About Johnny's

There's more than meets the eye when one of our seeds meets the soil — classical plant breeding; rigorous trialing; reliable germination; uniformity in the field; dependable yield; commitment to sustainable and organic agriculture; detailed growing information. Learn how the success you achieve from planting our seeds makes all our work worthwhile!

Learn more about our classical plant breeding program, and how the award-winning vegetable varieties are created and brought to life at Johnny's Selected Seeds.

Here's the story behind the development of 'Cherry Bomb,' our late-blight-resistant, JSS-bred cherry x grape tomato for organic field production.

Nothing goes in our catalog or out our door until it's field-tested or trialed at Johnny's Research Farm or at one of our farmer-cooperator's across the country.

“ The Tilther is the tool that always needed to happen. ” — Eliot Coleman, Tools Advisor to Johnny's Selected Seeds since 1999.

This 10-minute film gives a brief overview of Johnny's Selected Seeds: our philosophy, customer service, plant breeding, 50-year history, 100% employee ownership, research and development, marketing, and international sales. Features interviews with Johnny's Chairman and Founder, Rob Johnston, Jr. (retired), Eliot Coleman, Johnny's customers and employees.

Our classical plant breeding program involves individually hand-pollinating generations of flowers over time, to develop new and improved varieties of peppers. We carefully select and trial on the basis of flavor, appearance, uniformity, disease resistance, and productivity under a range of growing conditions. Many of our JSS-Bred peppers have gone on to become award-winning grower favorites!

Greenhouse vining-crop expert, Andrew Mefferd leads you on a virtual tour of our greenhouse trials. Come have a look at what we've got growing at our research farm!

Watch a summary on the key advantages of using pelleted seeds: decrease seed waste and time spent thinning, easier to see, handle, and less likely to jam in mechanical seeders.

Here's the story about how Johnny's Breeding Team sought and selected very specific criteria in developing 'Clementine.'

A walk through the restoration of a cherished, open-pollinated pepper variety. Learn how we recovered the 'Hungarian Hot Wax' ideotype for consistently high yields of uniform fruits with reliable flavor.