Mammoth Red Mangel Seeds

55 days. Beta vulgaris. Open Pollinated. Burpee's Golden Beet. The plant produces good yields of 2" diameter bright golden yellow beets. This gourmet beet won’t bleed like red beets. Best when harvested when small, but will not become fibrous when large. Leaves can be eaten as greens. Excellent pickled, boiled, steamed, stir-fried, or grated raw into salads. An excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, NSL 74339. A 1940s heirloom variety from the USA.

10 days. Beta vulgaris. Open Pollinated. Colossal Long Red Mangel. The plant produces giant 40 lb beets. It can grow up to 6 ft long. This giant beet contains less water and more sugar than any other variety. Try growing a giant beet for competitions or just for a good old-fashioned gardener’s brag. Also known as Red Mammoth Mangel. These giant beets are valuable winter feed for sheep, poultry, and cattle. An excellent choice for home gardens and farmers. A variety from the USA.

75 days. Capsicum annuum. Open Pollinated. Super Shepherd Pepper. The plant produces good yields of 7 ½" long by 2" wide Cubanelle peppers. Peppers are very sweet, have very thick flesh, and turn from green to dark red when mature. The plant has green stems, green leaves, and white flowers. They are very flavorful and perfect for salads, frying, grilling, roasting, and stuffing. A great freezing variety. An excellent choice for home gardens. A variety from Italy.

90 days. Citrullus lanatus. Open Pollinated. Jubilee Watermelon. The plant produces high yields of 35 lb oblong watermelons with light green skin and dark green stripes. It has very sweet, bright red flesh. It is one of the most popular watermelons in the United States. It thrives in heat and humidity and adapts well to various climates. Perfect for a backyard home garden. A good shipper variety. Heat Tolerant. High Humidity Tolerant. An excellent choice for home gardens, Farmer’s Markets, market growers, open production, and commercial production. A variety was developed by the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station in 1963. United States Department of Agriculture, NSL 42803. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: A, FW.

85 days. Cajanus indicus. Open Pollinated. Pigeon Peas. The plant produces high yields of flavorful pigeon peas. They can be served in the same manner as green peas or cowpeas, combining them with other vegetables. Peas 'n' Rice is a dish made in the Bahamas. It includes onions, celery, tomatoes, rice, and pigeon peas. Pigeon peas are important commercially in India. Plant as you would in the same manner as cowpeas. Most pigeon peas are harvested in the dry stage and marketed as dried peas. This variety will succeed under hot growing conditions. Where intercropping is followed, we recommend Cotton and Pigeon Pea cultivation. A Cotton/Pigeon Pea crop combination allows the food legume to benefit from the insecticide spraying applied on the cotton crop and cotton takes advantage of the nitrogen fixing ability of pigeon pea. Pigeon peas are remarkably drought resistant, tolerating dry areas. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. A variety from India. Disease Resistant: FW.

50 days. Cucumis sativus. Open Pollinated. Double Yield Cucumber. This early maturing plant produces high yields of 5 to 6" long dark green cucumbers. This is a very productive variety, for every pickle that is cut off, two or three more are grown, so keep on picking. Best when picked at 4 to 5" long. Does well in most parts of the country. Excellent choice for home gardens. An heirloom variety was developed in 1924 by Joseph Harris & Company of Coldwater, New York. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 414157. A variety from the USA.