CATALOGUE

Cauliflower
Packet = 100 seeds

Early Snowball (1878) - Introduced by Peter Henderson in 1878 and still popular today. Nice 5-6” heads with tightly formed white curds.

$3.00

Celery(Apium graveolens)
Packet = 50 seeds

Red Stalk (1700s) - Red Stalk Celery has been grown since the 1700s. It has more of a robust flavor than regular celery and is excellent for soups or stews. The stalks are thinner than modern celery but the red color of the stalks is very eye catching.

$3.00

Soup Celery - (a.k.a. Leaf Celery, Smallage) An old heirloom that was once very popular and included in every seed catalogue. A variety of celery that is grown for the leaves and does not produce large stalks. The leaves resemble parsley and have a strong celery flavor. Traditionally used to flavor soups and was a key ingredient in traditional soup bunches (herbs, squash & parsnip bunched together, tied with string and used in soup). The strong flavor makes this variety excellent for drying. It is also the easiest variety of celery to grow. A must for soup, stew and salads. EXTREMELY RARE.

$3.00

Zwolsche Krul - Old variety of leaf or cutting celery originating from Holland. This particular variety has very curled leaves resembling curled parsley. It has a nice flavor that is great in soups or stews. Very easy to grow!

$3.00

Citron - See Watermelon

Corn(Zea mays)
Packet = 100 seeds

Golden Bantam (1902) - Yellow corn originally was only grown for livestock feed, only white corn was considered fit for the table. That all changed when a farmer named William Chambers in Greenfield, Massachusetts grew a yellow mutant sweet corn. After Chambers death, a handful of the yellow kernelled corn was found among his possessions and was sold to W. Atlas Burpee. Burpee’s formally introduced this variety to the public in 1902 as Golden Bantam Corn. Since then, Golden Bantam has been one of the most popular open pollinated sweet corns available. It has been a favorite on the Prairies for years and was included in the 1929 Steele Briggs Seed Company Catalogue. This is the original 8-row strain of Golden Bantam that I am offering. A sweet corn that must be eaten or frozen right after it is picked so the sugars don’t change to starch. Produces 5-6 inch cobs on 5’ tall plants. A great variety.

$3.00

Mandan Bride - A gorgeous flour corn from the Mandan Indians of North Dakota. Excellent for grinding into flour or as a beautiful fall decoration. An excellent mix of colors with some striped kernels as well. The plants are 4-5’ tall and produce 6-7” cobs. Early maturing corn for short season areas. (90 days) Low quantity.

$3.95

Mandan Red Clay - (a.k.a. Lavender Parching Mandan Corn) This distinctive flour corn was once grown by the Mandan Indians of North Dakota. The 6-8” ears are clay red color and excellent for parching or grinding into flour. (100 days)

$3.95

Orchard Baby - An old Oscar H. Will variety originating with the Indians of North Dakota. A very dwarf variety of sweet corn well adapted to small gardens. The stalks grow to 3-4’ tall and produce golden tasty cobs which are 4-5” long. An excellent variety of sweet corn for northern gardens! (60 days) EXTREMELY RARE.

$3.00

Pennsylvania Dutch Butter Flavored Popcorn (pre-1885) - An exceptional popcorn preserved by the Pennsylvania Dutch for generations. The white pointy kernels pop up very nicely and are delicious! The cobs average 4-6” long and are produced on 6’ stalks. (105 days for dry popcorn) RARE.

$3.00

Pickaninny (pre-1929) - An introduction by the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa. According to the 1932 Depuy & Ferguson Catalogue, “In many cases the stalks produce two or more ears of marketable size. For quality this sort ranks with Golden Bantam and should therefore be of great value as a first early sort.” The 1947 Pike Seeds Catalogue states, “The earliest of all sweet corns, producing beautiful cobs of excellent quality.” It took me years to track this variety down and I am happy to be able to finally offer it for sale. The kernels are white when ready to eat as a sweet corn and then change to a bluish purple color when ripe! This variety is not as sweet as modern varieties but very productive and early! EXTREMELY RARE. Low Quantity.

$3.95