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Many of the following varieties are heirlooms, though not all, and I ended up ordering from four different sources: Southern Exposure, Seed Savers, Johnny’s Seeds, and I ended up getting my horseradish from Gurney’s because I couldn’t get it from the others.

2007 promises some exciting trials of several varieties, and I’ll try to feature them each here on the blog, so you can read more about what you’ll hopefully be trying out during the growing season!

Veggies:

• artichoke, “imperial star”
• bean, “cherokee”
• bean, “louisiana” purple pole
• bean, “Isar” yellow french
• bean, “genuine cornfield” (also have “kentucky wonder” seed saved)
• bean, “royal burgandy”
• beet, “chioggia”
• beet, “lutz”
• broccoli, “calabrese”
• broccoli raab
• brussels sprout, “catskill”
• cabbage, “Jersey Wakefield”
• carrot, “oxheart
• carrot, “chantenay” red core
• celery, “conquistador”
• corn, super sweet bi-color
• cucumber, “diva” slicing
• cucumber, “boston” pickling
• eggplant, “black beauty”
• horseradish
• kale, “vates”
• kale, “hanover salad”
• kohlrabi, purple
• leek, “blue solaize”
• lettuce, “black seeded simpson”
• lettuce, “oakleaf”
• lettuce, “red salad bowl”
• lettuce, “yugoslavian red” butterhead
• lettuce, “speckled bibb”
• lettuce, “bunte forrellenschuss”
• lettuce, “winter density”
• melon, “hales best”
• melon, “old tennessee”
• onion, “new york early”
• onion, “ruby ring”
• pea, “little marvel”
• pea, “amish snap”
• pepper, “California wonder” red bell
• pepper, “Gourmet” orange bell
• pepper, hot serrano
• potato, “Russian Banana” fingerling (we have “red nordland” and “yukon gold” seed potatoes from last year’s harvest
• radish, “French breakfast”
• spinach, “bloomsdale”
• spinach, “america”
• summer squash, “costata”
• sweet potato, “beauregard”
• swiss chard, “brigh lights”
• tomato, “amish paste”
• tomato, “sun gold”
• tomato, “gold nugget”
• tomato, “sweet olive”
• tomato, “green zebra”
• tomato, “German red strawberry”
• tomato, “Brandywine”
• watermelon, “strawberry”

Herbs:

• basil, “Genovese” (have lemon basil seed saved)
• bee balm, multi
• borage, white
• borage, wild blue
• calendula, alpha
• catnip
• chamomile, “bodegold”
• chives, purly
• chives, garlic
• cilantro, “santo”
• dill, “Hercules”
• evening primrose
• lavendar, “munstead”
• motherwort
• mullein
• oregano, Greek
• parsley, “Italian dark green” curly
• sage, common
• sorrel
• tarragon, French
• white sage
• wild bergamot
• wormwood