Uprising Seeds 2014 Catalog by Lacinato

Uprising Seeds

2014

WELCOME TO UPRISING SEEDS’ 2014 CATALOGUE Hello Friends, seed growers, sowers, and savers. Thanks for joining us in our 8th year, we’re thrilled this catalog has found its way into your hands. We had a funny thought in working on our catalog this year. With all our talk of the exciting breeding happening right now, the love of the summer morning in the field among the plants, the politics of ownership and control in the seed chain...there is something we don't talk about enough. The bottom line, in fact: This is food! What you have here is a catalog of maritime northwest adapted vegetable and flower varieties, true, but it is just as importantly a catalog of flavors, colors, and textures. It is grilled favas over fresh pea and morel risotto to herald the coming of summer. It is picnics of roasted fingerlings with green beans and platters of sliced tomatoes slathered with olive oil, salt and basil. It is baby arugula salads with shaved fennel and pear slices. It is spicy and hearty posole y frijol stews to warm you on a winter evening. We used to joke (or half-joke), when people asked us at market how we liked to cook some vegetable or another, “You don’t think we actually have time to cook any of this ourselves do you?”. Our days are so tremendously busy, but we are trying to slow down and start putting food in the center of our lives and relationships again. We’ve often said that what is happening in a culture’s seed supply is a mirror of what it values in its food system. Looking at the state of seed in this country, it is clear that we live in a system pushing towards homogeneity at the expense of diversity, productivity at the expense of flavor. Our commonwealth of seeds have joined the long list of public resources that have been appropriated by the private sector and in doing so, their stewardship and development has become steered by profit margins rather than the vitality of tradition. This is the vision of the corporations that wish to profit from the control of our food, but it has been made abundantly clear over the past several years that this is not the vision of the majority of the people.

New Varieties For 2014!! “Rucola” Arugula “Jacobs Cattle” Bush Dry Bean “Marfax” Bush Dry Bean “Papa de Rola” Pole Dry Bean “Hanan Pop-bean” Garbanzo Bean “Frog Island Nation” Fava “White Lion” Edamame Soybean “Le Puy” Lentils “Feuer Kugel” Beet “January King” Winter Cabbage “Marner” Winter Cabbage “Nash’s Summer Green” Cabbage “Nash’s Nantes” Carrot “Dakota Black” Popping Corn “Mandan Red Clay” Dry Corn “Belle Isle” Cress “Goldkrone” Dill “Borettana Cipollini” Onion “Howden” Pumpkin “Ho Lan Dow” Snow Pea “Pimiento de Padron” Hot Pepper “Treviso Tardivo” Radicchio “Galapagos Red” Cherry Tomato “Carbon” Slicer Tomato “Ruth’s Perfect” Slicer Tomato “Black Ball” Batchelors Button Borage Edible Flower Mix “Night Scented” Stock “Torch” Mexican Sunflower “Giant Sungold” Sunflower “Brocade Mix” Marigold

Back! “Empress” Bean “Red Express” Cabbage “Violetta di Firenze” Eggplant “Potimarron” Winter Squash “Ziar Breadseed” Poppy “Marble Arch” Salvia

Changing the way we interact with food, slowing it down and savoring it, has the potential to be a vehicle for change. Honoring, and continuing to develop food traditions strengthens the fabric of our food system and of our culture as a whole. And it’s not a “privilege” (in the dirty word sense) thing, taking time with food. All the world over, people of all classes gather first in gardens, then in kitchen, and café’s, dining rooms and courtyards. The degree of collaboration between farmers, breeders, chefs, and consumers happening right now is unprecedented. A groundbreaking conference at the Stone Barn center in NY last winter put chefs and breeders heads together perhaps for the first time to get the opposite ends of our food chain together to make a circle: to talk about how we think about food and how to collaboratively improve the food we collectively eat. Recently the NY times ran an article about Oregon as a hotbed of kale breeding and diversity(!). All of a sudden, it seems that the work that has been quietly happening out of sight on farms around the world has entered into the public conversation.

This year we hope you take on a three day recipe. We hope you ferment something to eat (on purpose). We hope you put food and drink at the center of friendships. We hope you try to grow a labor or space inefficient veggie like Belgian endive, fresh garbanzo beans, or radicchio treviso tardivo to get a singularly unique food that can’t be had any other way. We hope you flip some pancakes or make some skillet cornbread with fresh ground, homegrown dry corn. Smoke chilies and tomatoes. Grind your own mustards. Sit on the front porch and shell fresh Garbanzos with your friends and neighbors. Play roulette with freshly picked and seared Padron Peppers. Pickle onions. Make medicine. Eat edible flowers. Lay quietly among the sunflowers and hummingbird sage as the birds wing their collective joy. Revel in the cacophony of sound in your patch of bee’s friend. Remember and celebrate the magic of food, community and creativity. It’s all right here in this wee catalog and the many other catalogs of people who love seeds so much that they cannot help but shout it out and share. Thanks for joining us in this joyous uprising and trusting us to steward YOUR seeds. Warmly, Crystine, Brian, Rowan, Katy, and Rio

Catalog Key: = Draught Tolerant, = Winter Hardy, = Cut Flower

Meet Our Network of Growers... If the modern industrial food system has done much to remove the faces behind the foods we eat, the seed industry represents the extreme of that trend. Let’s face it, its hard to find out where your seed comes from. We feel proud to work with such a great group of PNW family farms to bring you the seeds in this catalog and we’d like to introduce you to them. Many of the varieties we sell have been bred or improved upon by these skilled growers, and this list represents many, many years of experience in growing and saving high quality seed. The two letter code following “days to maturity” at the end of each variety description refers to who grew it for us. We encourage you to read more about them in the grower profiles on our website. All our seeds are Open-pollinated and Certified Organic by the USDA. Please save and share them. We at Uprising Seeds are adamantly opposed to GMO’s. IE: Irish Eyes, Ellensburg, WA LK: Lupine Knoll Farm, Williams, OR MF: Midori Farm, Port Townsend, WA MM: M&M Heath Farms, Buhl, ID NF: Nash’s Farm, Sequim, WA PM: Praying Mantis Farm, Canby, OR SB: Silver Bough Farm, Applegate, OR SS: Sowing Seeds Farm, Twisp, WA TR: Twisp River Seeds, Twisp, WA WF: Wandering Fields Farm, Jacksonville, OR WG: Wolf Gulch Farm, Jacksonville, OR WO: White Oak Farm, Williams, OR

UO: Uprising Seeds Bellingham, WA AH: Ancestree Herbals, Twisp, WA CB: Canyon Bounty Farm, Nampa, ID CF: Chickadee Farm, Ashland, OR DT: Seven Seeds Farm, Williams, OR DW: Delhi Wind Farm, Everson, WA ER: Eel River Produce, Scotia, CA EO: Ernie’s Organics, Shoshone, ID FF: Fellowship Farms, Paul, ID GC: Garberville Community Farm, CA GT: Gathering Together Farm, Philomath, OR HH: Horizon Herbs, Williams, OR

**Ordering Instructions** There are two ways to order direct from us: MAIL: Please fill out the online or paper seed order form and return with Check or Postal Money Order for the total amount to the address at the bottom of the form.

WEB: Visit us at www.uprisingorganics.com for easy online ordering by credit card. **At this time we do not take phone orders.** STARTING Feb 1** we will begin shipping orders for the 2014 season. **Please email if expedited shipping is necessary or if you need an order Before Feb. 1st** PLEASE NOTE: Our address is not currently a retail location and pickup is not available here. QUESTIONS? Contact us at uprisingseeds@riseup.net or by phone at (360)778-3749. We do not keep regular office hours but can generally be reached between 9am-3pm Monday-Friday. During our busy times of year, email is often the most reliable way to get a quick response from us.

behold. Often grown just as an ornamental, the flowers are followed by long slightly fuzzy green beans that, when picked young, are delicious in their own right. Immature bean seeds can be eaten as shelly beans, while mature dry beans are eaten like lima or kidney. Giant mottled purple/black seeds look like magic beans from Jack and the Beanstalk. Who knows where they’ll take you if you start climbing… 70 days. ER Packet: 1oz (~30 seeds) $3.25, 1/2 lb $8.00, 1lb $14.00

VEGETABLES BEAN (Phaseolus vulgaris)———–———– BUSH SNAP

Dragon Langerie *Heirloom* Large, flat-podded, unusually juicy, wax beans that have both flavor and beauty! It took only one bite for our market customers to decide that these creamy white and purple striped beans were indeed great eating and not just a visual novelty. You will love them and they will reward you with abundance and longevity. 19th century Dutch heirloom. 55-60 days. MM Packet: 1oz (~60 seeds) $3.25, 1/2lb $8.00, 1lb $13.00

BUSH DRY

Calypso *Heirloom* Known for their distinctive black and white markings, these beauties set abundant fruit and finished even in the late, cool season we sometimes experience in the PNW. With 4-6 seeds per pod you’ll be rewarded with steaming pots of chili and soup just when the weather begins to turn the corner from Fall into Winter. Creamy and rich with a flavor slightly reminiscent of your favorite potato they will retain their shape and markings will fade to brown when cooked. Can also be eaten in the green stage but the dry beans are most certainly worth waiting for! 80-90 days. UO Packet: 1oz (~60 seeds) $3.25, 1/2lb $9.00

**Back!!**

Empress Empress is simply our best green bean for both eating quality and yield. We usually grow Provider as our first succession for its strength in cool soil germination, and then Empress for the rest of the season. Vigorous plants hang heavy with long, straight 6-7” pods. Crisp and delicious they are slow to turn starchy and tough. Also great for canning and freezing. White seed. 55 days. CF Packet: 1oz (~90seeds) $3.00 1/2lb $8.00, 1lb $13.00

Flageolet Vert

Provider Provider is the classic early green bean variety for northern climes, known to excel in cooler soil. Heavy yields of fleshy 5-7” pods are usually the first of our direct seeded green beans at market. Rich green bean taste. Maroon/Purple seeded. 50 days. EO. Packet: 1oz (~90 seeds) $3.25, 1/2 lb $6.00, 1lb $9.00, 5lb $37.00 POLE SNAP

Fortex We present you with a delicious French filet green bean that remains completely stringless, tender, and sweet while growing to over 11” in length. Wonderfully nutty and rich with the intense flavor of a filet bean. Smooth and sultry. There, I said it. If a bean can be called smooth and sultry, you have found it. Smashingly productive. Brilliant green round pods. 6-10’ vines. The running favorite among our commercial and home grower friends alike. Laborious seed to produce. Get them while you can! Reddish brown seeds. 60 days. UO, CF, TR Packet: 50 seeds $3.25

Scarlet Emperor This is a real dandy of a runner bean, vigorously growing 8-10’ and bearing a proliferation of showy bright red blossoms loved by butterflies and hummingbirds. Emperor made up Rowan’s 2012 and 2013 bean teepee and was a sight to

*Heirloom* On a brisk Fall evening in November we shared a meal with friends that we have since learned is fit for nobility! A small pot of simmering Flageolet beans, a sprinkling of sage and salt, and a generous helping of good olive oil topped with freshly picked and sautéed chanterelles, crispy French shallots, and a squeeze of lemon heaped on a warmed Bread Farm baguette. *Sigh* The perfect sensory end to a busy harvest season. The Flageolet, a close relative of the Hungarian rice bean, which was grown on private estates to feed the European nobility during the winter months, was introduced for the International Paris Exposition in 1878 by French gardener, Chevrier of Bretigny. The shelled beans can be eaten (and celebrated!) in their semi dry stage as a shelly bean, and when they are fully dry. Reserved, as William Woys Weaver so aptly states, for elegant and sophisticated cooking (think cassoulet, crostini, risotto...), flageolets are intensely creamy, hold their shape when cooked, and cook quickly. The plants themselves are compact and loaded with slender long green beans (8-10 seeds/pod) that remain a light green even when fully dry as do the seeds themselves. As you may have sensed from my exuberant and lengthy description, these beans are a celebration unto themselves. 7580 days. UO Packet: 1oz (~120 seeds) $3.25, 1/2lb $10.00, 1lb $16.00

Seed Savers Exchange (now the largest public participation heirloom seed organization in the world). These beans are said to have been brought by Lina’s grandmother to Missouri by covered wagon in the 1880’s. Delicious smooth texture and rich flavor for soups or on their own. Horticultural type. 85 days. UO Packet: 1oz (~60 seeds) $3.25, 1/2lb $7.00

Hutterite Bush Dry *ARK Heirloom* Once thought to have been brought over from the Ukraine by the Hutterites, a Christian sect, in the mid 1800’s, this bean is now thought by some to be a selection from the China Yellow bean, widely grown since the early 1800’s. Among the best for making quick cooking, delicious, creamy white bean soup, they are also very productive to boot. Coloration is a greenish yellow completed with a dark ring around the eye. Wait until ground has warmed and dried to sow as they are susceptible to rot in cold, wet soils. Weak vining tendency does not require support. 80-90 days. UO. Packet: 1oz (~85 seeds) $3.25, 1/2lb $9.00

**New for 2014**

Marfax

*Heirloom* An old English heirloom variety brought to Canada in the 1920’s, it is said to be named after the Ireland Creek Farm in BC where it has been grown since the 30’s. Cool season tolerant and very early maturing, it bears its long pods heavily on bushy plants. A VERY solid producer of buff yellow to mustard colored beans that cook down to deliciously rich, creamy texture. Excellent for soups, sauces, and spreads. Dry beans this reliable in northern maritime climates are worth their weight in gold. 80 days. UO Packet: 1oz (~60 seeds) $3.25, 1/2lb $7.00

*Heirloom* Also known as Marafax, or Marifax, This beloved New England bean has a long but difficult to track history, said by some to have been introduced by the federal government to “downeast” Maine during the depression. Medium sized, round, buff-brown beans are rich in flavor and very well adapted to cool climate growing. It is a classic variety for baked beans and hearty soups with a toothsome texture that retains its shape even with long slow cooking. A traditional way of cooking these in old Maine logging camps was the “Bean Hole”, a rock lined fire pit in the ground where the bean pot was buried and slow cooked from the heat of the stones. We grew these years ago and are happy to have them back as one of our dry bean staples. Very early and reliable. 85 days. UO Packet: 1oz (~ 80 seeds) $3.25

**New for 2014**

Rockwell

Ireland Creek Annie

*Rare Heirloom* We are likely the first company to offer this variety of dry bean in a seed catalogue ever. An heirloom from the Coupeville area of Central Whidby Island in WA, it is named after the late 1800’s pioneer Elisha Rockwell who brought it to the area. Though it never became a commercial crop, the bean has remained popular in homestead gardens for well over a century, renown for its ability to germinate in cool soil, mature early, and its outstanding flavor. The beans are creamy white with a mottled burgundy spot around the hilum and are great for most dishes but are especially known for making terrific baked beans. Our seed stock came from the folks at Willowood Farm in Coupeville who are working to popularize this local treasure. A first rate, productive dry bean for our maritime climate. Very rare. 80–90 days. UO Packet: 1oz (~ 85 seeds) $3.25, 1/2lb $7.00, 1lb $12.00

Jacob’s Cattle *ARK Heirloom* A legendary northeast variety that has been shown for centuries to thrive in tough northern climates. Local stories claim this Prince Edward Island heirloom to have been a gift from the Passamaquoddy Indians to Joseph Clark, the first white child born in Lubec, ME. The rest of its legend comes from kitchens across northern New England where it its known to make a fierce pot of baked beans. The white and maroon speckled kidney-shaped beans hold up well to long cooking. Early and prolific in the field. Tried and true. 80 days. EO. Packet: 1oz (~60-70 seeds) $3.25, 1/2lb 7.00, 1lb $11.00

Jacob’s Gold This beautiful bean is the product of a stabilized cross between the classic “Jacob’s Cattle” and “Paint”. Early, large, and prolific it has found a lasting place in our dry bean collection. The mottled, speckled gold and white beans are about the size of pintos with a rich flavor and meaty texture perfect for hearty soups and chili. 80-90 days. UO Packet: 1oz (~60 seeds) $3.25, 1/2 lb $7.00

Tiger’s Eye *Heirloom* Also known as Pepa de Zapallo, this heirloom comes originally from Chile and Argentina. For those who value dry beans for their aesthetic beauty as well as taste, tiger’s eye is practically without peer. The large flat beans are mustard yellow with burgundy swirls. Worth growing for their

Lina Cisco’s Bird Egg *ARK Heirloom* A family heirloom from of one of the six original members of the

beauty alone, the rich flavor seals the deal. Good as shelly beans, in soups, and for refried beans. Great bean to substitute for Pintos in Southwest inspired cooking. 80-90 days. CB Packet: 1oz (~60 seeds) $3.25, 1/2lb $7.00, 1lb $12.00, 5lbs $50.00

OVEN ROASTED CHICKPEAS Makes 3 cups 3 cups cooked chickpeas - patted dry 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon sea salt 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (use less if you’d like them mild) 2 teaspoons dried thyme (za’atar is another delicious option) 1 cup shelled pistachios (optional) Preheat oven to 400’. Toss chickpeas with olive oil, black pepper, salt, cumin and cayenne until evenly coated. Spread on baking sheet and bake 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from oven and add pistachios and thyme. Bake approx 10 minutes more until crunchy. YUM!!!

POLE DRY **New for 2014**

Papa de Rola *Heirloom* (aka “Dove’s Breast”) This Portuguese bean is one of the most beautiful in our collection: large and plump, half pure white, the other half speckled beige and burgundy. Though we list them as a pole bean, they display more of a half-running habit to about 4-5’, thus benefiting from supprt. They make a wonderful and hearty soup bean. 9095 days. UO Packet: 1oz (~50 seeds) MISC. BEANS/PULSES

Fava “Aquadulce”

Garbanzo “Black Kabouli”

(Vicia faba) One of the oldest cultivated plants, fava popularity is on the rise! Wonderfully nutritious and delicious, they can be found in everything from elegant to rustic seasonal preparations on the tables of food lovers everywhere. Fall planted, they are one of the culinary harbingers of the spring harvest season, beginning to mature in mid-May, and are excellent in dips, stews, braises, on the grill... Spring plant in April-May for July harvest. Plants grow to about 30”+ and are heavy yielding, though the beans take some time to size up even once the pods are full size. Harvest as fresh shelly until the leaves just start to yellow. For dry beans, pods or whole plants can be pulled for drying once leaves have browned and fallen off. While a bit of a labor of love to prepare, most will agree they are certainly worth the effort. Aquadulce produces huge yields of uniformly long pods and large beans. 80 days. UO Packet: 20-25 seeds $3.25, 1/2lb $9.00, 1lb $15

(Cicer arietinum) One of our favorite discoveries of the past several years, we spend an inordinate amount of time keeping these pristine and weed free as they are such a priority for us. Everything from their desire to be Spring planted with the peas to their delicate leaf and plant structure and finely veined, bicolored purple/pink flowers kept us riveted, enraptured...I kid you not. Yes, we are easily delighted. More reliable though less productive then our other dry beans, they are Spring planted, harvested with the dry peas and yield one but more often two beans per pod. Also a rare tasty treat harvested and eaten fresh like English peas or steamed like Edamame. And while garbanzo beans can be traced back 7,500 years to Afghanistan, these were most recently improved by WA State University to be tolerant of cooler soils and light frosts. So go on. Certain rapture awaits. 95-115 days. UO Packet: 1oz (~75-80 seeds) $3.25, 1/2lb $10.00, 1lb $16.00 **New for 2014**

Garbanzo “Hannan Pop Bean”

**New for 2014**

Fava “Frog Island Nation” (Vicia faba) This beautiful purple fava variety was given to us at a seed conference several years ago and likely comes from the old Abundant Life collection. Tall 4’ vigorous plants produce somewhat irregular length pods with most commonly 3-4 beans/pod. Lighter yielding than our “Aquadulce” but with a superior rich flavor. Excellent raw, as well as sautéed with olive oil, garlic, salt, and a squeeze of lemon. Purple color develops as the bean dries. 80 days. UO Packet: 20-25 seeds $3.25

(Cicer arietinum) Years ago, traveling through Peru and Bolivia, we came across a new-to-us leguminous oddity: Nuñas, a bean that behaves almost like a parching corn, puffing slightly when you sauté the beans in a hot oiled skillet. They made a great snack during our walks around the Altiplano usually tossed with a chile sauce. Hannan Pop Bean is sort of a chick pea version of that developed by Carol Deppe in the Willamette Valley out of a landrace accession from the USDA seed collection. Bushy upright plants produce the mottled black and brown chick peas usually 1 or sometimes two to a pod. Selected for disease resistance, organic and dry farmed conditions, and

varieties. Immediately after our mid-May planting we were hit with a week of unusually cold weather coupled with heavy rain. White Lion was the sole survivor (and by sole I mean that no other variety sprouted a single plant), suggesting a resilience to cool soil conditions for germination. We’ve grown it again since, and it proved to be a vigorous producer of plump flavorful pods. Slightly earlier than Shirofumi. 85 days. CB Packet: 1oz 3.25, 1/2 lb $13.00

bean size. We found them to be less prolific producers than the Kabouli, but they make a delicious snack popped and eaten out of hand salted and oiled. To pop, place the dry peas in a warmed heavy skillet and cook over medium heat, keeping them in constant motion (ala popcorn sans oil) until they burst like a parching corn. They can also be soaked and boiled like any other chick pea, or popped and then boiled to skip the soaking step. Fun and tasty! 9095 days. UO Packet: 1oz (~80 seeds) $3.25 **New for 2014**

BEETS (Beta vulgaris)————————

Lentil “Le Puy”

Bulls Blood *Heirloom* A standard in salad mixes, bulls blood is often grown just for its beautiful dark burgundy greens alone. This strain was selected for leaf color and is darker red than most other bulls bloods on the market. While the leaves garner a lot of the attention, they also make great mildly flavored and sweet mature roots. 30 days baby greens, 55 days roots. GT Packet: 100 seeds $3.25, 1oz $6.00

(Lens culinaris) It is indeed true that these were not grown in Le Puy-en-Velay, France where they have been grown for over 2,000 years. They were grown here people, which means you can grow them too! (You cannot hear this but I am shouting with excitement!) Sown mid to late Spring and harvested several weeks earlier then our earliest dry bean, these began as an experiment and ended as an incredibly beautiful seed crop. A seed crop we are having a hard time not eating because, we grew lentils!! Low growing (to perhaps 1’) slender plants with seed pods encasing 1-2 beans. Speckled blue/green gems which readily soak up all matter of deliciousness you may throw at them. Rich, nutty, and imminently satisfying. “Poor mans caviar” perhaps but we prefer them to the latter. 100-130 days UO Packet: 1/2 oz (~400 seeds) $3.25

Chioggia *Heirloom* Beets don’t get much more beautiful than this early 19th century Italian heirloom from the Veneto. The bright red roots reveal the classic red and white bull’seye patterned interior when sliced crosswise. One of the most beautiful dishes we’ve ever made was a beet carpaccio, a pine nut pate sandwiched between two paper thin marinated chioggia slices and topped with pesto oil. The flavor is milder but sweeter than traditional dark red beets. We’ve been wanting to sell this beet for years but have been waiting to secure a worthy strain. Chioggia has been well known to be variable and funky in its genetics. We find ours to be as uniform yet more vigorous than the other “improved” entrant in this class, Guardsmark. 60 days. UO Packet: 100 seeds $3.25, 1oz $9.00, 1/4lb $22.00, 1lb $65.00

Soybean/Edamame “Shirofumi” (Glycine max) We think everyone ought to grow a patch of edamame in their garden. Grown for the fresh, green podded beans rather than the dry soybeans used for feed, tofu, and tempeh, edamame is a quintessential salty Japanese bar snack (there is actually a variety whose name translates to “beer friend”). 2’ tall plants produce bunches of pods containing 2-3 beans per pod. Steam or boil pods in salted water for a couple minutes until the beans inside are tender but not soft (pods are not edible). We blanch and freeze these by the gallon bag to enjoy all winter long. Kids love them. Culture similar to green beans but the pods are ready to harvest in fall when the beans inside have swollen but the pods have not yet yellowed. “Shirofumi” is a reliable market standard. 90 days. CB Packet: 1oz $3.25, 1/2 lb $13.00, 1lb $22.00

**New for 2014**

Feuer Kugel German for “Fire Ball”, this beet has come out on top of the beet trials at Whidby Island’s Greenbank Farm Center for the past two years running. Vigorous plants yield refined red round roots and a healthy top of greens. Milder in flavor than “Shiraz” the roots feature a light zoning to the flesh when cut crosswise (similar to chioggia but with light red contrasted against a darker red). Excellent as a market bunching variety. 60 days. UO Packet: 100 seeds $3.25, 1oz $9.00, 1/4lb $24.00

**New for 2014**

Soybean/Edamame “White Lion” (Glycine max) Two years ago we planted a trial plot of about 10 different edamame

entrant we’ve seen and we encourage you to trial it. Bravo! 70 days. LK, UO Packet: 100 seeds $3.25, 1/4oz $8.00, 1oz $25.00

Lutz Green Leaf *Heirloom* Lets get this out of the way right from the start, Lutz is not a pretty beet. Perfectly round and “refined” it is not. However, nowhere in the world of beets is its common history with Swiss chard more apparent. Lutz is like a full sized chard plant sitting on top of each beet. It has easily twice the greens of other “tall top” beet varieties. And the root can grow enormous while maintaining excellent eating quality. Very winter hardy and excellent for storage, Lutz has a devoted following and we have received requests for it nearly every year we’ve been in business. Once popular, now becoming somewhat rare. 65-70 days. UO Packet: 100 seeds $3.25, 1oz $12.00, 1/4lb $30

Umpqua (B. oleracea) Open pollinated broccoli has been long neglected in the realm of seed breeding. Our extensive 2008 trials of all the OP varieties then available proved to be fairly discouraging, with one exception. Umpqua was simply heads and shoulders above the pack in growth and flavor. We have often seen Umpqua described in catalogues with the kiss-of-death descriptor, “best suited for home gardens.” Really? We happily grew Umpqua for fresh market and CSA for years and were impressed with its color, taste, vigor, and head size. Growing quite large when given good fertility, it matures over a period of about two weeks with some side shoots for a couple weeks more. We’ll leave the “farm suited” weirdly dense, month-long shelf life, tastes-like-cardboard, 10-acresready-to-cut-at-7:42AM-sharp-on-TuesdayJuly-6th-just-in-time-to-meet-the-truck, modern hybrids to those whose businesses require such qualities. Great for fresh market but not a shipper. 65-80 days. UO/WG Packet: 100 seeds $3.25, 1/4oz $6.00, 1oz $14.00

Shiraz Tall Top Although eating them pickled does ignite lingering childhood nostalgia, (the mention of pig knuckles does the same and yet…) I don’t really love beets. But I admire them and always mean to eat more then I do slathered in olive oil, lemon and sea salt with a touch of sweetener and a lot of pistachios. Thing is, these beets here are just too lovely to pass up. Uniformly smooth and shapely, delicious red roots with strong, lush green, fast growing tops. A top quality all-arounder and taste test winner from Dr. Navazio. These are starting to garner more attention as a superior market variety and you can expect to start seeing them from some of the larger seed companies soon. As of last year we are the only company selling them in bulk sizes. Tops for taste. Perfect for market. Perfect for the roots. Perfect for the greens. Perfect. Perfect. Perfect. 55-60 days. UO Packet: 100 seeds $3.25, 1oz $9.00

Rapini “Novantina”

Crop Failure- Back in 2015

(Brassica rapa) Novantina performed well in our 2011 trial of several varieties of Rapini. Slightly less uniform than our standard “Spring Raab” it had similarly appealing large floret size and excellent branching and productivity, while showcasing a superior flavor and milder, less assertive mustard pungency. Re-sprouts from early cuttings. Best sown in Spring and Fall. Italian variety. 40-45 days. UO Packet: 1g (~450 seeds) $3.25, 1/4 oz $5.00

BROCCOLI & RAPINI (RAAB)

Rapini “Spring Raab”

Touchstone Gold

(Brassica rapa) Prized in its homeland of Italy and by chefs worldwide this broccoli relative is a culinary treat. Rather than a large central crown ala broccoli, rapini (aka broccoli raab) sends forth more graceful, smaller and looser bud clusters. Plants branch extensively after first harvest to yield loads of secondary bud stems. In the kitchen lightly sautéed leaves, stems and flower buds are a delight with lemon, a sprinkle of salt and pepper and a drizzle of good olive oil. They are richer, wilder, and more pungent (similar to mustard or turnip) in flavor than broccoli and much earlier from sowing to harvest. Known as “Broccoli Asparago” in Italy. 4045 days. WG Packet: 1g (~450 seeds) $3.25, 1/4oz $5.00

Solstice (Brassica oleracea) The (justifiably) much maligned public opinion of open pollinated broccoli among commercial growers is about to be turned on its head by a couple of new releases in the category. “Solstice” comes out of a gene pool started at OSU and later selected by Jonathan Spero of Lupine Knoll Farm in Southern Oregon. A more refined variety, solstice features tight, dark, uniform heads and excellent side shoot production. Maturity is much more uniform than most OPs while still giving about a week+ harvest window, a feature we find to be positive attribute. For growers used to the hybrid “look” and performance, this is the best OP

CABBAGE (Brassica sp.)———–—————— SUMMER/FALL **New for 2014**

Nash’s Summer Green (B. oleracea) A market-worthy selection from Nash Huber out in Sequim WA, Summer Green is a quick to mature, split resistant, round green cabbage showing good uniformity of medium size, dense heads. Great summer cropper to get the kraut season rolling early. 70 days. NF Packet: 100 seeds $3.25 **Back!!**

Red Express (B. oleracea) This is one of the few OP cabbages that has stood its ground with the hybrids in the US seed market over the past decade. Red Express is a reliably solid producer of small-medium sized, tight purple heads. Quick to head up it’s a great short season variety for home garden and market production alike. This has recently undergone a rigorous selection. 65 days. NF Packet: 100 seeds $3.25, 1/4oz $8.00 WINTER **New for 2014**

Marner The cabbage breeding program at Nash’s Farm in Sequim represents everything we wish to see in farm-based breeding: Market growers, heavily invested in particular market crops, working to improve the genetics of those open-pollinated varieties to better their own production. Given the unreliability of hybrid supply, here’s a great northern European med-large green, hardy, round winter cabbage with some black spot resistance and excellent density. We walked the fields with Nash in November and it looked great and very well adapted to our maritime conditions. A terrific open pollinated variety Seed in short supply this year. 120 days, NF Packet: 100 seeds $3.25

this past Dec.) they have a delightfully strong cabbage flavor. We have committed ourselves to this important variety and are working to select for greater uniformity, but expect some variability. 180 days. UO Packet: 100 seeds $3.25, 1/4 $10.00, 1oz $32.00 NAPA/CHINESE

Houshu (B. rapa) In our quest to seek out and bring to market solid OP cabbage (regular and napa) varieties we’ve been growing a LOT of different varieties to see what kind of genetic material is out there. A standout in a recent observation plot, Houshu is a stocky barrel shaped napa with excellent uniformity and big dense heads. Its pretty, lime green leaves with broad white veins were the base of many a batch of kimchi for our family this year. Like most napas, best as summer/fall crop as a significant proportion of spring planted will bolt prior to sizing up properly. 80 days. UO Packet: 100 seeds $3.25

CARROT (Daucus carota)—–—–—–——— Dragon There’s been a proliferation of new purple carrot varieties over the past few years. We’ve tried many of them but we keep coming back to Dragon. A gem from John Navazio, Dragon is a showstopper. The 6-7” tapered roots have a stunning deep reddishpurple skin and orange or sometimes concentrically orange and yellow colored flesh. But how do they taste? Sweet and spicy with a full flavor for fresh noshing. These carrots respond especially well to attentive thinning to 2” to produce the most beautiful, uniform, and long roots. Somewhat weaker tops for bunching. Fun for kids. 70 days. UO Packet: 1g (~750 seeds) $3.25, 1/2 oz $19.00, 1oz $34.00 **New for 2014**

**New for 2014**

January King *Heirloom* (B. oleracea) This is our first year of selection from a genetically variable population of this classic semisavoyed winter cabbage with a cultivation history dating back to the late 19th century in England. Planted in late summer these beautiful vigorous plants produce medium sized, slightly flattened, green-tinged-purple heads ready to harvest in Jan-Feb. There is nothing like heading out to the garden after a hard freeze in January and harvesting some fresh vegetables. Practically indestructible (our patch, fully headed and uncovered, was completely un-phased by temps down to 5F 10

Nash’s Nantes If you live in the Puget sound area and buy organic carrots from your local store, chances are you’ve had Nash’s Nantes before. Selected for many years at Nash’s Farm in Sequim they have become, for many, the public face of his market business. An excellent, blunt tipped nantes-type with strong tops and deep flavor and color, it is known and asked for by name in our area. Many in the seed trade have, for years, been waiting patiently for Nash to release this great variety to the public. We’re happy to be able to offer it to you. 70 days. NF Packet: 1g (~750 seeds) $3.25, please check website for bulk availability and pricing.

Yellowstone

QUICK KIMCHI

Simply a beautiful carrot. In the past we’ve almost gotten annoyed at how wildly vigorous and almost robotically uniform they were in the rainbow carrot beds at the home farm. Imperator type roots are very long and straight. Not quite as sweet as an orange carrot (which they make up for in pure mass!) and yet lovely in a slightly milder but never bland way. An essential part of any rainbow carrot mix, these carrots glow yellow! 8-10” long. 70 days. UO Packet: 1g (~750 seeds) $3.25

In a large mixing bowl mix: 5# Napa Cabbage, rinsed and rough sliced 1-2 Daikon, peeled, quartered lengthwise and sliced thinly 3 Carrots halved lengthwise, and sliced Pour over this, 5 tbsp salt dissolved in 2 cups water, and let sit overnight. Drain the veggies (reserving liquids) and mix in 8 tbsp minced garlic, 5 tbsp ginger and 12 tbsp cayenne. Pack the mixture well into a gallon jar leaving 1”– 2’’ headspace. Top the jar up with the reserved soaking water, tightly close it and stash in a cool, dark place. Open every day or two and gently pack the kimchi down, tasting as you go. When it gets to your desired flavor/spiciness, refrigerate.

Rainbow Carrot Mix A brilliant mix of Scarlet Nantes, Dragon, and Yellowstone. Ideal for fresh market, home gardens, and to enthrall you and the little ones into eating your veggies! Packet: 1g (~750 seeds) $3.25.

CHARD (Beta vulgaris)————–———–

Red Core Chantennay If you are willing to revisit your notion that the platonic ideal of a carrot is the long, thin, blunt, nantes types you see in endless bunched rows at the farmers market…these will thrill you for your fall/storage crop. The triangular tapered roots with broad shoulders are known as “uglies” in some circles. We think they have their own beauty, but come fall and with a couple months storage, their flavor is undeniably tops. Also popular for juicing they benefit greatly from thinning (to 3-4”) for larger storage-sized roots. The standard for taste in fall carrots. Huge! 75 days. UO, TR Packet: 1g (~750 seeds) $3.25

Golden Chard *Heirloom* A lovely chard strain from the old Abundant Life Seed Foundation and maintained by Frank Morton at Gathering Together Farm in Oregon. Striking yellow petioles and veining contrast against emerald green leaves. Tender baby leaves for salads or full size for braising. 30 days baby 55 days mature. GT Packet: 100 seeds $3.25, 1oz $7.00

Rainbow Chard Unquestionably the brightest burst of rainbow brilliance in the garden. Rainbow chard is actually a hybridized population of various colors allowed to freely cross and recombine in a full spectrum of hues. Expect hot pinks, yellows, reds, white, and, varying shades of orange. We always fought over who got to harvest the rainbow chard on market day as it was such a joy. 55 days. WG Packet: 100 seeds $3.25, 1oz $8.00, 1/4lb $20.00, 1lb $75.00

Scarlet Nantes A classic carrot. Unlike many of the modern hybrids which just come off as sweet, our open pollinated scarlet nantes has plenty of the sweetness but also a rich real carrot flavor. Widely adapted, it is very versatile for everything from fresh baby carrots to fall storage and juicing. Highly selected strain and a farm favorite of ours for years. 65 days. UO, TR Packet: 1g (~650 seeds) $3.25, 1/2oz $12.00

Rhubarb Swiss Chard The classic red chard variety with striking ruby red petioles and veins contrasting against dark green savoyed leaves. As a baby leaf, it is also a vibrant red stemmed addition to salad mix. 55 days. GT Packet: 100 seeds $3.25, 1oz $6.00

Tonda di Parigi *Heirloom* This cute, round, golf ball sized carrot is great fun to grow. Popular in Parisian markets, the round types are a great choice for clay or poorly draining soils as the roots don't grow very deep. This 18th century French heirloom is great for fresh eating and its shape just begs for a dramatic presentation, whole or halved and roasted with an orange or maple glaze. Another fun one for kids. 60-65 days. MF Packet: 1g (~650 seeds) $3.25

CHICORY/ENDIVE (Cichorium intybus) ——————Radicchio “Early Treviso”

*Heirloom* A great variety from the chicory treasure trove of the Veneto in Italy. Treviso is a tall type, the shape of a tightly wrapped mini romaine heart, and a deep wine red with

contrasting white veining. A touch of refreshing bitterness rounds out the full flavor and sweetness. Lovely in a salad and unbeatable braised with garlic, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar. Best results in fall. Long term (1+ mo) storage in the fridge. 65 days. GT. Packet: .5g (~350 seeds) $3.25 **New for 2014**

Radicchio “Treviso Tardivo”

rounded, deep (DEEP!) burgundy leaves. For those who fear the bitterness of Italian chicories, the winter and cold weather tame much of the (what we find very attractive) bitter flavors. In my humble opinion, no winter salad tops a chicory with balsamic vinaigrette, toasted hazelnuts, sliced pears, and cubed roasted winter squash or goat cheese. Shall we make room at the table for you? 110-130 days. UO Packet: .5g (~350 seeds) $3.25, 1/8oz $10.00

*Heirloom* The sun will continue to rise in the east. Spring will continue to follow winter. Uprising Seeds will continue to add new and obscure chicories to our catalog. We are in love with this family of refreshingly bitter greens from Northern Italy. Treviso Tardivo (late Treviso) is a winter specialty. A video about its traditional production made the seeder/breeder rounds on facebook this winter and is linked to on its product page on our website. It is traditionally grown almost akin to Belgian endive (without the darkness requirement) with the second growth taking place in moving freshwater streams. You don't need a stream to produce it though, and it will light up your winter garden with it’s vibrant streak of burgundy-red leaves. Very cold hardy this is a lovely addition to your winter garden. Our favorite tasting winter chicory of at least a dozen sampled during a NOVIC January, 2013 trial weekend. Late summer planted, winter harvested. 110-130 days. UO Packet: .5g (~350 seeds) $3.25, 1/8oz $10.00

(Parching) aka Lavender Mandan Parching. This strikingly beautiful and delicious flour/ parching corn is said to come from the Mandan Tribe of North Dakota. Short (4’), stout and bushy plants with multiple tillers (secondary stalks) provide early yields of lavender colored ears. Parching corn is a soft kerneled type that puffs slightly when heated in a dry skillet, and makes a great snack eaten out of hand. It also grinds down to a beautiful blue cornmeal, used often in our house for pancakes, muffins, and cornbread. One of the more beautiful corns we’ve come across and wonderfully adapted to PNW growing conditions. 80-90 days. DW Packet: 1oz (~80 seeds) $3.25, 1/4 lb $10.00, 1lb $29.00,

Radicchio“Variegata di Castelfranco”

Painted Mountain Flour Corn

*Heirloom* The Veneto region of northeast Italy is rich with diversity in the chicory family. Despite its limited following here, this family is one of THE prized agricultural crops and identities of the region with entire festivals dedicated to the humble greens. Many of the varieties (Variegata di Castelfranco, Radicchio di Treviso) are simply named after the towns where their production is centered. Castelfranco is sown mid summer for harvest beginning in December and lasting well into the winter. Initially big, somewhat homely late summer heads fill in with a more tender inner growth in the late fall. The resulting partially blanched apple green flecked with wine red inner heads are perhaps the most beautiful green we’ve seen. Delicious, tender, and very hardy these are a must for any serious winter garden. Please grow this. 110 days. GT Packet: .5g (~350 seeds) $3.25, 1/8oz $10.00

Grummolo “Rossa Verona Tardiva” We are unabashed radicchio nuts around here. Grummolo-type chicories are fall planted and grow a loose, somewhat wild looking mottled red/green head going into the winter. The plant is then cut back in winter to force a spring lotus-like rosette of gorgeous, 12

CORN (Zea mays)——————— DRY/FLOUR **New for 2014**

Mandan Red Clay

(Flint) The life work of Montana breeder Dave Christiansen, Painted Mountain is one of the great farm-bred successes of our time. In a time when seed companies were breeding corn for warm, humid mid west and east coast climates, Christiansen set out to develop a more rugged, early maturing mountain corn to grow in his Montana conditions. Starting from an initial cross of close to 70 native dry corns (some now extinct), the variety has been selected upon for nearly 40 years and pushed to the limit of what corn can withstand. His efforts gained the attention of North Korean agricultural ministers who brought him, along with 3 tons of seed, to Korea to work with agronomists and growers to potentially aid their country’s food crisis. It has been grown successfully from Siberia to South Africa. Plants are compact at 5’ and produce long slender ears (6-8”) with just an unbelievable spectrum of colors. If you can’t mature this you should rethink growing dry corn where you live. Great for cornmeal and we love it for making posole. This is mad max corn...the one that will survive the coming climate crisis. Grow it! You’ll be glad you did. 85 days. WG. Packet: 1oz (~100 seeds) $3.25, 1/4lb $10.00, 1lb $29.00

POPPING **New for 2014**

CUCUMBER (Cucumis sativus)———————–

Dakota Black

Lemon

We are not ashamed to say, in the height of the busy growing season, after a long days work, with no motivation left to cook, we have served up our fair share of popcorn family dinners. (You thought we had anything left at the end of the day to actually cook any of those veggies we so lovingly nurtured for market?). Fact is, we eat a LOT of popcorn around here, and I am so glad we have found a cultivar that we can reliably mature in NW Washington. A product of the Podoll family’s inspiring farm-based breeding program at Prairie Road Organics in Fullerton, ND, Dakota Black produces show stopping 6-7” glossy garnet-black ears on sturdy plants. Kernels pop up pure white. The Podolls have been working to select for a rounder kernel shape which they consider to produce a superior popcorn, and our stock comes from their latest selection. One of the varieties we hold most dear for home use. And, we promise, this seed grows and matures in northwest WA! 95-100 days. WG Packet: 1/2oz (~90 seeds) $3.25, 1/4lb $12.00, 1lb $35.00

*Heirloom* People go crazy for these fun little cukes at market, and for good reason. They have an irresistible crunch and great cucumber flavor. Nothing “lemony” about them other than their yellow color. Actually the small round fruits are at their best eating quality before they begin to turn bright yellow, a little bigger than the size of a golf ball. Vigorous but relatively compact branching vines. Kids love these! 65-70 days. ER Packet: 1g (40-45 seeds) $3.25, 1/2oz $7.00, 1oz $12.00

Shintokiwa Crop failure– back in 2015.

Sweet Marketmore Another selection out of the venerable Marketmore lineage, “Sweet” was recommended to us by commercial grower and seedsman Bill Reynolds of Eel river produce in northern California. He found these to be more vigorous, tolerant to adverse conditions, and productive than “76” without compromising the straight, high quality cukes that have made “Marketmore 76” a household name among gardeners. Good disease resistance. 60-65days. ER Packet 1g (40-45 seeds) $3.25, 1/2oz $6.00, 1oz $10.00

SWEET

Tuxana I’ve always read “great old fashioned corn flavor!” in seed catalogs to mean, “not sweet, starchy, and …well…pretty bad” (kind of like “great for cooking!” in carrot descriptions). If you are seeking super-sweet Se and Se2 style corn there are lots of hybrids to choose from (and some exciting OPs in the pipeline). But this is a well bred and soulful sweet corn. I realized recently that modern sweeties are really not very good for anything but fresh corn on the cob. For salsa, chowder, etc we look for a more complex, rounded, classic taste and texture. Several tasters found tuxana, fresh on the cob, to have a compelling creaminess and…well…great old fashioned corn flavor. Tall plants with large, full, white kernelled ears. Bred by Jonathan Spero of Lupine Knoll Farm. 80 days. LK Packet: 1oz (100 seeds) $3.25

EGGPLANT (Solanum melongena)—————— Diamond Amazing! Did you know that eggplants WEREN’T just flowering ornamentals here in the PNW but that they might actually produce fruit too...even outside of a greenhouse?! And not just a lonely token fruit to insult all your hard work. Lots of eggplant. Beautiful, slender, 4-8” long, buttery, and Not at all bitter eggplant. Summer 2010 was cold. And wet. And then cold. Yet we were still awash in these beauties. From our field, not our greenhouse. Even if you think you despise eggplant grow these and give them away to your friends and neighbors. They

A Statement About GMO Testing: Here at Uprising Seeds we are committed to GMO transparency. We send ALL lots of corn we sell for GMO testing to the accredited Genetic ID lab in Iowa. We maintain a 0% contamination tolerance to 1 in 10,000 seeds. The word from our lab is that 0% contamination is becoming very rare, with most customers trying to assess the extent of contamination rather than simply to seek a qualitative yes/no on GMO presence. This isn’t to toot our own horn on what a great job we are doing but rather to let you know as consumers and seed savers what the state of corn seed is domestically, and that is: bad. We are fortunate to work with a few very conscientious growers working in, for the most part, remote places to bring these clean seeds to market.

will be in awe of your mad skills. Seeds collected from the Ukraine in 1993 by Kent Whealy, co-founder of Seed Savers Exchange. The most prolific variety we’ve grown for cool climate production. 70-80 days. WF Packet: 25-30 seeds *Please check website for availability and bulk sizes.

ture and salad mixes at baby leaf stage. The flavor is on the spicy side when eaten fresh but will mellow when cooked. 21 days baby, 40 days bunching/braising. UO Packet: 1g (~500 seeds) $3.25, 1/4oz $6.00, 1oz $12.00

Prize Choi Bok Choi (Brassica rapa) I can’t think of a more vigorous vegetable in the garden than Prize Choi. From a tiny mustard seed to 1.5lbs of food in a month and a half? Come on. Prize Choi delivers mild and succulent snow white stems contrasted against deep green leaves. Delicious lightly sautéed in stir frys. Our strain has been selected on for several generations for upright habit, thick stems, and uniformity. Classy. 45-50 days. UO. Packet: .5g (~240 seeds) $3.25, 1/4oz $5.00, 1oz $13.00

**Back!**

Violetta di Firenze *Heirloom* Beautiful bicolor white and purple heirloom variety from Florence, Italy with a mild, creamy taste that is never bitter. Fruits are shaped like a very plump, ruffled teardrop, similar to better known Rosa Bianca but with a deeper electric purple coloring and better yields in our growing climate. These really are stunning. Softball sized fruits. 75-90 days. GC Packet: 25-30 seeds *Please check website for availability and bulk sizes.

Ruby Streaks (Brassica juncea) This spicy little number found its way into our salad mix several years back. Delicate deeply lobed leaves and rich purple color (ala “Osaka Purple” but more uniformly colored) add a unique color/ texture combo for baby greens. The flavor is fairly fiery in the mustard sense and would be perfect in a spicy mesclun, but we even added it judiciously to our regular mix with nary a complaint. Mature leaves are beautiful bunched. 21 days baby, 35 days bunching/ braising. UO Packet: 1g (~500 seeds) $3.25, 1/4oz $6.00, 1oz $14.00, 1/4lb $30.00, 1lb $65.00

FENNEL (Foenicilum vulgare)—–———— Perfection Over the years fennel has become one of our favorite fresh treats from the garden. A great Italian medium-large bulbing type, Perfection delivers wonderful anise flavor, crisp texture, and superior bolt resistance. These are great fresh, roasted with summer vegetables, or hot off the grill. 80 days. GT. Packet: .5g (~150 seeds) $3.25

Shungiku Edible Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum coronarium) An inspired addition to salad, stir fry, sushi, or soup. The aromatic greens add a distinct but mild (ie. not spicy) flavor and attractive fern-like leaf shape. Cut leaves at 6-8” for culinary purposes. The plant eventually grows to 4+’ with tons of delicate white and yellow to pure yellow daisy like flowers. Very attractive to beneficial insects at flowering. 28 days baby. 50 days full size. UO/GT Packet: 1/2g $3.25

GREENS————–——-——— ASIAN

Early Mizuna *Heirloom* (Brassica rapa) A mild earlylate season Japanese mustard with graceful, deeply cut, fernlike leaves on vigorous upright plants. Very prolific and visually beautiful mounding plants. An essential part of any baby salad mix and a stand alone vegetable for braising and stir fries. All sweet with none of the mustard spiciness. Very productive. 21 days baby, 40 days full size. WG Packet: 1g (~450 seeds) $3.25, 1oz 7.00, 1/4lb $16.00

Tatsoi

Mustard, “Green Wave” (Brassica juncea) By popular demand we bring you this top notch mustard. An excellent producer of succulent, frilled, spicy/ sweet leaves on very slow to bolt and large upright plants. Green Wave is perfect for market bunches or braising mixes when ma-

(Brassica rapa) Tatsoi deserves a place in everyone’s garden. A very mild mustard, it is one of our go-to salad mix ingredients and an excellent braising/sauté green. Low growing 10” rosettes of dark green, spoon-shaped leaves grow vigorously anytime during the growing the season and become sweeter after frost. Early for cutting and quite hardy. It’s surprising that it took us so long to get it into our catalog as we’ve grown and enjoyed it for over 15 years! 21 days baby, 40 days full rosette. WO Packet: 1g $3.25, 1oz $7.00, 1/4lb $16.00

nutty which, along with its unique appearance, makes it an unusual and distinctive addition to salads. We are salad green nerds here at Uprising and this was another exciting success in our quest for winter/spring hardy greens for the PNW garden. Best quality before flowering. AKA “Minutina” and “Buckshorn Plantain”. 50 days. UO Packet: ~500 seeds $3.25

EUROPEAN

Arugula, “Astro” (Eruca sativa) Astro is an arugula selected for less deeply lobed (strapleaf) leaf shape and mild flavor. This variety is exceptionally vigorous, quick to germinate and ready to cut as baby leaf in just 3 weeks! We grow a lot of arugula at our farm and love astro for its lush green color, tender texture, and nice mild (for arugula) flavor. We feel as though this is the best and most vigorous strain available for baby leaf production. Our strain comes from some of the original breeding stock, before it declined in quality from years of commercial production. 21 days baby, 35 days mature. UO Packet: 1g (~500 seeds) $3.25, 1oz $6.00, 1/4lb $12.00, 1lb $25.00, 5lb $100.00

CRESS **New for 2014**

Belle Isle (Barbarea verna) This hardy and spicy little green takes its name from the Northernmost point of the Appalachian Mountains, a desolate, wind swept island that rises 700’ from the sea off the coast of Labrador. Legend has it that the wild green, extraordinarily high in vitamins A and C, calcium, and iron, kept a group of 17th century shipwrecked Portuguese sailors alive through what was likely a VERY unpleasant winter. The plant is no slouch of a survivor itself. Rosettes of wat ercr es s-lik e gr eens are “ wi nt er indestructible”, and bring a fresh peppery spice to salads. The over-wintered plants are among the first blooms of the spring garden as well, providing valuable early season bee-forage. 50 days. UO Packet: 1g (500 seeds), 1/4oz $10.00, 1oz $22.00

**New for 2014**

Arugula, “Rucola” (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) Also known as “Sylvetta” or “Selvatica”, Rucola is a slower growing, spicier relative of the more common cultivated arugula. Deeply lobed leaves grow in tight rosettes to about 6” in height and are well suited to cut-and-come-again cultivation. The flavor is deep and makes for a lovely autumn salad. Cold hardy, it’s an excellent choice for fall/winter gardens. 50 days. UO Packet: .3g (800 seeds) $3.25

Wrinkled Crinkled Crumpled (Lepidium sativum) One of Frank Morton’s most successful original varieties ever. A cross between ‘Persian’ and ‘curly’ cress, the result is a blistered wrinkled lobed leaf that is held up high for easy cutting on a relatively long stem. It’s one of the spicier greens in our salad mixes with a distinctive peppery pungency (very similar to nasturtium leaves and flowers). A modern classic amongst salad-heads. 21 days. UO Packet: 1g $3.25, 1/2oz $6.00, 1oz $10.00, 1/4lb $25.00, 1lb $65.00

Magentaspreen (Chenopodium giganteum) We fell in love with this plant years ago and it has become a staple in our salad mix ever since. Very closely related to common lambsquarters, it has a blush of shockingly iridescent magenta coloring around the growing tip and undersides of its leaves. The flavor is very rich and wild (somewhat like a mix of spinach and collards) and the plant contains three times the calcium of broccoli by weight. It thrives in summer heat and is indifferent to neglect. Though not nearly as invasive as its weedy relative it will self sow if not removed before seed set. Pick leaves and growing tips all season as a salad highlight. A staple food in the Americas 4000 years ago before corn dominated the diet. 40 days. GT Packet: .25g $3.25

KALE / COLLARDS (Brassica sp.)—————————– Cascade Glaze Collards Crop failure-back in 2015.

Champion Collards (B. oleracea) Champion comes out of the old Vates genetic pool and excels as a hardy, longstanding Collard cultivar. We’ve grown this side by side with hybrid varieties and really saw no improvement from modern breeding on this classic. Large wavy dark green leaves to scratch that southern home cookin’ itch. 55 days. GT Packet: 1g (~240 seeds) $3.25, 1/2oz $10.00

Erba Stella (Plantago coronopus) The name translates from Italian to “star grass”, an apt description of this lovely plant. Native to Europe’s rocky coastline, it is a seaside plant that thrives in cool wet weather (sound familiar?) and even saline soils. It is a survivor to the extreme and really, no offense to your gardening enthusiasm, it needs nothing from you. It’s a delightful little green with long, slender, antler like leaves, a succulent-like quality and a satisfying crunch. The flavor is mild, tending towards

Black Tuscan Kale (AKA Lacinato)

*Heirloom* (B. oleracea) Our best selling seed every year we’ve been in business. Thought by many to be the tastiest of the true kales, and due

to its dark green color, likely the most nutritious. This variety comes from the Tuscan hills of Italy, where it can be found in nearly every garden. The plants, with their long, upright, blistered dark green leaves, are beautiful enough to be found in formal flower gardens here in the states. This is a very hardy excellent strain. Like all kales becomes sweeter after frosts. 55 days. GT Packet: 1g (~240 seeds) $3.25, 1/2oz $7.00, 1oz $12.00

Dwarf Blue Scotch Kale

LETTUCE (Lactuca sativa)———–————— BUTTERHEADS

Divina This French beauty is the one of the best green butterheads on the market. Its velvety apple green leaves and large sturdy heads are a thing of beauty. Wonderful buttery texture keeps the superlatives rolling on this variety! 50 days. GT. Packet: 1g (~800 seeds) $3.25,1/4oz $6.00

Speckled Butterhead *ARK Heirloom* A classic old Amish

(B. oleracea) Classic green curly kale. Sturdy compact plants stand about 18” tall with a full spread of dark blue-green leaves. Very cold hardy, the plants sweeten after the first fall frosts. Our stand over-wintered down to 0°F with no snow cover in the winters of ‘08-’09. Make kale chips! 55 days. UO Packet: 1g (~240 seeds) $3.25, 1/2oz $7.00, 1oz $12.00, 1/4lb $18.00, 1lb $50.00

heirloom dating back to 1799. Medium sized butterheads are flecked with burgundy speckles. Always a joy to eat for their tender blanched hearts and striking appearance in the salad bowl. 50 days. GT Packet: 1g (~800 seeds) $3.25, 1/4oz $6.00, 1oz $16.00

Red Russian Kale

Tennis Ball -Crop failure- back in 2015

*Heirloom* (B. napus) Not often found in supermarkets due to their short shelf life, the oak leaved kales are the most tender of all kales. Hailing from Siberia, Red Russian is extremely hardy, surviving temperatures to 10 below F. A nice addition to salads as a baby leaf and a very productive adult plant for braising. Purple tinged leaves become darker and sweeter after frosts. Dates back to 1885. 55 days. UO Packet: 1g (~240 seeds) $3.25, 1/2oz $6.00, 1oz $10.00

OAKLEAF

Flashy Butter Oak Our most exciting new lettuce variety in several years, Flashy Butter Oak is the first we’ve seen to combine striking red speckling on an apple-green oakleaf frame. Beautiful dense large heads and excellent texture and taste. Another great lettuce from the breeding efforts at Gathering Together Farm. 55 days. UO, GT Packet: 1g (~800 seeds) $3.25, 1/4oz $6.00, 1oz $17.00

Russian Frills (B. napus) Enjoy a lovely reintroduction, originally bred in Oregon and then rediscovered on a farm in Belgium by our friends at Adaptive Seeds who brought it back to the marketplace. Purple veined mature leaves develop secondary and tertiary degrees of frilling giving the plants an amazingly voluminous and starry appearance. Like other Siberian types, extremely winter-hardy while retaining a tender eating quality that is unsurpassed. Baby leaves are virtually identical to regular Red Russian and an excellent addition to salad and braising mixes. 55 days. UO Packet: 1g (~240 seeds) $3.25, 1/2oz $6.00, 1oz $10.00, 1/4lb $16.00, 1lb $50.0 **New for 2014**

A Tale of 3 Kales Mix (Brassica sp.) Don’t feel bad. Its ok to be indecisive. We’ve got you covered this time. An international soirée of Scotch, Tuscan, and Russian. UO, GT Packet: 1g (~240 seeds), 1/2 oz $7.00, 1oz 12.00

Galisse This very pretty green-leaf caught our eye at a neighbors farm years back and we are happy to offer it to you. Somewhere between an oakleaf and a butterhead, it reminds us of a vibrant emerald green version of Oscarde. The compact but dense oakleaf heads are real head turners. 50 days. WG Packet: 1g (800 seeds) $3.25

Goldrush We are always on the lookout for distinctive new additions to our salad mix. Goldrush has a super frilly and branched leaf structure, resembling frisee almost more than a lettuce, but without the bitterness. Chartreuse in color, it is great as a cutting lettuce and matures into a stunning if not compact head. Somewhat similar to salad standard “Tango” but lighter in color and more wavy than serrated appearance. 50 days. CF Packet: 1g (~800 seeds) $3.25, 1/4oz $6.00

Italienischer *Heirloom* Now that’s a lot of salad in one

16 head of lettuce! This classy green oakleaf

gets HUGE! Extremely uniform, great eating quality, and slow to bolt, this variety has won a spot in our garden for years to come. Be sure to give it plenty of space. 55 days. UO Packet: 1g (~600 seeds) $3.25, 1/4oz $6.00, 1oz $16.00

Little Gems

*Heirloom* Beautiful red oakleaf lettuce. Reliably uniform and huge heads that resist bolting, have a pleasant mild flavor and fancy frilled oakleaf shape. One of our most impressive and dependable lettuces, it holds its color even in the heat of summer. 28 days baby, 65 days head. GT Packet: 1g (~800 seeds) $3.25

Alright. This lettuce is so cute its ridiculous. Like kittens and puppies play-wrestling together… on the beach… with baby seals rubbing noses in the background. One of the few lettuces that seems to have become “branded” and is referenced by name on menus at fancy restaurants. A mini, single serve romaine, it stands about 6-8” inches tall with a tight structure, dense heart, and great crunch. Often uniquely presented simply cut in half and dressed as a side salad. Plant denser than full sized lettuces, it doesn’t need much space. 45-50 days. WG, TR Packet: 1g (~800 seeds) $3.25, 1/4oz $9.00, 1oz $22.00

Oscarde

Parris Island Cos

One of our favorites for several years now. Oscarde is a beautiful red and densely packed oakleaf which reminds us of brain coral for it’s round, wavy, tight heads. Somewhere in the middle of loose oakleaf and dense butterhead in texture and appearance. Lovely. 50 days. WG Packet: 1g (~800 seeds) $3.25, 1/4oz $9.00, 1oz $25.00

That’s Parris Island, South Carolina not Paris, France. Bred by the USDA and Clemson Ag Extension in 1952, Parris has stood the test of time as classic, big, market-quality romaine. We’ve sold this to restaurants for Caesar salads, and to supermarkets by the case. Excellent texture and crunch, and vigorous upright habit. Dark green, uniform, productive work horse romaine. Some resistance to tip burn. 65 days. WF Packet: 1g (~600 seeds) $3.25, 1/4oz $6.00, 1oz $16.00

Mascara

ROMAINE (COS)

Flashy Trout’s Back *Heirloom* A selection from the venerable Austrian heirloom variety “forellenschluss” for more uniform speckling. Flashy trout is a beautiful green romaine with stunning splashes of wine red speckles. As tender as romaines get, the apple green speckled hearts rival the butterheads for summer salad sumptuousness (say that five times fast). The variety has been traced back as far as 1793 and has come into current favor thanks to the efforts of Arche Noah, the Austrian heirloom genetic preservation project. A truly beautiful, deliciously sweet and buttery lettuce. 28 days baby, 55 days head. GT Packet: 1g (~800 seeds) $3.25, 1/4oz $6.00, 1oz $16.00

LOOSELEAF

Australian Yellowleaf *Heirloom* For a long time we were singlemindedly obsessed with finding redder and redder lettuces for our salads. Now we place just as high if not higher a value on a really striking green like Aussie Yellow. This beautiful chartreuse colored lettuce grows enormous loose heads with blistered crinkled leaves. An Australian heirloom. 50 days. UO Packet: 1g (~800 seeds) $3.25, 1/4oz $6.00

Emerald Fan We love this variety as a baby cutting lettuce. Unusually long and slender baby leaves bring a good mustard or chicory (Italian dandelion?) look to salad mixes without the more adventurous flavors. As a full sized head, we found it somewhere between a deer tongue and a romaine with clean, upright habit and satisfying crunch. A lovely variety bred by Jonathan Spero of Lupine Knoll Farm. 50 days. LK Packet: 1g (~800 seeds) $3.25, 1/4oz $8.00, 1oz $20.00

Jericho A great arrow in our romaine quiver, Jericho was bred to excel in the heat of summer with excellent resistance to tip burn. Don’t laugh. It gets hot here sometimes. No really! Remember that one time in 2009… Well anyway, hot season or cool it’s one heck of a romaine any time in the growing season. A beautiful and unusual luminescent chartreuse green color makes this savoy leafed, very large framed romaine a standout. Consistently drew compliments from our accounts when we grew romaine for wholesale markets and gaining traction among commercial growers. 60 days. TR Packet: 1g (~800 seeds) $3.25, 1/4oz $6.00

Grandpa Admire’s

*ARK Heirloom* This might be our favorite lettuce we grow here at Uprising and one that deserves a better look from market growers. Admires produces VERY large, blocky, dense green heads blushed with just the right amount of red to the tips of the leaves. Ex-

tremely uniform it holds up well to packing and has great potential as a market red leaf variety. Some classify it as a butterhead which I don’t think is entirely right, probably more closely related to Batavian/ summercrisp types it will form a loose head if left to full maturity. Crunchy texture almost akin to a romaine. Presented to the Seed Saver Exchange in 1977 by 90 year old Cloe Lowrey, granddaughter to civil war veteran George Admire (b. 1822). 55 days. WG Packet: 1g (~800 seeds) $3.25, 1/4oz $8.00

Hyper Red Rumpled Waved With a name like that you know it’s got to be a Morton Lettuce! In this case, the name says it all. Rich, dark burgundy red plants with very deeply textured leaves, just the types of folds and ridges that hold onto dressings in a salad. Bigger and better for marketing as heads than merlot. 55 days. UO Packet: 1g (~800 seeds) $3.25, 1/4oz $7.00, 1oz $20.00

Les Oreilles du Diable (Devil’s Ears) *Heirloom* Along with its catchy name, this lettuce caught the attention of our market customers who loved it for its unique rosette shape, long and pointy “deer tongue” type leaves and nutty flavor. Glossy deep green leaves with burgundy hues it is a pleasure to see and eat. Big heavy heads. 50 days. DT Packet: 1g (~800 seeds) $3.25

Merlot Every year this lettuce attracts more attention and comments than just about anything else we grow on the farm, and we grow a lot of unusual varieties. Hands down the reddest of red lettuces in the market, a deep burgundy from the tip of the leaf to the base of the stem. Destined to become a modern classic, this variety was brought over from Holland in the 80’s as “galactic” to be renamed “merlot” by Sheperd Ogden of Sheperd’s seeds. Medium sized somewhat loose heads are very slow to bolt. Stunning in salad mix and as full sized heads, Merlot will make you chuckle at what they call “redleaf” at the supermarket! 30 days baby, 60 days head. UO, GT Packet: 1g (~600 seeds) $3.25, 1/4oz $9.00, 1oz $20.00

Revolution Well, we can’t go around calling ourselves Uprising Organics and not sell a lettuce called “Revolution” now can we? Revolution is a seriously flashy, darker red version of the classic Lollo Rosa type. Super frilly and compact, it is most often cut as baby leaf in salad mixes, though it grows to a surprisingly dense (if not smallish) head. Compare to the more ubiquitous “Dark Red Lollo Rosa”, but with a darker richer wine red color. Essential 18

baby lettuce to add loft to the mix. 55 days. TR Packet: 1g (~800 seeds) $3.25

LETTUCE, SALAD, & BRAISING MIXES—————— Uprising Braising Mix The perfect ingredients for stir fries, pizza toppings, quiches, hearty raw salads, and tossed into your mesclun or lettuce mixes. A colorful mix of red Russian kale, blue scotch kale, bok choi, tatsoi, ruby streaks, rainbow chard and mizuna. Can be cut as baby leaf for a tender addition, let to grow to mid-life for more substance and crunch and to full grown for mature leaves. Cut and come again. 30-60 days. UO Packet: 2g $3.25, 1/4oz $7.00, 1oz $18.00

Uprising Lettuce Mix A colorful mix of all our lettuce varieties plus some not yet released gene pools to add some diversity to your lettuce patch and as an addition to your mesclun. UO Packet: 1g (~800 seeds) $3.25

Uprising Mild Mesclun Mix Similar to the salad mix our customers loved at the farmers market. Contains a diverse mix of red, green, and speckled lettuces, mild Asian mustards, arugula, red spinach, amaranth, and other specialty greens intended for cut-andcome-again baby leaf salad. For a festive flair try an addition of edible flowers we offer such as calendula, nasturtiums, and marigolds. 30 days baby. UO Packet: 2g $3.25, 1/4oz $8.00, 1oz $20.00

Uprising Spicy Mesclun Mix This mix packs a little bit of heat, with some of our spicier greens added to the classic mix. Mixed red, green, and speckled lettuces, arugula, wrinkled crinkled cress, ruby streaks, and green wave amongst others. Not overwhelming by any means but certainly friskier than the mild in its “cool” mustard heat. Like the above mix, intended for cut and come again baby leaf salad. 30 days baby. UO Packet: 2g $3.25, 1/4oz $8.00, 1oz $20.00

MELON (Cucumis melo)————–————– Eel River (AKA Crane) *ARK Heirloom* This variety was brought to our attention by Tom and Maud Powell of Wolf Gulch Farm as their favorite melon. Eel River dates back to the 1900’s and from there it has a rather muddled history….was it brought back from Japan after WWII in a pocket or introduced by Old Man Crane? Fun to speculate but what we do know is that they are similar to Crenshaw type melons, 3-5 lbs, slightly teardrop shaped, and yellow/buff colored with green speckles. Incredibly aromatic

orange flesh is very creamy and deliciously sweet. Best suited to warmer microclimates of the PNW. 80-90 days. WG Packet: 25 seeds $3.25, 1/2 oz $11.00

Prescott Fond Blanc *Heirloom* Despite the American tendency to use the terms “muskmelon” and “cantaloupe” interchangeably, this is a true cantaloupe, something actually quite uncommon in this country. Native to France where it is prized, this melon was grown in the US as early as 1850. We find most people mistake it for a winter squash at market for its unusual lumpy skin and squat shape. The drought tolerant plants prefer a dry season to reach their best quality. True cantaloupes do not slip when ripe. We pick ours when the skin starts to turn from slate grey to blush tan and becomes fragrant. Food historian William Woys Weaver recommends picking them slightly earlier and ripening them on a window sill for the sweetest fruit. Ethereal, intoxicating fragrance and very thick flesh. 85 days. WG Packet: 25 seeds $3.25, 1/2 oz $11.00, oz $16.00

ONIONS & SHALLOTS (Allium cepa)————————–—– Ailsa Craig Crop Failure-Back soon!

Red Long of Tropea *Heirloom* Also known as “torpedo” on account of their elongated shape, red long is a great old variety from Calabria in Mediterranean southern Italy, a region famous for its sweet onions. We’ve been growing these for years and bunched fresh at market, they earned a loyal following amongst our customers. Very unique and beautiful, they are a deep wine red color and very sweet. Perfect for panzanella, our favorite summer salad. Not keepers but last longer than most sweets. Dramatic specialty for markets. 90 days. UO Packet: 100 seeds $3.25, 1/8oz $5.50, 1/2oz $10.00

LIME PICKLED RED ONIONS A fabulous condiment to add to Mexican inspired dishes as well as salads. The onions take on a beautiful pink hue. Both “Red Long of Tropea” and “Rosa di Milano” are great for this as is, really, any of the yellows. 2 red onions thinly sliced crosswise 1/2 cup fresh lime juice 1 tsp lime zest 1 1/2 tsp salt Mix all ingredients and let sit for at least an hour. Store in the fridge for a couple weeks.

**New for 2014**

Borettana Cipollini Oh my are we happy to offer these. If you have not grown these, now is a wonderful opportunity to try something new and marvelous. An Italian heirloom button onion that was traditionally pickled but is good any way you slice them. Flat and up to 4” in diameter these make beautiful braids and are a nice onion for putting on the grill. Given the depth of sweet flavor, we are pleasantly surprised to find them extraordinary keepers and the last of our onions to bolt in storage. 90-110 days. CB Packet: 100 seeds $3.25, 1/8oz $5.50, 1/2 oz $10.00

New York Early

Rosa di Milano *Heirloom* This has been our absolute favorite storage red for years. From Northern Italy, this is an unusually shaped flat-topped onion with very attractive bronze-red skin. A first rate OP storage onion that is medium sized, very productive, and uniform. Stores easily until spring. 110 days. UO Packet: 100 seeds $3.25, 1/8oz $5.50, 1/2oz $10.00

Siskiyou Sweet *Heirloom* This is southern Oregon grower Don Tipping’s selection of the classic Walla Walla Sweet onion, the most famous of the northern adapted sweets. Very large slightly flattened bulbs are juicy, mild and very sweet. We have heard tales of people eating these like apples. Original seed was brought from the island of Corsica off the west coast of Italy to WA by French soldier Peter Pieri around the turn of the 20th century. Not a keeper. Long day. 110-120 days. DT Packet: 100 seeds $3.25

Originally selected from “Early Yellow Globe” by commercial onion growers in NY, New York Early is a dependable yellow storage variety. Medium sized, uniform, tight bulbs provide excellent storage into spring. Commercial growers note: with ubiquitous hybrid Copra scheduled to be phased out in the next couple years, now is the time to start trying out replacements. NY Early is a great starting place, scoring highly in duplicated northeast & northwest trials. Slightly shorter Ed’s Red Shallot storing but superior in flavor to copra. 100 We were really happy to find this OP shallot days. WG a few years back. We were even happier after Packet: 100 Seeds $3.25, 1/8oz $5.50, 1/2oz $10.00 19

harvesting the large tasty bulbs and happier still eating them the following June. That’s a lot of happiness! Red skinned, dutch-style shallots are on the larger side and very productive. While we find the dutches to be somewhere between storage onions and the famed French grey shallots in flavor, they really put both to shame in storability. Kept in cool dry conditions we’ve still been eating the previous year’s crop when it was time to start harvesting the new one. 100-110 days. SB Packet: 100 seeds $3.25, 1/8oz $6.50, 1/2oz $12.00

Snap Pea Succession Sampler Snap peas are one of the true joys of gardening. What could be easier? One planting time, but due to different maturity times, staggered harvests lasting over a month. Sampler contains one pack each of the above three snap varieties. Season starts with Sugar Ann, moving to Cascadia, ending with Sugar Snap. Trellising recommended for Cascadia and Sugar Snap. Sampler: $8.75 for 3 packets. SNOW PEAS

Golden Sweet Snow Pea *Heirloom* This very rare beauty came to us from the collection of the Seed Savers Exchange. Worth growing for its blooms alone as the bicolor pink and purple flowers rival most sweet peas we’ve seen. The sweet flat pods are a gorgeous chartreuse color and are best picked young, at 3”- 3.5”. Stunning in a stir-fry contrasted against dark green vegetables such as Black Tuscan Kale. Originally collected at a market in India. 6’vines. 60-70 days. UO Packet: 1oz (~100-120 seeds) $3.25, 1/2lb $10.00, 1lb $18.00

PEAS (Pisum sativum)——— SNAP PEAS

Cascadia Bred by Jim Bagget of OSU for northwest gardens, Cascadia is a tremendous snap pea. The 2.5-3’ vines produce an early abundance of sweet, plump pods comparable in quality to the venerable Sugar Snap. We found these to be productive, easy to care for, and the best tasting of our trials. The vines benefit from support. Shorter than other full-vining snap pea varieties but they are Mighty! Some resistance to powdery mildew. 65 days. FF Packet: 1oz (~120 seeds) $3.25, 1/2lb $8.00, 1lb $12.00, 5lb $50.00

**New for 2014**

Ho Lan Dow Here’s a success of the NOVIC (Northern Organic Vegetable Improvement Coalition) trialing project whose goal is, in part, to increase availability of organic seed for varieties suited to organic production systems. In the 2013 Oregon pea trials they threw in a couple of snow peas to look at along with the snaps. Of the snows, Ho Lan Dow came out with the highest rating for flavor, coupled with excellent scores for disease resistance and yield. We’ve received requests for a smaller podded snow pea variety than Schweizer Riesen and here you have one. Dwarf 2.5’ plants yield early and prolifically. While not necessary for the short plants, a minimal trellis always improves ease and quality of harvest. The seed is not widely available, and as far as we know has never been available organically grown. Thanks to NOVIC for recommending this great pea! Support public seed research! 60 days. UO Packet: 1oz (100-120 seeds) $3.25, 1/2lb $8.00

Sugar Ann Sugar Ann is our first snap pea out of the garden every year. Dwarf vines grow to only 2’ and do not require support. Medium sized pods offer excellent sweet eating. Our favorite of the early varieties and deserving of a place in anyone’s garden to celebrate the first peas of the season. 55 days. FF Packet: 1oz (~120 seeds) $3.25, 1/2lb $8.00, 1lb $12.00, 5lb $50.00

Sugar Snap Select Sugar snap needs no introduction. Since hitting the scene as an AAS winner 1979, it has reigned supreme as the sweetest most flavorful pea around. No one even bothers to debate that. We’ve added a “select” to our version as we have done considerable work over the past couple of years to clean up this venerable strain. Due to years of neglectful production and processing it had become heavily contaminated to the extent that we were seeing up to 30% off types in what was commercially available. Vigorous 5-6’ vines start cranking out the peas just as “Cascadia” starts falling off. 70-80 days. FF Packet: 1oz (~120 seeds) $3.25, 1/2lb $8.00, 1lb $12.00

Schweizer Riesen Snow Pea *Heirloom* We trialed this years ago on recommendation from our good friend Heather Tiszai and have continued to be amazed by its vigor, sweet taste, and productivity year after year. Beautiful bicolor purple/pink blooms are borne on sturdy 6’+ vines. The seemingly endless harvest of snow peas stay tender and sweet even as the pods mature and swell. An heirloom native to

Switzerland, the name translates as “Swiss Giant”. One of our best discoveries in 2008. Trellis! 65-70 days. FF Packet: 1oz (~100-120 seeds) $3.25, 1/2lb $8.00

since, these smoky little numbers about drowned us in the summer of 2012. Grown outdoors, to see if they could be, the tall bushy plants were lush, verdant, and loaded. We learned early on to Pick Them Young! 11.5” is just the right size and seems to insure that they keep on flowering and flowering and don’t get too hot. Eaten throughout Spain as a finger food that is first blistered in hot olive oil then sprinkled with sea salt and served, stem and all. A delicious game of “Spanish Roulette” awaits as every so often the experience of the subtly spicy, melt in your mouth pepper you’ve come to love and expect delivers a spicy kick that will most certainly sweep in a moment of panic. 65 days. GC Packet: ~ 30 seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $6.00

SHELLY PEAS

Maestro Very sweet and very productive shelling peas showing excellent resistance to both enation and powdery mildew. Long pods hold up to 10 peas and grow on 24” vines that do not need staking. Wonderful for snacking and freezing! 60 days. FF Packet: 1oz $3.25, 1/2lb $8.00, 1lb $12.00

PEPPERS (Capsicum annuum)—————–— HOT

SWEET

Czech Black

Jimmy Nardello

The most productive field-grown hot pepper we’ve tried in the PNW for 10 years running. Maturing from glossy black to a glowing garnet red color and perfect for ristras and fresh use in place of the slightly spicier Jalapenos. Bears fruit weeks before all our other hot peppers. Juicy, thick walled, and perfect for pickling. Great eating quality in both color stages. 65 days green, 80 days dark red. CF Packet: ~30 seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $6.00

*ARK Heirloom* Sweet frying peppers brought to the states in 1887 from the village of Ruoti in Southern Italy. Shiny red, thin walled, richly sweet, and perfect for roasting or frying (or just nosh them raw and see if you can stop!). Slather them on crusty bread or in sandwiches, use as a pizza topping, or serve with antipasti plates. Approx. 10” long, curved and tapered like a big Cayenne. Our most reliable and productive field grown sweet pepper for cooler climates. Grow under cover for earlier/heavier yields. 75-90 days. SB Packet: ~30 seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $6.00, 250 seeds $10.00

Hot Portugal *Heirloom* A dangerous pepper for the disorganized gardener, Hot Portugal is completely indistinguishable in all ways but one from its fabulously sweet fieldmate, Jimmy Nardello: heat. I can’t tell you how many times over the years we have stood together over a pepper plant muttering, “I don’t remember either...YOU try one”. In all honesty, as far as hot peppers go, it is middling, in heat with very sweet flesh and a touch of fieriness in the pith and seeds. Stunning long red fruits are wonderful stuffed, beautiful in ristras, and after roasting, makes an incredibly flavorful base for our annual batch of hot sauce, spiced up with some jalapenos and Thai chilies. An excellent chili for cool climates, it is early and productive. First offered in 1935. 70-80 days. GC Packet ~30 seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $6.00, 250 seeds $10.00

Little Bells Part of the recent pepper breeding project at Gathering Together Farm, Little Bells produces very early, thick walled, smaller bells, densely set onto dwarf plants with short branches. Ripening from a “transparent” yellow through orange to a dark red at maturity. Reminiscent of (but larger than) hybrid “Jingle Bells” which enjoyed popularity in the late 90’s and early part of the 00’s before disappearing from the trade. Great pepper for northern climes & short seasons. 80 days. GT Packet: ~30 seeds $3.25

Stocky Red Roaster Another gem from Gathering Together, this pepper caused a stir in the seed world in 2012 as it bested OP’s and hybrids alike in trials on both coasts for yields and quality. It got the nod and is playing in the big leagues now, and for good reason. A fire engine red, elongated Italian type with straight, thick walled, refined fruits in spades. An excellent production variety that benefits from cover in cooler areas. 90-100 days. GT. Packet: ~30 seeds $3.25

**New for 2014**

Pimiento De Padron *Heirloom* Brought back from South America by Spanish monks in the 16th century and grown in the village of Padron in Galicia ever

Truth Always Wins (A saying in India recently gleaned from Vandana Shiva, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seeds Of Loveâ&#x20AC;?) When we think or hear about basic human rights the conversation does not often extend into the realm of seeds, yet the integrity of seeds is directly correlated to food, environmental, and social justice. A conversation that is very much alive is one concerning food and food production with the understanding that access to food is a basic human right and maintaining dignity and justice within production is paramount. Yet there are still gross injustices played out daily both in the area of workers rights, especially when it comes to immigrant and migrant farm workers, and the continuing lack of access to food the world over. Most recently communities of immigrant and migrant farm workers across the country and the nonprofits that advocate for them tirelessly have made it clear that demands for fair wages and dignified treatment are not up for discussion: that their hard work, which forms the backbone of commercial farming in the US, is worthy of long overdue respect. A strong stand is being taken in regards to immigration reform and the much debated and maligned Federal H-2A guest worker program. Programs like this that seek to displace the local labor market and lower wages for the express benefit of higher profits for a few corporations seeking to subsidize labor costs are unacceptable. Keeping a living wage unattainable for immigrant, migrant and resident farm workers is no longer being casually accepted. This system creates a gross inequality of power and does away with the necessity of building long term relationships, relegating workers to a role in which they are essentially disposable inputs. Not surprisingly, such imbalance always leads to abuses within a contract labor system, where intimidation and exploitation become common as lack of regulation and viable legal recourse on the part of workers becomes less stringent. The stability of our rural economy, and the fabric of our community depend on strengthening relationships by insuring accountability and social justice along the food chain. When it comes to the food crisis, the root causes are often carefully avoided in favor of more of the same solutions, from the same people that are at least partially responsible for it to begin with. If we were to solely look at seeds, these fixes would be approached through genetic manipulation, often necessitating high levels of inputs (ie chemicals, fertilizers, seed costs) that must be brought in. Yet farmers and communities around the world have been growing, saving, and selecting their native seeds for millennia adding to the agro-biodiversity of their region and strengthening their economic independence while creating a diverse seed heritage that is resilient in the face of disease, continuing climate change, and pests. As it stands now, the consolidation of control of the worlds food systems are largely in the hands of just a few seed, grain, chemical and petroleum companies. Three companies control 90% of the worlds grain, one company owns 1/5th of seed production and 3 companies control 1/2 of the agrochemical market. We are seeing an ever growing monopoly on seeds as at least 67% of the global proprietary seed market is controlled by 10 agricultural biotech companies based in the global (and much wealthier) north, and seed patenting (PVP), Intellectual Property Rights, European regulations imposing uniformity, compulsory registration laws, and GMOs continue to expand. Commercial hybrid and GMO seed varieties are not only controlled by a few very powerful multinational corporations based in the north but are also created specifically to address the needs and systems of the north. This privatization of genetic resources has led to once polycultural systems turning into monocultures of dwindling biodiversity, dependent farmers, and vulnerability as the resilience borne from genetic diversity continues to erode. This erosion is more clearly understood when we take into consideration that an estimated 10,000 species have been used for human food and agriculture and currently 120 cultivated species provide 90% of our food. The right to food is necessarily dependent on access to seed both to grow crops, select, save, and share. As breeding has shifted away from being done for the benefit of public good and seed has become a corporate commodity, we have not only lost countless

species but criminalized diversity. Just as it is important to recognize access to food as a basic right inherently connected to seeds, it is as important to identify and denounce, if applicable, the specific social and environmental issues surrounding exactly where the seeds we may buy are grown and exported from. Relationships between seed, people, and place that have developed over great expanses of time are being replaced by a corporate model that values product over process and engenders a climate of dependence and disposability instead of continual evolution and freedom which are vital components in maintaining relationships. It all sounds so dire! But just as in the case of workers rights, relationships are being built and alliances strengthened around the growing understanding that diversity and inclusive innovation are the only things that will lead to a stable, resilient and socially just food system. One local alliance among the many, Community to Community Development in WA state develops and supports programs with people from marginalized communities with a focus on creating movement towards the creation of communities that, "empower under-represented peoples to have an equal voice in decision making processes that affect their lives; develop and strengthen cross cultural awareness; restore justice to our food, land and cultural practices, promote community relationships towards self reliance and stand in solidarity with organizations working for human and civil rights." Organizations such as the Deccan Development Society and Navdanya in India are playing pivotal roles in re-establishing control over food and seed sovereignty through seed banks, women's leadership, and the education and health needs of their regions. The rejuvenation of indigenous knowledge and culture and the (re)creation of resilient communities and agricultural systems that strive for inclusiveness in innovation through Participatory Plant Breeding as well as free exchange of genetic resources and knowledge are ensuring a sustainable future for the coming generations. At Navdanya alone, they have conserved an estimated 5,000 crop varieties including 3,000 rice, 150 wheat, 150 kidney beans, 15 millets, and several varieties of pulses. At least 34 seed banks in 13 states across the country of India have been established in the last 20 years. In the US seed libraries, seed exchanges, and the explosion of school, home, tribal, and food bank gardens speak to this growing awareness. And everywhere a strong public outcry is demanding the labeling of our food. While the loss of local varieties and species is irreversible, and programs that will insure dignity and justice within the food system are still growing we believe as Vandana Shiva so adamantly states that, "Sowing fear does not win. Fearlessness and courage wins." Truth Always Wins. ~Crystine Goldberg References and Further Reading 1. Olivier De Shutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right To Food “Seed Policies and the right to food: enhancing agrobiodiversity and encouraging innovation” www.srfood.org/en/seeds (and whole website) 2. Eric Holt-Giménez, “The world food crisis: what is behind it and what we can do” www.worldhunger.org/ articles/09/editorials/holt/gimenez.htm (“Hunger Notes” worldhunger.org, whole website) 3. Vandana Shiva, “Seeds Of Love” www.youtube.com/user/drvandanashiva?feature=watch “The LAW of the SEED”, navdanya.org/attachements/lawofseed.pdf “Manifesto on the Future of Seeds”, navdanyainternational.it/index.php/i-manifesti (Navdanya.org, whole website) 4. Deccan Development Society, www.ddsindia.com/www/default.asp 5. Community to Community Development, foodjustice.org/news/reports-and-white-papers (whole site) 6. Devon G. Peña, “Immigration Struggles: Part 7 in a series / The Dignity Campaign” mexmigration.blogspot.com/2013/06/immigration-struggles-part-7-in-series.html?q=immigration+struggles+part+7 (mexmigration:History and Politics of Mexican Immigration, mexmigration.blogspot.com, whole site)

Winter Luxury

PUMPKINS (Curcurbita pepo)———————–

*Heirloom* Winter Luxury is gaining popularity among squash aficionados. Beautiful in appearance, with a very unique, subtly netted skin (think cantaloupe), it’s true calling is simply incredible flavor and texture for pies. We have read about people cutting sugar back in their recipes to account for the rich sweetness of Luxury’s flesh. Vigorous and productive in the field, expect 3-4 medium sized pumpkins per vine. Originally introduced in 1893 by Johnson and Stokes. 90100 days. LK Packet: 25 seeds $3.25, 1oz $12.00

New England Pie Pumpkin *Heirloom* There are some people in the house who believe a pumpkin pie is not to be reserved for special occasions. The occasion is the pie and every day is open for celebration. If this describes you or who you’d like to be or be around, you will thank yourself for growing this pie pumpkin. With stringless flesh that is never watery and easily cooks down to a sweet, creamy, and thick pie filling, along with a habit of producing 4-5 pumpkins at 3-7 lbs each, there will be enough to share. Sharing is good. Eat. More. Pie. A New England classic also known as Small Sugar these are also ideal for carving. 85-100 days. UO Packet: 25 seeds $3.25

RADISH (Raphanus sativas)——————— French Breakfast *Heirloom* While I’ve never actually seen anyone eat them for breakfast, they are traditionally split lengthwise and drizzled with butter or olive oil, a sprinkle of salt, and served as a simple but elegant appetizer or palate cleanser between dishes in a meal. Oblong roots are crisp and sweet, 2/3 scarlet red with a white tip. Best harvested as young roots about ¾” diameter to avoid pithiness. 26 days. UO Packet: 2g (~160 seeds) $3.25, 1oz $10.00

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Howden Pumpkin. Carving. Party. Really, what else do you need to know? Prolific, large, classic jack-o-lantern pumpkins, averaging about 15lbs, for all your spook and spirit carving needs. Flesh is generally too watery and bland to be much use in the kitchen but don’t forget to salt and roast the seeds! 110 days. UO Packet: 20 seeds $3.25, 1oz $10.00

Sora We do have a tendency to drift toward the unusual and exotic, but there is something entirely satisfying about a classic look done well. Very uniform and high quality red round radishes with good heat tolerance and low incidence of sponginess as they increase in size. After years of growing mixed color bunches for market, Sora was surprisingly and simply beautiful. Crispy with medium heat depending on the season grown. 28 days. UO, TR Packet: 2g (~160 seeds) $3.25

Styrian Hull-less *Heirloom* For centuries, the people of Styria (borders Slovenia in SE Austria) have used these pumpkin seeds to create what could best be described as cool climate’s answer to olive oil. Its thick, rich, green oil is used to dress salads, dip hearty breads, flavor soups, and even drizzle over ice cream and desserts. While I don’t anticipate many of you pressing these for oil, the hull-less green seeds dried, also know as “pepitas”, are one of the great snack foods you can grow in your garden. Many fall salads in our home are topped with pepitas dry roasted in a cast iron skillet with lime and chili. The pumpkins themselves, about 10-15 lbs, orange streaked with green even at full maturity, unfortunately have a watery flesh and are not very appealing for culinary use (though they are a great and nutritious animal feed). The plants? Give them space, they are bonkers, hugely productive and wildly vigorous. Seeds must be harvested relatively soon after harvesting the pumpkins or they will begin to sprout. People often have a hard time germinating them and they are finicky as they lack the white protective hull. Wait until soil has warmed or use a heat table and keep them only moist enough to germinate as they rot easily in wet soil. 90-105 days. UO Packet: 20 seeds $3.25, 1oz $14.00

RUTABAGA (Brassica napus)——————— Joan Did you know these have been eaten since at least the 17th century? I bet you did not. We hear the Swedes love them hence their other name, “Swede”. So there you have 2 good reasons to try out these tasty little morsels. Uniformly round with purple tops, mild sweetness, and good resistance to club root...up to 5 reasons. Essential in your “winter roasted roots”(6), Joan might just be the best Rutabaga out there (7)! Rutabaga, it’s what’s for dinner. 90-100 days. GT Packet: 1g $3.25, 1/4oz $5.00, 1oz $10.00

perhaps ultimately begs the question, why do we continue to do this every year?) While its light green color and prominently ribbed fruit might worry some, we converted the majority of our market regulars to the superiority and rich, nutty flavor of this unique looking Italian heirloom. Big and sprawling plants produce prolifically with an added bonus of very large male flowers for stuffing. We continued to grow the regular straight green zukes for the non adventurous, and those wanting the comfort of the familiar, but these are the ones we eat at home. Our strain is the most uniform and productive we’ve seen. 55 days. WG Packet: 25 seeds $3.25, 1/2 oz $7.00, 1oz $12.50, 1/2 lb $40.00, 1lb $65

SPINACH (Spinacia oleracea)—–———— Beaujolais Spinach A farm original and the first out-of-thecloset, open pollinated “red” spinach on the market. Beaujolais is a striking magenta-red veined spinach that is just beautiful in a salad mix or on its own. Its veins glow much in the way baby chards do but with a milder and sweeter flavor. Buttery tenderness at baby leaf stage when it should be cut. The red spinaches are not well suited to growing for bunching size as they have a tendency to bolt earlier than standards types. Update: Very slow bolting in the cool spring/summer of 2011. 30 days baby leaf. UO Packet: 200 seeds $3.25, 1oz $9.00, 1/4lb $28.00, 1lb $85.00

Dark Star (C. pepo) Market growers take note. Here is a zuke to rival all the corporate owned hybrids currently hijacking the zucchini market. Bred by Bill Reynolds of Eel River Produce in Northern CA & John Navazio, Dark Star was selected in part for vigorous root growth to excel in dry farming conditions. What struck us though is the quality of the fruit, by far the most refined OP zuke we’ve seen with very uniform long, dark green, angular fruit. While not as productive at its peak as some (though certainly no slouch), it sustained its productivity over a longer period than others we’ve grown. Open habit makes it easy to pick. Recommended for the home garden or by the acre. The best OP standard zuke on the market. (Update: during the freakish frosts in Baja in the winter of 2011 Dark Star was likely the only organic zucchini in grocery stores. Just a degree or two more cold hardiness kept it alive amidst a sea of frost killed neighboring fields) 50-55 days. ER Packet: 25 seeds $3.25, 1/2 oz $7.00, 1oz $12.50, 1/2 lb $40, 1lb $65

Winter Bloomsdale An outstanding strain from the Bloomsdale line. We’ve decided to drop “Bloomsdale longstanding” this year because we think “Winter” is simply a better all around spinach, and people weren’t buying it because they thought it should only be winter grown.. This strain has undergone a couple good generations of selection at Nash’s Farm and is a real beauty. Dark green, savoyed leaves sweeten after frosts. 45 Days. NF Packet: 200 seeds $3.25, 1oz $7.00, 1/4lb $22.00, 1lb $68.00

SQUASH (Curcurbita sp.)———————— SUMMER SQUASH

Yellow Crookneck *Heirloom* (C. Pepo) A variety that needs little introduction, Yellow Crookneck has been in the commercial seed trade in the states for nearly 200 years and likely predates that by quite a bit. When we grew for fresh market, we’d display all our summer squashes mixed together and, without fail, someone would come along early on and, with a wink, dig through the pile and clean us out of the crooknecks. They are unsurpassed in creamy texture and buttery flavor and plenty of people know it! Big plants come on a little later than the zukes but sustain over a long period. At their best under 8” before they get warty and turn from lemon yellow to gold. A defining food of summer they should find a home in everyone’s garden. 60 days. SB Packet: 25 seeds $3.25, 1/2 oz $7.00, 1oz $12.00, 1/2 lb $35

WINTER

Bush Acorn “Sweet REBA” (C. pepo) REBA stands for Resistant Early Bush Acorn and comes from the extensive vegetable breeding program at Cornell University, one of the few breeding programs working on improving open pollinated varies for organic production systems. But about the squash....REBA was a real standout in our cool wet season in 2010. The compact bush plants had the earliest and heaviest set of nearly any of our winter squashes. 4-6 dark green squashes per plant with the classic acorn taste and creamy texture. The quintessential stuffer. REBA was bred for resistance to powdery mildew, which many years around here, can do a real number on plant health late in the season. 90 days. IE Packet: 25 seeds, 1oz $12.00

ZUCCHINI

Costata Romanesco *Heirloom* (C. pepo) We are odd enough here at Uprising to hold an annual blind zucchini taste off, and I don’t recall Costata ever being unseated from the top spot (which

Black Forest Kabocha

Sweet Meat

(C. maxima) When we grew for market, come fall everyone would go gaga for the sweetness of the delicata, the thick rich flesh of the butternut, the classic beauty of a stuffed acorn. We would quietly smile and nod knowing we had a pile of kabocha at home to get us through the winter. The classic squash of Japanese cuisine, it is for those who value richness over sweetness. Squat round 3-4# squashes roast up to a lovely flakey texture, and the flavor… rich nutty deliciousness with just the perfect amount of sweet. One of our favorite fall dishes is a simple kabocha soup with the roasted dark green skin chopped up, fried crisp, and sprinkled over the top. Small-medium vines produce 3-4 squashes per plant. Our favorite winter squash. It could be yours too. 95 days. GC Packet: 25 seeds $3.25, 1oz $10.00

*Heirloom* (C. maxima) When it comes to winter keepers, sweet meat is a northwest classic. Sweet, thick, dry flesh makes for excellent pies, soups, and just plain delicious eating. An excellent keeper known to stick around and improve in storage for upwards of 6-7 months. Bred by the Gill Brothers seed company of Portland, OR, ours comes from their original high yielding strain. Beautiful slate blue/grey skin. Produce 2+ fruits per plant at 8-14lbs. Allow plenty of space for these vigorous vines. 100-115 days. SB Packet: 15 seeds, $3.25, 1oz $10.00

Zeppelin Delicata (C. pepo) This great strain of delicata has been worked on and maintained by the fine folks of Gathering Together Farm. By far our most popular winter squash at the market, it has fabulously sweet and moist flesh, and is great roasted or for pies. At about a pound each it is the perfect size to share between two people. And though it is not a good keeper, you’ll eat them all up before you notice! Approx. 6 squash per plant. 90-100 days. GT Packet: 25-30 seeds $3.25, 1oz $11.00

SIMPLE KABOCHA-LIME SOUP A perfect soup for chilly fall and winter evenings Peel and cube 1 medium kabocha squash (or other medium maxima squash)—reserve peels. Dice and sauté (in a soup pot) a medium onion in a couple tablespoons olive oil. After a few minutes add the diced squash and 3/4 cup red lentils. Stir for a minute or two and then add 6 cups vegetable broth. Cover and bring to a boil. While the lentils and squash are cooking, chop up the squash skin into thin strips and sauté them in a heavy skillet with lots of olive oil and salt until browned and crisp. When the lentils have cooked to a thickened broth and the squash is tender, puree, leaving some squash cubes whole. Add the juice of 2-3 limes and half a bunch of diced cilantro and salt to taste. Ladle into bowls and garnish with the squash skins.

TOMATOES & RELATIVES (Solanum lycopersicum)———— CHERRY

Black Cherry These are so outrageously good that I remember, during a summer harvest, debating whether or not we would damage our credibility as a seed company if I suggested them to be superior in flavor to Sungold - an inflammatory statement if there ever was one! I wasn’t the only one to think so either… It certainly proved itself as a real winner in our mixed cherry pints for market. Very prolific and vigorous plants produce sprays of medium size cherries with a really interesting speckly purple color. The fruits are very juicy and sweet with a terrific and almost fruity flavor. Indeterminate. 75 days. UO Packet: 30-35 seeds, $3.25, 100 seeds 6.00

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Potimarron *Heirloom* (C. maxima) The perfect squash for a pot of simmering savory soup (say that 3 times!) on a chilly evening, Potimarron is laced with a touch of chestnut flavor and a delicate, creamy, but flakey texture. A famous French heirloom meaning “Pumpkin” (potiron) and “Chestnut” (marron) we grew these on the recommendation of a customer who declared it her favorite winter squash. We do have a soft spot for maximas with their flakey textures, rich flavours, and versatility from simply baked to gnocchi to risotto to gratin to sweet bread… Tear drop shaped with a stunning deep red orange color similar to Red Kuri but with greater depth of flavor. Medium sized vines with an average of 4-5 fruit/vine at 2-4lbs/fruit. Perfect small squash for one to two people. Superb flavor! Excellent for storage. 80-90 days. UO Packet: 25 seeds, 1 oz $10.00

Ceylon *Heirloom* Oh-my-god-these-are-so-cute! Ceylon has all the look of a big ruffled beefsteak type tomato but in a miniature little package, only slightly larger than your average cherry tomato. From seed we originally got from Tom Stearns of High mowing Seed over 10 years ago, this prolific and early tomato has become one of our favorites. We used it as a real eye catcher in our cherry tomato mixes. Great sweet/tart flavor. Rare. Not quite a cherry but not quite a slicer either. Indeterminate. 65 days. UO Packet: 30-35 seeds $3.25

is somewhat reminiscent of a yellow pear tomato grown in the heat of the Midwest. Fragrant with a nice burst of subtle sweetness and a thinner skin. Resists cracking at all costs! Let ripen to golden yellow for richest taste. Very productive resisting light frosts. UPDATE for 2012: I am eating crow. I made Crystine write the original description for these as I had not much nice to say about their flavor. In fact, I had bad things to say about their flavor. Me and Reeb used to tease her about liking them. Well, here’s what you should know about them: Leave them. Enjoy your other tomatoes in the heat of summer. Pick some occasionally to add a little yellow to your tomato salad. Dry, wet, it doesn’t matter. They won’t split. EVER. When the weather gets cool and rainy and the rest of your tomatoes have gone south, these magically get freakishly good. And not just “good” in comparison to the others’ badness. Like, really good...sweet and flavorful and all that. Its inexplicable. They’ll last for a month or two once picked too. We picked a tote full in fall and never got around to squeezing them for seed. Left ‘em out in the backyard for 5 weeks in the rains of Sept-Oct and once we gathered the courage to peek, we found most were still edible. This is one weird to-

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Galapagos Red (L. cheesmanii) We came upon this variety listed only by a species name, L. cheesmanii- a wild tomato native to the Galapagos Islands. It’s full story, however, is somewhat of a mystery as it doesn’t share many of the identifying characteristics of the Galapagos tomatoes. Our best guess is that it’s a cross between a cheesmanii and a more common cherry tomato variety. It is an unusual creature though, bearing small deep orange to scarlet, pear shaped fruits with a small “nipple” on the blossom end. It also appears to have the “hyper-truss” gene with fruit hanging in incredible clusters of up to 60 tomatoes(!). Sweet and meaty when left to mature and very productive. No need to slice as they are small enough to toss into a salad or pasta but borne on large enough clusters to not make picking tedious. Will crack with heavy rains but bounces back quickly and with some ease. While not overly tall at up to 3’ they are bushy and heavy with fruit. 70 days. UO Packet: 30-35 seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $6.00

Galina *Heirloom* We cleaned up a contaminated strain to bring back this variety we first discovered while living in VT. Potato leaf variety with very early, bright yellow cherry tomatoes. Taste

Tomato Quick Reference: Variety

Season

type

color

fruit size

growth

Black Cherry

early

Black Prince

early

cherry

red/brown

lg. cherry

indet.

slicer

red/brown

4-6 oz

indet.

Carbon Ceylon

mid

slicer-beefsteak

red/brown

12-16+ oz

indet.

early

saladette

red

2-3 oz

indet.

Galapagos Red

mid

cherry-wild type

red

sm. cherry

indet.

Galina

mid

cherry

yellow

med. cherry

indet.

Gold Medal

mid

slicer-beefsteak

yellow/red

12-16+oz

indet. indet.

Green Grape

early

cherry-grape

green/yellow

lg. cherry

Italian Heirloom

early-mid

slicer

red

10-16+oz

indet.

Jaune Flammee

early

slicer-small round

orange

3-4 oz

indet.

Koralik

early

cherry

red

sm. cherry

det.

Red Fig

early-mid

cherry-pear

red

med. cherry

indet.

Ruth's Perfect

mid

slicer

red

6-8 oz

indet.

Sheboygen

mid

paste

red

4-6 oz

indet.

Snow White

early

cherry

cream

med. cherry

indet.

Stupice

very early

slicer-small round

red

3-4 oz

indet.

Super Lakota

mid

slicer

red

6-8 oz

indet.

Velvet Red

early

cherry

red

med. cherry

indet.

Yellow Pear

early-mid

cherry-pear

yellow

med. cherry

indet.

mato and well worth trying. Consider it your last taste of summer. Crystine gets the last laugh. Again. Indeterminate. P.S. Crystine thinks they’re tops Any Old Time! 65-75 days. UO Packet: 30-35 seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $6.00

Yellow Pear Cherry *Heirloom* Similar to Red fig in shape and taste with extremely strong, productive vines and bright golden fleshy fruit, these tomatoes are a classic and colorful addition to your plate. One of those tomatoes we both remember from childhood and very easy to grow. Indeterminate, 70-75 days. UO Packet: 30-35 seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $6.00

Green Grape These deliciously rich and sweet tomatoes produce abundantly. About 1”-1.5” with chartreuse-yellow (allow them to yellow slightly) skin when ripe, they hang in clusters on compact vines that reach about 3.5’ max. One of our most commented on tomatoes at market and we never seemed to grow enough (probably because we ate them all in the field, delicious!). Great for mixed cherry baskets. Despite the shorter vine they do require support as they tend to be very heavy plants. Perfect for containers. Indeterminate. 75-85 days. UO Packet: 30-35 seeds $3.25

Velvet Red It seems strange to discuss the beauty of foliage when talking about a tomato, but we’ve never seen anything like this. The leaves are wooly! Not like an errant hair or two, we’re talking lambs ears or mullein wooly. These could be ornamentals, but of course that’s not enough to sell us on a tomato. Medium height plants produce excellent quality, very sweet and flavorful and slightly fuzzy red cherries in abundance. We’ve been looking for a really good medium sized open pollinated red cherry tomato for a while and just may have finally found it in Velvet. Possibly the best flavor for an OP red cherry we’ve tasted so far. Indeterminate. 75-80 days. UO Packet: 30-35 seeds $3.25 (We are having a very hard time getting good-enough germinating lots of this variety. We will be double packing to compensate for low germination on this year’s seed from a great 2013 crop.)

Koralik *Heirloom* Very early maturing 3/4-1” tomatoes hang in long clusters of up to 8 bright red fruits. Whole clusters generally ripen together making them a good variety to pick by the bunch for fancy-pants presentation at market. These taste much more like a juicy slicer then a sweet cherry and keep on producing throughout the season. Actually they wouldn’t stop...we were astounded. The perfect cherry tomato for containers and especially hanging baskets/ buckets as these determinate vines are short but tend to sprawl. A great new discovery in 2009, originally hailing from Russia. Determinate. 65 days. UO Packet: 30-35 seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $6.00

Cherry Tomato Sampler A diversity of shapes and colors. 1 packet each Black Cherry, Yellow Pear, Koralik, Snow White, Green Grape, and Galina. 6 Packets: $16.25

Red Fig

PASTE

*ARK Heirloom* So named because they were used as a substitute for dried figs in winters past (18th century), these vines are vigorous and heavy yielding with pear shaped fruits. We have been on the lookout for a good red pear tomato and these are the best ones yet. In the cool, wet growing seasons of 07, 08, 10 and 11 (!) they exhibited the best (almost complete) late blight resistance of any tomato we’ve ever grown. Like all pear type tomatoes irregular watering habits will cause cracking. Slightly later maturing then Yellow Pear. Indeterminate, 80-85 days. UO Packet: 30-35 seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $6.00

*ARK Heirloom* We’ve been looking for a paste tomato that was not too mealy on the tongue, but productive and early with a vibrant complex taste we wanted to eat fresh...Got it! Grown since the early part of the 20th century in Sheboygan, Wisconsin by Lithuanian immigrants, they have that lovely rich flavor imparted by so many heirloom tomatoes. Juicy and fresh yet excellent for sauce and paste. Very early and productive 46oz long pointed fruits with healthy indeterminate vines. 75-80 days. UO, CF Packet: 30-35 seeds $3.25

Snow White

SLICER

One of our favorite tomatoes on the farm both for their full flavored sweetness and highly productive vines. Approx. 1” tomato that is not a true white but rather a creamy and very pale yellow when fully ripe. Yet another tomato we grow every year and are so happy to have discovered. Indeterminate.70-75 days. UO Packet: 30-35 seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $6.00

*Heirloom* Up North the name of the game for field grown tomatoes is early, early, early. We’re very selective about what we put out there for tomatoes, and we’ve enjoyed Black Prince in hot summers and rain soaked, cold ones. First brought to our attention years ago in Maine, where the flavor knocked our socks

Sheboygan

Black Prince

off, and continues to. The indeterminate vines are vigorous and loaded with 3-5oz deep garnet/dark brown blushed oblong tomatoes. A fruity richness that lingers on the tongue and satisfies that deep summer craving for warm peaceful days, lemonade, and juicy tomato sandwiches. Originally from Irkutsk, Siberia. These were so abundance in our cold, wet summer of 2011 that we stopped picking them. Actually, we stopped even looking at them! Indeterminate. 70-75 days. UO, CF Packet: 30-35 seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $6.00 **New for 2014**

Carbon Our 2014 taste test winner, Carbon was the most successful beefsteak size tomatoes we’ve grown, uncovered, out in the field yet. We easily harvested a couple hundred pounds of fruit from about 50 row feet of plants. Flattened 1+ pound fruits have brownish shoulders and deep dark red flesh. The flavor is a revelation, deep, rich, and complex. The best description I can give is silence and the sight of eyes, half closed and rolling back in bliss, at a tomato tasting this past fall. Content nods and “yep, that one” announced a near unanimous winner. It has its share of heirloom tomato funk, concentric cracking and blossom end “cat-facing”, but if your bottom line is flavor, this is the one. Indeterminate. 85 days. UO Packet: 30-35 seeds $3.25

Gold Medal *Heirloom*. Recommended to us by many farmers we know, Gold Medal was an all around stunning tomato in our 2010 grow out. Tom and Maude Powell of Wolf Gulch Farm grew the seed for us and this is what they had to say about it: “We loved growing this tomato! The plants were abundant producers of very large, meaty, 1#+ fruits. What really stands out is the color – a sunset orange with red marbling, amazing to look at when sliced. The flavor is also outstanding, somewhat fruity. Great for sandwiches, but we also dried and made sauce with them. It reminded us of Striped German, one of our all time favorites, but was more productive.” First introduced in 1921 as Ruby Gold in John Lewis Child’s (credited with founding one of, if not the first seed catalog business in the United States) catalog it was later renamed Gold Medal by Ben Quisenberry in his 1976 catalog. Mr. Quisenberry operated, Big Tomato Gardens and was passionate about saving heirloom tomato seeds from extinction. Indeterminate. This large tomato does benefit from the extra heat of being grown under cover in cooler areas.. 90 days. WG Packet 30-35 Seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $6.00, 250 seeds $10.00 29

Italian Heirloom *Heirloom* The vines will grow 6- 8’ tall. They will be covered in flowers and heavy with green fruit. Big, ½ - 1+lb fruit. You will taste the first one and there will be no going back. Suddenly you will notice more flowers, more vines, and more fruit. You will get desperate. Friends will begin avoiding you and your, “gifts”. You will can every night and avoid the plants during the day. When you can no longer stand it you will return to find…more fruit!. They will give you no rest. You will never settle for less. They are that good. Large pear-ish shaped, red tomatoes ideal for both slicing and sauce as they are very meaty and contain few seeds. Incredible flavor with just the right balance of acid and sweet. Early and productive for such a large variety. Indeterminate. 70-80 days. WG Packet: 30-35 seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $6.00, 250 seeds $10.00

Jaune Flammee *Heirloom* I was introduced to this variety as a coveted secret ingredient to a fellow farmer’s “heirloom tomato mix” while living and farming in VT years ago. Beautiful, perfectly round, small 4-6 oz fruit are bright orange on the outside and often have a reddish blush in the flesh. Fruits hang in cherry tomato-like trusses on medium sized very prolific plants with an open habit. Flavor is bright in acidity, and juicy. Our most reliable and productive non-cherry field tomato. Looking back over our sales, I have noticed, that this is among our least popular varieties the past few years which means we are not doing it justice in our descriptions. It was second only to Carbon in a taste test last year and is one of only perhaps 2 or 3 or three tomatoes we grow every year, no matter what. We LOVE this variety both as market growers and home gardeners. Indet. 70-80 days. UO Packet: 30-35 seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $6.00 **New for 2014**

Ruth’s Perfect Originally bred by long-time biodynamic market farmer Ruth Zinniker of Wisconsin, Ruth’s Perfect is a strong, vigorous grower bearing simply gorgeous blemish-free half pound fruits. In a pretty mediocre summer for tomato-growing, we were very impressed with the yield and quality of this new-to-us variety. From field grown plants, we harvested tote after tote. Clear potential as a market variety for greenhouse or field production, it also ranked highly amongst tasters in our fall taste test. An appropriate name for this plutonic ideal of a red slicer. 80 days. UO Packet: 30-35 seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $6.00

day in the pouring rain, such conditions are the true test for what we can get away with, and even that year we were flush with sweet juicy red Blacktail melons. Our hot, dry 2009 season was chock full of these melons, over 200# from a 40’ row! Icebox sized 4-8lb melons are very early and sweet with few seeds. Your best shot at a ripe red watermelon in our climate. Developed by Glenn Drowns, owner of the Sand Hill Preservation Center, in the late 70’s. Delicious and refreshing on many of those hot latesummer days. ~Update from Dec. 2013~ Master Gardener Beth Chisholm who runs the community first garden project through WSU extension also took on the care of the “We Grow” garden, a vocational readiness program of NW Youth Services. She recently shared (with photos!) that while sorting through donated seeds the kids picked our watermelon seeds to grow. And while she admittedly was a “bit of a naysayer” due to previous watermelon failures, she was a good sport and went along with it. Sounds like they may have forgotten about them in the height of gardening madness but Blacktail produced a bumper crop nonetheless! 70-75 days. CB Packet: 25 seeds $3.25

Stupice *Heirloom* Very early and very productive Czech variety with a strong following amongst PNW gardeners. 2-3” deep red tomatoes with a nice balance of sweet/acid flavor. The first red mature tomato in the field! Potato leaf foliage on compact 4’ Indeterminate vines. These were a new variety for us in 2009 and we were very pleased by their full flavor, early and ongoing productivity, and quality. Harvested by the bushel from field grown plants which is very challenging in our climate. Grew these again in 2010 to make sure we loved them. We did. Mix with similarly sized Jaune Flammee for an eyecatching bicolor heirloom mix. Indeterminate. 55-70 days. UO Packet: 30-35 seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $6.00

Super Lakota *Heirloom* This has been our standard red for summer slicer tomatoes for about as long as we’ve grown a garden. A reliable producer of 810oz mid sized fruit. Strong sturdy plants and blemish –free fruit with great balanced heirloom flavor keep us going with this variety as our old standby. These grew amazingly in our small high tunnel during a recent cold wet summer.. We always knew they were reliable but we had no idea just how abundant and beautiful they would be when given a little extra TLC. Indeterminate. 80-85 days. WG Packet: 30-35 seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $6.00, 400 seeds $15.00

HERBS Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) This fragrant bushy 34’ plant is simply divine! Smelling sweetly of licorice and mint it greets the gardener/farmer, bee, butterfly, and hummingbird with long standing dense blooms of violet 3-8” flower spikes. The beneficial insects and pollinators it will introduce to your garden are reason enough to add it to your list. Both the leaves and flowers can be used fresh or dried in teas, and salads and are equally wonderful as a cut flower. Tea made from Anise Hyssop is a cooling drink on a hot summer day. Bees freak for this. Good luck getting any away from them! Perennial. 65 days. UO Packet: 50 seeds $3.25

TOMATO RELATIVES

Aunt Molly’s Ground Cherry *ARK Heirloom* (husk cherry, cape gooseberry) (Physalis pruinosa) About the closest we can come to real tropical fruit flavor from our northwest garden. Related to the tomatillo, ground cherries are low growing plants that produce an abundance of fruit about the size of a large marble enclosed in papery husks. The flavor can best be described as a combination of banana and pineapple with a hint of muskiness from it nightshade lineage. When ripe, the yellow fruit drops with the husk attached and can easily be gathered from around the base of the plant. Great for snacking out of hand and also makes a nice dried fruit, jam, or chutney. The small fruits will keep in their husks from 2-3 weeks. Carefree and very productive until frost. 75 days. UO Packet: 50 seeds $3.25, 200 seeds $7.50

Italian Large Leaf Basil (Ocimum basilicum) This is one large, lovely, and lush Genovese-type basil. Growing to a height of 24” and producing large, tender, and sweetly fragrant leaves, it remains our basil of choice for making pesto and wherever basil is called for. Slow to bolt and quick to regrow after cuttings. Leaves up to 4” long. 70-80 days. GC Packet: 100 seeds $3.25 Check website for bulk.

WATERMELON (Citrullus lanatus)——————— Blacktail Mountain

**New for 2014**

The first year we grew this, 2007, with its cool rainy non-summer and early fall will not go down in history as “The Year Of the Melon” in the PNW. While the idea of watermelon was not necessarily enticing on a 50 degree harvest

Borage (Borago officinalis) Besides being extremely easy to grow, very hardy and edible, this flower, like Lime Green Nicotiana, literally glows.

Reminiscent of a shooting star in shape and a mild cucumber in taste, borage will produce continuous flower clusters that we and the bees both adore. The flowers, which are said to induce courage, open blue and slowly turn purple and then pink before they drop. Borage will survive light frosts and will self sow. 2-3’ bushy plants with edible flowers & young leaves and a fan favorite of the bees. 60-70 days. TR Packet: 75 seeds $3.00

indispensable in our summer and fall kraut making, while seed umbels find their way into our various pickling projects. A lovely architectural plant in the garden, Goldkrone can grow quite tall (4’+) so give it some space if allowing it to mature to umbel stage. Unique in flower arrangements too! 45days. UO Packet: 1/2g (~250 seeds) $3.25

Cilantro “Pokey Joe”

Makes 1/2 cup 1/2 cup coarsely chopped arugula 1/2 cup packed mix fresh parsley, dill, mint, basil and chives, chopped (use cress if you’d like some more spice!) 1/3 cup plain yogurt 3 tablespoons mayonnaise 1 tablespoon olive oil 2-3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (1 lemon) Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper Pulse arugula, herbs, yogurt, mayonnaise, and oil in food processor until smooth. Pulse in lemon juice to taste; season with salt and pepper. Wonderful on sandwiches or as a dip.

GREEN MAYONNAISE

(Coriandrum sativum) 2010 marked Pokey Joe’s triumphant return to the seed trade! This variety was brought to our attention by Scott Chichester of Nash’s Farm in Sequim, WA. The quality of taste is too often neglected in the modern seed trade. Pokey has all the attractive field qualities of more well known “Santo” (AKA “Slowbolt”) but just plain tastes better. It beat it handily in a recent variety trial held by the Organic Seed Alliance. Why do such varieties disappear from the trade…? Who knows, but we are working to bring back the best of them. As far as we can find, we are now the exclusive source of this gem. Great insectary plant as well, if allowed to bloom. Aphid eating syrphid flies love this. Rare. GT, WG Packet: (150 Seeds) $3.25, 1oz $9.00, 1/4lb $19.00, 1lb $58.00

Echinacea, “Purple Coneflower” (Echinacea purpurea) Native to the North American plains, Echinacea has become a household name and the ambassador of herbal medicine for its use in stimulating the immune system. Purpurea is the easiest of the Echinacea family to grow, requiring no prior cold treatment for germination. A visually stunning perennial reaching a height of 3’, each plant produces several flower stalks topped with the characteristic cone shaped centers and drooping purple petals. Third year roots are most often used for medicinal purposes. Unless started very early, blooms second year and thereafter. Perennial. UO, HH Packet: 100 seeds $3.25

Chervil, “Vertissimo” (Anthriscus cerefolium) Originally native to the Caucuses and spread widely by the Romans, chervil is a lovely aromatic herb with a delicate, fern-like appearance and bright yet subtle aniseed flavor. Very popular in France, it is part of the herb mixture known as “fines herbes”, a mainstay of French cuisine. Often used to season egg, seafood, and vegetable based dishes, it is also more and more finding a home in specialty salad mixes, where it lends a wonderful flavor and texture. “Vertissimo” is selected for rapid regrowth after cutting making it well suited to commercial production in addition to home scale use. 60 days. UO Packet : 1g (~500 seeds) $3.25, 1/2oz $7.00, 1oz $12.00

Chamomile, German (Matricaria recutita) These little daisy-like flowers native to Europe, Asia, and Africa have been used as a calming, digestive tea for centuries. Cheery blooms sit atop low growing (18”-24”) lacy foliage and will happily reseed if allowed to mature. Wonderful fragrance both fresh and dried. 65-75 days. HH Packet: 200 seeds $3.25

Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) Lovely scented Perennial Mediterranean herb in the mint family. 1624” tall with long stems of deep blue-violet flowers. Easily shaped for borders. Dried aerial parts medicinally used in cough syrups and teas for bronchitis and sore throats as well as for colds and flu. Leaves may be added to salads and soups. Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. UO Packet: 100 seeds $3.25

**New for 2014**

Dill, “Goldkrone” (Anethum graveolens) Goldkrone is a vigorous yet slow to bolt variety excellent for both fresh leaf and (later) seed head production. Fresh dill is

condiment and medicine (parasites, fever, water retention…) with enough uses to fill a large book. I encourage you to take a look when you have ample time to devote to the subject! Growing 8-12”, slightly bushy and delicate with white-whitish blue flowers complimented by slightly purple stamens and a lovely seed pod. Small and Mighty. Ethereally beautiful. Very aromatic seeds with a warming, exotic flavor that harkens to the cuisines of North Africa and the middle east. One of the seeds that got us started on our seed saving track, we have been growing this since before it could be found in practically any seed catalogue. Still rare. 60-70 days. UO Packet: 100 seeds $3.25

Marshmallow (Althea officinalis) If any of you are prone to long lasting coughs and sore throats in the winter months, you’ll want this perennial herb in your garden. Large white flowers with big soft leaves reaching a height of 6-8’ make this herb hard to miss or resist. Both the roots and leaves are gentle expectorants and soothing to the throat and urinary tract. Perennial. UO Packet: 100 seeds $3.25

Mustard, “Yellow Seed” (Sinapsis alba) So every year I get a little, ahem... obsessive about certain food “projects”. Last year I decided would be the year of the mustard. From scratch. Growing the mustard seed, making the cider vinegar, using other goodies and spices from the farm to further flavor. So, I have a tendency to go overboard and in doing so grew about a lifetimes supply of yellow mustard seed. Now yellow seed is usually just a portion of finer mustards, the balance being the more assertive and spicy black and brown seed. Recipes abound and its easier to make than you’d expect. Our chipotle mustard was a hit (with home smoked Hot Portugal peppers). I hope to make a truffled mustard. The possibilities are endless. You should try some, ‘cause otherwise I don’t know what we’re going to do with all these seeds. Our plot yielded about 20#/100’ bed. Easy to grow and thresh. UO Packet: 2g $3.25, 1oz $6.00, 1/4lb $12.00, 1lb $25.00

Parsley, “Curly” (Petroselenum crispum) Whoa! This is one seriously curled parsley. At the Uprising home farm we grew curly parsley for fresh-market case production for years. This variety that came to us through Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seeds has been a standout. Heavy dark green hyper-curled leaves continue to grow for a season’s worth of parsley harvesting from these vigorous plants. Densely curled, sweet leaves make for easy chopping in the kitchen. Overwinters easily, becoming sweeter in cooler weather. 75 days. Biennial. GT Packet: .5g (~175 seeds) $3.25 Please check website for bulk availability

Parsley, “Italian Flatleaf” (Petroselenum crispum) At Gathering Together Farm this strain is known as, “Survivor” for its proven ability to make it through some of the harsher winters in the Willamette Valley. Selected upon since 1980 it is very hardy, deep green, and disease resistant with a sweet full flavor. The choice variety for culinary as opposed to garnishing purposes. 75 days. Biennial. GT Please check website for availability.

Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) Mullein is one those plants that we see all the time on the sides of roads and in overgrown urban lots, but we don’t even notice it until it is in the context of a flower or herb garden. I can’t tell you how many people have exclaimed “What is THAT?” pointing at the mandala-like wooly leaves and 7+’ tall golden flower spike of a mullein plant in the garden by our front door. Extremely cheerful and resilient the biennial plants throw their flowers in their second year. Great medicinal plant for the occasional ear infection as the flowers infused in olive oil are both soothing and antibacterial. Mullein has diuretic, analgesic, expectorant, and antiseptic properties. Another herb that is terrific for soothing the throat, bronchi and lungs. Internal and external uses. Biennial. UO Packet: 150 seeds $3.25

Sculpit (Silene inflata) We were seriously charmed by this culinary oddity in 2011. Guaranteed NOT to be the next big thing anytime soon, Sculpit (AKA “stridolo”) is for the adventurous lover of the esoteric. An aromatic leaf-herb all but unknown outside its native Italy where it is revered, it is used to season egg dishes, risottos, and salads with a flavor likened to a combination of tarragon, arugula, and radicchio. Very ornamental it has small unusually stunning balloon like flowers fringed with white petals that pollinators go wild for. We loved watching the bees climb fully out of sight into the balloon part of the flower. Highly recommended, we loved this plant. UO

Nigella “Black Cumin” (Nigella sativa) Grown throughout the Middle East and also known as Blessed Seed, Herb from Heaven, Black Seed, Roman Coriander, Black Caraway, Black Onion Seed, Kalonji, Corek Otu, Ketzah, Chaveux de Venus, etc. and referenced in the Old Testament, ancient Islamic and Greek literature, found in Egyptian tombs... One of the most revered seeds in history and used today as a

Packet: ~300 seeds $3.25

is a selection by Frank Morten out of some of the first wave of imported quinoa to withstand potentially wet and cool fall harvest times, something it doesn’t often face in the Andes. It has a more open head structure and resistance to premature seed sprouting in wet weather near harvest time. Rinsing grains through several changes of water before cooking (until water no longer appears soapy) will help remove bitter saponin coating. 90-110 days. UO Packet: ~300 seeds $3.25, 1/4oz $5.00, 1/2oz 8.00

Sweet Annie (Artemesia annua) We discovered the joys of Sweet Annie at MOFGA’s Common Ground Fair in Unity, ME where it seemed like everyone was either carrying around a swag or had a small wreath of it decorating their head. The air was perfumed with its lovely scent. A member of the artemesia family, it grows to 5’+ with delicate feathery foliage. It is very aromatic both in the garden and as a dried flower in arrangements and wreaths. And very importantly, the WHO has named it the most important anti-malarial treatment available. 85-95 days. AH Packet: ~150 seeds $3.25

FLOWERS GRAINS

Amaranth, “Hot Biscuits” (Amaranthus cruentus) A new cut flower for us in 2008, we were happily surprised by this gorgeous and graceful amaranth. Its warm, golden orange branching plumes stand upright and approximately 4 feet tall. Branching stems allow for multiple cuttings from one plant. Grown by some for its edible seed, Amaranth has been grown for over 8,000 years and was a staple food of the Aztecs. Very high in many nutrients. Buff colored seed. 80 days. UO Packet: 150 seeds $3.25, 1/4oz $10.00

Barley, “Tibetan Purple Hulless” (Hordeum vulgare) An incredibly ornamental variety from the Himalayas, both in the field and the kitchen. Following a surge of interest in small scale grain growing in our area, Tibetan purple was one of our first experiments. Grain heads are purple with long decorative awns. At almost 3’ tall a patch of these in the breeze is something to behold. The deep purple hulless grain is relatively easy to thresh by hand and foot. Resists lodging. Great in soups or for barley risotto. A stunner. 90-110 days. UO Packet: 1/2 oz $3.25

Amaranth, “Love Lies Bleeding” *Heirloom* (A. caudatus) A lovely and unique plant in the garden and your vase, standing 4-5’ tall with cascading medium red colored and abundant blooms. Flowers last until frost and are also beautiful dried. Also known as Inca Wheat and dating back to before the 16th century. A dramatic name for a very dramatic plant. Edible red seed. 60-70 days. UO Packet: 150 seeds $3.25, 1/4oz $10.00, 1oz $28.00, 1/4 lb $75.00

Oats (Hulless), “Terra” (Avena nuda) This variety was brought to our attention by Maine grower Will Bonsall who has worked extensively with small scale grain production. Probably the best of the hulless oats in terms of production, grain size, and resistance to lodging. Early and easy to thresh. Send through a roller for oatmeal, or coarsely through a grain grinder for steel cut oats. Ornamental airy filler for bouquets as well. 100 days. UO Packet: 1oz $3.25, 1/2lb $12.00, 1lb $18.00

Amaranth, Opopeo

Quinoa, “Red Head”

*Heirloom* (A. hybridus) An amazing backdrop to your flower or vegetable garden, Opopeo continues growing taller and taller (5-6’) with an abundance of dense, deep burgundy flower spikes. An incredible and generous cut flower with one or more larger main heads and many side shoots. The dark green/burgundy leaves are edible when young. Edible cream colored seeds 60-65 days. UO Packet: 150 seeds $3.25, 1/4oz $10.00, 1oz $28.00, 1/4lb $75.00

(Chenopodium quinoa) Staple grain of the Andean Altiplano where it was domesticated 3-4000 years ago (and was second only to the potato in dietary importance), quinoa was fairly unknown in the US until the 1980’s. Quinoa is an amazing and delicious food. High in protein (12-18%) as well as being a complete protein (rare in the plant world), it boasts a low glycemic index rating (good for diabetics), is gluten free (for celiac sufferers), high in iron, magnesium and fiber, and even rescues kittens from tall trees. It is pretty unfussy and visually beautiful in bloom. A close relative to the common weed, lambquarters, we actually recommend transplanting quinoa so you can know with certainty where it is in the field as it is virtually indistinguishable from its weedy cousin in the early vegetative stage. “Red Head”

Amaranth Mix O how the birds will love you! Grow all three and provide a feast. Packet: 150 seeds $3.25

**New for 2014**

Bachelor’s Button, “Black Ball” (Centaurea cyanus) Black ball is a stunning selection of this classic cottage garden flower with deep dark garnet blooms held high amidst silvery green foliage. Bushy branching plants make wonderful long stemmed cut flowers and the edible petals are lovely for fancying up a salad or desert. One of the coolest looking seeds around, to boot. Similar (or possibly even the same) as the cultivar “Garnet Gem”. Packet: 75 seeds $3.25

Bee’s Friend (Bienen-Freund) (Phacelia tanacetifolia ) Ok. Yeah, yeah I know. Your Anise Hyssop attracts a lot of bees, and your Borage too. But honestly, you ain’t seen nothing until you plant a swath of this in your garden. Put in a clump of it and if there is a bee within 2 miles of your garden it will come, and if there’s lots of bees living nearby….you will HEAR the patch 50’ before you get there. It’s ridiculous really. When we first started growing it, we actually started to worry at the farm that the other crops wouldn’t get pollinated because the bees were spending all their time in the Phacelia. It’s a lovely plant to boot, with lacey fern like leaves and a fiddle head of buds that unfurl with a succession of delicate lavender blooms. Attracts aphid-hungry syrphid flys in droves and functions well as aphid control when co-planted in alternating beds with blocks of brassicas. High quality pollen and nectar. Flowers over a long period of time. Delightful. Wonderful. Love it. 75-85 days. UO Packet: 250 seeds $3.25

Calendula Mix (Calendula officinalis) It’s difficult to be grumpy in a patch of calendula. These plants are like old friends you can always come back to for good cheer and an unabashedly sunny outlook on life. Our mix spans oranges, yellows, whites, and flashback types (with red backs to the petals) all crossing freely to create this diverse gene pool. Easy to grow and happily reseeds to claim its corner in the garden year after year. Often used as a medicinal herb in hand salves for its healing qualities for abrasions and cracked skin. 55 days. UO, GT Packet: 50 seeds $3.25

Calendula “Zeolights” (C. officinalis) We love our cheery mix of yellow and orange and pale petal calendula varieties (above) but if we had to pick our favorite single strain this would be it. Selected out of the “flashback” line of calendulas that have streaks of red on the undersides of the petals, Zeolights has huge fully doubled pale colored blooms. The pointed petals have a unique layered quality giving them a finely cut mandala like appearance. Very elegant and slightly later blooming than most of the mix. 60 days. GT Packet: 50 seeds $3.25 34

Cerinthe, “Pride of Gibraltar” (Cerinthe major atropurpurea) I spy on my neighbor. So as not to overwhelm her with all my questions and inundate her with my child's pleading eyes and loud whisperings of, “Just one flower mama, I will just ask for one”, while he tries to contain himself from becoming one with the flowers, I spy. Under cover of bicycle, raincoat, and sunglasses I bike by, veering only at the last moment, as if on a whim, to catch a glimpse of what she has created. It is always a pleasure and I always leave too soon. These come from one such encounter. Purple tipped green leaves, cascading bracts of dark and then light purple flowers, waxy and almost succulent stems...humans, bees and hummingbirds were all smitten. 2430” tall reseeding annual. Perfect planted among succulents, in a border, a flowerbox, a bouquet… blooms from mid-summer on to medium frosts. Our favorite new flower introduction, this native of the Greek Islands is somewhat rare and absolutely unique. 50-60 days. UO Packet: 25 seeds $3.25

Cleome, “Violet Queen” *Heirloom* (C. hasslerana) Yet another flower that will beckon both bees and hummingbirds to your garden but watch out for the thorny stems! Also known as Spider flower, a name most likely given due to the long stamens (4-6”!) that protrude from each whorl of purple flowers resembling spider legs. Grows 4-6’ high producing one huge main flower spike with many flower covered side branches. Very pungent and musky smell. 70-80 days. UO Packet: 75 seeds $3.25

Coreopsis, “Roulette” (Coreopsis tinctoria) This carefree plant lends itself to natural wildflower gardenscapes and mass plantings. 3’ airy plants with sprays of mahogany red semi-doubled blooms, partly rolled petals and contrasting yellow color. A 2009 Fleuroselect Gold medal winner, Roulette is beautiful as a cut flower filler in bouquets. Drought tolerant, unattractive to deer, and freely reseeding. Yes. Yes. Yes. (Not totally stable- throws an occasional yellow flowering plant). 65-75 days. UO Packet: 100 seeds $3.25

Cosmos, “Diablo” *Heirloom* (Cosmos sulphureus) A different species than the taller, more common cosmos, Diablo showcases bright scarlet/orange, semi-double blooms atop short bushy 3’ plants. Easy to grow, these thrive on neglect and will brighten any corner of your garden. Wonderful as a cut flower. Striking and vivid color. Native to Mexico and introduced to English horticulture in the 18th century. 75 days. UO Packet: 75 seeds $3.25

fernlike, the flowers so profuse and richly purple/blue, that it remains graceful and open. Flowers form in sprays instead of on one central stem. Wonderful cut flower. Continually re-blooms. Approx. 3’by 3’. UO Packet: 100 seeds Please check website for availability.

South African Pearl Daisy (Arctotis grandis) This one caught our eye visiting a friends garden many years back. We grabbed a couple puffs of seed, put them away, and forgot about them until a year or two later. What a great rediscovery! These are daisies with a streak of elegance, silvery foliage with slender white petals and a steely blue center. They remind me a bit of another flower, sky and ice. Keep them deadheaded and they’ll bloom for months. Approx. 2’ tall with a steady branching habit. 85 days. UO Packet: 75 seeds $3.25

Mallow “Pink Lavatera” (L. trimestris) Growing to a height of 3’ and spreading to about 2’ in all directions, Lavatera is covered in funnel shaped, rose pink, hibiscus-like blossoms and long buds that are in the midst of unfurling. These wonderful cut flowers have a habit of lasting long after the others have sadly withered. A very easy to grow member of the mallow family. 80-90 days. UO Packet: 100 seeds $3.25

**New for 2014**

Edible Flower Mix Nothing gussies up a dish presentation quite like a sprinkling of colorful edible flower petals. Our mix is roughly equal parts borage, calendula, “Black Ball” batchelor’s button, and “Trailing Mix” nasturtium. All are fairly large seeded, easy to grow, and well suited to direct seeding. Thin to desired spacing (being sure to give the nasturtium plenty of space). Packet: 75-100 seeds $3.25

Marigold “Brocade Mix” *Heirloom* (Tagetes patula) A very showy low growing (12-18”) marigold covered with beautiful red doubled blooms accented with oranges and gold's. Very elegant looking in a Victorian sort of way. Blooms fade to a lovely burnt orange. Very beneficial in the garden, marigolds have strong nemitodicidal properties. The vast majority of this mix is “French Brocade” with just a smattering of some solid colored yellow and orange genetics. 60-70 days. UO Packet: 50 seeds $3.25

Flax, “Omega” (Linum usitatissimum) Multi-branching, slender 2-3’stems with small sky blue flowers. Quite cheery as they sway in the wind. Plant in blocks for a nice effect and for easy reseeding the next season. Golden colored, large flax seeds high in Omega 3 Fatty Acids, fiber, and lignans. Great for using either ground into meal or whole. Pleasing nutty taste. Drought tolerant. 60-70 days. UO Packet: 200 seeds $3.25, 1oz $6.00, 1/4lb $18.00

Marigold “Pinwheel” *Heirloom* (Tagetes patula) Dating back to the 17th century this marigold was a pleasant surprise. Each plant produces a profusion of cheerful blooms with red and yellow bicolor petals amidst fernlike leaves reaching a height of 34 feet! We had no idea a marigold could be this stunning. 80-90 days. TR Packet: 50 seeds $3.25

Foxglove “Wild Cascades” (Digitalis purpurea) These beautiful flowers come to you from the wilds of Whatcom County! The white and pink foxgloves that dot the hills and road-sides and rush to fill in otherwise vacant and recently cleared land could be yours. Long lasting showy perennials and one of the first flowers to look forward to in early summer. If you do not already have hummingbirds visiting your garden, these beauties will lure them in to stay. Blooms second year. Please remember that All parts of this plant are a potent herb and poisonous if incorrectly ingested! 110 days. UO Packet: 150 seeds $3.25

Morning Glory “Grandpa Ott’s” *Heirloom* (I. purpurea) Now famous as the variety that set the Whealy’s on their path to eventually found the Seed Savers Exchange, Grandpa Ott’s is a real beauty. Of Bavarian origins, its purple trumpets have glowing magenta centers and a dark five pointed star pattern. Climbs over 10’ in a season with trellising and is covered with blooms ‘til frost. May self sow but not in a “hell-bent on world domination” way, like some of its weedy relatives. 70 days .UO Packet: 40 seeds $3.25

Larkspur, “Blue Cloud” C. regalis) A favorite that we have been growing since we discovered it 10 or so years ago. Not knowing what to expect the very first time, we were immediately taken by the cloudlike drama of this flower. While it has a bushy habit, the foliage is so delicate and

Nasturtium “Trailing mix” (Trapaeolum majus) Cheerful, easy to grow, edible, and long lasting nasturtiums have remained at the top of our list for as long as we’ve grown a garden. More of a place in the garden then a plant, these beauties can trail to

over 8’ across and adorn their lush leafiness with a profusion of flowers in hues of red, orange, yellow, and salmon. Edible leaves and flowers add a sweet spiciness akin to watercress which when added to a sandwich or salad add a delightful bite and brightness. Immature seeds can be pickled and made into wonderfully tasty “poor man’s capers”. Plants and flowers will continually grow from early summer to late fall, can withstand a light to medium frost, and re-seed easily. Originally from South America, nasturtiums were brought to Spain in the 1500’s. 60-65 days. UO Packet: 25-30 seeds $3.25, Check online for bulk options

Poppy “Danish Flag” *Heirloom* (Papaver somniferum) Why, Hellooo my brilliant red, white, and lacey friend! Not one to shy away from direct attention or compliments and sure to distract and titillate… perfect for the bedside table. Ahem. I mean the bees. Need I say more? Oh yes, an exuberant amount of seeds if you desire the addition to your sweets, your savories, your… Distinct white cross pattern amid lipstick red, deeply cut petals. 80-90 days. UO Packet: 300 seeds $3.25

Poppy “Flemish Antique” *Heirloom* (Papaver somniferum) A show stopper. Even flower farming veterans were astonished by these beauties when touring our home farm in past years. Impossibly huge peony-like pastel blooms from white to rose to deep purple. Not pastel like easter kitsch, but pastel like classy Victorian. The gene pool spans singles and doubles, many with frilly deeply serrated petals. Very top heavy plants benefit from staking or dense clusterplanting for support. Old and rare variety. 80 days. UO Packet: 300 seeds $3.25, 1g $5.00

Nicotiana “Lime Green” *Heirloom* (Nicotiana alata) Velvety green tobacco leaves give rise to flower spikes of nodding chartreuse trumpet flowers that seem to glow. Absolutely intoxicating fragrance is released in the evening air at dusk and continues into the morning hours. Each plant continually branches reaching a height of 3-4 feet and produces masses of flowers. We suggest you plant a hedge…you will not be disappointed! A versatile cut flower for arrangements, and attracts evening pollinators. 75 days. UO Packet; ~150 seeds $3.25.

Poppy “Ziar Breadseed” *Heirloom* (Papaver somniferum) A culinary poppy from the village of Ziar, Slovakia known for large seed heads filled with unusually sweet grayish blue seeds. Seed heads have been bred to have closed vents on the sides preventing seeds from spilling onto the ground instead of making it into your bread. Approx. 4’ multiple stemmed, long lived plants producing pretty single petaled pale lavender/pink flowers with darker centers. 90 days. UO Packet: 300 seeds $3.25, 1g $5.00

Nigella “Exotica” (Nigella hispanica) Exotica is our favorite of the Nigella family. The beautiful purple passionflower-like blooms make an outstanding and long lasting cut flower filler. Very delicate and abundant sprays with flowers that contrast from deep purple flower petals to dark purple centers to magenta stamens. Once the flowers are spent, the seed pods swell up into unusual and ornamental balloons. 18-24” tall. 75-85 days. SB Packet: 100 seeds $3.25

Salvia “Marble Arch” (Salvia viridis) The beautiful purple and pink flags on these plants are not the flowers, but very showy bracts. These sages are a delightful burst of color in the garden. The mix of purple and pink make great cut stems for unusual and striking bouquet filler. Small white flowers are not the plant’s centerpiece but cheerfully peek up from below the bracts. Long lasting stems. More purple than pink. 70 days. TR Packet: 50 seeds Please check website for current availability.

Poppy “Black Swan” (Papaver somniferum) Stunning. Deep purple verging on black poppies with finely cut, frilly petals. 4’ tall and a necessity in your garden. 80-90 days. UO Packet: 300 seeds $3.25, 1g $7.00

Poppy “California Mix” Crop failure—back in 2015.

Poppy “Cornfield” (Papaver rhoeas) We are told that these grow wild as common field weeds in the south of France. Charming. We get lettuce thistle and the French get pretty little red poppies. So. Not. Fair. A sprinkle of seeds here, a sprinkle there. Wait. Smile and feel joy. Long blooming. 55-65 days. UO Packet: 300 seeds $3.25, 1g $5.00

Salvia “Texas Hummingbird Sage”

(Salvia coccinea) This open, airy sage produces 2-3’ tall spikes of scarlet red flowers that open over a period of several weeks. Attractive to their namesake hummingbirds, these are also excellent insectary and nectary plants. Drought tolerant. 75 days. UO Packet: 50 seeds $3.25

you’ve been dreaming of if, you dream of sunflowers. 5-7’ tall and multibranching with fully double, dense 7-10” heads. Absolutely wonderful and almost identical to dwarf, single headed Teddy Bear only much taller and with copious flower heads. A terrific cut sunflower that is incredibly long lasting. Blooms a few weeks later then other sunflowers but never too late to enjoy them to their fullest. 90-110 days. CB Packet: 35 seeds 3.25, 100 seeds $8.00

**New for 2014**

Stock, “Night Scented” (Matthiola longipetala) “My goodness! Yes!” You will be so pleased by the smell of these pink, purple, and white flowers this is all you’ll be able to get out. It will attract you and the night-shift (really dawn-and-dusk shift) pollinators as well. Crepuscular pollinators. Say that 10 times fast. 12-18” bushy hardy annual. A good choice for containers, make sure to put it somewhere you spend time in the evenings. TR Packet: 500 seeds $3.25

Sunflower “Tarahumara”

(Bracteantha bracteata) Beautiful scarlet red blooms to set your garden on fire. Bright red outer petals fade to orange and yellow centers on multi-branched upright 3-4’ plants. The blooms have a dried papery texture even while fresh on the plant. Great for cut flowers, fresh and dried and beautiful in dried flower wreaths or garlic braids. 75-85 days. UO Packet: 150 seeds $3.25

*Heirloom* (H. anuus) We’ve been quite taken by this sunflower since we discovered it over a decade ago. The tall 7-8’ plants produce an single stunning flower head, with an unusual fuzzy lime green center that eventually fleshes out with seeds as it matures. Enormous heads droop downward at maturity offering some protection from birds, but its best to cover them with netting if saving for seed. Delicious white seeds. 90 days. UO Packet: 35 seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $9.00

**New for 2014**

Sweet Pea “Azureus”

Strawflower “Monstrosum Fireball”

Sunflower, Mexican “Torch”

(Lathyrus sativus) This is actually not a true sweet pea but a close relative, sometimes known as chickling vetch or a “grass pea”. The short, drought tolerant 2-2.5’ vines produce delicate nodding pea flowers of the most exquisite sky blue color. This plant is often grown as a cover crop for its’ ability to effectively fix nitrogen in a very short amount of time. Trellising, while not necessary, keeps it a bit tidier in tight spaces. Grown for animal grazing in China and India, the peas are NOT EDIBLE for humans. 6075 days. UO Packet: 50 seeds $3.25

(Tithonia diversifolia) Look at you planting flowers for the Butterflies. And Bees. And Hummingbirds. You even remembered that the wee birds of fall need something to eat. You go. Your reward for such altruism? Flaming orange flowers on fuzzy branching stems that swing and sway to 5'-7’. That's what you get. Not that you expected anything in return. Oh no, beauty and kindness are their own reward. Blooms until frost. 90-100 days. TR Packet: 50 seeds $3.25

Sunflower “Garden Anarchy Mix”

Sweet Pea “April in Paris”

(Helianthus anuus) What do you get when you let a whole slew of different sunflowers go unchaperoned in the garden all summer? Every year at Uprising Organics we grow 1520 varieties of sunflowers…gorgeous burgundies, cheery yellows, whites, bi-colors, single headed, poly headed, Russian edibleseeded, teddy bear type… We let all that diverse genetic material cross pollinate freely to bring you this mix. Expect to be surprised by an unpredictable array of various combinations. We predict the results will be stunning. UO Packet: 35 seeds $3.25, 100 seeds $6.00, 1000 $25.00

(L. odorata) Ella said it best “I never knew the charm of spring, / Never met it face to face. / I never knew my heart could sing, / Never missed a warm embrace / Till April in Paris.” When it comes to sweet peas I prize subtlety and elegance over the boisterous and what I what I often find to be somewhat gaudy. April in Paris is pure class: tall 5-6’ plants with large gently frilled, creamy white blooms, the petals just blushing to a purple fringe at the edges. While much of sweet pea breeding has been focusing on flashy looks, this represents New Zealand breeder Dr Keith Hammett’s attempt to marry the old fashioned scent to the modern sweet pea looks. The fragrance is an epiphany and will reduce you to mumbling gibberish as your body trips the fuse to your brain to focus more clearly on the olfactory bliss happening in the nose. Rare. 80 days. UO Packet: 25 seeds $3.25,

**New for 2014**

Giant Sungold (H.anuus) Wooohooo! After 2 failed attempts in different locales, superstar Idaho Seed grower Beth, at Canyon Bounty Farm has succeeded! Giant Sungold is everything

SLOW FOOD ARK OF TASTE VARIETIES

Zinnia “Salmon Rose” (Zinnia elegans) Not a year has passed when zinnias have not loudly graced our fields. “Salmon Rose” has always been our favorite but least abundant color in the mixes so we finally sought it out as a single variety. Definitely one of the more elegant and subdued of the raucously gaudy zinnia palate, it makes for an excellent cutting flower and all around cheerful beckoning of summer. 75-85 days. SB Packet: 75 seeds $3.25, 200 seeds $6.50, 500 seeds $15.00

The “Ark of Taste” was conceived at a Slow Food gathering in Torino, Italy in 1996. It is a project to identify foods with special culinary and cultural significance that are facing extinction with the industrialization of our food supply. We are pleased to offer 11 varieties this year that have been listed by RAFT (Restoring American Food Traditions) as American “Ark Foods”. *Eel River (Crane) Melon *Hutterite Bush Dry Bean *Jacob’s Cattle Bush Dry Bean *New* *Lina Cisco’s Bird Egg Dry Bean *Inchelium Red Garlic *Grandpa Admires Lettuce *Speckled Butterhead Lettuce *Tennis Ball Lettuce (crop failure in 2013) *Jimmy Nardello Pepper *Red Fig Tomato *Sheboygan Paste Tomato *Aunt Molly’s Ground Cherry These are seeds with stories to tell and in planting them we are all helping to bring a piece of our culinary heritage back to the forefront in our gardens and on our tables. We are excited to be a part of this project and will continue to explore more varieties to offer. Enjoy!

Zinnia “Benary’s Giant Mix” (Zinnia elegans) This big doubled zinnia mix has all the subtlety of a drag queen in a sequined mini-dress and is just as *fabulous*. Try as you might you cannot keep your eyes from their gorgeousness as their vortex leaves you breathless. At 3-4’ tall, 2-3’wide with 3-6” blooms there really is no escaping. Keep them cut and they will continue to stun you until frost. We suspect the original mix is a blend of separately maintained individual color types. Ours (similar to our “anarchy sunflower) is a hybridized population of all of them allowed to cross freely, so there may be some surprises! 75-85 days. SB Packet: 75 seeds $3.25

Seed Garlic

Ark of Taste Sampler

Please check the website mid-summer to earlyfall for our annual Seed Garlic offerings. We’ve been working with Kelleigh McMillan of Sowing Seeds Farm in Twisp, WA for several years to bring high quality, Northwest adapted, planting stock to market. Depending on the season, we should have a good stock of: Chesnok Red (purple stripe), Music (porcelain), Siberian (porcelain) ,and Rich’s Red (Purple Stripe)

Our sampler consists of 10 varieties that have been listed by RAFT (Restoring American Food Traditions) as American Ark foods. Sampler consists of one packet each of Hutterite Bean, Lina Cisco's Bird Egg Bean, Jacob’s Cattle Bean, Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry, Grandpa Admires Lettuce, Speckled Butterhead Lettuce, Red Fig Tomato, Sheboygan Paste Tomato, Eel River Melon, and Jimmy Nardello Sweet Frying Pepper. 10 Packets: $29.25

Seed Collections & Mixes

Insectary and Soil Builder Mix Born out of the Wild Garden insectary mix we used to sell, we’ve re-envisioned this as a complete fallow year “tonic” for part of your gardening ground. A combination of leguminous plants to replenish nitrogen, and insectary plants to provide long flowering habitat and forage for bees, pollinators, and beneficial insects. Seed heads provide winter scratch for birds. This is the next level. Grad school. Systems thinking. Permaculture. Mix contains Chickling Vetch (“Azureus”), Buckwheat, Mustards, Phacelia (“Bee’s Friend”), Calendula, Chrysanthemum, Sunflowers, Clover, Anise hyssop, Flax, Hummingbird sage and Cress... Can either be tilled in at the end of the year or left to perennialize. UO Packet: 1/4 oz $3.25, 1oz $25.00

Rowan’s Awesome Kids’ Garden Collection Sure to please selection the kids will be excited to plant, happy to tend, and thrilled to eat. Kids + Gardens = Magic! Enjoy Rowan’s favorites. 1 packet each of: Garden Anarchy Sunflower, Benary’s Giant Zinnia Mix, Dragon Carrot, Sora Radish, Dragon Langerie Bush Bean, New England Pie Pumpkin, and Sugar Snap Climbing Snap Pea. 7 Packets: $19.50

Cherry Tomato Sampler See “Cherry Tomatoes” section P.28

tivity, and a need for weight control) to serious regional and global disasters and climate change. It is a supremely optimistic as well as realistic book about how resilient gardeners and their gardens can flourish even in challenging times and help their communities to survive and thrive through everything that comes their way — from tomorrow through the next thousand years. 232p. $29.95

Grow Mushrooms! Edible Mushroom Kits from our friend Alex of Cascadia Mushrooms, a certified Organic mushroom farm here in Bellingham, WA. A fun addition to any home food production ambition. Full instructions provided with each kit.

Seed to Seed

Winecap Spawn (aka Garden Giant, King Stropharia) Portobello sized burgundy capped mushrooms. Spawn mixed with woodchips in spring to produce flushes of mushrooms from early summer on. Very easy to grow. Meaty texture and rich flavor. $20 + $4 additional shipping. Ships in March.

by Suzanne Asheworth Probably the best and most comprehensive guide to start learning about saving seed. Ashworth goes species by species for all major vegetable families with detailed notes for over 160 vegetables. A valuable addition to your garden reference shelf. Second edition. 228p. $24.95

Shitake Plugs

2014 Stella Natura Calendar The annual Biodynamic planting guide and calendar put out by Kimberton Hills Camphill Village in PA. Full of interesting articles, beautiful art, and most importantly a month by month guide to growing. The calendar indicates days best suited to various types of work and cycles of growth on the farm according to Biodynamic observations and is meant to be used in concert with your own common sense and an eye toward the weather.. We use this every year. Great as a year to year reference of sowing/ planting times, weather, and notes. This is where we annually record planting and harvest dates and notes. $14.95

Enough plugs to inoculate five 3’ logs up to 10”d. Mushrooms begin fruiting the second spring and summer and up to 10 years thereafter. Fresh cut hardwood logs required and some drilling necessary. After years of the rubberized supermarket variety, fresh cut shitakes are a revelation. 100-150 plugs. $12.00+4.00 additional shipping.

Books and Media Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties by Carol Deppe “All gardeners and farmers should be plant breeders”, says author Carol Deppe. “Developing new vegetable varieties doesn't require a specialized education, a lot of land, or even a lot of time.“ A great introduction to vegetable breeding and improvement. Scientific enough to be meaningful, down to earth enough to be understandable. 367p. $29.95

Vegetable by Vegetable: A Guide for Gardening Near the Salish Sea by Marko Colby & Hanako Myers This is a terrific reference guide to growing vegetables in the unique climate around the Puget Sound/ Straight of Georgia area. Marko and Hanako bring their experience, as market growers in the Port Townsend area, to this very accessible primer geared towards newer gardeners. Includes chapters on winter gardening, pest control, and a resource guide. 82p. $12.99

The Organic Seed Grower by John Navazio A long awaited resource, Dr. John has given us an overdue, comprehensive seed growing manual relevant to home and market scale seed saving alike. At over 400 pages it is dense with information, pictures, important ideas, and useful techniques . $49.95

**Save Your Own Seeds!** For a free and comprehensive guide to saving seed for your farm and garden as well as up to date information on the state of seeds, peruse the website of the Organic Seed Alliance: http://www.seedalliance.org/Publications/

The Resilient Gardener by Carol Deppe Both a conceptual and a hands-on gardening book, and is suitable for gardeners at all levels of experience. Resilience here is broadly conceived and encompasses a full range of problems, from personal hard times such as injuries, family crises, financial problems, health problems, and special dietary needs (gluten intolerance, food allergies, carbohydrate sensi-

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The Resiliency of Traditional Breeding There has been a tremendous public outcry over the past several years over the fear of GMOs and their implications in our food supply. This is a good thing as, in many ways, it has been the real defining issue that has allowed seeds to enter the public conversation. I am very concerned about the rise of GMO varieties, their health, social and economic impacts, but I also see them as the latest piece of a much larger trend in how we relate to our seed heritage and it is this that keeps me up at night. In the middle of the last century a new breeding paradigm, the creating and marketing of hybrid varieties, began taking over. Prior to this, the history of agriculture and the wealth of food diversity was the result of people creating relationships with the plants they ate and over time selecting qualities that were desirable. Hybridization was an inevitable part of that process, but never and end point. It was a means, both intentional and accidental, to introduce new genes into food crops and allow for new combinations of traits that could be worked with over time to improve the quality of the foods we eat. It is the relationship that is important though. Each generation inherits these seeds, a living history of interdependence between plants and people, and interprets it though the lens of the times. As insect, or drought, or disease pressure arises or nutritional needs or taste preferences change, a breadth of genetic diversity allows for resiliency and adaptation. Hybrid seeds are made when two different varieties are crossed to create a new variety, genetically stable for only a single generation, that contains and expresses (hopefully) the desirable traits from each parent. In the making of modern hybrids, the two parent lines are severely inbred to make them as genetically uniform as possible for the traits they express. But nature likes diversity (mutts are always healthier than purebreds…) so when the two different inbred parents are crossed, the sudden resulting burst of genetic diversity, creates simultaneous conditions of vigor and uniformity, the holy grail in a modern industrial system that desires both healthy plants and the ability to harvest acres of broccoli on the same day and pack peppers into boxes without wasted space. The catch here is that hybrid varieties are ephemeral. If you save and replant their seeds they will produce a broad swath of recombined genetics of the two original parents, few if any, identical to the actual hybrid itself. Because you can’t save your own seeds, and because breeding companies have no incentive to release the parent lines they are using, hybrids are really the original intellectual property protection system in the world of seeds. For each hybrid you see in a seed catalog, there is a single company with a production monopoly on that variety. Given the obvious profit incentive built into that model, these varieties and the breeding companies that produce them are increasingly being consolidated into the hands of a few. The role of many seed catalogs have followed suit shifting from regional entities closely tied to their food systems, to seed resale and marketing operations that are the misleading public face of these powerful corporations. Add variety patenting and genetic engineering into the mix and you have the wholesale profit and control driven privatization of our inherited food commonwealth. There is a fatal flaw to this system of thinking though. The ability to react and adapt to changing conditions is the key to longevity in nature. Adaptability requires diversity though, and that is exactly what is built OUT of the modern hybrid system. There is little elasticity left in the inbred parent lines to adapt to change. Yet, every time you produce the hybrid seeds you have to go back to the parents. Always back, always back with never an opportunity to move forward. Hybrid varieties thereby exist frozen in time as genetic end points. When the variety proves susceptible to a new strain of disease, a new insect, changing climatic conditions, it is back to the drawing board with breeders scrambling to find new potential parent strains that might show some resistance to the new challenge. Ironically though the rise of hybrids has been largely responsible for the greatest loss of diversity in our food system in modern history, an eroding genetic foundation upon which the system itself is built and dependent upon. We are often asked if we only sell “heirlooms” seemingly suggesting that there was some golden era in the past when things were better. In many cases it’s true. Modern breeding has focused a great deal on qualities that make food efficient to produce, but has done little to address qualities that actually make food pleasurable to eat. Plenty of old varieties do taste better, but it is also a mistake to think of them as relics of the past and unchanging. It’s our duty as seed stewards not to just preserve, but to bring old seeds into the present, and steer them into the future. Old heirlooms were at some point exciting novel varieties, and actively engaging in breeding here and now will create tomorrow’s “heirlooms”, plants that are adapted to our places and our cultural experience. This is the work that we see beginning to return to farms and this is the beauty of a food system based upon a rich diversity of open-pollinated seeds. Seeds firmly rooted in the public commons, stewarded by the people who depend on them, and able to adapt to our rapidly changing world. If there is a theme we hope you take away from this catalog it is that our food system is strongest when it’s relationships are. Our relationships with food traditions. Our relationships with farmers and farm laborers. Our relationship to the seed heritage we are heirs to. Our relationship to the seed legacy we leave our kids. ~Brian Campbell 40

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Some New Varieties for 2014

Ho Lan Dow Snow Pea p. 20

January King Cabbage p. 10

Carbon Tomato p. 29

Potimarron Winter Squash p. 26

Giant Sungold Sunflower p. 37

Mandan Red Clay p. 12

Feuer Kugel p. 8

Dakota Black Popcorn p. 13

Padron Pepper p. 21

Planting Chart for the Maritime Northwest

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