Matador Viking Spinach Seeds

60 days. Beta vulgaris. Open Pollinated. Cylindra Beet Seeds. The plant produces good yields of high-quality, 8" long by 2" wide carrot-shaped beets. Beets are very sweet and have dark red flesh. This cylindrical beet gives more uniform slices than round beets. Excellent canning variety. Also known as Butter Slicer and Formanova. The roots tend to push upwards out of the ground as they grow. An excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, NSL 31342. An 1880s heirloom variety from Europe. Disease Resistant: Ccu, CLS.

100 days. Phaseolus lunatus. Open Pollinated. Christmas Lima Bean. The plant produces excellent yields of large lima beans. This plant produces attractive Christmas colored beans - large wide seeds marked in streaks of white and dark maroon. The heavy vines tolerate heat. Heat Tolerant. Also known as Large Speckled Calico Beans. An excellent choice for home gardens. An heirloom variety dating back to the 1840s. United States Department of Agriculture, W6 51281. An heirloom variety from the USA.

1957 All-America Selections Winner! 60 days. Cucurbita pepo. Open Pollinated. Black Beauty Zucchini Squash. This early-maturing bush plant produces high yields of straight, dark green zucchini. The outer surface is very smooth. It is best when harvested when the squash is 8" long. This is an improved variety over the old Black Zucchini. This bush plant is suitable for smaller gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, NSL 7370. An heirloom variety from the USA. A summer squash variety.

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.

Piper nigrum. Perennial. Open Pollinated. Peppercorns. The plant produces excellent yields of black peppercorns. Peppercorns are dried and used to make black pepper. You can grow this tropical tree in containers and bring it indoors in the fall. Try growing your own black pepper plant. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 190223. A variety from India.

50 days. Phaseolus vulgaris. Open Pollinated. Burpee Stringless Green Pod Bean Seeds. This early-maturing bush plant produces good yields of delicious 5 to 6" long stringless beans. It is a popular, classic heirloom bush bean variety prized as one of the first widely available stringless green beans. Excellent fresh flavor and great for steaming, sautéing, braising, pesto, canning, and freezing. Tender when picked young. Introduced in 1894 by W. Atlee Burpee, who obtained their stock seed from N. B. Kenney. It was claimed to be the only stringless green podded bean at the time. Excellent fresh or canned. Excellent choice for home gardens, Farmer’s Markets, and market growers. An heirloom variety from the USA.