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 Varieties
 pkt. size
 Row in feet
 days to mat.
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Beans- ORG. Provider Bush
Open Pollinated. Nothing provides like Provider. Early high yields, even under adverse conditions. Concentrated sets of round 5" pods. Rich beany taste. Pick regularly to encourage longer production but stay out of the patch when wet. Tender, will not survive frost.
  2 ozs
  25 ft.
  50
Cascadia Snap Peas
It's a snap to grow Cascadia. Ripening about a week later than Sugar Ann on slightly taller, 2 1/2 ft. vines, Cascadia sends a cascade of 3" pods, longer and darker green than Ann's and equally sweet. 
  2 ozs
  25 ft.
  65
Oregon Giant Snow Peas
This variety is distinguished for its sweet fat green pods. The 4-5 " pods retain their sweetness even when picked a little plumper than other varieties. A good choice for stir fries, steaming or eating out of hand. We recommend staking these intermediate 3-4 ft. vines.
  2 ozs
  25 ft.
  60
National Pickling Cuke
Open-pollinated. An old variety suitable for both small pickles and dills. Not as early as some, but tends to hold quality over a long season. Plants are vigouous, dependable producers of sweet, dark green fruit that is rarely bitter.
  1/8 ozs
  22 ft.
  52
Marketmore 76 Slicing Cuke
Open Pollinated. Cornell University’s famous slicing cucumber, the market standard the past 30 years. For salads and fresh eating. Harvest at 7-8". Vigorous vines will crawl, productive for a long time if kept picked.
  1/8 ozs
  22 ft.
  52
Black Zucchini
Open-pollinated. Fedco's top selling zucchini in 2012. These very dark green zucchinis are perfect for home ardeners who are looking for superior flavor, but don't require record breaking yields. Open plant habit makes picking relatively easy. Fruits are best picked around 6 inches. 
  1/8 ozs
  4-6 Hills
  50

Early Summer Crookneck Squash

Open-pollinated. A standard in 19th century seed catalogues, this  summer squash is best picked young. These prolific, yellow bulbous fruits with narrow, curved necks were probably grown by Native Americans.
  1/8 ozs
  5-8 Hills
  58

Burgess Buttercup Winter Squash

New England's favorite winter squash. Enjoyed for it's sweet, deep orange flesh. Fruit with an acorn button on the blossom end, and flattened shoulders, average 3-4 lbs with about 4 per hill. Stem is well dried when ripe.
  1/4 ozs
  6-8 Hills
  95
ORG. Waltham Butternut Winter Squash
Elegant 9" tan fruits weighing 4-5 lbs. Orange dry flesh has a sweet nutty flavor. Excellent keeper. More resistant to squash vine borers than other varieties.
  1/8 ozs
  6-8 Hills
  105
ORG. New England Pie Pumpkin
Open Pollinated. Also known as Small Sugar Pumpkin, New Englanders’ choice  for pumpkin pies for generations. Round fruits average 4 lb. in good soil. Vigorous vines will crawl plenty. Benefits from compost or well-rotted manure. Sow 4-5 per hill, thin to the 3 best plants, allow 5-6' beween hills. Tender, plants will not survive frost, fruits can take light frost. Pick at full orange color and allow to sun cure for 10 days. Will store several months and continue ripening.
  1/8 ozs
  3-8 Hills
  102
Howden Jack O'lantern
These thick-fleshed pumpkins set the standard for large, round jack-o-lanterns. Vines produce 4-6 fruits per plant, typically weighing 20-35 lbs. Often able to fully ripen in our climate.
  1/8 ozs
  3-8 Hills
  115
Scarlet Nantes Carrots
Open- pollinated.  Classic Nantes shape, cylindrical with blunt tip. Bright orange roots average 6-7", sweet with a small dark core. Work soil till loose and friable, incorporating compost. Likes good deep garden soil. Do not use fresh manure. Sow any time from late April through July, can tolerate frost. Can take up to 3 weeks to come up, keep rows moist for quicker emergence. Must thin to 1-2" apart for nice long roots, so try not to sow too thickly.
  1/4 ozs
  70 ft.
  68
Early Wonder Tall Tops Beets
Open- pollinated. Early and quick-growing with good emergence in cold soil. Attractive purple tops make great early greens. Good for bunching beets.  Hardy, can take hard frost. Sow any time from April through summer.
  1/8 ozs
  20 ft.
  48

 Easter Egg Radishes

Open- pollinated. These good sized delicious radishes do not become woody, hollow or too hot. This fascinating blend comes in shades of pink, purple, red, violet and white. They do not bolt easily. Always our most popular radish. 
  1/8 ozs
  12 ft.
  25
Space Spinach
F-1 hybrid. Will win the space race every time. Fedco’s most popular spinach produces big thick wavy mostly smooth leaves with slight ruffles, easy to clean, and a juicy sweet taste. Very hardy. Sow as soon as the garden can be worked in the spring or wait till late summer for a fall crop. Bolts quickly in midsummer.  
  1/4 ozs
  30-50 ft.
  37

ORG. Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce

The earliest and most popular looseleaf variety. Large loose crumbled juicy light-green leaves. Inner leaves tender and well blanched. Does not stand heat well. Sow as early as the ground can be worked.
  2 g
  50 ft.
  42

ORG. Red Salad Bowl Lettuce

Compact filly rosettes of oakleaves, red at tips and on young growth, green at the base of the leaves. Nice buttery flavor. One of Fedco's most popular lettuces. Grows quite large in cool weather, but prone to bitterness and bolting in heat.
  2 g
  50 ft.
  46
Buttercrunch Bibb Lettuce
Bibb or Butterhead type  developed at Cornell University. Dark-green outer leaves with creamy center heart. Smooth and soothing with a green refreshing flavor. Can stand some heat. Fedco’s best-selling lettuce. 
  2 g
  50 ft.
  50

Parris Island Cos Romaine

The standard market Romaine. Upright 8"-9" heads fold inward to form compact centers. Interior greenish-white. Resistant to TB and bolting, even in heat. Irrigation improves texture.
  2 g
  50 ft.
  68
Mesclun Mix
Open-pollinated. For superb salads. Two packets in this mix, one a mixture of different types, colors and shapes of lettuce, the other a mix of tangy greens, including mustards, Asian greens such as Mizuna and Tatsoi, endive, arugula and chervil. The concept comes from Provence in France. Plant each packet in adjoining beds or rows. Harvest by cutting young leaves with scissors. In good weather mesclun will regenerate after cutting, but you can make succession plantings if it gets tired. These greens tolerate light frosts.
  1 g
  50 ft.
  50

Fordhook Giant Chard

Broad white stems with dark green, savoyed leaves. This standard green Swiss chard is great in soups, braized, in stir frys and steamed.  Produces a steady crop from July through fall. Space according to use,

  1 g
  15-20 ft.
  60-63

Kale Mix

If it’s hard to choose, enjoy this mix of kales for diverse flavors, colors and shapes. This mix includes red and white Russian, Lacinato, Beedys Camden and more.
  1 g
  20 ft.
  85

Green King Broccoli

F-1 hybrid. Exceptional tenderness made it the best tasting of 23 varieties in Fedco’s trials. Green King produces thick blue-green large domed heads and will stand heat well. Large side shoots will follow, though they are not plentiful.
  1/8
  Aprox. 60 sds
  63

Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage 

Open-pollinated. This wonderful early cabbage came from England in the mid- 1800s. Compact 2 to 3 lb. flavorful heads are distinctively pointy. The shape and sparse outside foliage permits close spacing. 
  1 g
  Aprox. 100 sds
  60
ORG. Sweet Basil

This indispensable culinary herb has been in cultivation for over 3,000 years. The heaviest yielding variety, recommended for drying, all-around great eating and pesto making. Direct seed in late spring or transplant after danger of frost.  It is best to water young plants sparingly to reduce damping off in cloudy cool weather.
  1 g
  Aprox. 400 sds
  55

ORG. Caribe Cilantro

Caribe is useful for its fresh green foliage, edible flowers that attract many beneficial insects, and coriander – its dried seeds. The best of the ten strains that Fedco has trialed, it will grow to 2 ft., with whitish blooms.  Direct seed succession plantings in average to well-drained soil and keep moist for lush leaf production. Harvest leaves prior to flowering.
  .5 g
  Aprox. 120 sds
  55

ORG. Dill- Bouquet

Bouquet is usually grown for its leaves which are sweeter and more refined than those of Mammoth. Foliage is best harvested early, before seed stalks mature. Make succession plantings in well-drained soil, thin early and keep watered for lush production.  
  1 g
  Aprox. 250 sds
  55-60

Calendula-Pacific Beauty Mix 

Also known as Pot Marigold, these beautiful orange and yellow semi-double flowers are great for informal bouquets, and are edible.  Used in salves for its healing qualities.  Easy to grow, loves cool weather so can be sown relatively early in the spring, and will survive the first fall frosts, making for a long bloom time.  Don’t over crowd, and deadhead the old blossoms to keep the flowers coming. It will reseed the following year.  
  2 g
  Aprox. 70 sds
  75-90

Sensation Cosmos Mix

Open pollinated.  Sun-loving, free-flowering all summer in a mix of colors, pinks, and magentas predominating.  Daisy-style flowers bloom amidst lacy cut foliage.  This mix will grow to 4-5 ft.  Sow after the danger of frost is past.  Thin to 20” apart. Harvest for cut flowers when the petals on the first flower are just opening.  Will last 4-6 days in a vase.  This particular variety has been a standard since 1930.
  1 g
  Aprox. 140 sds
  68

Lemon Gem Marigolds

Compact ten to twelve inch plants bear ¾” bright lemon–yellow flowers early on, throughout summer and into the fall. These mounded pants which date back to 1798 have finely cut ferny foliage. The edible single flowers have a delightful lemony fragrance. They don’t require deadheading, but benefit from a light shearing in hot weather.  
  aprox. 60 sds
  Aprox. 60 sds
  115

Clarke's Heavenly Blue Morning Glory

Intense blue trumpet shaped flowers, lighter towards the center, highly decorative. Requires only average soil, loves sun. Vigorous vines will climb 12ft. so require support. Too rich a soil will produce excess foliage and few blossoms.  Nick seeds prior to planting, or soak them overnight to speed germination.  Sow outdoors after danger of frost, they prefer warm soil and will not tolerate frost.
  1 g.
  Aprox. 25 sds
  42

Jewel Nasturtium Mix 

Both ornamental and edible, the gold, yellow, orange and red blossoms lend a peppery, sweet taste to salads.  Easy to grow, needing only average soil, it will grow excessive foliage and few blossoms in too rich a soil. Likes full sun, though blossom production will slow in hot weather.  A bushy variety that holds its blossoms above the foliage and grows to 16” tall.  Does not tolerate frost. 

  6 g.
  Aprox. 30 sds
  70-90

ORG. Autumn Beauty Sunflower Mix

 Open Pollinated   A multi branching beauty with a mixture of earthen tones, ranging from bright yellow, to bronze, to purples.  Most have a characteristic red ring around a black center.  Blossoms are 4-6” across, making them terrific for large arrangements.  Love rich soil and full sun.  Will grow 6-8 ft. tall.  Plant around the time of the last frost. Give each plant at least 1ft. of space, irrigate in dry weather.  This is Fedco’s most popular sunflower variety.
  1 g.
  Aprox. 45 sds
70-90  
Zinnia-State Fair Mix

Lighthearted and showy, great for cutting and terrific in bouquets.  An old fashioned variety, bearing single and double 3-4” flowers on 30” plants.  Bold colors include red, magenta, purple, orange, lavender and pink.  Start indoors 4 weeks early in warm soil and transplant out 1 foot apart, or direct sow after the soil warms.  Easy to grow; likes fertile soil, will not tolerate frost. 

  1g.
   Aprox. 80 sds
  90