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Abundant Bloomsdale is an OSSI variety bred for sweetness, tenderness, and bolt resistance specifically for organic farmers, with savoyed dark gree...

Ageratum Dondo Blue (Floss Flower, Bluemink; Ageratum houstonianum) is native to Mexico and produces prolific clusters of blue flowers with long st...

The standard variety for home gardens, this leek features stems that average 1½ x 8–10 inches, well-blanched from the base upward. It is a good var...

Anaheim Chile is a versatile mild pepper with 6–8 inch pendant fruits borne abundantly on tall, productive, vigorous plants. The fruits ripen from ...

Anuenue is Hawaiian for "rainbow" (pronounced "ah-nu-ee-nu-ee"). This variety produces seed capable of germinating at higher soil temperatures (abo...

Arkansas Little Leaf is a popular and reliable white-spined pickler developed at the University of Arkansas, featuring compact vines with multiple ...

Ashley was developed at Clemson in 1956 and is recommended for hot, humid areas where disease resistance is important, with notably good downy mild...

This beloved heirloom corn is cherished for its exceptional flavor and dependable growth, standing the test of time with wide adaptability across d...

Aster Powder Puff Mixed Colors (Callistephus chinensis) bears fully double blooms in seven colors — white, pink, rose, peach, crimson red, sky blue...

Autumn Beauty Sunflower bears 3–5 inch blooms in soft fall colors on poly-headed stalks reaching 5–7 feet tall. It makes an excellent tall screen a...

Polka Dot bachelor's button produces compact plants just 16 inches tall that flower more profusely than taller varieties, making it an excellent ch...

Beaujolais is a beautiful and unique red-veined spinach developed by Uprising Seeds and released as an OSSI variety. Its smooth, tender leaves are ...

This extra-large Cucurbita maxima pumpkin is often grown for county fairs and Halloween displays, and can weigh 100 lbs or more when well grown. Th...

Black Beauty, a 1957 All-America Selections winner, produces dark green fruits that deepen to near-black as they mature, with white flesh and a sma...

A great soup bean featuring small, black seeds with 4–5 per pod. The seeds have a very delicate skin and when cooked make a creamy soup. This varie...

An abundantly productive variety, Blue Lake Bush features compact 15 to 18 inch plants with mostly stringless 6 to 8 inch pods and strong resistanc...

Bouquet Dill (Anethum graveolens) is a delightful variety similar to Long Island Mammoth but with shorter plants that produce larger flower and see...

Hungarian Blue Poppy produces beautiful bluish-purple flowers that give way to attractive pods filled with poppyseed for baking, and the pods can a...

Bronze Fennel is a decorative fennel with beautiful lacy bronze leaves, useful as an ornamental as well as a culinary sweet fennel. Medicinally, fe...

Burgundy Okra is an All-America Selections winner with deep red-maroon stems, leaf veins, and pods on 4–6 foot plants. The spineless pods grow up t...

A reliable variety for garden, market, and greenhouse use, Buttercrunch produces dark green leaves and compact heads with good bolt resistance. It ...

The Burgess strain of Buttercup, dating to 1932, is noted for its thick, fine-grained flesh and excellent flavor, producing flattened turban-shaped...

Pacific Beauty Calendula produces bright yellow-orange flowers about 3 inches across that are used as a food colorant, natural dye, and substitute ...

This Dutch variety was judged the best Boston-type lettuce in the 1983 Rodale Research Center trials, with excellent heat and cold tolerance plus r...

This Carolina-bred broadleaf mustard was developed to provide the bacterial blight resistance that the older Florida Broadleaf type lacks. Plants g...

Catnip (Nepeta cataria) is a mint-family herb useful for teas — and for entertaining cats, though only about two out of three cats carry the domina...

Celosia Tall Menagerie Mix was selected for an exceptional diversity of bloom color and shape, offering pastel pink, burgundy, peach, hot pink, cor...

A Vates-type collard developed by the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Champion features increased bolt-resistance, darker blue-green foli...

An All-America Selections winner from 1949, Cherry Belle produces round roots with bright red skin and firm white flesh. It is somewhat less suscep...

Brussels Winter Chervil loses its flavor when dried, but that flavor can be preserved in chervil butter. Best quality comes from plants grown in pa...

This well-known Italian chicory features deeply cut, dandelion-like leaves with light green mid-ribs, growing more upright than frillier varieties ...

Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) can be grown indoors or outdoors for year-round onion flavoring, and the chopped leaves and young flowers make a flav...

Cinnamon Basil has a delightful spicy cinnamon fragrance, making it perfect for use in tea or potpourri. Its aromatic qualities make it a lovely an...

Large fruits up to 2½ inches — about the size of a golf ball — make this tomatillo easy to harvest and process, and the plants are highly productiv...

Common sage is best known as a flavoring for meats, dressings, and sauces, its aromatic silvery-green leaves adding depth and complexity to culinar...

Developed in 1949 by SC/AES and possibly originating from the pre-1855 Early Valentine variety, this cultivar is celebrated as a premier early gree...

Cilantro (Coriander sativum) is a versatile herb widely used in cuisines from around the world, with every part of the plant — leaves, roots, flowe...

For the first few hundred years of managed cultivation, carrots were predominantly purple, and Cosmic Purple celebrates that heritage with purple-s...

Cosmo is a romaine variety producing tall 12-inch heads of vibrant green, broad, savoyed leaves that are crisp and sweet, staying bitter-free longe...

Cosmos Memories of Mona is an extremely hardy, drought-resistant cosmos introduced in 1998 by SESE as a red selection of Mona's Orange, developed a...

Cosmos Sea Shells Mix (Cosmos bipinnatus) is distinguished by its uniquely rolled and ruffled petals in mixed shades of red, pink, and white that g...

These bite-sized fruits, ranging from 3/8 to 5/8 inches, have a delicious flavor reminiscent of pineapple and ripen to a vibrant pineapple yellow. ...

Crimson Sweet, released in 1964, is a medium-sized striped melon typically weighing 23–27 pounds with great-tasting flesh and notable tolerance to ...

Originating from Asia, daikon — the Japanese word for radish — is juicy and flavorful, and can be used fresh in salads, cooked in vegetable dishes,...

Dating to 1947, Danvers 126 is a widely adapted, productive, and heat-tolerant variety with dark-orange roots 6 to 7 inches long and about 2 inches...

Dark Green Zucchini is a vigorous, productive bush variety bearing mottled dark green fruits with pale green flesh, offering early concentrated yie...

An ornamental dark purple basil introduced in 1962 and honored as an All-America Selections winner, this variety is not only striking in the garden...

This cantaloupe features creamy orange flesh that is sweet, juicy, and very flavorful, with fruits weighing 2 to 3 pounds that are lightly netted a...