Vegetables
Morningsun Herb Farm
Vegetable Catalog 2010
TOMATO – RED AND PINK
Ball’s Beefsteak: VFFT. Indeterminate. 76 days. This is a great choice for gardeners who want to grow luscious big tomatoes but need them to mature early and stand up to the challenges of disease problems. These 8-12 oz globe shaped fruit grow on highly disease-resistant plants, having no cracking, and offer sensational, old fashioned flavor. Wonderful as a sandwich tomato. BEEFSTEAK.
Beefmaster VFN Hybrid: Indeterminate. 80 days. One of America’s favorites for the solid, meaty, flavorful red fruit that weigh up to 2 lbs. Vigorous vines and outstanding fruit taste and quality. BEEFSTEAK.
Bloody Butcher: Indeterminate. 55 days. Sensational general use fruits have a rich heirloom flavor and a deep red color, inside and out. If it's hard for you to wait for ordinary tomatoes to ripen, try these. In less than 8 weeks, they're ready to enjoy... and enjoy you will. Plants will yield five to nine 2" fruits per cluster. Plants require staking, and will produce until frost. NEW FOR 2010!
Brandywine Sudduths Strain: Indeterminate. 80 days. 1 ½ lb. Heirloom. A legendary variety with exceptionally rich and succulent flavor. Fruit is meaty and grow on tall potato-leaved vines. BEEFSTEAK.
Cabernet VFFNTA Hybrid. Indeterminate. 75 days. 9-10 oz. This variety is a greenhouse tomato but is just as impressive when grown outdoors in the garden. Tall, vigorous, disease-resistant plants yield large clusters of very smooth, pretty fruit that earn their name because of an extremely rich, sweet flavor and deep red color. It’s as good outdoors as indoors.
Carmello: Indeterminate. 75 days. The French Carmello is among the most productive tomatoes ever bred. It is popular in European markets because of it’s exceptionally fine flavor. Bears large crops of heavy, juicy tomatoes with flavor that just doesn’t stop. Another favorite because it consistently produces great tasting fruit, even in cooler weather. Good for slicing in salads, sautéed, or as an integral part of any dish.
Caspian Pink: Indeterminate. 80 days. Russian heirloom. Large pink BEEFSTEAK, rich flavor, often compared favorably to Brandywine. Fruits average 10-12 oz. with a plentiful set and fairly early set for this large of a tomato.
Celebrity: VFFNTA Determinate 70 days. 8 oz. Exceptionally flavorful, firm fruit on strong vines with good cover and outstanding disease resistance. Highly productive and widely adaptable.
Coustralee: Indeterminate. 85 days. Heirloom. A French BEEFSTEAK heirloom that produces heavy quantities of huge (1-2 lbs) red, blemish-free fruits that have intense, balanced flavors. Fruits are typically 4 inches across. A favorite from many tomato festivals.
Delicious: Indeterminate. 77 days. Huge red fruit, holds the world’s record for largest tomato ever grown. Excellent flavor, just what a tomato should taste like! Very few seeds, fruit up to 2 lb..
Dinner Plate: Indeterminate. 90-100 days. Heirloom. Heart-shaped red tomatoes are so large that one slice can fill a dinner plate. Fruit has delicious flavor, fine quality, and an average weight of 1 ½ to 2 lbs. Heavy bearer and a superior slicing tomato.
Double Rich: Indeterminate. 65-70 days. As much vitamin C as an orange and twice that of most other tomatoes. Rich, full-bodied fruits grow well in a variety of conditions. Blight and wilt resistant.
Early Cascade: Indeterminate. 55 days. Matures early and continues heavy yields all season. Clusters of 7-9 medium fruit, great for sandwiches. Vigorous, productive vines produce until frost.
Early Girl: VFF. Indeterminate. 52 days. 6 oz. A favorite early variety. Dependable large harvests of flavorful tomatoes with excellent disease resistance.
German Red Strawberry: Indeterminate. 85 days. Heirloom. These big ried oxheart tomatoes are strawberry shaped, weighing 10 oz. Tomatoes are meaty with an excellent taste that is on the acid side. Very abundant producer. NEW FOR 2009!
Goliath VFFNT Hybrid: Indeterminate. 70 days. Large crops of big, brillilant red BEEFSTEAK tomatoes with delicious flavor make this a standout. Vigorous plants with lots of disease resistance. Juicy, sweet tomatoes weigh 10-16 oz and have a well balanced flavor and meaty interior. NEW FOR 2009!
Marianna’s Peace: Indeterminate. 80 days. This large, potato-leaved dark pink tomato is fast becoming a favorite of gardeners across the country. The large, 1-2 lb, pink-red BEEFSTEAK fruits have luscious, full tomato flavor that features a good balance of acidity and sweetness. Vigorous vines are very productive, which is special for a potato-leaved plant.
Mexico: Indeterminate. 80 days. Heirloom. Very large plants have an excellent set of huge, dark pink BEEFSTEAK fruit with outstanding taste. Bears large fruit in generous numbers over a very long season. Fruit is 1 lb.
Mortgage Lifter (Radiator Charlie): Indetermininate. 85 days. An old pink variety still in demand! Well shaped, large BEEFSTEAK fruit is very meaty with few seeds. Folklore says this variety was named by a man who sold this crop to pay off a farm he was about to lose.
Mule Team: Indeterminate. 80 days. A great choice for a 'main crop,' all-purpose tomato. Vigorous plants bear plenty of 8 to 12 ounce round, bright red tomatoes with excellent flavor and texture. Not only are harvests very abundant, but production continues right up until frost. Heirloom variety. NEW FOR 2010!
Oregon Spring V: Determinate. 58 days. Cold tolerant variety. Compact plants produce concentrated sets of medium to large fruit that is nearly seedless.
Patio F Hybrid: Determinate. 70 days. This dwarf variety is one of America's most popular varieties ever for growing on patios, decks, courtyards, or wherever garden space is limited. Plants only grow to 2 feet tall, but produce large harvest of bright red, 4 oz flavorful tomatoes. Grow in containers at least 12 inches wide. NEW FOR 2009!
Pruden's Purple: Indeterminate. 75 days. Large 10 oz dark pink BEEFSTEAK fruit grow on potato leaved vines and mature quite early for such large fruit. Delicious flavor and good production. Similar to Brandywine, but earlier and more reliable. Heirloom. NEW FOR 2009!
Sioux: Indeterminate. 70 days. 6 oz. Heirloom, sweet yet tangy, and full of rich complex flavors. Very long productive season. Although this appears to be an average size unassuming red tomato, you just have to grow it to believe it.
Stupice: Indeterminate 52 days. 2 oz. Very early cold tolerant tomato that bears abundantly. Heirloom, from Czechoslovakia, a garden favorite for its earliness and productivity.
Trip-L-Crop: Indeterminate. 85 days. Plant produces enormous yields of large red tomatoes. The tomatoes are very meaty making them perfect for canning. Vines grow from 10 to 15 feet long and produces 3 bushels of tomatoes per plant. Also known as the Italian Tree Tomato. Impress your neighbors by growing a 25 ft tomato plant. Requires trellising. NEW FOR 2010!
Watermelon Beefsteak: Indeterminate. 75 days. This Heirloom variety dates back a century and produces lightly scalloped pink BEEFSTEAK tomatoes that weigh 1 lb or more. Their rich, sweet flavor has a depth and intensity that is just outstanding.
TOMATO - PURPLE AND BLACK
Black Krim: Indeterminate. 75 days. 12oz. Heirloom. Dark brown-red tomatoes are large and richly flavored, with a hint of saltiness. Fruit sets well, even in heat. Heavy producer.
Black Prince: Indeterminate. 70 days. 1 lb. Heirloom. Deep garnet round fruits really load up on these plants that stay fairly small. Tomatoes are medium sized and full of juice and good rich flavor. From Siberia.
Carbon: Indeterminate. 80 days. Among the darkest of the black tomatoes. Rich and sweet, tastes like summer. 8-12 oz. Purplish brown outside, deep brick red interior. We got many reports back from happy growers of this tomato in 2005 that claimed this was the best tomato they had ever grown! Heirloom.
Cherokee Purple: Indeterminate. 80 days. 12 oz. Very productive plants with rose/purple fruit with brick red interior. Thin skin, absolutely delicious with a pleasantly sweet and rich flavor. Tennessee Heirloom. One of our most popular tomatoes.
Japanese Black Trifele: Indeterminate. 85 days. Heavy producer of pear shaped fruits that are free of blemishes and cracks and range in color from intense black to dark gray blushed with magenta. Plants produce prolific yields of picture perfect, 3 oz fruits that look stunning when sliced on a plate. As delicious as it is unique. An excellent canner as it holds the flavor and color well. NEW FOR 2009!
Mr. Brown: Indeterminate. 80 days. Created by Jeff Dawson, former curator of the Copia gardens. Medium slicer with a beautiful chocolate color, green seed gels and lots of rich sweet flavors. Scored well as a test tomato in the 2005 tasting.
Paul Robeson: Indeterminate. 75 days. Heirloom. One of the most highly regarded black tomatoes, this one features medium-sized deep maroon fruits that are free of most blemishes and cracking. Their flavor is complex, sweet yet tangy, and characteristic of that distinctive richness that makes black tomatoes special.
Pink Boar: Indeterminate. Mid season. Pink Boar is a masterpiece of a tomato. Medium size tomato with heavy yields of port wine colored fruit topped of with stripes in a metalic silver-green. Flavor is very rich, sweet and tart all mixed in one loveley tomato. Bred locally by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms. NEW FOR 2009!
TOMATO - YELLOW AND ORANGE
Aunt Gertie's Gold: Indeterminate. 80 days. Heirloom from Virginia. Perhaps the best tasting yellow tomato ever! Fruit is typically about 1 lb with beautiful golden color. Sometimes the shape is flatish or a bit rough. The flavor is absolutely wonderful, fruity and sweet yet complex. You'll look for this every time you go out in the garden. NEW FOR 2009!
Dixie Golden Giant: Indeterminate. 85 days. l to 2bs. Fabulous sweet fruity taste in a huge, clear lemon yellow BEEFSTEAK. Heirloom. Large plants with good yields.
Jubilee: Indeterminate. 80 days. 8-12 oz. Plentiful harvests of bright gold-orange, large fruit, with delicious flavor. Makes beautiful mixed salads.
Lemon Boy VFN Hybrid: Indeterminate. 72 days. The first lemon yellow colored tomato, very productive and vigorous plant, producing large harvest of attractive fruit that weighs 8 oz. Lower acid, sweet flavor. Easy to grow.
Manyel: Indeterminate. 78 days. The name 'Manyel' means 'many moons'. An heirloom reportedly of recent Native American origin. Fruits look like yellow moons amidst the sparse green foliage. Creamy yellow tomatoes with a characteristic lemon-like flavor. Smooth shouldered fruits are thin-walled with some concentric cracking. Average fruit weight is 6 oz., measuring 2" high by 2-1/4" wide. Fruits are borne in clusters of 2 to 4 on vines providing light foliage cover. The sweet and lemony flavor of this variety is distinctive and adds another dimension to salads and tomato dishes. NEW FOR 2010!
Moonglow: Indeterminate. 80 days. Heavy yields of beautiful, 6-8 oz., 2", blunt-pointed globes. A brilliant, warm-orange slicer with great flavor. Moon Glow is considered, by many tomato lovers, the tomato with the best texture and flavor of any yellow-gold tomato. A good choice for a market tomato because of it's long shelf-life and delicious taste. NEW FOR 2010!
Nebraska Wedding: Indeterminate. 100 days. An old great Plains heirloom. An old favorite. Plants yield an abundant crop of globe shaped deep orange fruit weighing up to 12 oz with a good sweet/acid balance and lots of flavor.
Persimmon. Indeterminate. 80 days. Heirloom. Beautiful, golden-orange tomatoes have one of the best flavors of all orange tomatoes. Average 5 inches in diameter and between 1 and 2 lbs, quite meaty with few seeds. Vigorous plants bear well.
Tangerine: Indeterminate. 80 days. 1-2 lb. Heirloom. Deep yellow orange beefsteak fruit shaped like a tangerine. Meaty and flavorful, with both sweet and rich flavor.
Yellow Brandywine: Indeterminate. 90 days. Heirloom. Large yellow fruit of exceptional quality, creamy texture and delicious flavor. Fruit size is from 12 to 24 oz, and tall vines have healthy, potato-leaved foliage. An extremely rich tasting tomato, this one is also beautiful for its smooth shape. NEW FOR 2009!
TOMATO - STRIPED/BI-COLOR
Ananas Noir: Indeterminate. 80 days. The name of this tomato is French for black pineapple - it arose out of a planting of Pineapple tomatoes in a Belgian garden. Fruit is 1 to 1 1/2 lb, with an exterior color of dark purple and green with pink-red splotches and a touch of yellow, while the inside is bright green streaked with pink. The flavor is sweet yet rich and delicious. Beautiful sliced on a plate. NEW FOR 2009!
Beauty King: Determinate. Large yellow beefsteak with pronounced deep red stripes (not blotches) that bleed into very meaty sweet yellow tomato flesh. Over one pound fruit is common size for this aggressive growing determinate plant that can grow over 12 feet tall. Bred locally by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms. NEW FOR 2009!
Berkeley Tie Dye: Indeterminate. This is one amazing tomato, green-yellow with orange-red stripes. Green-yellow flesh with red blush and bright green seed gel. Fruit is 8 oz to one lb. Heavy hitter in flavor also, complex tomato flavor with some tartness. Chefs love them. Bred locally by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms. NEW FOR 2009!
Black Zebra: Indeterminate. 85 days. Heirloom. 1 ½ inch round fruit with brown skin and black stripes. Rich tomato flavor with hints of smoke and sweetness. This tomato has an exotic look and a complex flavor. Scored well as a test tomato in our 2005 tasting.
Black and Brown Boar: Determinate. Black and Brown Boar is one of the most productive plants seen year after year. Medium round 4 to 6 oz heavy striped dark brown tomatoes that have the rich earthy flavor that makes dark tomatoes famous. Bred locally by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms. NEW FOR 2009!
Golden Queen, USDA Strain: Indeterminate. 75 days. This is the original strain described in 1882, with superior flavor. 8 to 12 oz, yellow with a pronounced pink blush. Full tomato taste. Heirloom.
Green Zebra: Indeterminate. 75 days. Unique and delicious salad tamato. 3 oz fruits are amber-green with darker green stripes. The light green flesh is sweet yet zingy. Heirloom.
Hillbilly: Indeterminate. 85 days. Huge bi-colored tomato, yellow-orange with red streaking. Fruit is sweet, fruity flavored, weigh 1 to 2 lbs. Heirloom.
Jaunet Flammee: Indeterminate. 60 days. 3 oz Heirloom. Orange skin and beautiful red mottled flesh. Fruit is high in sugar and acid, borne in clusters of 8-12 fruit. Good disease resistance.
Marvel Stripe: Indeterminate. 85 days. Heirloom. Big and beautiful, yellow orange fruit streaked with ruby red, very sweet. 1 to 2 lbs, high yields.
Mr. Stripey (Tigerella): Indeterminate. 56 days. Huge crops of red fruits with clearly defined yellow-orange stripes. 1 ½ to 2 inch tomatoes have a rich, tangy flavor and are a beautiful novelty for adding whole or cutting into salads.
Oaxacan Jewel: Indeterminate. 80 days. Beautiful bicolor fruit is golden yellow with ruby colored streaking, earning this variety its name. Fruit size is somewhat variable from 6 oz up to 1 lb , but this is one of the most strikingly beautiful bicolors we have seen. Brilliant red marbling in the center. Rich, fruity flavor is refreshing and almost melon like but also nicely accentuated with acid. New in 2008/
Orange Russian 117: Indeterminate. 85 days. This is the first bicolor oxheart tomato available, and it exhibits the best qualities of both types. Tomatoes weigh 8 oz or more and are heart-shaped with smooth golden flesh marbled inside with streak or red. They are delicious and sweet, somewhat fruity in flavor, and are meaty with very few seeds.
Red Boar: Indeterminate. Mid season. Huge yields of medium sized, 4 to 6 oz red tomatoes with heavy gold striping. Looks like a red version of the green zebra. Grows over 10 feet tall, needs trellising. Locally bred by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms. NEW FOR 2009!
Yellow Boar: Indeterminate. Mid season. Yellow Boar is a medium size yellow tomato with gold stripes. Looks like a yellow version of the green zebra. Good flavor, aggressive growth and production. Locally bred by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms. NEW FOR 2009!
TOMATO - PASTE AND SALADETTE
Enchantment: VFFN. Indeterminate. 70 days. Plant produces heavy yields of flavorful 4 oz red egg shaped tomatoes. Excellent for salads and gourmet dishes. Excellent for sauces. Disease Resistant. NEW FOR 2010!
Juliet: 1999 All-America Selections winner. Indeterminate. 60 days. Elongated cherry tomatoes grow in grape-like clusters. Very sweet flavor, vigorous grower. Great for snacking, sauces and drying. Once you try this one, it will be a mainstay of your tomato garden.
Roma: VF. Determinate. 78 days. 3 oz. Popular paste tomato. Compact plants yield large harvest of 3 inch red fruit.
San Marzano Redorta:. Indeterminate. 78 days. Huge plum tomato is an heirloom variety from Tuscany, and named for a mountain in Bergamo. Used for cooking, but flavorful enough to eat fresh. Tomatoes are much larger than a regular San Marzano, with the average size being about 8 oz.
TOMATO - CHERRY
Green Grape: Determinate. 70 days. Yellow-green I inch fruits are full of flavor, sweet and juicy. Very prolific compact plants.
Haley's Purple Comet: Indeterminate. Mid season. Haley's Purple Comet is a large cherry tomato, almost round, dark purple with green shoulders. It is an extremely vigorous grower. Very good early in the season, turning remarkable later in the season. Locally grown by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms. NEW FOR 2009!
Isis Candy: Indeterminate. 67 days. Yellow gold tomatoes with red marbling. Sweet taste that is also rich and fruity. Long bearing season, very prolific.
Matt's Wild Cherry: Indeterminate. 60 days. Only ¾ inch big, with smooth texture and sweet full flavored fruits. Excellent in salsa and of course, for fresh eating. Heirloom.
Rosalita: Indeterminate. 60 days. This is the only pink grape tomato that is really the size and shape of a red grape tomato. Long clusters of small, oval fruit are deep rosy pink and abundantly produced on tall, vigorous plants. These tomatoes are as sweet as rose wine, and a delightful new choice for anyone who likes grape tomatoes.
Snow White: Indeterminate. 75 days. Delightful ivory-colored cherry tomatoes ripen to pale yellow and are deliciously sweet without being sugary. This is one you’ll find yourself snacking on in the garden because it tastes so good.
Sugary: Indeterminate. 60 days. 2005 ALL AMERICA SELECTIONS AWARD WINNER. Very sweet, cherry sized tomatoes are oval shaped with a pointed blossom end and a beautiful reddish-pink color. Fruit is produced in clusters on high yielding semi-indeterminate vines, which means that plants stay more compact but continue to produce over a long season.
Sun Sugar FT Hybrid: Indeterminate. 62 days. A hybrid orange cherry tomato with unbelievably good flavor and productivity. Very sweet, fruity tasting tomatoes are borne in long clusters on vigorous plants. Many other cherry tomatoes have a tendency to crack, especially when ripe, but this one has crack resistance bred in while still keeping a thin skin. The taste of these tomatoes is such a delight that they’re often picked and eaten in the garden instead of ever making it indoors.
Super Sweet 100: Indeterminate. 65 days. Vigorous vines produce huge crops of 1 inch fruits with very sweet flavor. Fruits have a high vitamin C content. A long-standing favorite.
Sweet Chelsea: VFNT, Indeterminate. 67 days. Jumbo-sized cherry tomatoes are extra sweet and resist cracking.
Sungold: Indeterminate. 57 days. Early, bright orange tomatoes are produces in abundance. Flavor is very sweet and fruity. A local favorite. Always rated high in our tastings.
Yellow Pear: Indeterminate. 78 days. Plants produce large and continuous harvest of small, yellow pear shaped tomatoes with sweet flavor. Favorite for kids.
TOMATO - GREEN, WHITE,
Evergreen: Indeterminate. 72 days. One of the best tomatoes that's green when ripe. Mild, delicious flavor and medium to large size make these solid fruit good for slicing, Heirloom.
Great White: Indeterminate. 85 days. Heirloom, beautiful large white BEEFSTEAK with sweet flavor, very juicy. Vigorous plant, great color addition to salad.
TOMATILLOS
De Milpa: 70 days. Plant produces good yields of small to medium size tomatillos. This variety was grown unattended in a corn fields by a family in Mexico. It stores fresh for several weeks. Excellent for making salsa. They are surrouded by a papery husk that turns from green to brown as they ripen and splits open when they are ready to harvest. An heirloom variety from Mexico.
Purple: 75 days. A uniquely colored tomatillo that is enjoyed for the sweet yet tart flavor it gives Mixican dishes. These small fruit form inside papery husks and begin as pale green, then ripen to a rich, deep purple. Vigorous and productive.
Toma Verde: 75 days. Round green tomatillos have a papery husk that is removed before preparing. Vining plants are easily grown and prolific. Flavor is sweet yet tart and wonderful in green Mixican salsa and other Mexican dishes.
SWEET PEPPERS
Bounty: 65 days. This hybrid version of a sweet banana type lives up to its name in that it puts out an incredible harvest of huge banana peppers that measure nearly a foot long. Peppers are typically 9 to 10 inches long and 2 inches across, and turn from light yellow to orange and finally red. Sweet flavor for eating fresh or cooked.
California Wonder: 75 days. High yields and extra large fruit have made this probably the most popular open pollinated bell pepper for market and home gardeners alike. Dark green peppers are mostly 4 lobed and blocky, about 4 ½ inches long and 4 inches wide, with crisp thick walls and sweet taste. Fruit eventually ripens to bright red. Tall plants are tobacco mosaic virus resistant and produce an abundance of peppers over a very long season.
Corno di Toro: 68 days. Italian bull’s horn, 8 inches long, ripens to a deep red, delicious fresh or grilled. Prolific tall plant.
Fat n’ Sassy: 65 days. This is one of the best green to red bell peppers for home or market gardeners that has been introduced in a long time. It has early sets of large and heavy blocky bell peppers. Fruit set was abundant and fruit is thick walled, turning to bright red early in the season. Bells are about 4 ½ inches in length and width with excellent, sweet flavor.
Giant Marconi: 63 days. 2001 All-America Selections winner. Awarded for its earliness, yield, size and flavor, this is one of the biggest Italian type sweet peppers that you’ll find anywhere. Peppers turn from green to red, and at 8 inches long with a lobed tip, they resemble a cross between a Marconi and a Lamuyo type pepper. They are sweetest when red and are good for salads, but really are outstanding when grilled or roasted. 30 inch tall plants bear heavily despite cold, wet, or dry conditions, and are resistant to Potato and Tobacco Mosaic virus.
Golden Calwonder: 73 days. Golden yellow at full maturity, these peppers are thick walled, meaty, and really sweet and tasty. Square shaped fruits are about 4 inches long and wide, and grow upright on healthy plants. Expect great production and beautiful, very sweet tasting peppers.
Gypsy: 60 days. 1981 ALLAMERICAN SELECTIONS WINNER. Outstanding yield, good looks and flavor combine with earliness to make this pepper a winner. Wedge shaped fruit is 3 to 5 inches long, pale yellow at first, maturing to orange-red; very sweet when ripe. Plants perform well in both hot and cool regions. NEW FOR 2009!
Orange Sun: 68 days. Rich orange color and fabulous sweet flavor in a big, blocky bell pepper. This is a Dutch variety that yields large harvests of truly gorgeous orange fruit. Plants are resistant to tobacco mosaic virus and have plenty of foliage to protect developing fruit. NEW FOR 2010!
Padron: 55 days. Originating from Galicia, Spain comes this taste sensation. Also called the "Pimiento de Padrone" pepper. Little sweet chili size peppers often fried whole. Horned shaped about the size of a habanero pepper they are an heirloom pepper of Spain and very relished there. Every 10th or so will be extremely hot making for a fun game of culinary roulette. If left to ripen red they will be quite spicy. To get them just right pick when they are about the size of large olives. Toss the peppers, seeds, stems and all, into a hot skillet with olive oil. The tiny peppers are blistered first on one side, then the other, before being salted and plated for serving. Provides a very spicy and wonderful paprika if ripened and dried.
Lipstick: 53 days green, 73 days red ripe. Hearty, attractive dark green fruits are 4 inch long and taper to a blunt point . They ripen to a glossy, rich red. Thick, juicy, and swet for salads and cooking, and perfect for roasting and salsa. Dependable, with heavy yields.
Pimento: 85 days. Large heart shaped fruit is 4 ½ inches long and borne on 1 ½ ft tall, strong, upright plants. These peppers are often canned, pickled and otherwise processed, but they are also great roasted.
Piquillo: 65 days. Piquillo peppers are small tangy peppers only native to the rural village of Lodosa in Navarra, Spain. They are fire-roasted then hand-peeled and packed in their own juices. The piquillo pepper's tangy nature combines well with seafood, fish and mushrooms, and their firmness makes them perfect for stuffing. But for us, the best way to enjoy their full flavor is to drizzle them with olive oil and enjoy them by themselves.
Socrates X3R Hybrid: 68 days. Four lobed blocky bell peppers become very large, at least 4 ½ inch long and wide, with thick walls and delicious taste. This is really an impressive pepper that is wonderful for eating fresh, cooking, or making into stuffed peppers. Fruit turns from green to red and is sweet at all stages. Vigorous tall plants are resistant to bacterial spot and potato virus.
Sweet Chocolate: 58 days green, 78 days brown ripe. A rich chocolate brown pepper. Remarkably early, with heavy set and tolerant of cold nights. Smooth, medium small, tapered, blund end bells. Very mild flavor, with medium thick flesh. The flesh under the skin is brick red.
Sweet Pickle: 75 days. Very compact plants are crowned by a profusion of upright peppers in colors of red, orange, yellow, and purple, all at the same time. Peppers are about 2 inches long and chunky, making for a spectacularly colorful display. While highly ornamental, this fruit is also very edible and sweet, especially when fully ripened to red.
Tequila: 72 days. This beautiful amethyst pepper from Holland is the best lavender variety we’ve seen. Fruit sets early and grows to a blocky 4 ½ inches deep and 4 inches across. Peppers begin as lavender and stay that color for a long time before fading to a lovely orange, then finally red. All colors are jewel like and very attractive. Strong plants are tobacco mosaic virus resistant and tolerant to blossom end rot.
HOT PEPPERS
Ancho San Martin: 76 days. When fresh and still green, these mildly hot, heart shaped peppers are stuffed and made into chiles rellenos. When mature they are dark, rust red, richly flavored and often dried and ground into chili powder. Peppers become 4 inches long, tapering to a blunt point. Wrinkled skin takes on even more character when dried. May be strung into long ropes or made into wreaths. Often called Poblano when fresh.
Caribbean Red: 110 days. Seed for this habanero variety was found in the Caribbean, and then improved, resulting in a uniform fiercely hot pepper that is way hotter than the regular orange habanero. Dried samples of Caribbean Red measured 445,000 Scoville units (regular habanero is about 260,000). This pepper must be used carefully, but is wonderful for salsas, marinades, and making your own hot sauce. Bright red, wrinkled fruits are about 1 ½ inches deep and 1 inch wide and have flavor with fruity overtones.
Cayenne: 70 days. Long, 6 inch fruit on a tall, vigorous plant. Peppers are mildly hot, 50,000-60,000 scoville units.
Chiltepin: 95 days. This is a tiny pea shaped chile that is no more than ¼ inch long and wide. This variety grows wild throughout Mexico and some parts of the Southwestern U.S. They are among the hottest peppers available, measuring about 100,000 Scoville units. The plants can grow to 4 feet and are capable of living for years where the climate allows. These fiery little red peppers are popular for spicing up soups and bean dishes.
Golden Greek Pepperoncini: 85 days. 4 inch long, slightly tapered pepper ripens from green to yellow to red when mature. Usually harvested and pickled when light yellow. Mildly hot and delicious, used for salads and sandwiches.
Habanero: 90 days. A blistering hot pepper 40 times hotter than Jalapeno. Among the most potent peppers we sell. Wrinkled fruit is 1 inch long and 1 ½ inches wide, with a tapered end. Peppers begin as light green then turn to golden orange and are loaded on 36 inch tall plants.
Hungarian Wax: 70 days. Medium hot peppers, especially good for pickling. Canary yellow, then bright red at full maturity, 6 to 8 inches long.
Jalapeno: 75 days. Fiery, thick walled peppers grow 3 inch long and 1 ½ inches wide, with rounded tips. Dark green at first, then turning red. Good for fresh use or pickling; famous for nachos and other Tex-Mex dishes.
Jamaican Hot Chocolate: 85 days. These shiny, habanero-type peppers are deep chocolate brown when ripe and ribbed or wrinkled, resembling large dates or prunes. Fruits are 1 ½ inch long and with an extremely hot Caribbean flavor that is strong and smoky. Those in the know say that Jamaican Hot Chocolate makes a great hot sauce.
Numex Big Jim: 80 days. The largest of the New Mexican varieties, this pepper has pods up to 12 inches long that weigh as much as 4 oz. Their size makes them a favorite for chiles rellenos. Medium hot pungency. As an advantage, plants are able to set fruit under hot, dry conditions.
Numex Twilight: 120 days. An ornamental piquin type chile with green leaves and purple fruit that ripens to yellow, orange, and then red. This variety has fruit in all four color states at the same time.
Pasilla Bajio: 75 days. When fresh, this pepper is called “chilaca”; it is also known as “chile negro”. 8 to 10 inch long cylindrical peppers are thin walled, and dark green ripening to dark brown. They have less than 250 Scoville units and are mainly used dried for their rich, smoky flavoring in sauces. Plants are tobacco mosaic virus resistant.
Pretty in Purple: 80 days. Dark purple fruit and violet colored flowers are what makes this plant so special. Purple peppers almost cover the foliage, turning the 2 ½ foot tall plants nearly purple. Upon maturity, the peppers turn red and are extremely hot. At this stage, purple, orange and red fruit may be on plants at the same time, making a very colorful and attractive display.
Serrano: 75 days. Very hot chile called for in many recipes. Candle flame shaped fruit are 2 ¼ inches long, green, then red at full maturity. Borne on attractive 30 to 36 inch erect, branching plants. Suitable for salsas and sauce recipes as well as eating fresh. Vigorous bearer.
Tabasco: Small and very hot pepper famous for the sauce sharing its name. Peppers are also quite ornamental as they ripen, changing colors from white to yellow, orange, and red.
Thai Hot: 90 days. Extremely hot variety originally from Thailand, used in Asian cuisine. Peppers are 3 inches long.
EGGPLANT
Cloud Nine: 75 days. One of the nicest white eggplant, teardrop shape and delicate flavor, no bitterness. Harvest when 7 inches long.
Ichiban: 61 days. Long, slender deep purple, almost black, eggplant are of Asian origin, and have a wonderful, mild flavor, perfect for Oriental dishes or simply splitting and grilling or roasting. Plants are very productive and feature foliage with a purple tinge as well as fruit with a purple calyx.
Pingtung Long: 65 days. Named after its town of origin in Taiwan, this slender violet purple eggplant becomes at least 12 inches long and has an excellent, mild flavor and tender white flesh. It thrives and produces continuous , large harvest despite summer heat and humidity.
Rosa Bianca: 75 days. Prized by chefs and gardeners alike for its creamy, mild flesh and lovely appearance, this Italian heirloom has become very popular. Well filled, round to teardrop shaped fruit is white with soft lavender streaks outside, and inside flesh white and sweet with no trace of bitterness.
Zebra: 70 days. This is absolutely one of the most striking eggplant available, with its deep violet and white variegated exterior and large size. Each fruit is about 8 inches long and 4 inches wide, with tender, mild white flesh. The production of this variety is also outstanding.
SQUASH
Benning’s Green Tint: 50 days. Light green tint, scallop style, nutty flavor.
Eight Ball: 50 days. 1999 All America Selections Winner. Dark green, shiny round zucchini. Open bush plant with a long picking period. For best flavor, harvest when fruit
Multipik: 54 days. Precocious gene ensures fruits will stay yellow, and not show green streaking if they are infected with virus. The vigorous, semi-open bush plants have a high yield potential and long harvest period. Rich yellow fruits with a medium bulb. Good producer of male blossom buds for cooking.
Sunburst: 52 days. Good yielder of patty pan, pick small for best flavor.
Tigress: 52 days. Attractive fruits are a flecked medium green and cylindrical, 7-9 inches long. High yielding, semi-open bush. Resistant to zucchini mosaic, watermelon mosaic race 2, and papaya ringspot viruses.
Yellow crookneck: 58 days. Buttery flavor, firm texture. Good yields over long season.
Zephyr: 54 days. Straight zucchini. Yellow with green tip. Harvest young, delicious nutty flavor.
CUCUMBERS
Alibi: 49 days. Excellent fresh flavor and brining characteristics, making it suitable for pickling and fresh eating. Dark green fruit, shorter vines. Predominantly female flowering with high yield.
Armenian: 63 days. Unusual appearance, S shaped fruit, slightly ridged, delicious and different.
Lemon: 65 days. Small, rounded pale yellow cucumbers. Pick when 1 ½ - 2 inches big. Specialty market salad item.
Olympian: 52 days. Productive slicer. High yields of beautiful dark green straight, 8-9 inch fruit over a long harvest season. Crisp, with fresh flavor. Resistant to major cucumber diseases.
Striped Armenian: 63 days. Unusual, slightly fuzzy, "S"-shaped fruits are slightly ridged with alternating dark and light green stripes. Harvest from 8-18". Delicious and different.
Suyo Long: 61 days. Traditional long fruited variety from China. A sweet flavored, ribbed fruit growing up to 15 inches long. Widely adapted, grows well in hot weather, and sets early. Many retail customers and chefs like this unusual looking cucumber for salads and for bread and butter and mixed vegetable pickles. Excellent “burpless” eating quality. Bitter-free. Trellis for straight fruits.
MELONS AND PUMPKINS
Charantais: 70 days. Small 2 lb melons are incredibly sweet. They are faintly ribbed, with a smooth gray green rind and dark green sutures. Sweet and aromatic, deep orange flesh.
Dill’s Atlantic Great Pumpkin: 120 days. The world's record for size - originator's stock. Huge orange fruit for fall display, 50-100 lbs. Fertile soil, irrigation, and wide spacing (70 sq feet / plant), and limit each vine to 1 fruit for fruit as large as 300 lbs.
Earlichamp Cantaloupe: 72 days. 4 lb fruit, no ribs, thick, juicy sweet orange flesh. Pick when skin starts to turn buff.
Expert Pumpkin: 93 days. Expert has a round, broad shape and is deep orange color anwithd big, dark green handles. It's easy to like the appearance and yield of this big pumpkin, and we urge you to try it. Long vine. Fruit weights average 25 lb. or larger.
Honey Pearl Honeydew: 74 days. Early and delicious. Sweet flavor, medium sized smooth white melons with almost white flesh.
Howden Pumpkin: 115 days. Standard large pumpkin, developed in the 1970's. Deep orange color, defined ribs, and good handles. Fruits range from mid 20 lbs to larger. Average yield, 1-2 fruits/plant.
Jack Be Little Pumpkin: 95 days. Tiny, flattened pumpkin. Charming litte, flattened, ribbed, orange pumpkins average 4 inch in diameter for table decoration. Average 12 fruits/plant. Sweet flesh for cooking.
Marina di Chioggia Pumpkin: 100 days. Blistery, bubbled, slate blue green rind. Average 6-12 lb bumpy squashes make a wild ornamental statement for fall. This Italian seaside specialty is delicious, especially for gnocchi and ravioli.
Sugar Baby Watermelon: 76 days. The standard of small watermelons, 8-10 lbs. Ripe melons are almost black. Excellent flavor, the standard for “icebox” style.