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Catalog of Ecoseeds ™ Ecoseeds ™ = Heirloom seeds from the world’s centers of diversity Habanero Chocolate Trinidad Scorpion Manzano or Rocoto Red Habanero Peach Scotch Bonnet Big Sun 2016 Season P.O. Box 361, Redwood City, California 94064 U.S.A. www.ecoseeds.com - (650) 325-7333 Ecoseeds, Bullet, Craig’s Deluxe, Craig’s Grande, Craig’s Little Kicker, Craig’s Super, Dulcetta & Supershamanistic™ are all Trademarks plus all text, pictures, and descriptions Copyright © 2014 by Craig & Sue Dremann, All Rights Reserved. Phone (650) 325-7333 Internet = www.ecoseeds.com HOW TO ORDER Information for all customers: Please keep a copy of your order to check against goods received, as we keep the original you send us. Use our order blank if possible. Otherwise write your order on a sheet of paper, 8-1/2” x 11”, and print your name and address in the upper left-hand corner. Please write any correspondence on a separate sheet of paper. ORDER EARLY—-Please place your order 7-10 days before you need the seeds. CREDIT CARDS ORDERS AMERICAN EXPRESS, DISCOVER, MASTERCARD, or VISA credit cards or debit cards can be used for any orders over $25. Please fill out an order blank, and put your credit card number and expiration date on the order. We do not need the security code on the back of the card. You can also call your order in, or FAX in your credit card orders to (650) 325-4056. USA CUSTOMERS— Payment by mail can be made in the form of a check, credit card, money order, or cash. We ship all orders through the post office, so if you have a P.O. Box, we would prefer your Post Office Box address for delivery. CALIFORNIA CUSTOMERS- Add 7-1/4% sales tax if you live outside San Mateo County, or 8-1/4% if in San Mateo County. EXEMPT FROM SALES TAX are all Vegetables, Herbs, plus these Specialty Plants: Gourds, Grains and Sunflowers. OTHER COUNTRIES— (A.) Credit cards for orders over $25, American Express, Discover, Visa or Mastercard (B.) Send a Bank Draft or Bank Money order, in U.S. dollars. (C.) Postal money orders only from Canada or Japan, in US Dollars. (D.) Checks can be sent ONLY if they are drawn on a U.S. bank. (E.) Send your country’s currency or you can send U.S. currency. We suggest that you send any currency via registered mail. POSTAGE & PACKING CHARGES: U.S.A., MEXICO, AND CANADA CUSTOMERS, please include the following postage & packing costs for First class or Priority Mail: Packets: Add $5 for the first packet, and 10¢ for each additional packet, except for beans, corn peanuts and peas, where you add 20¢ for each additional packet. Ounces, Pounds and Sweetgrass: Prices include postage FOR OTHER COUNTRIES (OTHER THAN USA ,CANADA & MEXICO) AIRMAIL shipment, please add the amounts indicated below. Packets: $5.00 for the first packet, 50¢ for each additional. Ounces: $5 for first oz., 50¢ each additional. CUSTOMERS OUTSIDE OF USA PLEASE NOTE: Live plants cannot be shipped outside the United States. YOU MAY NEED AN IMPORT PERMIT and a phytosanitary certificate for your seeds. Check with your local Agricultural official. Any pepper or tomato seed orders to Europe require an import permit and a phyto. Your import permit must waive the Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid field inspection additional declaration for the phyto. Send any required import permits along with your order. A phytosanitary certificate is $50. (Continued inside back cover >) 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 -1- 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 -2- 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 -3- 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. -4- ——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. -5- 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 -6- 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 _________________________________ -7- 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 -8- ——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 -9- 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 - 10 - ——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 - 11 - 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 - 12 - ——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 - 13 - ——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, - 14 - 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. - 15 - 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 - 16 - 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 - 17 - ——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 - 18 - 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 - 19 - ——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 - 20 - (Continued from the inside front cover) TELEPHONE: (650) 325-7333 Call between 10 A.M. and 4 P.M., Monday through Saturday. Closed on Sunday and holidays. If you are calling from the East Coast or Overseas, please note that you are three hours or more hours ahead! Charge for Catalog The catalog is free for USA, Canada and Mexico customers--elsewhere the charge is US$2 and you can send US currency. CATALOG SUPPLEMENT www.ecoseeds.com/supplement.html lists any seeds that we get during the year that are not in the regular catalog, or very rare seeds that are available only in limited quantities. Free list. BACKORDERS We do not backorder single packets. We will backorder sweetgrass plants until the selected shipping time, so when you order sweetgrass, please indicate what ship date you desire. CREDIT NOTE Making a seed order from anywhere worldwide, you will automatically will receive next year’s catalog free when it is completed. Any balance of your order may be refunded with a credit note, along with a return envelope. You can use the credit note for a future order, or send it back for a check refund. WHOLESALE BULK PRICES POSTPAID, what does it mean? Prices for bulk seeds can be found on the internet, or you can call for a quote. See www. ecoseeds.com YOUR NAME & MAILING LISTS? We do not sell or rent the names and addresses of our customers to anyone, nor do we buy mailing lists or insert other firms’ advertising into our own mailing. We consider your business with us confidential, and your privacy of incalculable value. FREE SEEDS FOR KIDS Parents! When you place an order and if there are any young gardeners in the family, we can send them two packets of seeds for their garden. Please have them write us their seed request themselves, enclose two unused first class postage stamps for postage costs, and send their request along with your order. Or if you are calling in or faxing in your order add $1, or mailing in from outside the USA, please add $2 for postage costs. 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. Prices include postage to all U.S.A., Canada and Mexico customers for all items except packets. Postage is included for pepper seed collections ounces, quarter pounds, half pound, pounds, and sweetgrass plants. Postage and packing rates for customers ordering from overseas are in the inside front cover. HOW MANY SEEDS IN A PACKET?? There are at least 100 seeds in a packet for all items, unless it is otherwise noted in the catalog. Exceptions are some corns, cucumbers, melons, rare peppers, pumpkins, squashes, watermelon, and gourds which contain 2080 seeds per packet. No fungicide - None of the seeds in our catalog are treated with fungicide. NO HYBRIDS or GMOs 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.