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Annuals for Sale - Fall 2011

Below are all the annual plants we plan to offer at this Sale. Weather conditions and other unforeseen factors may affect whether all of these varieties will actually be available at the Sale itself.

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Annual Herbs Chervil Delicate winter herb with anise-parsley flavor.  Great as a garnish, an ingredient in soup or salad, or made into a winter pesto.  Flowers are tasty too!
Annual Herbs Chives The classic perennial onion which can be used fresh, chopped fine on all kinds of delicacies.  Its lavender flowers can also be used as a zingy edible and as a beautiful garnish.
Annual Herbs Cilantro Does well in cool weather throughout the winter and early spring! Great made into a pesto. Flowers are beautiful and edible. The seeds of cilantro are called coriander. If you haven’t tried fresh green coriander in your cooking, you must!
Annual Herbs Garlic Chives A perennial member of the Onion Family, which spreads nicely by underground rhizomes.  The leaves have a sweet garlic flavor and can be used fresh in salads or pasts.   Also often used in Chinese cuisine, most commonly in wontons.  It produces pompoms of white star-shaped flowers, which are also a yummy edible garnish.
Annual Herbs Peppermint A vigorous perennial mint with red stems and leaf variation makes a wonderful herb tea or can be chopped fresh in salads.
Broccoli Calabrese Brought to America by Italian immigrants in 1880s. This popular market variety has tight central heads that can reach 8 inches in diameter. After central head is harvested, many side shoots follow.
Broccoli DeCicco

Compact 2 to 3-foot plant produces 8-inch central head. After central head is cut, many side shoots follow. Very early, 60 to 90 days from transplant. Heirloom variety.
Broccoli Early Purple Sprouting An English heirloom variety, bred for overwintering. Produces lots of purple broccoli sprouts in the spring. Grows slowly through the winter. Very frost-hardy. A delicious broccoli that is hard to find in this country.
Broccoli Waltham 29 Medium to large head of good quality. Heirloom variety.
Brussels Sprouts Catskill Semi-dwarf heirloom from 1941.  2 foot high plant with heavy yields.  Deep green, 1 ½ to 1 ¾  inch sprouts.
Brussels Sprouts Evesham An old-fashioned English variety which produces excellent yields of large sprouts with a very fine flavor.
Brussels Sprouts Long Island A vigorous, compact plat with ½ inch round, tight dark green sprouts which have a succulent and tender taste.  For late fall and winter harvests.  24 to 30 inches tall.
Brussels Sprouts Rubine Red A beautiful garden plant with red foliage and red sprouts like tiny red cabbages.  Large late variety with distinct, excellent flavor.
Cabbage Biodiversity Cabbage 6-Pack (Fall 2011)

Perfection Drumhead, Mammoth Red Rock, Early Jersey Wakefield, January King, Red Acre, and Copenhagen Market.
Cabbage Copenhagen Market Green Cabbage Introduced in 1909. Solid heads reach 6 to 8 inches in diameter, weighing 3 to 4 lbs.  Medium-sized plants are ideal for smaller gardens.  60 to 100 days from transplant.
Cabbage Early Jersey Wakefield Conical, solid, tightly folded heads are 10 to 15 inches tall by 5 to 7 inches in diameter, weighing 3 to 4 lbs. Very early. 60 to 75 days from transplant. First grown in New Jersey in 1840.
Cabbage Glory of Enkhuizen Green Cabbage Introduced in 1899 by Sluis Groot in Enkhuizen, Holland. Has medium-large hard, round heads. An early, excellent-keeping variety that is a good producer.
Cabbage January King Green Cabbage Favorite Old English heirloom.  Extremely cold hardy.  Dense, green, round to slightly flattened globe with attractive semi-savoyed purple tinged leaves.  4 to 6 lbs. 100 to 120 days from transplant.
Cabbage Mammoth Red Rock Red Cabbage Red cabbage introduced in 1889. Solid, round heads are 8 inches in diameter and weigh up to 7 lbs. Vigorous variety with a fine flavor. 98 days from transplant. 
Cabbage Perfection Drumhead Savoy Green Cabbage

Large drumhead-type with finely crinkled, savoyed leaves on compact, short-stemmed plants. Mild and sweet flavor; good keeper. Heirloom introduced before 1888.
Cabbage Red Acre Red Cabbage Globe-shaped deep purple heads, 5 to 6 inches in diameter, weighing up to 4 lbs. Solid heads. Excellent storage.
Cabbage Tete Noire

This traditional red French cabbage is very rare outside of Europe.  Solid deep-red heads are of very good quality.
Calendula Geisha Girl Pretty blooms are deep orange, double and have inwardly curved petals.  Very unique flowers which look much like chrysanthemums.
Calendula Kablouna Mix Mix of gold, orange and lemon many-petaled blooms. 18 to 24 inches tall. 35 to 95 days from transplanting.
Calendula Pacific Beauty An “English Cottage Garden” variety that reaches 24 inches and blooms throughout the year.  Large flowers in yellow, orange, cream, and apricot.  Attracts beneficial insects to the garden.
Calendula Pink Surprise A lovely calendula with apricot flowers tinged with pink.  Frilly flowers bloom over a long season.
Calendula Radio

Radio calendula was introduced to gardeners in the 1930’s and is now quite hard to find.  Beautiful orange flowers have quill-like petals.  Blooms all summer and winter long, is 18-24 inches tall, and is self-sowing.
Calendula Resina Bright yellow flowers with a few orange ones, with light-colored centers. Unusually aromatic flowers have an especially high resin content – the best variety for making tinctures and oils.
Cauliflower Early Snowball Uniform, small to medium pure white heads, 5-6 inches in diameter. Small growth habit. Variety known prior to 1888.
Cauliflower Giant of Naples Large 3-lb. heads. A very vigorous grower with very good leaf cover. A delicious Italian heirloom that is difficult to find.
Cauliflower Green Macerata A delicious Italian variety with 2-lb. bright apple-green heads that are superb cooked or raw in salads. Very attractive looking, vigorous plants. Fairly early.
Cauliflower Purple of Sicily Beautiful, brilliant purple heads weigh 2-3 lbs. and are of a fine, sweet flavor.  The heads cook to bright green.  This wonderful Italian heirloom is insect resistant and is easier to grow than white varieties.
Cauliflower Romanesco Mind-blowingly beautiful chartreuse spiraling heads.  Mild, smooth flavor.  Widely grown in Italy.  75 to 100 days from transplant.
Cauliflower Violetta Italia Deep purple central head with broccoli type florets which keep producing after main head is cut.  Large healthy plants.  A fine Italian Variety.
Chinese Cabbage Michihli Tall, open-top Chinese cabbage that looks like a big Romaine lettuce with tangy, sweet flavor. Leaves can be used in salad. Have ruffled appearance and creamy yellow blanched interior. Cylindrical heads reach 11 to 12 inches and can weigh about 3 lbs.
Chinese Cabbage Nozaki Early Tall 12-inch oblong heads weighing up to 3 to 4 lbs. Light green leaves with broad white midribs and cream colored interior.  Very tender. Early and dependable variety.
Chinese Cabbage Wong Bok A Napa-type Chinese cabbage with cylindrical tight 12-inch heads with broad round smooth leaves which overlap the top. Mild flavor, very tender, and quite productive.
Collards Georgia Southern Large, moderately crumpled, blue-green leaves. Grows back after being harvested. Mild cabbage-like flavor. Vigorous, upright spreading plant to a height of 4 feet or more. Popular traditional cultivar, introduced prior to 1885.
Collards Morris Heading Heirloom collard is called “Cabbage Collards” by Southern Old-timers.  Makes loose heads which are dark green and slow bolting.  Tender leaves- very delicious!
Collards Variegated Florida family heirloom since 1910. Green leaves become variegated with white when plants begin to flower. Plants may live 5 years or more. Incredibly beautiful and ornamental, but tasty and tender as well.
Edible Flowers Fragrant White Violets

The Fragrant White Violet, Viola odorata is fabulous as a delicately flavored edible garnish for cakes and salads and are one of the flowers that are often candied or made into a sublime jam.  These plants are perennial and spread to make a beautiful groundcover when they are well watered and planted in partial to deep shade.
Edible Flowers Johnny Jump-Ups Sorbet Mix

The wild cousins of pansies, these are one of the best edible flowers (or garnish on desserts and salads).  They have a distinct wintergreen flavor and come in a wild assortment of flashy colors.  They tend to be low growing and rangy, are easy to grow and often self-sow for next year.
Endive De Louviers

Leaves are finely curled and deeply notched. Produces a good blanched and curled, yellow heart. High quality and tasty heirloom.
Endive Green Curled Ruffec A variety which is well over a hundred years old. Fine deeply cut leaves with a creamy white heart. Very hardy.
Endive Rhodos A small Tres Fine Maraichere type of endive with smooth, deeply cut, toothed pale green leaves.  Has a lovely blanched heart.
Escarole Cornetto Di Bordeaux

French heirloom with conical shape and curled, wavy leaves.  It produces voluminous, upright bright green heads with white ribs.  Great crunchy texture, and tasty.  Very cold tolerant.
Escarole Natasha One of the prettiest and best performing of the escaroles.  Big heavy heads with abundant, tender leaves and creamy blanched hearts.  Mild flavor.  Remarkable tolerance to bolting.
Fennel Di Firenze

Bulb fennel with a nice firm, round white bulb. The blanched stems and leaves are a delicacy. Can be roasted or stir-fried or eaten raw in salads. An Italian variety which forms 1- to 2-lb. bulbs and is also quick to mature.
Fennel Perfection This Northern European variety was developed to mature quicker in Northern climates.  Large, round bulbs.
Fennel Zefa Fino Forms a robust tender bulb.  Slow bolting and heat-tolerant.  Swiss variety.
Kale Frizzy

An OAEC selection. A highly dissected Russian Red Kale which has the appearance of a blue-green frisee. So incredibly tender that it can be used raw in salads. Extraordinarily beautiful.

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Kale Lacinato

Known as Tuscan Black Cabbage (Cavallo Nero) or Dinosaur Kale. Tall plants with savoyed, strap-shaped leaves up to two feet long.  Tolerates heat well, and is one of the sweetest, tastiest kales. Very ornamental.  Italian heirloom grown especially in Campania for centuries and one of the traditional ingredients in minestrone.

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Kale Lacinato Rainbow

A fabulous cross between Redbor and Lacinato kales with frilly green leaves overlaid with hues of red, purple, and blue-green. Very vigorous and cold-hardy.

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Kale Red Ursa

A heavy-ribbed, broadly curled, Siberian-type kale with extra frills and deep red-purple color. Excellent flavor in salads and stir-fry.

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Kale Russian Red Kale

Leaves with red-purple venation and wavy leaf margins resembling an oak leaf. An heirloom from 1885 that is also called Canadian Broccoli. Very tender and tasty, even in summer heat.

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Kale Russian White

Similar in appearance to Russian Red but with white venation.  More tender than Russian Red, with a squatter growing habit. Tends to be very bolt-resistant. The most productive kale we know.

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Kale Shiny Diney

An OAEC original, selected in our gardens!  A beautiful kale with glossy, dark, almost black, strap-shaped leaves which contrast nicely with the blue-green chalky-surfaced leaves of traditional Lacinato or Dinosaur Kale.  It is a smaller plant with an even heartier taste.

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Kale True Siberian

Large, frilly, blue-green leaves identify this fast growing, exuberant kale.  Slow to bolt in summer, it withstands hard frosts, which improve its texture and flavor.  24-30 inches tall.

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Kale Wild Red Russo Siberian

A diverse selection of flat-leafed and mossy curled kales, selected by John Eveland of Wild Garden Seed Company in Philomath, Oregon. Very red, very cold hardy, very beautiful and high-yielding.

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Kohlrabi Purple Vienna Beautiful purplish bulb reaches 2 to 3 inches in diameter.  Heirloom variety.
Kohlrabi White Vienna Traditional heirloom white variety.  Harvest when basal bulbs reach 2 to 3 inches in diameter.
Leeks Blue Solaise

French heirloom with truly bluish leaves turning violet after a cold spell. Grown in OAEC's gardens since the mid 80's. Very large and sweet medium-long shaft. 100 to 120 days from transplant. Holds well in winter, but does beautifully all year round.
Leeks Bulgarian Giant

A long, thin leek of the best quality. An OAEC favorite. Light green leaves. Popular variety in Europe.
Leeks Giant Carentan Very rare European heirloom from 1874. Medium-sized leek with great flavor. One of the best leeks for over-wintering, and for early spring planting.
Leeks Giant Musselburgh Introduced in 1834. A popular Scottish leek. Enormous size, 9 to 15 inches long by 2 to 3 inches diameter. Tender white stalks. Nice mild flavor. Stands winter well. 80 to 115 days from transplant. 
Lettuce Akcel Butter Lettuce

Good early Butterhead with small compact heads. Very beautiful! Grown in the OAEC gardens since 1992.
Lettuce Bronze Arrowhead Oakleaf Lettuce Our favorite oakleaf lettuce type. Grown at OAEC for 23 years. Very colorful and flavorful with great crunchiness. Awarded the bronze metal at the 1947 All American Selections.
Lettuce Brown Golding Romaine Lettuce

Also called Goldring’s Bath Cos. Rare heirloom from 1923. Bronze-tipped leaves with surprising brownish-pink tinge. Very sweet and crunchy. In the OAEC collection since 1992.
Lettuce Buttercrunch Butter Lettuce A highly refined long-standing Bibb-type lettuce developed at Cornell University – an All American Selections winner in 1963. Medium-sized dark green 12-inch heads with smooth, soft tender leaves and creamy yellow heart. Slow bolting and heat-resistant. Very popular variety.
Lettuce Capitane Butter Lettuce

Beautiful medium-sized green Boston-type Butterhead lettuce. Tight heads with buttery central leaves. Very rare variety, introduced to the U.S. by pioneering seed company Le Marché in the early 80's and grown in OAEC's gardens for 30 years.
Lettuce Carmona Butter Lettuce A big, deeply red Butterhead which is productive, disease-resistant and very tasty. A grower favorite which is on the verge of commercial extinction.
Lettuce Dapple Leaf Lettuce

Dark red, wavy leaves with sprinkles of yellow-green. Beautiful! Good taste. Virtually unavailable through any seed company, this beauty has been seed saved in OAEC’s gardens since 1992.
Lettuce Flashy Butter Oak Oakleaf Lettuce

Compact buttery heads of puckered, emerald-green, oak-shaped leaves with a shock of brilliant maroon speckles.  Crisp tender crunchy texture with sweet buttery flavor.  A Frank Morton variety.
Lettuce Forellenschluss Romaine Lettuce

The most beautiful lettuce of all! A loose-leaf heirloom Romaine from Austria with lime-green leaves and dark red splotches. Great flavor and excellent in cold weather. The name translates “speckled like a trout’s back." First given to us by David Cavagnaro in the late 80’s.
Lettuce Galactic Leaf Lettuce The darkest burgundy leaves ever! The broad, ruffled leaves are an eye-catcher, and their mild flavor and light crunch are great in salads.
Lettuce Grandpa Admire's Leaf Lettuce

Bronze-tinged leaves in large 14-inch heads. Very tender with mild flavor. Slow to bolt. George Admire was a Civil War veteran born in 1822. Grown by OAEC since the early 90's.
Lettuce Jericho Romaine Lettuce

A heat-resistant Romaine from Israel with large, dense, medium-green heads 12 to 14 inches tall. Very crunchy texture.
Lettuce Kalura Romaine Lettuce

A very large Cos-type green romaine.   Great taste and good heat tolerance.  
Lettuce Lingue De Canarino (Canary's Tongue) Oakleaf Lettuce

Italian heirloom with full heart and lime-green tasty leaves. Three distinct leaf types fill out this loose, mild-tasting 8-inch rosette. Good in salad mixes. Works very well in the fall or spring. Another OAEC favorite, this variety was given to Doug Gosling in 1992 by the Seed Savers Exchange.
Lettuce Little Gem Romaine Lettuce

A sweet little miniature Romaine. Sometimes called “Dwarf”. 6 inches across and 6 inches tall. Very succulent, crispy texture.
Lettuce Marvel of Four Seasons Butter Lettuce

French heirloom described in Vilmorin’s The Vegetable Garden (1885). Beautiful reddish Bibb-like rosette with lime-green buttery center. Crispy, excellent flavor. An OAEC favorite, grown and seed-saved since the mid-70’s.
Lettuce Mascara Leaf Lettuce One of the most beautiful lettuces of all! Curly, frilled oakleaf-shaped leaves retain dark-red color in hot weather. Good bolt resistance.
Lettuce Merlot Leaf Lettuce Outstanding color of burgundy-red. Loose-leaf type for “cut and come again” use.
Lettuce Mottistone Leaf Lettuce

A gorgeous speckled summer crisp/Batavia type lettuce.  Plants are medium-sized and upright.  Great flavor. Bright red speckles!
Lettuce Pablo Leaf Lettuce Stunning deep red upright rosettes that look like flowers. Very wide wavy-edged flat leaves.  Good crunchy texture.  Excellent mild flavor.
Lettuce Parris Island Cos Romaine Lettuce

A tasty romaine type.   Uniform heads are pale-green inside,  and the outside is dark green.  Developed around 1949, named after Parris Island, off the East Coast. 
Lettuce Red Velvet Leaf Lettuce The darkest red of all lettuces available. Striking reddish-maroon leaves with green tinges.  Chewy texture.
Lettuce Reine des Glaces (Ice Queen) Leaf Lettuce

Slow-bolting variety. Dark green deeply-cut pointed lacy leaves. Medium to dark-green crisp heart and crunchy texture. Very succulent and sweet taste. A favorite of Doug Gosling's since 1982.
Lettuce Ruben's Red Romaine Lettuce

Deep burgundy 12- to 14-inch heads. Sweet and juicy savoyed leaves with an emerald-green base. A great cool weather variety.
Lettuce Sanguine Ameliore Butter Lettuce

French variety introduced in 1906 by C.C. Morse & Co. as Strawberry Cabbage Lettuce. Plants seldom exceed 7 to 9 inches in diameter. Marked with deep, reddish-brown mottling and a yellowish center. Tender texture.
Lettuce Tango Leaf Lettuce Deeply cut, bright green frilly leaves. Very beautiful and tasty, this uniform attractive plant forms tight erect rosettes that are about 12 inches across and 6 to 8 inches tall. Deeply cut, pointed leaves resemble endive in appearance. Tangy flavor.
Lettuce Tom Thumb Leaf Lettuce

Treasured as the oldest American lettuce still available. This diminutive and adorable Butterhead is perfect for small gardens or for children’s gardens. Miniature English heirloom 4 to 6 inches across. Ruffled juicy leaves.  Enough lettuce for one salad! Can be served whole. An OAEC favorite.
Lettuce Unicum Leaf Lettuce

Exceedingly rare, beautiful leaf lettuce from Hungary unavailable anywhere else. Large heads of wide, crunchy leaves occasionally splotched with red. An OAEC favorite, this lettuce has been in our seed collection since 1992.
Lettuce Yugoslavian Red Butter Lettuce

Red-tinged leaves form loose heads that can measure 12 inches across. Solid lime-green interior. Excellent mild buttery flavor. First given to Doug Gosling by the Seed Savers Exchange in 1992 and grown in our gardens ever since.
Mustards Garnet Giant Red Mustard

The darkest of all red mustards—its leaves are completely maroon. Sweet, mild flavor.
Mustards Golden Frills Green Mustard Bright green, intricately serrated leaves. Beautiful for salads with a pungently sweet flavor.
Mustards Green Wave Green Mustard Heavily curled, frilly bright green leaves great for salad mix or full-sized bunches.   Mustardy hot taste mellows when cooked.  Slow to bolt. 
Mustards Purple Wave Red Mustard

A cross between Osaka Purple and Green Wave mustards developed by Alan Kapuler of Seeds of Change. Light purple leaves with green edging and semi-frilled leaf margins. From 1 to 2 feet tall. Robust, hot, and spicy flavor. 70 to 80 days from transplant. Gourgeous in salad mix.
Mustards Red Feather Red Mustard

An OAEC original, developed by Doug Gosling, as featured in our 2005 catalogue. A sharply-toothed cross between Old Fashioned Ragged Edge and Red Giant mustards.
Mustards Red Giant Red Mustard A beautiful Japanese red mustard with large paddle-shaped leaves which are green with a deep red venation. Very ornamental.
Mustards Ruby Streaks

Finely serrated leaves, dark green with maroon veins. Flavor is sweet and slightly pungent. Incredibly beautiful!
Onions Ailsa Craig

Brought to the U.S. from the British Isles, this heirloom is named after an island off the coast of Scotland. 110 days from transplant. Huge straw-yellow globe, one of the largest onions you will ever grow. Firm, sweet, mild flesh. Short term storage, sweet Spanish type.
Onions Long Red Florence or Rouge de Florence

Oblong, bright red onions. Very mild and sweet, great for salads and pickling. A delicious Italian heirloom. Very rare.
Onions Southport Red Globe Large dark purple-red skin with pink flesh.  Globe shaped.  Dependable variety, stores well. Introduced in 1873. 100 to 120 days from transplant.
Onions Stockton Red Large globe-shaped onion with mild red ringed white flesh. Grows well in hot climates. Intermediate day type.
Onions Valencia A Utah strain of Yellow Sweet Spanish with mild flavor and good storage life. Large globes up to one pound.
Onions Walla Walla Sweet

The Walla Walla Sweet onion is named for Walla Walla County in Washington where it is widely grown. Its development began around 1900 when Peter Pieri, a French soldier who settled in the area, brought sweet onion seeds from the island of Corsica with him to the Walla Walla Valley. The variety was developed over time from this original seed into a popular, well known onion characterized by sweetness, jumbo size, and perfect round shape. A favorite white onion variety of OAEC Plant Sale goers. 110 days to harvest. Bulbs can reach 2 lbs. each and store 2 to 3 months.
Onions Yellow Spanish Sweet Bulbs will exceed 5 inches in diameter and can weigh up to 2 lbs.  Pale yellow and firm sweet flesh.  Cures very well in the fall and if stored properly can provide crispy spiciness to dishes all winter.
Ornamental Kales Fringed Formula Loose heads are heavily frilled and ruffled. Leaves are deep green at the outside and pleasant red, rose or creamy white nearer to the stem.
Pac Choy Joi Choi Joi Choi is a very vigorous, very thick-stemmed pac choy. It forms 12- to 15-inch tall, broad heavy bunches of dark green leaves with flattened white petioles.
Pac Choy Mei Quing Choi A baby green-stem pac choy which is a compact plant about half the size of other pac choys. Flat, pale misty green stems form a thick, heavy base with broad, oval rich green leaves. Very beautiful!
Pac Choy Red Choi A hybrid pac choi which is so beautiful!  It changes from dark green leaves with maroon veins when a baby to having dark maroon leaves with green undersides and thin green midribs at full size.
Pac Choy Tatsoi Beautiful flat-growing Pac Choy with rosettes of dark green, spoon-shaped leaves. Tender, mild flavor. Can be used fresh in salads or as a stir-fry green. Grows low or prostrate like lettuce. 55 days to maturity.
Parsley Forest Green Curled Dark green leaves, extremely finely cut and deeply curled, resembling tufts of moss. Vigorous, compact plants, 7 to 10 inches tall. Very decorative and especially useful for garnishing and in salad mix. Very productive.
Parsley Gigante Italian

Very flavorful flat-leaf parsley which produces a very large, productive, and vigorous plant.
Parsley Italian Dark Green Flatleaf

Standard heirloom dark green flat-leaved variety. Extremely sweet and tasty – much more flavorful than curly varieties.
Peas Carouby de Maussane 6 to 8 foot tall French heirloom snow pea suitable for ornamental and culinary plantings. Exquisite purple flowers turn into sweet, flat pods which are excellent for eating raw or in stir-fry.
Peas Oregon Giant A vigorous white flowering snow pea that bears abundant 4-inch pods on 30-inch vines. Excellent flavor.
Peas Purple Podded or Blauwschokkers

Productive Dutch soup or shelling pea. Spectacular 5-6 foot tall plants are beautiful enough to grow as an ornamental. Produces deep purple pods.
Peas Sugar Snap Sugar Snap has become very common since its introduction in 1979.  The vines are 6 feet tall and need support.  Pods are about 3 inches long and bear over a long picking period.  Both peas and pods are incredibly sweet.
Radicchio Chioggia Red Presto A red and white variegated heading type. Forms a tight head. Foliage is green in the summer, but becomes variegated with cold weather. Excellent variety for a fall and early winter crop.
Radicchio Indigo Absolutely the best radicchio. Uniform and high yielding. Solid deep red heads with bright white veins and a few outer leaves. A Dutch variety.
Radicchio Palla Rosa Round red heads with prominent white veins.
Radicchio Red Treviso

An exotic and beautiful radicchio which is shaped like a small Romaine lettuce with slender deep burgundy leaves and bright white veins.
Radicchio Variegata di Lusia Beautiful, large, round-headed radicchio with brilliant red and white color.  Popular Italian variety.
Salad Greens Arugula

Popular salad green with a pungent, spicy taste, almost reminiscent of hazelnuts. Sometimes called rocket or roquette. Can be made into a yummy pesto, and its buds and flowers can be used as a sweet salad ingredient or garnish.
Salad Greens Mizuna

Sometimes called Kyona. A very mild salad green and a main ingredient of many salad mixes. Also a delicious saute green. Traditionally a pickling vegetable in Japan. Will size up to 10-12 inches across if given proper spacing.
Salad Greens Pink Petiole Mizuna Similar to mizuna: a mild-flavored, feathery salad green—but with pink midribs on the leaves.
Salad Greens Salad In A Six-Pack

This diverse mix of salad mustards includes Arugula, Mizuna, Russian Red and Dinosaur Kales, and various Red and Green Mustards. You can choose to tease these plants apart and plant each one separately or you can plant them in six clumps. In either case, if you harvest them continuously, you will have small, bite-sized leaves for your salads for several months. A special OAEC blend.
Scallions Crimson Forest Beautiful, brilliant red stalks. Flavorful and tasty. Very unique and colorful. A bulbing type.
Scallions Deep Purple A reddish-purple variety that retains its color throughout its growth period through high and low temperatures.
Scallions Evergreen Hardy Bunching or Welsh Onions

Heirloom from 1880s that can perennialize in this climate. 4 to 9 inches long, slender silver shanks.  Non-bulbing. A good scallion for early spring transplants. 60 to 120 days from transplant.
Scallions White Lisbon An all-white scallion with crisp, mild flavor.  Fast growing without forming bulbs.
Scallions White Spear Early maturing and tall blue-green shanks are 5 to 6 inches long. Very attractive and tasty.
Shungiku Shungiku Variously called Garland or Edible Chrysanthemum or Chop Suey herb. Shungiku leaves are a delicious, richly-flavored ingredient in salads or can be added to sautees. Bright yellow flower petals are edible too!
Swiss Chard Bright Lights or Rainbow

Original selection of heirloom varieties from Australia with white, lemon yellow, orange, red and pink colored midribs with green leaves. Very tasty. Cold tolerant. Incredibly beautiful ornamental food crop.
Swiss Chard Flamingo Pink

Neon, hot-pink chard – incredibly striking. Great picked young for salad or larger for braising.
Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant Introduced in 1924 by W. Atlee Burpee.  Has very large green leaves and white stems- very tasty!
Swiss Chard Golden 55 to 60 days. Rare heirloom from 1830s France. Beautiful brilliant yellow stems, midribs and venation. Delicious picked in the baby stage for salads or steamed when mature. OAEC seed.
Swiss Chard Oriole Orange A stunning all-orange selection. Perfect for home and markets. Orange chard is tender and just delicious!
Swiss Chard Vulcan An improved rhubarb chard developed in Switzerland.   Very attractive and uniform red chard.  Great flavor.