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Start Early for Transplants

Some crops perform best when grown from transplants, that is, started indoors and grown into a sturdy seedling that is then planted. Because these crops must be further along in their growth cycle at planting, they require up-front indoor growing time. Some crops are seeded as early as January or February! Our Research department has identified all the crops that grow best when transplanted, so you can better plan your garden.

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Cool Customer Pickling Cucumbers

Cool Customer

Organic Cucumber Seed

Improved pickler selected for organic growers.

Sweet and Tender Fresh Market Cabbage

Sweet and Tender

(F1) Cabbage Seed

Substitute for Tendersweet, which is in short supply.

Soulmate Asclepias (Butterfly Weed)

Soulmate

Organic Asclepias Seed

Cut flower and butterfly habitat.

Promise Storage Cabbage

Promise

(F1) Cabbage Seed

Best quality from storage.

Ailsa Craig Full-Size Onions

Ailsa Craig

Organic Pelleted Onion Seed

A classic mild yellow onion with excellent size potential.

Tasmanian Chocolate Slicing Tomatoes

Tasmanian Chocolate

Organic Tomato Seed

Delicious slicer for small spaces.

Red Flame Hot Peppers

Red Flame

Organic (F1) Cayenne Pepper Seed

Higher-yielding Red Rocket type for ristras.

Green Zebra Heirloom Tomatoes

Green Zebra

Organic Tomato Seed

Green-striped, delicious, and tangy salad specialty.

Cornito Arancia Sweet Peppers

Cornito Arancia

Organic (F1) Corno di Toro Pepper Seed

Orange counterpart to Cornito Rosso and Cornito Giallo.

Redwing Full-Size Onions

Redwing

(F1) Onion Seed

Reliable long-storage red.

Dragon Fennel

Dragon

Organic Pelleted (F1) Fennel Seed

Later-maturing, uniform bulbs.

Clarissa Fresh Market Cabbage

Clarissa

(F1) Cabbage Seed

Late-season savoy that produces attractive, well-wrapped heads.

Red Long of Florence Specialty Cooking Onions

Red Long of Florence

Onion Seed

Beautifully refined.

Patio Baby Mini Eggplants

AAS (All-America Selections) Winners

Patio Baby

(F1) Eggplant Seed

The best container variety, ideal for small-space gardening.

Ailsa Craig Exhibition Full-Size Onions

Ailsa Craig Exhibition

Onion Seed

A classic mild yellow onion with excellent size potential.

Graffiti Standard Cauliflower

Graffiti

(F1) Cauliflower Seed

Stunning dark purple heads for farm stands, CSAs, and restaurants.

Cipolla's Pride Heirloom Tomatoes

Cipolla's Pride

Organic Tomato Seed

Large, refined sauce tomato.

Islander Sweet Bell Peppers

Islander

(F1) Bell Pepper Seed

Medium-sized bells with light lavender skin and pale yellow flesh.

Talon Full-Size Onions

Talon

Organic (F1) Onion Seed

Organic long-day storage onion.

New York Early Full-Size Onions

New York Early

Organic Onion Seed

Classic yellow OP strain, dependable and productive early onion.

Paxton Standard Cauliflower

Paxton

(F1) Cauliflower Seed

Resistance to club root.

Conservor Shallots

Conservor

Organic (F1) Shallot Seed

Single-bulb shallots suitable for long storage.

Bishop Standard Cauliflower

Bishop

(F1) Cauliflower Seed

Improved Fremont-type hybrid for summer and fall crops.

New Girl Slicing Tomatoes

New Girl

Organic (F1) Tomato Seed

First early with great flavor.

Green Machine Sweet Bell Peppers

Green Machine

(F1) Bell Pepper Seed

Full resistance to bacterial leaf spot (BLS), plus TSWV resistance.

Diva Seedless and Thin-skinned Cucumbers

AAS (All-America Selections) Winners

Diva

Treated Cucumber Seed

Especially flavorful harvested small, adapted to field and greenhouse.

Arat Root Parsley

Arat

Root Parsley Seed

Long, straight, white roots lend parsley flavor to soups and salads.

Eastern Magic Standard Broccoli

Eastern Magic

(F1) Broccoli Seed

Excellent broccoli for the Northeast, with good stress tolerance.

Marketmore 76 Slicing Cucumbers

Marketmore 76

Cucumber Seed

Popular OP variety, defined standard slicing cuke "look" in the North.

Munstead-Type Lavender

Munstead-Type

Lavender Seed

Compact English lavender with a nice range of bloom colors.

Hungarian Hot Wax Hot Peppers

Hungarian Hot Wax

Organic Pepper Seed

Johnny's improved strain.

Lunchbox Red Sweet Peppers

Lunchbox Red

Organic Snack Pepper Seed

Sweet and flavorful mini-sized peppers, perfect for a healthy snack.

Fairy Tale Mini Eggplants

AAS (All-America Selections) Winners

Fairy Tale

(F1) Eggplant Seed

Attractive purple-and-white mini eggplant with wonderful flavor.

Apple Yellow Cherry Tomatoes

AAS (All-America Selections) Winners

Apple Yellow

(F1) Tomato Seed

A great match for Tomatoberry Garden.

Katz White Stock

Katz White

Stock Seed

Versatile single stems, very uniform in bloom time and stem length.

Olly Sweet Bell Peppers

Olly

Organic (F1) Bell Pepper Seed

Early red bell for tunnel or field production.