches from plant without caylix and is extremely prolific even in cool conditions. Russian variety, first taken to Oregon by Kate Gessert from Moscow, author of 'The Beautiful Food Garden' who was a leader of horticultural tours of the Soviet Union. It then found its way to the Heritage Seed Library in the UK and now it is back in Oregon. Offered by CV Nic pre-1998.

Forest Fire
45-50 days. Det. Extra early tomato with attractive 2"-3" red fruit. Firm and split resistant. The highest quality early tomato we have grown. Bred by Tim Peters, Peters Seed and Research.

Frengen's Famous Rheinland
Indet. "Frengens Rheinlands Ruhm" in German, early round red medium-sized fruit borne in clusters. Good flavor. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Glory of Mechelen
indet. Early and excellent medium-sized round red fruits in clusters, juicy with good flavor. Belgian Heirloom Market tomato from the 1930's. from Belle Epoche, Belgium.

Grosse Lisse
80 days, Indet. 2" 6-12 oz round red fruit. Possibly synonymous with 'Trophy'. Name translates as "Large Smooth". Introduced in Germany 1870. Suposedly one of the most popular tomatoes in Australia and New Zealand. Uniform unblemished fruit have good flavor, are fairly meaty, and have thin skin. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Harzfeuer
Indet. Round red medium-size fruit, slightly acidic well-balanced flavor, juicy 6-10 oz. "Resin Fire"in German. Abundant yields. Ulla Grall received this heirloom from an old woman in the former East Germany, a favorite there in datcha gardens before reunification. Thought to be lost for many years. From Ulla Grall, Germany.

Hybrid-2 Tarasenko
Indet. Medium-sized round red fruit with pronounced nipple on blossom end. Fairly firm and good for sauce. Named after a famous Russian plant breeder. Called a hybrid but is not -- was purportedly named "hybrid" to hype it up in Russia as a "premium" variety. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Lukullus
78 days, Indet. Round red medium-small 3.5-4.5 cm fruit. Two seed chambers, grows 4 ft tall. Old German heirloom from 1906. From a cross of 'danish export' and 'Juwel'. SSE TOMATO 3860, From Ingrid Matthes, of the German Seed Savers (VEN).

Oldenrot
indet. Medium-sized round red fruit, good flavor, high yields, good shelf life. "Old Red" in German. from Bingenheimer Saatgut AG, German Biodynamic seed company.

Petrillo
70-80 days, indet. Red ruffles. Productive Costoluto Genovese type. Good flavor Italian heirloom. From USDA GRIN.

Piroka
Red globes, good flavored fuit, from Bingenheimer Saatgut AG, German Biodynamic seed company.

Potentate
75-85 days, Semi-determinate-Indeterminate. Perfect 2-3" red globes with a sweet mild flavor and high yield. Nice acidic flavor. Popular in New Zealand. From Danish Seed Savers (Frøsamlerne) SSE TOMATO 440.

Quadro
Indet. Vigorous and late blight resistant, gown outdoors in Germany. Good medium-sized paste tomato and multi-use. Blocky, almost cubic shape, probably why it is named quadro. From Bingenheimer Saatgut AG, German Biodynamic seed company.

Red Rock
70 - 80 days. Medium-sized, det. plant. Smooth, thick- walled 3oz. red globes that are crack and disease resistant (VW, FW). Jointless for mechanical harvest. Paste type, holds well on and off the plant and travels well. Quickly makes a thick sauce and paste; one of our favorite processing tomatoes. Was a popular commercial processing variety in the 80's before hybrids became predominant. From CV SO9 2003.

Rigas Zemie
Indet. Medium sized red globe. Not the earliest but does well in cool weather. Latvian variety that fruits well outdoors even in West Cork, Ireland from Brown Envelope Seeds Ireland.

Romalina
Indet. Red paste tomatoes with tiny nipple on blossom end. Very prolific through end of season, vigorous plants. From Seedy Sunday seed swap, Brighton, UK.

Salt Spring Sunrise
65-70 Days. Det. Red globed-shaped fruits. 4-6 oz, thick walled meaty and fair crack resistance. Good flavor, Developed by the late J James of Salt Spring Island British Columbia. Excellent cooking and slicing tomato. From Heritage Seed Library, UK.

Spring King
60 - 70 days. Processing type. Very nice variety. Calyx stays with the determinant plant, not the fruit. Large red globes that are slightly oblate. Good leaf cover, no sun scalding. From PSR, bred by Tim Peters.

Sub Arctic Maxi
48-65 days, Det. Small bushes, Concentrated yeild, clusters of small red round fruit slightly bigger than cherry tomatoes, 2-3 oz, largest and latest of the sub-arctic/beaverlodge types. Very susceptible to early blight. Bred by Dr. Harris at the Beaverlodge reaserch station in Alberta Canada, supposedly were utilized by the military stationed in Greenland. From Ulla Grall, Germany.

Veepro
70 days, Indeterminate bush. Possibly developed by the experiment station in Simcoe, Ontario during the 1970's. Produces slightly elongated squarish red plum/roma shaped uniform fruit. Excellent for sauce. from Heritage Seed Library, UK.

Werlioka
78 Days. Indet. 3 x 2" red firm fruit with good flavor. High yielding. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Zuckertomate
Indet., Very sweet virtually no acid. Thin skin tall vines, possibly wild species. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Zuckertraube
Indet. Red cherry tomato with balanced sweet tart flavor, high yeilding and very tall vines. From Bingenheimer Saatgut AG, German Biodynamic seed company.

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TOMATO / OTHER COLORS
Darby Red and Yellow
Indet. Medium sized red fruit with yellow tiger stripes. Excellent flavor, Developed by Dr. Lewis Darby of the Glasshouse Crops Research Institute in Littlehampton UK in the 1960's. Vigorus growth and high yields. Fairly early. One of the best of this type. From DENM TO L.

De Berao Braun
Indet. Possibly the same as 'De Barao Black'. Excelent maroon-brown color with a little green on the shoulders. Fat plum shape, good for sauce. Russian variety named after the hats Russian calvary once wore. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Egg from Phuket
Indet. Produces loads of white-pink small eggs on rampant vines. Early. Flavor is good for a Thai tomato, being a little tart and not pasty bland. Most Thai tomatoes are for cooking in stir fries, curries and for Thai salad, therefore have been selected differently than Western tomatoes. Will hold shape when cut in half and stir fried. Rather unique from other tomatoes. From the Island of Phuket in southern Thailand. From Ulla Grall, Germany.

Fuzzy Wuzzy
Small ultra super fuzzy determinant plants produce 1.5'' striped red and yellow, pointy and fuzzy fruit. Tart excellent flavor, with juicy fruits. A fun addition to the garden. Extremely dwarf plant would be good for container culture. From PSR , via Peter Bauens, Belgium.

Gobstopper
Indet. Early yellow cherry with green inside peeking through the skin slightly. Fruity and sweet, de-hybridized sungold with a unique outcome. Bred by and from Madeline McKeever of Brown Envelope Seeds, Ireland.

Mavritanskite
Indet, Big beefsteak fruits colored dark orange red with some illusive purpleness, tops are greenish brown, Striking uinique color. Excellent rich flavor. Latvian Heirloom from Madeline McKeever of Brown Envelope Seeds, Ireland.

Sarah Black
70-80 Days, indet. "Schwarze Sarah" in German, sturdy 6' vines, good yield of 3-4" flattened globes.8-12 oz, purple-black-maroon color with green shoulders with slight cracking on the top. Flavor is excellent, being possibly the best black-purple-maroon tomato. Rich deep flavor, some sweetness and smokiness and extra complex flavors. German Heirloom, from Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

Sokolades
Indet. Potato leaf. Large almost beefsteak type, brown-red fruit with rich flavor. Not prolific, but delicious. Latvian heirloom, from ISSA.

Sun and Snow
White slicer tomato with some yellow highlights, good flavor. possibly SSE TOMATO 4404 but its not a orange-yellow tomato. From Peters Seed and Research.

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TOMATO - OTHER SPECIES
Orange Currant
Indet. Similar to other currant tomatoes but with good orange color and very split resistant. Skin is thick with lots of seeds, but flavor is excellent fruity and sweet. Holds quality for a long time both on and off the plant. Very productive tall non-shattering vines. From Gerhard Bohl, Germany.

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TURNIP (Biennial)
Six Root grex
Interbreeding mix of cultivars that adapts to local conditions with excellent culinary quality, especially when peeled. Use roots and tops. Very vigorous. from Alan Kapuler via Nick Routledge.

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WHEAT (Biennial)
SS 791
Light brown winter wheat, lacking awns, large easy to thresh kernels. 6' tall plants, good lodge resistance. From Peters Seed and Research.

Stephens
Soft white winter wheat, long awns, 2.5-3.5' tall plants. Very large easy to thresh kernels. Good for pasta. From Peters Seed and Research.

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MISCELLANEOUS
Arugula, Tuscan
Big thick leaves with excellent flavor. Some plants strap-like, others lobbed. From Agricultori Custodi, a seed preservation group in Tuscany, Italy.

Dock, German Sour (Biennial)
Probably Rumex patientia (Patience Dock), "sourampfer" in German, used during WW2 as a hard times food, only grown now in Germany by old timers or as novelty. Good winter and early spring greens, bright green long leaves, sour like sorrel. perennial needing little care. received from CV Abu '00 as "German Spinach" which may be a rude name to some.

Epazote, PSR Perennial
A special variety of epazote from Peters Seed and Reaserch. Light green tooth-edged leaves have a strong resinous aroma. Popular in Mexico for cooking with beans. Used as a digestive aid and some people have been known to eat it raw but proceed with caution as it is strong stuff. I have found a similar looking type growing in rocks along the Umpqua river, so it seems very resilient.

Texsel Greens
Brassica caranata, a selection of Abyssinian mustard. Excellent flavor with some garlic overtones. My favorite salad green especially in winter. Medium-small sized dark green flat round leaf with slightly irregular edge. May size up enough for bunching for use like kale, but not as big as other B. caranata. From Madeline McKeever of Brown Envelope Seeds, Ireland. Possibly developed in the Netherlands. Species originating in Ethiopia.

Woad, English (Biennial)
Isatis tinctoria, member of the Brassicaceae family. Formerly the primary source for blue dye in England before idigo and synthetic dyes. The dye is made by alkalizing a strong infusion of the leaves. From seed we obtained in England. Biennial plant with immense clusters of tiny yellow flowers. Worth growing just as spring forage for beneficial insects. May self seed, but as a biennial it is manageble

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