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Crocus sativus. Perennial. Open Pollinated. The plant produces high yields of saffron, the world's most expensive spice. The plant has violet-purple flowers with brilliant orange-red stigmas that are the source of the aromatic culinary spice. Each flower yields three red stigmas (the saffron threads). It takes 150,000 orange-red stigmas to make one pound of the spice, which is why it's so expensive. Gourmet Chefs around the world use it. You don't need to purchase this expensive spice again! Grow your own plants for home use or for restaurant use. The lovely lavender blossoms in fall are an added bonus to your garden. Planted in the fall, it bears lovely lavender flowers the following autumn. Order at least 5 to 10 bulbs to produce enough spice for one recipe. Plant 100 bulbs to produce enough spice for the entire year. Suitable for containers, patios, borders/ rock gardens, window boxes, square-foot gardening, and small gardens. A variety from Greece.

90 days. Annual. Helianthus annuus. Open Pollinated. Mongolian Giant Sunflower. The plant produces large amounts of 1 ½" sunflower seeds. A popular heirloom sunflower variety prized for its extreme size and large edible seeds, it's ideal for kids’ projects, garden focal points, competitions, bird feeding, and home seed production. The yellow flowers are enormous, grow 18" across, and produce many seeds. The plants grow 12 to 14 ft tall. It is one of the tallest sunflowers known to exist. It is one of the tallest sunflower varieties with world record heights. When the backs turn yellow, cut the flower and let it dry upside down. In high-wind areas, stake the plants to protect them from wind damage. Easy for kids to grow. Great for school projects. It makes an interesting focal point in beds and borders. Excellent choice for home gardens. An heirloom variety from the USA.

100 days. Arachis hypogaea. Open Pollinated. Early Spanish Peanuts. The plant produces high yields of large peanuts. There are 2 to 4 peanuts per pod. They are very delicious when roasted. High in protein. Try making your homemade peanut butter. This is the same peanut sold in supermarkets. An excellent choice for home gardens, market growers, and open field production. A variety from the USA.

110 days. Sorghum bicolor. Open Pollinated. Rox Orange Sugar Cane. The plant produces excellent yields of 8 ft tall sugar cane. It is a popular sugar cane variety prized for its sweet stalks, grain, forage, and ornamental value. The plant is high in sugar content. Perfect for making molasses syrup and an Asian alcoholic beverage called Maotai. Also grown and used as a biofuel and livestock feed. It yields about 100 gallons of syrup per acre. It does well in warm, well-drained, sandy loam. Also known as Waconia Sugar Cane. This variety was developed for syrup production by the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, Wisconsin. An excellent choice for home gardens, market growers, and open field production. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 641836. A variety from the USA.

120 days. Arachis hypogaea. Open Pollinated. Jumbo Virginia Peanuts. The plant produces high yields of large peanuts. They are delicious when roasted. High in protein. Try making your own homemade peanut butter. It requires 4 months of frost-free weather. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. Also known as Virginia Jumbo Peant. A variety was developed by the peanut breeding program at North Carolina State University, North Carolina, USA. Disease Resistant: TSWV. (In Shell)

80 days. Solanum lycopersicum. (F1) Big Zac Tomato Seeds. The plant produces good yields of very large 4 to 6 lb red beefsteak tomatoes. It is a popular tomato variety known for producing some of the largest tomatoes for home gardeners, often reaching 4–6 pounds under optimal conditions. They turn glossy red when mature. Perfect for sandwiches, salads, and slicing. It was developed by Minnie Zaccaria of New Jersey by crossing two heirloom varieties. It won the New Jersey Championship in 1995 and 1997 and won the Week's Giant Growers Contest in 1998. Try growing the biggest prize-winning Giant Tomato you will ever see. An excellent choice for home gardens. A variety from the USA.