2016 Catalog of Heirloom, Untreated, Non-Hybrid, Non-GMO Seeds
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S OF C ED ER R T D IF N I E U D H O R E G D I A S N N I I C S V E I A T R E 2016 Catalog of Heirloom, Untreated, Non-Hybrid, Non-GMO Seeds I From the Director By growing the seeds and plants in this catalog, you are making a commitment to preserving heirloom varieties. Seed Savers Exchange helped start the heirloom seed And you are joining a community of gardeners devoted to movement back in 1975, long before people knew what an maintaining our gardening heritage for future generations. heirloom vegetable was. It is worth noting that our goals are as relevant today as they were back then: Grow. Save. Share. Inside you will find helpful information on growing and saving seeds of many plant • Conduct research on marketplace varieties. types. Create your own family collection of seeds and • Disseminate information through education. become a part of our network of seed keepers. • Locate and preserve heirloom varieties. Each of us has an important role to play in maintaining genetic diversity. Thank you for joining this effort. • Create a network of growers devoted to preserving heirlooms. John Torgrimson Executive Director 2 | Copyright 2015 by Seed Savers Exchange, Inc. All Rights Reserved. INDEX Apple . 10–13 Artichoke . .14 Arugula . 36 Asian Greens . 36 Bean . 14–17 Beet . 20 Books . 106–108, 113, 115 Broccoli . 21 Brussels Sprouts . 21 Cabbage . 21 Carrot . 22 Caterpillar . 44 Cauliflower . 21 Celery . 22 Collard . 23 Corn . 24–25 Cucumber . 28–30 Eggplant . 31 Endive . 36 Flowers . 91–98 Garden Huckleberry . 44 Garlic . 32–33 Gourd . 34 Ground Cherry . 44 Herbs . 100–104 Kale . 35 Kohlrabi . 35 Leek . 45 Lettuce . 37–41 Lima Bean . 18 Melon . 42–44 Mustard . 36 Okra . 47 Onion . 45 Order Form . 59–61 Pea . 46–47 Pepper . 48–53 Potato . 62–63 Prairie . 86–87 Radish . 54–55 Retail Seed Racks . 109 Runner Bean . .18 Seed Savers Exchange staff in the Diversity Garden Rutabaga . 55 Safe Seed Pledge . 105 Salsify . 55 Seed Collections . 99 Planting/Seed Saving Guide .110–112 Seed Savers Products . 114 Seed Savers Publications . 113, 115 Seed Saving Supplies . 108 Shallot . 55 We're happy to debut a new logo this year in our catalog, one Sorghum . 25 Soybean . 18 that encompasses our vibrant membership and mission as well Spinach . 64 as our experience connecting people wanting to grow and share Squash . 66–70 heirloom seeds. Sunberry . 44 Sunflower . 88–89 Thank you for your continued care and interest in our work. Swiss Chard . 65 Tomatillo . 65 Tomato . 74–82 Satisfaction Guaranteed Transplants . 72–73 Your seeds have been germination tested and found to meet or exceed the Federal standards for interstate commerce. Turnip . 55 printed on recycled paper with soy ink. with soy printed on recycled paper We will be happy to honor all reasonable requests for replacement/reimbursement due to poor germination, Watermelon . 84–85 or due to concerns you may have about other plants or products from this year's catalog. Copyright 2015 by Seed Savers Exchange, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | 3 A NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY Seed Savers Exchange At our farm near Decorah, Iowa, we protect more than 20,000 varieties of vegetables and fruits by growing them, saving and sharing the seeds, and storing those seeds in our underground seed vault. Our mission is to conserve and promote America’s culturally diverse but endangered garden and food crop heritage for future generations by collecting, growing, and sharing heirloom seeds and plants. 4 | www.seedsavers.org PROTECTING FOOD DIVERSITY with your Support Our seed vault is important, but it isn’t enough. We rely on thousands of gardeners like you to grow and save seeds too - to protect rare varieties, to share seeds with friends and neighbors, and to adapt seeds to garden conditions across the country. This catalog gives you everything you need to participate in our work: heirloom and heritage seeds, inspiring stories, seed saving supplies, and educational resources. Together, our seed vault and your garden can protect food diversity for generations to come. Phone: 563-382-5990 | 5 The Heritage Farm Collection How a family heirloom is introduced to ince our first seed catalog offering in the Seed Savers Exchange Catalog S1994, we have included rare, heritage varieties from our seed bank and shared Generations of selection and care result in a the stories behind these seeds. It was not long ago that the seed industry considered UNIQUE SEED VARIETY heirloom varieties unmarketable and it is those attitudes that allowed fine, historic varieties like ‘Halbert Honey’ watermelon Seeds are re-grown to Over to disappear from the marketplace (see page • Increase stock in our Variety enters 9). This year, we are pleased to re-introduce SSE’s Collection seed bank via donation 1,000 • Display in our gardens this watermelon along with several family Collection heirlooms from our Heritage Farm Collection or the seed • Evaluate for height, size, exchange varieties flavor and color never before made widely available. were grown • Share with members Preservation of these seeds and the stories in 2015 through the seed exchange behind them depends on people who grow food, place it on their tables, and save seed for the next season. Thank you for participating in this vital tradition and supporting Seed Savers Exchange. Certain varieties are selected for introduction to non-members (Offered as a special edition for one year in the catalog) Grown out for the catalog (1-2 years) Seeds d d ee s See s S Purchased by Seeds Farmers HOME buy large quantities of seed GARDENERS sow seeds, Retail Locations harvest food, buy seed packets to Arugula save and share sell to home growers ‘Enrico Rao’ Eruca sativa seeds through • Dark green, oval-shaped leaves the seed • Peppery but slightly sweet flavor with succulent texture Seed Companies • Quick to bolt in summer - best grown in the fall exchange buy seeds to distribute This family heirloom arugula was passed down from Enrico Rao to his grandson Ric. Enrico immigrated to the United States as a boy from Ali Superiore, Sicily and was later drafted to serve in the U.S. Army during World Some seeds go on to become favorites in the SSE Catalog, War I. He was wounded and, while hospitalized in Paris, while others continue to be offered through the seed exchange granted leave to visit his Sicilian family who gave him the and maintained in our collection. seeds of this arugula to take home to the United States. ______________________________________________________________________________________ _0106____________________________________________________________________________________ Seed Packet (250 seeds) $3.75 6 | www.seedsavers.org ‘BrinkerBean Carrier’ Phaseolus vulgaris • Pole beans that require trellising and mature mid-season • Tender, nearly stringless snap beans grow to 5” long • Large, white dry beans have buttery texture Fred Brinker of West Virginia donated this bean to SSE. His great- grandparents, Jerome and Hepzibah Brinker, grew it in Mason County, WV during the late 1800s and after 4 generations, the Brinker family still grows the bean. They shared the variety with their neighbors the Carrier family. In the 1950s, the Brinkers thought that the bean variety had been lost, but it was restored to them by the Carriers, hence the shared name. It can be used as a snap bean for canning and freezing, a shelling bean, and as a dry bean. __________________________________________________________________________________ _0108_________________________________________________________________________________ Seed Packet (50 seeds) $3.75 “We are glad you can help us keep the bean seed from being lost.” FRED BRINKER Celery ‘Pink Plume’ Apium graveolens • Small, compact plants with an abundance of stalks and leaves • Dark purple blush of color on inner stalks and leaf tips • Thin, solid stalks are sweet with an intense fennel-like flavor In 1894 the Peter Henderson & Co. seed house of New York introduced Pink Plume celery. Its beautiful appearance and intense flavor inspired gardeners and seed companies to add it to their collections. By 1903 over 100 seed houses across North America were offering this variety. ____________________________________________________________________________ _0110____________________________________________________________________________ Seed Packet (250 seeds) $3.75 “The most beautiful celery that ever graced a table.” Image from the 1894 PETER HENDERSON & CO., 1894 Peter Henderson catalog Cowpea ‘Michels’ Vigna unguiculata • Green pods grow to 8-10” with 10-20 seeds per pod • Cream-colored seeds with brown mottling • Sprawling vines with purple flowers, matures mid-season Audrey Kreutzer of Kansas shared this variety of cowpea with Seed Savers Exchange around 1990. Her brother, Vince Michels, collected seeds from a Tennessee field that his army unit passed by in 1941 while on maneuvers marching from Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri to Tennessee. He mailed the seeds home to his father, Fred Michels, in Earling, Iowa. It became a family favorite, used in bean soup, and grown for many years. ______________________________________________________________________________________ _0113_____________________________________________________________________________________ Seed Packet (50 seeds) $3.75 Phone: 563-382-5990 | 7 Lettuce ‘Grandma Hadley’s’ Lactuca sativa • Butterhead with heavy dark purple tinge on leaf edges • Moderate sized plants grow to 6” tall by 11” in diameter • Buttery and crisp leaves are slightly sweet Pam Andrew of Arizona received this variety of lettuce in the 1980s from her great-aunt, Flossie Cramer, of Crawford County, IL. Flossie remembered her own grandmother, Emma Hadley, growing the lettuce when Flossie was a child (around 1915). Pam donated the seeds of this variety to Seed Savers Exchange in 1988; it was a family favorite used in a wilted lettuce salad with hot bacon dressing. __________________________________________________________________________________ _0114_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Seed Packet (250 seeds) $3.75 Hot Bacon Dressing for Grandma Hadley’s Lettuce 1. Fry your bacon until it is crisp, then crumble and set aside and save the drippings.