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Habanero Chocolate
Trinidad Scorpion
Manzano or Rocoto Red
Habanero Peach
Scotch Bonnet Big Sun
2016 Season
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Ecoseeds ™ Seed Catalog
NEW ITEMS FOR 2016
Hot Peppers
---California Mild
---Cascabel
---Loco
---Mayan Cobanero Love
---Mulato
——Roma II Bush. Very tender and
sweet Italian bean, without bitterness, pods 4" long, 0.6" wide and
0.3" thick. Plants 16" tall and 16"
wide, early. PKT. (120 seeds) $2
LIMA BEANS (Phaseolus lunatus)
Ancient native American crop, about
10,000 years old. Sow in full sun when
nights are above 50° F, April-May, l"
deep with the eyes down 4-8" apart.
RARE DRIED PEPPERS
Pepper Collection--Trinidad+20
——Incan Giant White (Pallares)
Peruvian limas, twice the size of
America’s lima, 1" long white
seeds, swelling to 2" long when
cooked. Vines grow to 5-6 feet,
fresh beans cooked until tender,
then chilled and add black pepper,
lemon juice, vinegar, oil, chopped
onions and two fresh aji peppers
cut into strips. PKT. (20 seeds) $5
AMARANTH Grain (Amaranthus)
Hopi Indians consider amaranth a
very ancient crop, developed thousands of years before corn, about
6,000 years ago at Tehuacan in
Mexico and has saved the people
from famines. Leaves eaten, cooked
as spinach. Easily grown. PKT. $1
BEANS SCARLET RUNNER
(Phaseolus coccineus) Called Aztec
beans by the Hopi Indians, and
grown in Central America for 4,000
years, for dried beans and beautiful
scarlet flowers. PKT. (40 seeds) $5
BEANS (Phaseolus vulgaris)
An ancient crop, grown for at least
7,000 years, from Central and
South America, now grown worldwide for their tasty green pods or
allowed to ripen for their proteinrich seeds. Plants add nitrogen to
soils. Plant beans when the nights
are above 50° F., 1-2 inches deep
where they are to grow, spacing
about 8 inches apart, in full sun.
Pick pods before bulges form for
green beans.
——Kentucky Wonder Bush. Plants
2 feet tall, bears beans 6-7 inches
long, produces well even in hot
weather. PKT. (100 seeds) $2
——Kentucky Wonder Pole. (Old
Homestead) Vines 6 feet tall, with
4" long beans, and when young are
1/4" across, popular for the last 150
years. PKT. (120 seeds) $2
BEANS TEPARY (Phaseolus acutifolius) Drought-tolerant dry beans
grown by Hopis and other tribes
since ancient times, 7,000 years
——Brown seeded. PKT. (100 s) $5.
BROCCOLI SPROUTING (Brassica
oleracea) The parent of cauliflower, from Roman times. Start in
flats and seedlings transplanted
out, spacing 18 inches apart. Keep
plants constantly moist and well
fertilized. Grows best in early
spring or autumn.
——Green Sprouting. Traditional
heirloom strain. After central head
is cut, new heads will sprout from
the sides of the plant. PKT. $1
CARROTS (Daucus carota sativa)
Cultivated by the ancient Greeks
and Romans and now grown
worldwide. Easily grown any time
of the year in well worked soil with
a little bone meal mixed in. Sow
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seeds sparingly in rows and thin
seedlings to one inch apart. Keep
seed beds constantly moist. Seeds
take 3 weeks to germinate.
——Danvers (75 days) Very productive, heat-resistant plants with
roots 7-8 inches long, sweet and
tender. Carrots sown around other
plants as a ground-cover, acts as
one of the only proven companion
plants, and can increase yields of
corn or tomatoes by 25%. PKT. $2
CILANTRO = Coriander in Herbs
SWISS CHARD (Beta vulgaris var.)
European plant, the wild form of
beets, cultivated for 1,600 years or
more. During cool weather it is
probably the easiest vegetable to
grow, and in areas of mild winters
the plants will grow year-round.
Sow where plants are to stand,
spacing seeds 1" apart and keep
moist. Cook like spinach and add
lemon juice for flavor.
——Rainbow. Colorful orange, yellow, red, pink, and white stalks.
Makes a colorful vegetables in the
garden. Fun for kids. PKT. $2.
SWEET CORN (Zea mays)
American crop, spread after 1492 to
the rest of the world. Plant when
CORN
nights are above 50°F in rich, well
fertilized soil, in at least three rows
for good pollination. Keep
mulched and add fertilizer once a
month during the growing season.
One of our most remarkable cultivated plants, about 7,000 years ago
produced by crossing two grasses.
——Chulpi Cancha. Incan sweet
corn or grown as a cancha corn.
Plants 8-12 feet tall, ears 8" long
and 10-14 rows. PKT. (100 s) $2
——Golden Bantam 8-row (75-85
days) Plants 5-6 feet tall, can be
planted densely, spacing one foot
apart. Ears 7" with eight rows of
golden kernels, a reliable favorite
for 100 years. PKT. (120 seeds) $2
CORN CANCHA INCAN TYPES
Ancient Peruvian varieties for
parching like corn nuts or use for
hominy, grown until fully mature.
Dried kernels prepared by heating
a small amount of oil in a pan. Add
1/2 cup corn, cover and shake frequently until popped or golden
brown. Plants are huge, up to 16
feet tall, contest winners.
Can also be microwaved or
cooked for hominy by boiling.
Plants are very tall, and can be
braced by mounding with earth up
to a foot high, and roots will sprout
at the node to anchor the plants.
——Giant Peruvian White. Huge
seeds, used for corn-nuts or
hominy.
Plants 12 feet tall, and
ears 6-8" long, 8 rows of kernels.
PKT. (30 seeds) $2.
——Maiz Morado. Plants 14-16 feet
tall, perhaps the tallest corn variety
in the world, and a good potential
to grow for corn growing contests
or world record attempts.
Cobs 8" long and 2" wide, with 812 rows of purple kernels, used to
make the drink “chicha morado”:
boil one ear of corn in 2 quarts
water with cinnamon and the skin
of a pineapple. Filter, add juice of 2
lemons and sugar to taste and chill.
PKT. (100 seeds) $5
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ROASTING or TORTILLA CORN
(Zea mays) Ancient corns from the
Southwest, used as corn-on-the-cob
or when mature, ground into flour.
Grow like sweet corn and fertilize during the growing season, and
mulch with hay to control weeds.
Amazing plant produces a tree-like
woody taproot to be able to grow in
the sand dunes of Arizona in the desert
without any irrigation, for last 4,000
years. The Hopi varieties are unique
for their drought resistance, growing only 18-24" tall when stressed,
but will still produce ears. These
have the longest storage-life of any
corn seeds—up to ten years.
——Hopi Blue “Sakwa-pu” Height
4-5 ft, ears 7-9" long, 12-14 rows.
Used for Hopi piki bread, blue tortillas, and corn chips. PKT. $10
——Hopi Yellow “Sikyng-pu”
Grown for sweet corn and makes
the best flavored meal of the four
colors of Hopi corns. PKT. $10
POPCORN GOLDEN (Zea mays)
Kernels burst upon heating, making it especially useful for ancient
peoples because the grains become
edible without the need for grinding. Fun for kids to grown, plant as
you would sweet corn, and allow
the ears to dry before harvesting.
Plant away from other corns to
avoid cross pollination. PKT. $2
CUCUMBER (Cucumis sativus)
Annual climbing vine native to
India and Southern Asia whose
young fruits are eaten raw or pickled for 3,000 years. Plant seed
when nights are above 50°F, 3-4
seeds in hills 4 feet apart in rich soil
and full sun. Vines inhibit weeds
with natural allelochemicals and
can be planted to clear weeds.
——Armenian (60 days) The most
productive cucumber, light-green
skin and 2-3 feet long. Crisp and
tasty. PKT. (80 seeds) $1
——Straight Eight (60 days) Fruit 8
inches long, excellent quality, introduced in 1935. PKT. (40 seeds) $1
HUAUZONTLI or
Aztec Red Spinach
HUAUZONTLI or Aztec Red
Spinach (Chenopodium berlandieri)
Plants 3-6 feet tall. Leaves and stems
eaten as cooked greens, immature
seed stalks (shown above) are fried
with eggs. Mature seeds eaten like
its cousin quinoa, and ground into
flour to make tortillas, etc. Staple
grain in North America before the
invention of corn, with 33% protein, higher than corn or wheat,
and no gluten. Autumn turns
leaves magenta that is color-fast
even when cooked. PKT. $5
KALE (Brassica oleracea var.)
Hardy winter greens native to
Europe and the oldest form of cabbage. Cabbage, Brussels sprouts,
broccoli, cauliflower, collards, and
kohlrabi were developed from
kale, all within historical times.
Easily grown, like cabbage.
——Palm Tree or Dinosaur Kale.
Grows to six feet and leaves are
three feet long, dark green, looking
like a primitive miniature palm
tree. Picked young, the leaves can
be cooked like spinach and have an
excellent flavor. PKT. $3.50
LETTUCES (Lactuca sativa)
Originally a wild plant from
Europe, cultivated types were
selected for sweet-tasting leaves
and to form heads and is the most
important salad plant in the USA.
In Asia, it is cooked like spinach.
Lettuce was eaten by Persian
kings 2,500 years ago, and grown
by the Romans and was introduced
to China over 1,000 years ago.
Lettuces grow best when day
temps. are below 70° F and above
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40° F. at night. In warmer weather,
sow in full shade. Mix manure or
organic fertilizers into the top 2-3"
of soil and sow seeds in beds 1-2 ft.
wide, spacing seeds 1-2" apart.
Lettuces can be cut when 4" tall,
in about 30 days or allowed to
mature. Sowing seed every month
or two, and harvest year-round.
Refertilize the beds once a month.
——Marvel of the Four Seasons.
Butterhead variety with nice redtinted round tender leaves and
keeps firm even in hot weather,
and can be grown nearly yearround. PKT. $1
——Red-leaf or Prizehead. Sweet,
tender, crisp leaves with a reddish
color. PKT. $1
LETTUCE
ROMAINE
Rouge
D’Hiver
——Rouge D’Hiver or Red Romaine
Ancient European variety, inner
leaves green and sweet, and outer
leaves a pretty bright red. Likes
shade. PKT. $1
MELONS (Cucumis melo)
Annual trailing vines which originated in tropical Asia and Africa,
cultivated in Egypt 4,400 years ago,
only came to USA in 1870s. Easily
grown, sow seed in the garden
when nights are above 50°F. One of
the best additions to your garden.
——Canary Yellow. (Jaune des
Canaries) Beautiful yellow, round
melon 4-8" long and 3.5-6" across,
with white with a tint of orange,
very sweet firm flesh. Keeps well
into winter PKT. (50 seeds) $2
——Casaba Gold Beauty. Tear-drop
to round shaped, with bright yellow skin, ripening to gold 7-8"
wide, with white to light green aromatic flesh, sweet and juicy, keeps
for months. PKT. (100 seeds) $2
——Crenshaw. Popular melon, with
skin green to yellow, 8" long and 68" across, 6-10 pounds, salmonpink flesh. PKT. (50 seeds) $2
MELON French Heirloom
——French Heirloom. Deeply ribbed
fruit 5-6 inches across and weighs
3-3.5 pounds. Juicy deep orange
flesh, perfumed, easy to tell when
ripe-the furrows of the ribs go from
green to tan. PKT. (35 seeds) $5
——Honeydew Gold Rind. Oblong
to round melon, yellow smooth
skin and light green, very sweet
classic honeydew fruit 5-6" across
and 8" long. PKT. (80 seeds) $2
——Persian Small. Oblong melon, 68" long dark green skin with fine
netting, with the classic color and
flavor. Very ancient type, seen by
Marco Polo 700 years ago. Good for
short season or cooler climate than
most other melons. PKT. (100 s) $2
MUSKMELON or Cantaloupe
(Cucumis melo) Annual vines from
tropical Africa, first grown in the
Americas in 1494 by companions of
Columbus. Grows best in full sun,
plant in hills 4-6 feet apart when
nights are above 50 °F. into well
fertilized soil. Plants can be grown
on trellises to keep the melons off
the ground.
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——Burrell’s Jumbo (Hales Best
Improved) (85 days) Melons 6"
wide, sweet salmon-orange and
drought tolerant. PKT. (50 s) $2
watch flowers burrow into the soil
to produce the nuts
Plant the shelled nut when nights
are above 50°F in full sun and 1"
deep, in hills 1-2 feet apart. When
flowers appear, mulch around each
plant so the flowers have something to burrow into. Harvest nuts
after frost kills the plant.
——Tennessee Red (120 days) The
sweetest peanut, no bitterness, and
long shells containing 3 or 4 nuts in
each. PKT. (100 seeds in shells) $5
OKRA (Hibiscus esculentus)
Tropical annual from Egypt, grown
since ancient times, and related to
hibiscus. Young pods used in the
South, eaten steamed, boiled, pickled, fried, and made into soups.
Seeds sown in the garden when the
nights are above 50°F and thin
seedlings 12" apart, easy to grow.
——Burgundy (60 days) Tender, burgundy colored pods 6-8", good
yielder. PKT. $1
PARSLEY
(Petroselium crispum)
Originally from Eurasia, this is the
best plant for garnishing and flavoring soups, ancient crop grown
for 5,000 years. Parsley germinates
very slowly, so keep the bed moist
and weeded until seedlings are
established. Thin seedlings to
about 6" apart. Grows easily in a
container.
——Italian Plain (75 days) From
Italy, an old favorite, easily grown,
good flavor, flat leaves. PKT. $1
PEANUTS
PEANUTS
(Arachis hypogaea)
Annual plant to 20" tall, originally
from Brazil producing a nutritious
nut. Many uses were discovered by
George Washington Carver, including peanut butter. Kids love to
grow this unusual plant, and to
PEAS (Pisum sativum)
Annual plants, originally from
Europe and the Middle East, cultivated for 10,000 years. Plants grow
either as vines or as dwarf plants.
Easily grown, when night are cool,
in spring or fall, sowing seeds one
inch deep and space 4" in rows.
Give strings for vine-types.
——Laxton Progress. Bush. Earliest
peas, plants semi-climbing to 3 feet,
white flowers. Pods 2.5" long and
0.5" across, with 4-9 peas tender
and sweet. PKT. (200 seeds) $1
——Lincoln. Semi-climbing plant to
3 feet, produces pods all at once,
pods 3" long and 0.5" across, with 8
tender peas per pod. Popular for
100 years. PKT. (200 s) $1
——Sugar Snap An ancient class of
pea rediscovered a few decades
ago, combining the best qualities of
both edible pod and garden peas.
The peas can be shelled or the pods
can be cooked like regular sugar
peas. Semi-climbing plants to 3
feet, the best pea, with the pods
and peas so sweet, that it will be
difficult to keep from eating them
all in the garden. Perfect plant for
young gardeners to grow in their
first garden. PKT. (100 seeds) $2
SWEET and BELL PEPPERS
(Capsicum annuum) Peppers are
originally from tropical America.
The sweets are very rare in nature.
Growing instructions can be
found in the Hot Peppers section.
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Fruit 3.5-4.5" long, turns purple
where sun hits fruit, and ripens to
red, three ounces each! Sweet when
green, develops heat as it ripens to
red (Red ripe=HS: 1,230 f) PKT. $5
Banana
——Banana. Popular sweet peppers,
yellow fruit, 6" long and 2" across.
Productive plants 2 ft. tall and 1.5
feet across, fruit ripens from light
green to yellow to orange to red.
Sweetest when red-ripe. PKT. $1
——California Wonder Gold. (C.
annuum) Plants 2 feet tall and 1.5
feet across, sweet and crunchy gold
fruit 6" long and 4" wide. PKT. $2
——California Wonder Red. Tender,
crisp, and sweet, used in salads and
stuffing. Favorite bell, turning a
crimson when fully ripe. PKT. $1
HOT and CHILI PEPPERS
(Capsicum) All peppers originat-
Dulcetta™
——Dulcetta™ Absolutely the best
sweet pepper, 2-3" long and 1"
across, very sweet and a perfect
size for cooking. Crunchy, thick
flesh in three colors, yellow, orange
and red. Dwarf plants 1.5 feet tall
and 1.5 feet across, can be grown in
containers. PKT. (20 seeds) $5
——Jalapeño Craig’s Grande Sweet.
(C. annuum) Largest jalapeño fruit,
on plants 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide.
ed in the New World, from the
Southwest and Florida, to the tip of
South America. The five cultivated
species were developed by Native
Americans 5,000-8,000 years ago.
Along with corn, beans, squash,
potatoes, avocado, and chocolate,
the peppers are one of the greatest
culinary gifts that the world now
enjoys, originating from the hard
work done by the original Native
American peoples.
The five cultivated pepper species
are: the bell peppers and cayennes
= ANNUUM; the South American
Aji group = BACCATUM; the Bhut
Jolokia or Ghost, Habaneros,
Scotch Bonnet and Trinidad
Scorpion group = CHINENSE; the
Tabascos = FRUTESCENS; and
Manzano, Rocotos = PUBESCENS.
We indicate next to each pepper
variety, what species it is. That
way, you can save your own seed
from your plants, as long as you
put some separation between the
same species. It is very important
to separate sweets and hots if you
are going to save seed, because the
hot genes could turn sweets to hot.
Peppers offer the best future
breeding potentials of any vegetable crop, with focus on (1.)
Larger fruit size, (2.) Earlier maturity, (3.) Increased heat levels, (4.)
Different colors, and (5.) More
fruit production.
After 1492, peppers were spread
around the world and we estimate
Jalapeño Craig’s
Open-pollinated
(non-hybrid)
Grand Sweet
Actual size
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that there are now at least 50,000 to
60,000 distinctive sweet and hot
varieties grown worldwide.
Most cultures around the world
have selected their own distinctive
peppers, which are now a part of
their traditional dishes.
Start seeds indoors in spring in
pots with potting soil. We recommend a mix with a low amount of
peat moss, try coconut fiber for
example. Use a heating mat to get
the necessary 80-85 °F daytime soil
temperature, and use a soil thermometer to check. Transplant
seedlings when 2" tall into their
own individual 3-4" diameter pots.
Plant seedlings into the garden
when 4-6" tall, when nights are
above 50°F., into rich, well fertilized soil in full sun. Mulch around
the plants to control weeds, Feed
once a month with liquid fish fertilizer, one cup diluted in a gallon of
water, and bone meal. Young
leaves wrinkling, especially any
Bhut Jolokia, Habaneros, Scotch
Bonnets or Trinidad Scorpions,
means you must add bone meal,
and then again weekly until the
leaves flatten out again.
“Easy salsa”-- put the pods in the
blender with lime juice to moisten.
pods are usually 2-10x hotter than
fresh pods. Try our method yourself
for free at www.ecoseeds.com/hotmethod.html
NOTE! Seeds need 85°F. for 3-4
weeks for complete germination for
hot varieties. From setting plants
out in the garden, to green fruit is
55-75 days and red-ripe fruit is 90150 days.
6,667 d ............Catarina
6,700 d ............Thai Bangkok Upright
7,000 d ............Scotch Bon. Haitian Red
8,000 d ............De Arbol
8,000 d ............Hab. Bullet ™ Gold bush
8,000 d ............Onza Rojo
DREMANN’S Hotness Scale™
(HS)
There’s a lot of controversy about
pepper hotness, so we invented an
easy method to test a pepper’s heat
level, and the results are listed here as
Dremann’s Hotness Scale (HS)
numbers. The HS number represents how many ounces of sauce will
have a detectable hotness when one
ounce of pepper pods are added.
Multiply our HS number by 12 to
get the SCOVILLE number for each
pepper. Red fresh fruit are usually 23x hotter than green fruit, and dried
f= fresh pods
d=dried pods
0................Sweet peppers
2 f.............Cubanelle
22 f.............Ancho Mexican Large
25 f.............Anaheim
42 f.............Hungarian Yellow Wax
50 f.............California Mild
53 f.............Joe E. Parker
72 f.............Chilaca or Mex. Negro
100 d ............Costeño Amarillo
122 f.............Jalapeno TAM mild
125 f.............Cherry Large Hot
135 f.............Mulato
178 f.............Fresno
192 d ............Costeño Rojo
238 f.............Jalapeño Mild M
238 f.............Numex Big Jim
370 f.............Chimayo
500 f.............Manzano/Rocoto Orange
580 d ............Barker
600 f.............Manzano/Rocoto Red
625 f.............Cayenne Long Slim
625 f.............Hawaiian Sweet Hot
700 f.............Jalapeño Early
840 f.............Manzano/Rocoto Yellow
1,000 f.............Loco
1,120 f.............Santa Fe Grande
1,250 d ............Puya
1,250 f.............Serrano
1,300 f.............Guajillo
3,300 d ............Tabasco
5,600 d ............Zimbabwe Bird
10,000 d ............Hab. Bullet ™ Yellow
10,000 d ............Mayan Cobanero Love
11,428 d ............Scotch Bonnet Big Sun
11,500 d ............Scotch Bon. Tobago Red
13,333 d ............Craig’s Little Kicker
14,300 d ............Habanero Peach
15,000 d ............Habanero Bullet ™ Red
16,000 d ............Habanero Orange Craig’s
16,100 d ............Japones
17,300 d ............Mustard Mustard
18,600 d ............Habanero Chocolate
20,000 d ............Pequin
23,000 d ............Habanero Bullet™ White
24,390 d ............Hab. Gold Bullet™ tall
60,000 d ............Bhut Jolokia Rough
64,000 d Tepin (with seeds removed)
144,000 d Trinidad Scorpion Craig’s
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All pepper packets contain 100
seeds unless otherwise noted.
also called poblano and pasilla.
Large, fairly hot pods used for
stuffing or making ‘chilies con
crema,’ heated and layered with
sour cream. Triangular shaped
about 4-5" long and 2-3" across
with a characteristic indent around
the stem. Fruits dark green turning
red when ripe. (HS: 22 f) PKT. $2
Can you make a hot pepper hotter?
Yes. There are five different species of
cultivated peppers, and your seed
stock selection plus your fertilizers and
growing conditions help.
Annuum and frutescens heat levels
can change dramatically, and a rainy,
cool summer, or by adding too much
nitrogen fertilizer, a very hot pepper
can change to nearly sweet.
Common problem in coastal summer
fog-zones along the Pacific coast, or
from Ohio to Maine.
To get the most heat out of your
peppers: Fertilize with bone meal
and liquid fish (one cup diluted in a
gallon of water) monthly while
plants are developing. When fruits
appear, stop fertilizing with any
nitrogen, use only bone meal. When
fruits start to change color from green
to red, keep plants on the dry side.
To develop the hottest strain, check
the heat levels of the fruit produced
by each individual plant, and only save
seed from the plants producing the
hottest fruit each year.
Barker
——Barker (C. annuum) Popular
New Mexico roasting pepper, used
for stuffing or frying. Plants short,
1.5 feet tall and fruit 6-8" long and
1-2" across, red when ripe. (HS: 580
f). PKT. $1
Bhut Jolokia Rough fresh fruit
Anaheim
——Anaheim (C. annuum) Pods 7"
long and 1.5" wide, varies from
mild to medium-hot. Originally
from New Mexico and brought to
California by Emilio Carlos Ortega
who founded Ortega Chili Sauce
company in 1897. Nice for stuffing
when red-ripe. Plant 2 feet tall and
1.5 feet across. (HS: 25 f). PKT. $1.
——Bhut Jolokia or Ghost pepper
Rough Craig’s Strain™ (C. chinense)
When dried looks identical to the
rough variety. Extremely hot pepper from India, fruit 1" wide and 23" long, turning red when ripe.
Plants grow 5-7 feet tall and 3-4 feet
across, produces up to 1,000 fruit
per plant. (Up to HS: 60,000 d).
PKT. (35 seeds) $10
—---Bird-see Pequin, Tepin & Zimbabwe
Ancho Mexican Large
California
Mild
——Ancho Mexican Large (C. annuum) This is the really big Ancho,
——California Mild (C. annuum)
Excellent for salsa, roasting or drying pepper, plants 2 feet tall and 2.5
feet across, with pods 3-4" long, 11.5" wide. (HS: 50 d) PKT. $1
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——Cascabel (C. annuum) Plants 2
feet tall, 1 foot across. Round
sweet-hot ripe fruit 1" x 1.5" used
for drying. . (HS: 1,600 f) PKT. $2
Catarina
——Catarina (C. annuum) Plants 2
feet tall and 2 feet across, very productive. Fruit olive-shaped 1-2"
long and 0.8" across, very hot like
some habanero varieties. (HS: 6,667
d). PKT. $2
Cayenne Long Slim
Chimayo
——Chimayo (C. annuum) The very
earliest maturing hot pepper will
start producing fruit only 30 days
after setting plants out! Plants
dwarf, 1.3 feet tall and 1.3 feet
wide. Fruit 4 inches long and 1"
across. (HS: 370 f) PKT. $5
---—Chipotle --- see Jalapeño
Costeño
Amarillo
——Costeño Amarillo (C. annuum)
Rare Oaxacan pepper 0.6" x 2-2.5",
yellow. (HS: <100 d). PKT. $5
Costeño Rojo
——Cayenne Long Slim (C. annuum)
Plants 2 feet tall and 4 feet across.
Fruit 4" long and 1" across, favorite
of the South for sauces and one of
the most common peppers in the
world. (HS: 625 f). PKT. $2
——Costeño Rojo (C. annuum) Rare
Oaxacan pepper 0.8" x 2-3" red
when ripe. (HS: 192 d). PKT. $5
Cherry
Large
Hot
——Cherry Large Hot (C. annuum)
Plants 2-3 feet tall and 2 feet across,
with upright fruits, producing 50100 fruits per plant. Fruit round
1.2" long and 1.6" across, ripening
to deep red. (HS: 125 f). PKT. $2
Chilaca, Pasilla
or Mexican
Negro
Craig’s
Little
Kicker
——Craig’s Little Kicker™ (C. annuum ?) Plants 1-2 feet tall and 1-2 feet
across, a most cold tolerant pepper
that can be grown in containers and
live for many years. Take indoors
when nights go below freezing,
fruit 1.2" x 1.2", red when ripe. (HS:
13,333 d). PKT. (35 seeds) $5
Cubanelle
——Chilaca, Pasilla or Mexican
Negro. (C. chinense) Long skinny
almost black pods 5-6" long and
0.8-1" across with a rich, unique flavor, used for mole. (HS: 72 f) PKT. $5
——Cubanelle. Plant 2 ft. tall and 4
ft. across. Large, sweet fruit, good
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for stuffing, frying, and roasting.
Fruit 3-6" long, 1.5-2" across red,
thick, sweet flesh with a little bite
when red-ripe. (HS: 1.5) PKT. $2
De Arbol
——De Arbol or Tree chili (C. annuum) Plants 4 feet tall and 4 feet
across, growing into small trees in
tropics. Pods 4" long and 1 / 2"
across. (HS: 8,000 d). PKT. $5
Fresno
——Fresno (C. annuum) Very productive plants, 2 feet tall and 2 feet
across, fruit does not sunburn and
can get yields of 100 fruit per plant.
Juicy, thick-fleshed pickling pepper, 4" long and 1" wide, usually
picked when red-ripe. (HS: 172 f)
PKT. $2
——Ghost pepper - see Bhut Jolokia
Guajillo
——Guajillo (C. annuum) Plants 3-4
feet tall, high yielding, good for
drying, very popular, 6" long and
1" wide. (HS: 1,300 d). PKT. $5
——Habanero Bullet™ Gold Tall.
(C. chinense x pubescens) Plants tall,
4 feet by 4 feet across, has pubescens genes. Fruit golden, keeps
well. (HS: 24,390 d). PKT. (35
seeds) $5
——Habanero Bullet™ Red Bush.
(C. chinense) Plants 2 feet by 4 feet
across, fruit red, keeps well. (HS:
15,000 d). PKT. (35 seeds) $5
——Habanero Bullet™ White (C.
chinense) One of the earliest maturing of the Habanero group, white
fruit 1" long and 1/2" wide. Short
and wide spreading, produce up to
1,000 fruit per plant! (HS: 23,000 d).
PKT. (35 seeds) $2
——Habanero Bullet™ Yellow
Bush. (C. chinense) Plants 2 feet by 4
feet across, fruit yellow, keeps well.
(HS: 10,000 d). PKT. (35 seeds) $5
Habanero
Chocolate
Craig’s
Super™
——Habanero Chocolate (C. chinense) Plants 3 feet tall and 3 feet
across, produces 50-60 fruit per
plant, 1-2 inches long and 1.2 inches wide. Chocolate color adds a
unique flavor unmatched by any
other peppers. Unusually hot with
an awesome heat level (HS: 18,600
D). PKT. $5
Habanero
Mustard
Habanero Bullet ™
——Habanero Bullet™ Trademark.
“Bullet” is a trademark, and all fruits
are jelly-bean sized, 0.4" x 0.6"
——Habanero Bullet™ Gold Bush
(C. chinense) Plants tall, 2 feet by 4
feet across, fruit golden, keeps well.
(HS: 8,000 d). PKT. (35 seeds) $5
——Habanero Mustard (C. chinense)
Plants 4 feet tall and 3 feet across.
Extremely hot fruit 2" long and 1"
wide, very wrinkled, orange when
ripe. One of the world’s hottest
peppers. (HS: 17,300 d) PKT. $5
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——Hungarian Yellow Wax (C.
annuum) Plants one foot tall and 3
feet across, very productive. Fruits
turn green to yellow to red, ranges
2-5" long and 0.7-1.5" across, perfect for pickling. (HS: 42 f). PKT. $1
Habanero Orange
Craig’s Deluxe™
——Habanero
Orange
Craig’s
Deluxe™ (C. chinense) Plants 3 feet
tall and 4 feet across, very prolific,
with about 50-100 fruit per plant.
Fruit 2" long, orange with an apricot flavor and scent. From Havana,
Cuba then the Yucatan and is now
worldwide. Our special selection,
six times hotter than other orange
varieties. (HS: 16,800 d) PKT. $5
Habanero Peach
——Habanero Peach (C. chinense)
Large plants 4 feet x 4 feet, peach
colored 1" x 3" extremely hot fruit
one of the world’s hottest, that
ripening to orange, very unusual
(HS: 14,300 d). PKT. $5
—---Hatch Chili. A general name for
any traditional large-fruited pepper of southern New Mexico,
grown for their fresh green fruit
between 100-200 on our HS scale-see Barker, Joe E. Parker, Numex Big
Jim, and Sandia.
Hawaiian
Sweet
Hot
——Jalapeño Early Hot Chipotle (C.
annuum) Fruit ripens a week earlier than the other Jalapeños. Fruit is
less prone to cracking, on compact
plants 16" tall and 20" across, fruit
2-2.5" long and 1" wide. Usually
picked green but turns red when
fully ripe, and when smoked and
dried, becomes the popular “chipotle” pepper. (HS: 700 f). PKT. $2
——Jalapeño Grande Craig’s--see
under Sweet Peppers.
Jalapeño M Mild
——Jalapeño Mild M (C. annuum)
Favorite pickled condiment, and
used in salsa. Plants 2 feet tall and
2 feet wide. Fruits 3" long and 1"
wide, ripens from green to chocolate to red. (HS: 238 f). PKT. $2
Jalapeño TAM Mild
——Hawaiian Sweet Hot (C. annuum) Plants 2-3 feet tall and 2 feet
across. Fruits 2.5-3" long and 0.8"
across, thick flesh perfect for pickling. (HS: 1,667 f). PKT. (35 s) $5
Hungarian Yellow Wax
Jalapeño Early Hot
Chipotle
——Jalapeño TAM mild (C. annuum)
Typical jalapeño fruit, but 1/4 as
hot, plants 3 feet tall, fruit 2.5" long
x 1" wide, good flavor, eaten raw or
pickled. (HS: 122 f). PKT. $1
——Japones (C. frutescens) Hot pepper used in Szechwan spicy dishes
and one of the hottest peppers used
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in California. Upright fruit on
bushes 2 feet tall. Fruit, 2" long and
1/4" wide, in clusters of 6-8 upright
pods (HS: 16,000 d) PKT. $1
Manzano
or Rocoto
Red
Japones
The world’s most productive peppers when grown protected from
frost. Plants trained and grown like
grapes, 6-8 feet tall and 10-15 feet
across. In its third year, each plant
can produce 600-1,000 pounds of
fruit! (HS: 600 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5
Joe E. Parker
——Joe E. Parker (C. annuum)
Excellent roasting or drying pepper, fruit 6-8" long, 1.5-2" wide.
Plants upright, 2-3 feet tall, and
pods of the largest of the New
Mexico types. (HS: 53 f) PKT. $2
——Loco (C. annuum) Old Mexican
type, not to be confused with
“Hybrid Loco F1”, fruit 3-4" long
and 1" wide. (HS: 1,000 d) PKT. $2
Manzano
or Rocoto
Orange
——Manzano or Rocoto Orange (C.
pubescens) Multiple vines 6-15 feet
long that can be trained on wires if
grown in a greenhouse or in a
frost-free area. Square 2" fruits
orange when ripe, unique blue
flowers and black seeds. Threeyear old plants can produce from
500-1,000 pounds of fruit per plant.
Flowers may require hand pollination to set fruit. Hot, unique, juicy.
Makes a lovely pickled product.
(HS: 500 f). PKT. (35 seeds) $5
——Manzano Red (C. pubescens)
Red-fruited form of the variety.
Manzano
Yellow
——Manzano Yellow (C. pubescens)
Rare yellow colored juicy hot fruit
makes delicious salsa. (HS: 840 f)
PKT. (35 seeds) $5
——Mayan Cobanero Love (C. annuum?) Guatemalan plants 8 ft. across
and 4 ft. tall, red heart-shaped fruit
1" long and 0.6" across, 5,000 years
old. (HS: 840 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5
Mulato
——Mulato (C. annuum) or Black
Ancho. Plants 2 feet tall and 2 feet
across, the black version of the
ancho
or
stuffing
pepper.
Triangular shaped pods 4-8" long
and 2-3" across, red-brown to black
when mature. (HS: 135 f). PKT. $2
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——Numex Big Jim (C. annuum)
Plants are dwarf only 2 feet tall and
one foot across, for planting closely.
Huge fruit, picked green, roasted
and frozen, 6-8" long and 2 across.
(HS: 238 f) PKT. $2
across. Fruit 4-5" long and 1.5"
wide, for drying and salsa. Fruits
dry on plants. (HS: 42 f). PKT. $1
Onza Rojo
——Onza Rojo (C. annuum) Plants 2
feet tall and one foot across, related
to serrano but is 50 times hotter,
fruit orange-red 1.5-2.5" long and
0.8" across. (HS: 8,000 d) PKT. $5
——Pasilla or Poblano—see Ancho
or Mexican Negro
Pequin
——Pequin or Prin-kee-new (C.
annuum) Wild bird chili, now under
cultivation, bush 4 ft. and 3 feet
across, producing one of the
world’s hottest fruit, only 1/2" long
and 1/6" across, held upright. A
favorite pepper in Thailand, where
its extreme heat and distinctive flavor is highly valued, usually dried
and smoked (HS: 20,000 d). PKT. $2
Puya
——Puya (C. annuum) Plants 3-4 feet
tall and 3 feet across. Long pods 26" and 0.7" wide chili related to
Guajillo. (HS: 1,250 d). PKT. $1
Santa Fe
Grande
——Santa Fe Grande (C. annuum)
Similar to Fresno pepper, but fruit
10x hotter. Conical fruit 2-3" long
and 1-1.3" across, turning yellow to
orange-red when ripe. Good for
pickling, with a nice thick crunchy
flesh. (HS: 1,120 f) PKT. $2
Scotch
Bonnet
Big Sun
——Scotch Bonnet Big Sun (C. chinense) Plants 2 feet tall by 2 feet.
Fruit 1.5" long, 1.2" wide, yellow
very hot. The most popular yellow
Scotch Bonnet from the Caribbean.
(HS: 11,428 f) PKT. $2
——Scotch Bonnet Haitian Red (C.
chinense) Plants 3 feet tall and 4 feet
across, with red fruit, producing
even in the toughest conditions,
like in Haiti. (HS: 7,000 d) PKT. $2
Scotch
Bonnet
Tobago
Red
Sandia
——Sandia (Hot Anaheim) (C. annuum) Plants 2 feet tall, and 1.5 feet
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——Scotch Bonnet Tobago Red (C.
chinense) Plants 3 feet tall and 3 feet
wide, with 150-200 round to long
red fruit ranging from 3/4’ x 3/4"
to 1" x 2". Early production, very
hot. (HS: 12,600 d) PKT. $5
50 years if kept warm in winter.
Perennial bushes 3 feet tall and 4
feet wide the first year, with multiple branches from the base.
Round fruit only 1/4" across, can
yield 1,000-1,500 fruit per plant.
Ripens from purple to green to red,
and fruit comes off stem when ripe.
Can be grown indoors in a pot
overwinter, or outdoors in
Southern California, Texas, Florida,
Hawaii or Puerto Rico.
Takes 200 days from setting out
plants to mature red ripe fruit.
Being a wild plant, seeds can take
3-6 weeks to germinate at 85°F. soil
temperature. (HS: range 20,00064,000 d) PKT. $2
Serrano
——Serrano (C. annuum x pubescens)
Unusual pepper and very old variety may be an interspecies hybrid
between Capsicum annuum and
pubescens. Plant 3 feet tall and 4
feet across, with hanging fruit.
Fruit cylindrical about 1-2.2" long
and 1/2" across, very popular for
salsa and guacamole, whose name
in Spanish, means highlands or
mountains. (HS: 1,250 f) PKT. $1
Tabasco
——Tabasco (C. frutescens) Upright
plants 3-4 feet high and 2-3 feet
across, multiple branches at base.
The Tabasco pepper of Louisiana,
and turns from yellow to bright
red, 1" long and 1 / 4" across,
upright on this plant above the
level of the leaves and make a fine
hot sauce. Each plant can produce
up to 400-500 fruits per plant. (HS:
3,300 d) PKT. $5
Tepín,
wild
desert
bush
pepper
(life size)
—-Tepin, wild desert bush pepper
(C. annuum v. aviculare) Wild plant
from desert of Mexico lives for 35-
Thai Bangkok
——Thai Bangkok (C. frutescens)
Upright narrow plants 3 feet tall
and one foot across, can be set
densely or grown in containers.
Red pods 2" long, 0.25" wide with
purple tint. (HS: 6,700 d) PKT. $5
Trinidad
Scorpion
Craig’s
Deluxe™
——Trinidad Scorpion Craig’s
Deluxe™ (C. chinense) Plants
should be 5 feet tall by mid-August
if fertilized monthly with bone
meal and liquid fish fertilizer, and
over six feet by the end of the year.
Unique pepper pods shape, with a
scorpion-tail at the end, but shape
is variable and fruit can trend
towards the Ghost pepper shapes.
Trinidads and their cousins will be
the hottest spice Guinness World
Record holder for many decades.
This pepper, when fresh or dried,
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is extremely dangerous, and you
need to wear latex gloves, clothing
that you can immediately remove
and wash after you are finished,
and a fume mask (like 3M model
6247) to protect yourself when cutting the fresh or dried fruit, and
only work with this pepper outside. Purchase of these seeds, the
buyer assumes all responsibility for
the safe use and handling of this
pepper. (HS: Up to 144,000 d). PKT.
(35 seeds) $5
Zimbabwe Bird
——Zimbabwe Bird (C. frutescens)
Ornamental round plant 8-12" tall
and 1-2 feet across. Plants very
prolific, looking a like a lawn of
fruit. Pods are upright, triangular,
3/4" long and 1/4" across. One of
the world’s hottest peppers, a bird
pepper from Africa, doing well in a
container. (HS: 5,600 d) PKT. $5
Collections make fine presents for
friends or relatives who love peppers.
Each collection contains one packet
of each variety listed. The varieties
marked with an asterisk* contain 35
seeds, otherwise all seed packets
contain 100 seeds.
Prices include postage to USA,
Canada, and Mexico. Please add
20% for airmail to other countries,
and we cannot ship pepper seeds to
EU Countries or Australia.
Collection No. 1 - Top 7 World’s
Hottest, the “Seven Wonders of the
World”: Bhut Jolokia Rough*, Hab.
Bullet Gold Tall, Hab. Bullet White,
Habanero Chocolate. Pequin, Tepin
and Trinidad Scorpion Craig’s
Deluxe™*. PRICE $32 postpaid.
Collection No. 1-A - Top 10 World’s
Hottest: Bhut Jolokia Rough*, Hab.
Bullet™ Gold tall*, Hab. Bullet™
White, Hab. Chocolate, Hab.
Mustard, Hab. Orange Craig’s
Deluxe™, Japones, Pequin, Tepin,
Trinidad Scorpion Craig’s Deluxe™*.
PRICE $45 postpaid.
Collection No. 2 - Top 7 Customer’s
favorites: Anaheim, Bhut Jolokia
DO CALIFORNIA POPPIES &
PEPPERS GO TOGETHER? YES!
If you have seen peppers bloom in
the garden and not set fruit, that
means the insect pollinators were
absent. We found that by sowing
California poppies around your
peppers you can get better pepper
fruit set. When the poppies bloom,
they attract insect pollinators,
which then work on your peppers
to produce fruit for you. One quarter pound of poppy seeds will
plant 250 feet of row of peppers.
Four Ounces $20, 1/2 lb. $30, One
lb. $50 postpaid
PEPPER SEED COLLECTIONS
We are offering collections of our
peppers grouped into the world’s
hottest ones, the favorites of our customers, all the hot ones, and others.
Rough*, Cayenne Long Slim,
Habanero Orange Craig’s Deluxe™,
Habanero Peach, Tepin, and Trinidad
Scorpion Craig’s Deluxe™*. PRICE
$32.
Collection No. 2A - Top 10
Customer’s favorites: Anaheim,
Bhut Jolokia Rough*, Cayenne Long
Slim, Chilaca, Habanero Bullet
White,
Habanero Chocolate,
Habanero Orange Craig’s, Habanero
Peach, Tepin, and Trinidad Scorpion
Craig’s Deluxe™* PRICE $45.
Collection No. 3- Top 7 Rarest:
Catarina, Chimayo, Craig’s Little
Kicker, Costeno Amarillo, Costeno
Rojo, Habanero Bullet Gold Bush and
Mayan Cobanero Love. PRICE $26.
Collection No. 4- Fastest Maturing
for cold climates: Ancho Mexican
Large, Chimayo, Cubanelle, De
Arbol, Guajillo, Jalapeño Early,
Japones, Puya, Serrano. PRICE $26.
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Collection No. 5-“The Super 55” all
the hot peppers: Anaheim, Ancho
Mexican, Barker, Bhut Jolokia
Rough*, California Mild, Cascabel,
Catarina, Cayenne Long Slim,
Cherry Large Hot, Chilaca, Chimayo,
Costeño Amarillo, Costeño Rojo,
Craig’s Little Kicker™, Cubanelle,
De Arbol, Fresno, Guajillo, Hab.
Bullet™ Gold bush*, Hab. Bullet™
Gold tall*, Hab. Bullet™ Red*, Hab.
Bullet™ White*, Hab. Bullet™
Yellow*, Hab. Chocolate, Habanero
Mustard, Hab. Orange Craig's
Deluxe, Habanero Peach, Hawaiian
Sweet Hot, Hungarian Yellow Wax,
Jalapeño Early, Jalapeño M, Jalapeño
TAM mild, Japones, Joe E Parker,
Loco, Manzano Orange*, Manzano
Red*, Manz. Yellow*, Mayan
Cobanero Love, Numex Big Jim,
Onza Amarillo, Onza Rojo, Pequin,
Puya, Sandia, Santa Fe Grande,
Scotch Bonnet Big Sun, Scotch
Bonnet Haitian Red, Scotch Bonnet
Tobago Red, Serrano, Tabasco, Tepin,
Thai Bangkok, Trinidad Scorpion
Craig’s™* and Zimbabwe Bird.
PRICE $190
Collection “TRINIDAD PLUS 20”:
One packet of Trinidad Scorpion plus
a selection of 20 different hot pepper
packets from the previous year. This
special collection sells out fast each
spring, for people who want to try
something different in the garden,
and get some surprises. PRICE $35
PEPPER BULK DRIED (Capsicum)
Prices include shipping to USA.
Crushed pods with seeds removed,
imported from Oaxaca or Peru,
except for Bullets that are whole.
—Aji Yellow (C. baccatum) Popular
pepper of Peru, unique. 1/2 lb. $25
—Chilhuacle Negro (C. annuum)
Famous mole pod. 1/4 pound. $40
—Chilhuacle Rojo (C. annuum)
Oaxaca mole pepper. 1/4 lb. $35
—Costeno Amarillo (C. annuum)
Oaxaca mole pepper. 1/4 lb. $25
—Costeno Rojo (C. annuum) Oaxaca
mole pepper. PRICE 1/4 lb. $25
—Habanero Bullet™ Dried Pods.
Dried pods, can be put in a blender
to make a chili powder. PRICE 1/4
pound $25.
—Onza Rojo (C. annuum) Oaxaca
mole pepper. 1/4 lb. $20
PUMPKINS (Cucurbita)
North American crop for 11,000
years, annual vines, fruits made
into pies or carved into Jack
O’Lanterns. High protein seeds are
eaten roasted and flowers fried.
Sow seed when the ground is
warm in spring, in hills in full sun
and rich soil, planting 3-4 seeds per
hill and spacing hills 3-4 feet apart.
Thin hills to the 1-2 strongest
plants. Largest pumpkins--let one
or two fruit develop per vine and
bury vine 1-2" deep every foot or
two along its length to form roots.
——Ayote (C. mixta) Grown for its
long seeds in Central America with
a very thin skin. Seeds eaten raw or
toasted, or ground and added to
chicken, tamales, stews, or can be
boiled or baked. Long vines, and
fruit calabash-shaped, 8 inches tall,
light-yellow when ripe. PKT. (25
seeds) $2
——Dill’s Atlantic Giant (C. maxima)
(110-125 days) World’s largest
pumpkin, weighing 1,200-2,000+
pounds, winning pumpkin contests every year, and fruit up to 3
feet by 4 feet. PKT. (20 seeds) $5
——Sugar Pie (C. pepo) The old fashioned variety selected for making
pies, 6 inches tall and 6 inches
across, 5-10 pounds, fine textured,
and sweet, great for pies. Vines 5
feet long. PKT. (35 seeds) $1
RADISH Cherry Belle (Raphanus)
Originated in Europe. Planted to
produce nice large red radishes, or
used to produce sprouts. Space
seeds 1" apart thinned to 2" apart.
Roots cylindrical, 1" wide and 2"
long, red, crisp, juicy with the right
amount of bite. PKT. $1
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SOYBEANS or EDAMAME (Glycine
max) Tropical Asian bean that can
be grown for the young beans for
shelling. For the green shelled
seed: grow like regular green
beans, but pick when bulges
appear in the pod where the seeds
are developing but before pods dry.
Boil pods in water and serve “in
the shell” either cold or warm.
Plants 3 feet tall, 2 feet wide, 3
seeds per pod, 1.6" long and 0.6"
across. PKT. (160 seeds) $1
SPINACH (Spinacia oleracea)
Annual European plant used as a
cooked green or in salads. Sow
seed in spring or fall and thin
plants to 6" apart in rows.
——Bloomsdale Long-standing (40
days) Heirloom spinach variety
with crumpled leaves, named for
its ability to not go to seed. PKT. $2
SQUASH (Cucurbita pepo)
Annual vines native to the North
America and grown since 7,000
B.C. These are grown for eating
steamed, fried or thinly sliced raw
into salads. Grow in a sunny spot,
space 3 feet apart.
Italian farmers in Naples bred the
“zucchini”, which is usually a bush
plant. By picking the fruit continuously when young, stimulates the
plant to continue to flower and produce profusely for several months.
——Golden Summer Crookneck (C.
pepo) (55 days) Bush plants with
light-yellow curve-necked fruit,
picked young, with a sweet, mild
flavor. Will ripen into an interesting gourd. PKT. (40 seeds) $2
——Kumi Kumi (C. pepo) Favorite
squash of New Zealand, a Maori
variety round to long with distinctive ribs, eaten like zucchini when
young, and baked like winter
squash when mature. Big vines.
PKT. (25 seeds) $2
——Romanesco Zucchini (C. pepo)
Bush plants, very compact, 3 feet
tall and 3 feet across. Fruit very
long and narrow, usually picked
young when under 8 inches long,
including the flowers. Still sweet
and tender at its maximum length
of two feet. PKT. (20 seeds) $2
——Spaghetti Squash (C. pepo) Oval
fruits 4-6" wide and 6-12" long, yellow when mature, can be steamed,
boiled or baked When baking,
puncture skin with a fork before cooking! Spaghetti-like strands inside,
very mild. Vines to 6 feet long, productive. Fruits will keep for
months. PKT. (50 seeds) $2
——Zucchini Striato D’Italia (C.
pepo) The original selection of zucchini, developed in Naples in the
1700s. Plants very compact, and
early, 2 feet tall and 3 feet across.
Fruit dark green and light green
striped fruit, very tender, sweet
and not bitter. PKT. (50 seeds) $2.50
TOMATO Grape
TOMATO (Lycopersicon esculentum)
Tender perennial originally from
South America, and taken to
Europe in the 1500s. Sow seed
indoors in spring. Plant seedlings
out when nights are above 50°F, in
full sun, spacing four feet apart.
These heirloom varieties need
stakes or tomato cages for support.
——Grape. Translucent fruit 0.5"
across and 0.8" long, looks like
large grapes, makes great snacks,
delicious sweet flavor. Plants
upright 3-4 feet tall, fruit in clusters
of 6-10 fruit. PKT. (35 seeds) $2
——Red Cherry. Ancient variety
with small round fruit on a vine,
very easy to grow. PKT. $1
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——Zapotec Indian (80 days) Large
usual ribbed red fruit, from the
Zapotec Indians of Southern
Mexico, probably the oldest largefruited strain still being grown.
Excellent flavor. PKT. $2
WATERMELON (Citrullus vulgaris)
Annual vine from tropical Africa
and a favorite summertime fruit.
Give vines room to spread as they
grow flat on the ground. Manure
worked into the soil under hills
before planting will help fruit production. Sow seed when nights are
above 50°F, with 3-4 seeds in hills 6
feet apart, and thin to the strongest
seedling per hill. Plants in full sun
and keep constantly moist.
——Allsweet (90-100 days) Fruit 7"
by 18" with dark green stripes, few
small seeds. PKT. (40 seeds) $1
——Crimson Sweet. Fruit 10" by 12"
about 25 pounds, deep red sweet
flesh with few seeds. Introduced in
1964. PKT. (40 seeds) $1
——Florida Giant (Black Diamond
Red). Old fashioned, round, weighing 30-60 pounds and up to 100
pounds, with sweet bright red
flesh. PKT. (40 seeds) $1
——Jubilee (90-100 days) Fruit 11 x
22 inches, 25-40 pounds, dark green
stripes, sweet red flesh. PKT. (40
seeds) $1
——Moon and Stars Yellow (95-100
days) Heirloom with oval fruit,
dark green skin sprinkled with yellow “stars” and “moons”. Sweet
yellow flesh, kids love it. Fruit up
to 40 pounds. PKT. (40 seeds) $5.
BASIL (Ocimum basilicum)
Annual originally from Asia whose
aromatic fresh leaves are used in
soups, sauces, salads, or making
pesto. Start seeds indoors and
seedlings planted in full sun in the
garden. Easily grown in the garden, or on a window sill.
——Genovese. Most popular basil
grown in Italy, plants 2 feet tall and
leaves 2-3" long and 1.25" wide,
very fragrant and tasty. PKT. $1
CORIANDER or Cilantro
(Coriandrum sativum) Annual
herb from China whose fresh
leaves used in chili salsa and other
Mexican dishes. Seeds used in East
Indian cooking and when sugar
coated are eaten like candy. Grows
easily and likes moisture. Plant in
shade if growing for the leaves, or
full sun if growing for the seeds.
Cold nights help germination.
Fertilizing frequently keep plants
producing leaves and not bolting.
Sowing coriander for its flowers,
brings beneficial insects to control
pests.
——Slow-Bolting. Important selection which is very slow to bolt to
seed even in hot weather, which is
important when growing for the
leaves. PKT. $1
PAPALO
the original
cilantro of
the Aztecs
PAPALO (Porophyllum coloratum)
Fast-growing mild strain. Called
Papaloquelite by the Aztecs, used in
Mexico since ancient times. Fresh
green leaves are chopped finely
and added to tacos to impart a distinctive spicy cilantro-like flavor.
Plants 2-3 feet tall and one foot
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across and easy to grow like basil,
and can be cut several times. Small
farms are making money growing
fresh bunches for the Mexican markets. If you enjoy cilantro, try its
stronger flavor with a citrus-lime
hint. PKT. $5, OZ. $35, 1/4 lb. $110.
PARSLEY—see in Vegetable Section
PIPICHE (Porophyllum tagetoides)
The cousin to Papalo and its fresh
cilantro-citrus flavored leaves used
in the same manner as papalo, but
with narrow tarragon-like leaves
and more tender. Plants grow only
8-12 inches tall and is easily grow
spring to summer in full sun and
rich soil. PKT. $5, OZ. $55, 1/4
pound $180.
CALIFORNIA POPPY (Eschscholzia
californica) California’s state
flower. Plants are 1-2 feet tall, easily grown in any soil, sown in early
spring or in autumn in mild climates. Sow where plants are to
stand. Flowers are pollen source
for insects and seeds are loved by
doves. Sown around peppers will
help fruit production. Golden.
PKT. $1, Oz. $5, Four Ounces $20,
1/2 lb. $30, One lb. $50 postpaid
GOURD Luffa Sponge (Luffa cylindrica) (90 days) Climbing vines
grown like a cucumber, producing
1-2 foot long fruit. When mature,
the fruit’s dried skin is removed,
and inside is a fibrous sponge,
wonderful in the bath--makes your
skin tingle. PKT. (30 seeds) $2
GRAINS RARE & UNUSUAL
——Teff
(Eragrostis
abyssinica)
World’s smallest grain, only 1/16"
across from Ethiopia, where bread
is made out of this grain. Plants 2
feet tall, and seeds are borne on
graceful weeping, feathery stalks,
very ornamental PKT. $1
MEADOWFOAM (alba) Annual
California wildflower, very easy to
grow--mix seed with 10x volume of
potting soil and scatter in a weedfree spot. Plants only a Brings pollinating insects to the garden and
bees produce nice honey from
flowers. PKT. $1, One LB. $25
MORNING GLORY Heavenly Blue
(Ipomoea tricolor) Tall annual
quick-blooming climbing vines 410 feet long, easy to grow and
beautiful flowers, from tropical
America. Sow in the garden when
nights are at least 50°F degrees or
warmer, and give poles or strings
for vines to climb. PKT. $2
SAGE WHITE (Salvia apiana) or
Grandfather. Perennial fragrant
shrub with white flowers and a
sagebrush scent. One of the most
important incense burned for
purification ceremonies. Native to
coastal Southern California, plants
3 feet tall and 6 feet wide. Start
seeds in a pot of potting soil in
shade and expect no more than 1030 % germination. Transplant out
when 2-3 inches tall, or transplant
into containers. Need protection
from hard frost. PKT. $5
SUNFLOWERS (Helianthus)
Very easy to grow in gardens, children love growing them, wild birds
love eating their seeds and very
nice as cut flowers.
——Black Stripe (80 days) Yellow
sunflower whose plants grow 3-4
feet tall and heads 4" across yielding seeds that are enjoyed by both
children and birds. The perfect size
for a small garden. Hopi Indians
used the seed hulls as dye for cloth
and baskets. PKT. $1
——Indian Blanket (80 days) Plants
5-6 feet tall with light yellow flowers, 4-6" across, with multiple flowers per stem, vary in size. PKT. $1
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——SUPERSHAMANISTIC™
plants Special selection, grows 3-5
times faster than the regular strain.
Maximum leaf length is 41.5" long.
Price: $14 each, 3/$28, 6/$42, 10/$65,
15/$96, 20/$125, 30$180, 40/$240,
60/$350, 80/$460, 100/$570--larger
quantity prices on web. Ship Free.
2016 Sweetgrass SHIP DATES:
Best to ship when your nights
are 50°F or higher in your area.
Please choose one of these dates,
and add it to your order, when you
want to receive your plants--
Sweetgrass or Vanilla grass plants
SWEETGRASS -- Bison Grass,
Vanilla grass, or Zubrowka.
——Hierochloe odorata. Perennial
native to both North America and
Europe, with underground runners
and rarely producing viable seeds.
Leaves can grow up to 40 inches
long. Dried and braided, used as
sacred incense and for baskets by
native peoples of both continents.
Leaves develop a strong vanillalike scent as they dry.
Sweetgrass needs constant moisture and full sun or can be grown in
a shallow pot or flat, using potting
soil. In the garden, it needs sandy
or loamy and never clay soils.
Each plant will grow to cover
about one square foot at the end of
one season, yielding about 1-3
incense braids. Plants shipped to
the USA only.
One free dried organic grown
sample, is sent when you make an
order of plants. Orders are taken
year-round, to ship at the proper
planting time for your area. Each
plant is individually packaged.
——REGULAR Sweetgrass plants
Originally from Canada, this is the
standard strain found growing
wild around North America. $12
each, 3/$24, 6/$36, 10/$55, 15/$80,
20/$100, 30/$$145, 40/$195, 60/$295,
80/$395, 100/$495. Shipping Free.
March 28, April 4, 18, 25, May 2,
9, 16, 23, June 6, 15, 20. July 11,
18, Aug.1, 8, 15, 22, September
12, 19, 26, October 3, 17, 24, 31
—Dried Bulk sweetgrass leaves.
1/2 pound bundles. Available only
in summer. DRIED leaves (1 to1.5
feet) $35. Shipping Free
More sweetgrass planting details at
www.ecoseeds.com/sweetgrassinfo.html
TOBACCO (Nicotiana)
Annual used for thousands of
years in the Americas. Start seed
by scattering on the surface of potting soil in pots. Transplant
seedlings into individual pots
when one inch tall, and then into
the garden when nights are above
50°F, 2 feet apart. Plants need rich,
well fertilized soil in full sun.
WARNING: Uncured tobacco can be
very strong, so smoke with caution
until you become familiar with it.
Growing and curing information:
www.ecoseeds.com/tobacco.html
——Common (Tabacum) Annual 3-6
feet tall, leaves to two feet long
grown for making into cigarettes.
Before 1492, known only in the
Americas. and now the most widely-grown non-food plant in the
world. Easily grown in full sun in
soil with a lot of compost. The purchase of these seeds, the buyer
assumes all health risks that may
occur with the use of this plant
product. PKT. $1
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Storing Seeds: In Refrigerator
Seeds are best stored in the refrigerator, not frozen, in a ziplock freezer
bag, and will keep for years that way.
When you are going to use seed, take
them out of the refrigerator the night
before, to allow seeds to get to room
temperature before opening the bag.
They can stay viable for 10-20 years.
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Postage and packing rates for customers ordering from overseas are in
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There are at least 100 seeds in a packet for all items, unless it is otherwise
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some corns, cucumbers, melons, rare
peppers, pumpkins, squashes, watermelon, and gourds which contain 2080 seeds per packet.
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NONE of our seeds are genetically
modified (GMO), genetically engineered, or hybrids. All of our seeds
are open-pollinated or “non-hybrid”
and can be saved from year-to-year by
harvesting seeds from your garden.
By saving your own seeds from year
to year, you can develop interesting
new selections and varieties. For
example, picking the first maturing
tomato, melon, or pepper produced in
your garden, and saving those seeds,
you can select an earlier and earlier
maturing variety over time.