Seeds for MHS Seed Sale 2021 Many, but not all, varieties reference a photo. The number preceding the variety is the photo number. Simply click the variety to go to the page containing the photo. Seeds are $2 per package or 3 packages for $5. Please contact Kate Aucoin to place your order. She can be reached at [email protected] or 613-701-3153. Quantities may be limited.

Seed Type Variety Description  – beefsteak 9-Aunt Ruby's German Green 5” green and extremely tasty, prolific, indeterminate heirloom plants 1-Black Russian 4” deep pinky-red on prolific indeterminate plants, very flavourful 2-Carolina Gold 4” tasty golden slicing tomato on productive plants

4- 4-6” large dark red very delicious, prolific, indeterminate plants 6-Corazon de Buey (Red 4” orange-red oxheart, great flavour, prolific Spanish Oxheart) indeterminate plants, origin Spain 8-Cowlick's Pink 4-5” pink with lovely balanced flavour, prolific indeterminate plants 3-Krumovgrad Beefsteak 4-6” red and winner of 2 taste tests against 20 other heirlooms! indeterminate plants, origin Bulgaria 19-Red Brandywine 5-6” large pinky red with fabulous flavour on prolific, indeterminate plants Rosa Oscuro Andalucia 4-5” red, tasty beefsteak, indeterminate prolific plants, origin Spain *Tomato – specialty 13-– Kapuler line 5” long red tomatoes and up to 1/2 lb, excellent for heirloom sauce or eating, indeterminate plants 16-Yellow Oxheart Bulgarian 2-3” small yellow oxheart great for slicing into salads, robust prolific plants. 25-Reif Red Heart Red oxheart type

15- 2-3” peach coloured with unusual lightly furry skin, wonderful taste, great cut up in salads, prolific 14-Kenosha Paste 4-5” long red with great taste, very productive indeterminate plants, great in salads or sauce 20-Reisetomate 4-5” extremely lobed red with great flavour, lobes easily pull apart for salads, prolific plants, rare, unique *Tomato – salad 12-Black Cherry Indeterminate plants with many 1-1.5” round to oval type heirlooms deep mahogany to brown tomatoes with irregular greenish striping, great balanced flavour 11-Brad's Atomic Grape 1.5” long multicoloured red, black, yellow and green very unique and great flavour, prolific indeterminate

 indicates seed to be discussed at upcoming Starting Seeds Indoors virtual demo on March 27th plants

18-Matt's Wild Cherry 1/2” small red cherry with fabulous flavour on prolific plants, garden candy! 17-Naxos Cherry Red 1” red cherry with exceptional flavour, indeterminate prolific plants, origin Naxos Island, Greece 7-Red Currant 1/3” very small red garden candy on large indeterminate productive plants 10-Red Grape 1” red really good flavour for salads, prolific plants

21-Sara's Galapagos Cherry 1/2” small red cherry delicious flavour on prolific plants, garden candy! Tommy Toe Abundant 1” red cherry with complex flavour

26-Yellow Currant Very small 1/3” yellow garden candy on large indeterminate productive plants 5-Yellow Pear 1.5” long yellow pear-shaped on very large, vining, indeterminate plants, huge # of fruit, from 1800s Pepper – sweet 27-Jimmy Nardello Italian Abundant up to 8” long slim red sweet peppers on heirlooms prolific plants 22-Sweet Banana Pepper Long 5-6” tapered sweet pepper yellow to red on prolific plants *Pepper – hot 28-Gypsy Pepper (hot) 4-5” long red cayenne type, hot, very prolific, from heirlooms Bulgarian Bulgaria Mystery pepper Likely hot

Okhrey Himalayan Pepper 2.5” red cayenne type, moderate heat, very prolific plants, from Sikkim India, 10,000 ft elev. Ravangla Himalayan Pepper 2-3” red cayenne type, hot, produces lots of peppers, from Sikkim India Serrano Very hot Mexican pepper, long narrow red

29-Tibetan Lhasa (hot) 4” red narrow hot pepper, heavy producer

Beans – bush Black Turtle Dried black beans heirlooms Dutch Brown Dried brown beans

41-Magpie Bean Green snap beans or dried

Royal Burgundy 6” purple snap bean

Six Nations Snap bean or dried

Yellow Eyed Dry golden/white bean

Beans – 45-Mayflower Dried Bean Colourful dried beans Climbing/Pole

 indicates seed to be discussed at upcoming Starting Seeds Indoors virtual demo on March 27th heirlooms

40-Cherokee Trail of Tears Green snap bean, huge producer well into fall on tall vines Scarlet Runner Dried or shelled bean, red flowers are ornamental

Herbs Parsley

Cilantro

Sweet Basil heirloom Prolific producer on 12-18” plants *38-Blue Spice Basil Heavy fragrance with spicy vanilla overtones.

Dill

Annual Flowers 37-Calendula Orange pot marigold – edible flowers – on 1-1.5' plants *Barbara's Marigolds

*Marigold Mix

*39-Dwarf French Marigold Multi-petalled orange with red markings, abundant (Durango Bolero type) blooms on 10” bushy plants *34-Snapdragon-Panorama Vigorous 2' plants, multicoloured blooms, excellent cut flower Salad vegetables 35-Grand Rapids Leaf Lettuce Pale green frilly leaves

Lettuce Buttercrunch Succulent tender leaves in a head

44-Osaka Purple Mustard 1' tall mild mustard plants, use purple leaves for salads 36-Japanese Parsley Perennial plants with attractive white flowers, use (Mitsuba) leaves in salads Other Vegetables 31-Chinese Pink Celery Brilliant pink celery, eye catching

Corn – Peaches and Cream Bicolour mid season variety

Cucumber - Pickling Compact Bush plant

Cucumber - Pickling Vining

Melon – Kiku Small Japanese melon, early producer with mellow Chrysanthemum fruit Mystery Cucumber Likely pickling

Mystery Pumpkin Probably Casper (white)

23-Casper Pumpkin 10lb white pumpkins

42-Kakai Pumpkin Striking gold and black striped 5lb pumpkins

 indicates seed to be discussed at upcoming Starting Seeds Indoors virtual demo on March 27th 43-Japanese Wasabi Radish Large Round Japanese Wasabi radish, very pungent

30-Golden Snow Pea Rare climber, prolific Himalayan Spaghetti Squash

Tomatillo Great for salsa Verde

33-Purple Tomatillo Great for salsa Verde with purple fruit

Turnip Purple Prince Bright purple shoulders and white bottoms, high yielding 32-Black Mountain 8lb sweet fruit, very early producer, rare variety Watermelon 24-Zucchini Mutabile Early producer, dark green fruit on bush plants

Asparagus Asparagus 2018-20, 5 Seeds

Beans Purple Pole Beans 2018-20, 10 Seeds

Indian Woman Pole 2018-20, 10 Seeds

Green Bush 2017-18, 10 Seeds

Scarlet Runner 2018, 10 Seeds

Cantaloupe 48 2018-20, 5 Seeds

Ground Cherries Aunt Molly’s Ground Cherries 2020, 10 Seeds

Pumpkin Large 2020, 3 Seeds

Pie 2020, 4 Seeds

*Peppers Mini- Green & Yellow 2019, 10 Seeds

Sweet Long Green-Red 2019-20, 10 Seeds

Hungarian Yellow Wax (hot) 2019-20, 10 Seeds

Hungarian Yellow Sweet 2019-20, 10 Seeds Banana Jalapeno (hot) 2019-20, 10 Seeds

Green Bell Peppers 2020, 10 Seeds

Parsley Giant Italian coated non- 2020, 5 Seeds GMO from Mackenzie Squash 48-Acorn 2019-20, 5 Seeds

Ornamental 2019, 10-15 Seeds

Butternut 2020, 5 Seeds

*Tomatoes Krumovgrad Beef 2018-20, 5 Seeds Carolina Gold 2018-20, 5 Seeds

Yellow Pear 2018-20, 5 Seeds

Roma 5 Seeds

Quarter Pounder 5 Seeds

Naxos Cherry 5 Seeds

Aunt Ruby’s German 5 Seeds

Orange Grape 5 Seeds

Coeur de Boeuf 5 Seeds

Tomberry Red & Yellow 2021, 5 Seeds

Watermelon 48- Sugarbaby 2018-20, 5 Seeds

Zucchini Dark Green 2020, 5 Seeds

Allium tall perennial 2020, 10 Seeds

Anise hyssop lavender colour edible flower 2018-20, 10-15 Seeds

Aster mixed colours annual 2 ft, 2018-20, 10-15 Seeds

Blue Fescue ornamental grass 12-15 in, 2018-19, 15-20 Seeds

Black eyed Susan 46-mixed colours 2018-19, 20-30 Seeds

Calendula yellow-orange self seeds 2018-19, 20-30 Seeds annual Cosmos mixed colours 2-3 ft, 2017-20, 15-20 Seeds

Datura 46-white trumpet flower self seeds, 2-3 ft tall& wide, 2019-20, 25+ Seeds

Echinacea purple cone flower 2-3 ft, 2019-20, 20-30 Seeds

Globe thistle 3 ft, 2018,10-15 Seeds

Gaillardia 46-Indian banket flower red- Spreader, 2019, 20 Seeds orange yellow Hollyhock MIXED COLOURS Biannual, 2018, 10 Seeds

Lupins purple, white 2ft, 2018-19, 20-30 Seeds

 Marigold 47-FRENCH mixed, orange 2017-20, 20-30 Seeds gold Maltese Cross dainty red flower 12 in., 2019, 10 Seeds

Milkweed for monarch butterflies self seeding, 2-3 ft, 2018-19, 10 Seeds

 indicates seed to be discussed at upcoming Starting Seeds Indoors virtual demo on March 27th Millet 48-purple spikes birds love 3-4 ft, 2018-20, 10-15 Seeds the seeds Poppies Oriental, perennial 1 ft, 2018-20, 20-30 Seeds

Phlox mixed pastel colours annual 2 ft, 2018-19, 10-15 Seeds

Sunflower giant up to 10 ft 48, 2019-20, 10 Seeds

small multi headed 4-5 ft, 10 Seeds

Zinnias green gold 15”, 2018-20, 10-20 Seeds

47-Orange 10-20 Seeds

lime green 2018, 10-20 Seeds

purple 2020, 10-20 Seeds

yellow 2020, 10-20 Seeds

California giant -mixed 2019, 10 Seeds

red 2020, 10-20 Seeds

Illustrations of Selected MHS Seed Sale Varieties (2021)

2-Carolina Gold 1-Black Russian 9-Aunt Ruby's German Green 8-Cowlick's Pink Brandywine

17-Naxos Cherry 16-Yellow Oxheart 5-Yellow Pear 15-Garden Peach 14-Kenosha Paste

3-Krumovgrad Beefsteak 7-Red Currant 6-Corazon de Buey 4-Cherokee Purple

10-Red Grape 11-Brad's Atomic Grape 12-Black Cherry 13-Amish Paste

31-Chinese Pink Celery 30-Golden Snow Pea 32-Black Mountain Watermelon 33-Purple Tomatillo

29-Tibetan Lhasa (hot) 28-Gypsy Pepper (hot) 22-Sweet Banana Pepper 27-Jimmy Nardello Italian

26-Yellow Currant 25-Reif Red Heart 24-Zucchini Mutabile 23-Casper Pumpkin

18-Matt's Wild Cherry 21-Sara's Galapagos 20-Reisetomate 19-Red Brandywine 48-Giant Sunflower, Cantaloupe, Baby Watermelon, Acorn Squash, 47-French Dwarf Zinnias & Marigolds 46-Gaillardia, Datura, Rudbeckia Cucumber, Purple Millet, Mums

45-Mayflower Dried Bean 36-Japanese Parsley 35-Grand Rapids Leaf Lettuce 44-Osaka Purple Mustard

43-Japanese Wasabi Radish 42-Kakai Pumpkin 41-Magpie Bean 40-Cherokee Trail of Tears

39-Dwarf French Marigold 37-Calendula 38-Blue Spice Basil 34-Snapdragon-Panorama