Vegetables | Order Seed, Plants & Plugs and Tags by phone at 800.380.4721 or online at germaniaseed For many of you, this is your favorite section! Vegetables, Veggies, Edibles or whatever you call them, have been expand- ing wildly over the last few years. So many customers are diving straight into your vegetable departments - whether that be HOT peppers, the biggest tomato, the best tasting tomato or just anything with Heirloom on it. We are very excited about the additions and selections we have brought you over the past few years and below is just a few. Many of these new items were requests from YOU, the customer. WE do not claim to have any special powers over selection, but would rather give the customer what they want. Thanks for all of the help sorting thru your old and maybe new favorites. Remember - more pictures are available online at www.germaniaseed.com and we are working to make picture tags available for all of thse items in bundles of 100. If you do not see what you need - always feel free to give us a call or send an email and we will try and source it for you. Thank you again for your continued confidence and interest - we know you have many choices when placing your orders, THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUSINESS! It is our desire to offer our customers only the finest strains available. In maintaining these standards, we contract with only the most reliable and experienced breeders and growers to supply us with high quality seed. By maintaining these high standards, we pledge to serve you to the best of our ability. The varieties we are listing are available for bedding plant production only, not for commercial production purposes. Heirlooms . They are the antiques of the seed world. These treasures are always non-hybrids and are open pollinated with a long history of selection. Many are the base in which the F-1 Hybrid of today were established. They are prized for their flavor, hardiness, color, yield, and disease resitance. “Old Fashioned” varieties are very popular today after being passed from generation to generation and reflect back to an individuals heritage. They are what our relatives grew a hundred or more years ago. New Vegetables for 2018 & 2019 · Arugula, Simply Salad Arugula (8190MP) · Pepper, Sweet Candy Cane Red (8104) · Tomato Ukranian Purple (8378) · Bitter Melon Short Fruited (7541) · Pepper, Sweet Habanada (8149) · Tomato, Small Fruited Baby Roma (8377) · Broccoli Artwork (7544) · Pepper, Sweet Jimmy Nardello’s (8148) · Tomato, Small Fruited Blush (8497) · Corn, Sweet Jubilation (yellow) (8113) · Pepper, Sweet Melrose (7966) · Tomato, Small Fruited Bumble Bee Pink (8494) · Corn, Sweet Super Surprise (bicolor) (8112) · Pepper, Sweet Pepperoncini · Tomato, Small Fruited · Cress, Simply Salad Cress (8191MP) (Greek Golden) (8098) Bumble Bee Purple (8495) · Cucumber, Burpless Suyo Long (7703) · Pepper, Sweet Shishito (8154) · Tomato, Small Fruited Bumble Bee Sunrise (8496) · Cucumber, Burpless Tasty Green (7705) · Pepper, Sweet Snackabelle Red (8155) Tomato, Small Fruited Cherry Falls (8375) · Cucumber, Pickling White Miniature (7704) · Pumpkin Jack Of All Trades (8103) · Tomato, Small Fruited · Cucumber, Slicing Gateway (7644) · Spinach New Zealand (8213) · Chocolate Cherry (8385) · Cucumber, Slicing Slice More (7706) · Spinach Red Malabar (8214) Tomato, Small Fruited Geranium Kiss (8374) · Cucumber, Slicing Summer Dance (7643) · Squash Butterbaby (8120) · Tomato, Small Fruited Eggplant Night Shadow (7706) · Squash Sugarette (8102) · · Hartman’s Yellow Gooseberry (8382) Lettuce Merlot (dark red) (7819) · Squash, Zucchini Green Griller (8105) · Tomato, Small Fruited Strawberry Alexandria (8108) · · Lettuce, Simply Salad · Indigo Blue Berries (8386) Summer Picnic Blend (8192MP) · Strawberry Temptation (8101) · Tomato, Small Fruited · Lettuce, Simply Salad · Strawberry White Soul (8106) Indigo Gold Berries (8390) Wonder Wok Blend (8193MP) Strawberry Yellow Wonder (8107) · · Tomato, Small Fruited Isis Candy (8391) · Muskmelon, Cantaloupe · Tomato Aunt Rubys German Green (8384) Pride Of Wisconsin (7832) · Tomato-Small Fruited Little Bing (8482) · Tomato Big Zac (8393) Pepper, Hot Aji Rico (8156) · Tomato, Small Fruited Mexico Midget (8380) · · Tomato Fire (8554) Pepper, Hot Carolina Reaper (8157) · Tomato-Small Fruited Midnight Snack (8480) · · Tomato Gold Medal (8383) Pepper, Hot Flaming Jade (8165) · Tomato, Small Fruited Mint Julep (8556) · · Tomato Jersey Devil (8381) Pepper, Hot Habanero Primero Red (8152) · Tomato, Small Fruited Pink Tiger (8490) · · Tomato Little Sicily (8538) Pepper, Hot Lemon Drop (8167) · Tomato, Small Fruited Rosso Sicilian (8376) · · Tomato Marzano Fire (8555) Pepper, Hot Mexican Sunrise · Tomato, Small Fruited Spike (8498) · · Tomato Mrs. Maxwell’s Big Italian (8373) (hungarian) (8166) · Tomato, Small Fruited Super Sweet 100 (8552) · Tomato Mushroom Basket (8379) Tomato, Small Fruited · Pepper, Hot Red Ember (cayenne) (8150) · · Tomato Paisano (8557) Sweet N Neat Cherry Red (8388) · Pepper, Hot Red Peter Pepper (8158) · Tomato Paul Robeson (8387) Tomato, Small Fruited Sweet Pea (8553) · Pepper, Hot Roulette (habanero) (8151) · · Tomato Rugged Boy (8435) Tomato, Small Fruited Sweet Treat (8389) · Pepper, Mild Jalapeno M (8083) · · Tomato Ten Fingers Of Naples (8517) Tomato, Small Fruited Tommy Toe (8500) · Pepper, Mild Mad Hatter (8084) · · Tomato Tidy Rose (8539) Tomato-Small Fruited Tumbler (8407) · Pepper, Mild Tricked You (fooled you) (8153) · 106 Order Seed, Plants & Plugs and Tags by phone at 800.380.4721 or online at germaniaseed | Vegetables VEGETABLES ARTICHOKE BEANS BEANS (continued) 650 sds/oz 14 days 100 sds/oz TENDERGREEN - 7520 For the best germination, soak seeds in Plant beans in rows 2 ft. apart. 1 lb. will 70 S. 53 days. Bush habit, stringless. 6 warm water for 4-6 days before sowing. plant a 50 ft. row. Space 4 x 18 in. when in. pods are rich green and outstanding in Attractive, ornamental perennial with edible direct seeding, about 75 lbs per acre. tenderness and rich flavor. Ideal for canning or freezing. Disease resistant. flower buds. Needs winter protection from BLUE LAKE POLE - 7517 severe freezing conditions. Herbalists 60 days. Pods are round, smooth, meaty 2 oz. - $6.90 4 oz. - $10.50 believe artichokes are useful in treating and slow to develop seed. Stringless pods 8 oz. - $17.15 1 LB. - $32.30 indigestion, liver protective properties and capture a rich, distinctive flavor. Cooks up (15Z8) cholesterol reducer. tender with full-bodied flavor. Great fresh or YARD LONG BEAN - 7530 frozen and yields plenty for canning. GREEN GLOBE - 7511 200 S. 78 days. Graceful, 16-20 in. long, dark green pods. No bigger than the diameter $ 650 S. Large edible flower heads. Ferny BUSH ROMA II - 7509 of a pencil. Stringless, sweet, and richly thistle-like foliage is also useful in the 85 S. 56 days. An attractive Romano bush flavored for steaming, curries and stir-fry. landscape. Under ideal conditions they can bean that delivers savory kitchen garden Use a tall trellis. Black seeds. be harvested the second year. Steam them flavor, tender pods, and impressive yields. and they are great for dipping in butter Vigorous 20 in. plants produce large 6 in., 100 sds - $6.90 200 sds - $10.80 or sauces. medium-green, smooth, flat beans that are 500 sds - $18.90 1,000 sds - $30.70 2,000 sds - $56.00 (28B8) 100 sds - $6.90 200 sds - $9.40 slow to develop seed or tough strings. That 500 sds - $16.10 1,000 sds - $25.70 means a longer period of optimum eating BEETS 2,000 sds - $46.40 (28A8) quality. One of the very best canning white seeded Romanos. 1,200 sds/oz 75° 15 days ARUGULA, SIMPLY SALAD For the best germination, cover seeds lightly BUSH ROMANO - 7508 after sowing. Space rows 18-24 in. apart. 4 60 S. 59 days. Produces wide, flat, ARUGULA-(MULTI-SEED) - 8190MP ozs. for a 175 ft. row. About 10 lbs. per acre, Y stringless pods up to 6 in. long with rich, real New for 2018 30-45 days. Quick to establish bean flavor. Compact plants bear until frost, when direct seeding. Beets are delicious, tops and can be harvested at a young leaf size holds pods well off the ground. Excellent for are excellent when cooked for greens. Beets for a mild, nutty flavor. Leaves become canning and freezing. are known to promote a diuretic washing spicy as they mature or are exposed to high action via the liver and kidneys. High in iron temperatures. Upright type is perfect for BUSH ROYAL BURGUNDY - 7507 content that serves as a strong agent for bunching. Leaves have a mixture of lobes 105 S. 55 days. This bean is absolutely flushing away fatty deposits and impurities. and smooth shapes that is perfect for gorgeous. Violet-purple outside and bright salads or braising. PRESION MULTI-SEED green inside. Fun for kids to grow and has DETROIT DARK RED - 7523 PELLET assures a high level of uniformity of great flavor. The 6 in. long pods turn green 2,000 S. Heirloom. 55 days. The most germination, making this a great variety for after cooking, providing a built in blanching popular garden variety. Perfectly round use in hydroponic systems. indicator. Upright, 24 in. tall plants hold 3 in. fruits have striking deep red flesh 50 sds - $6.90 100 sds - $10.95 their pencil-shaped pods off the ground. thats incredibly sweet. Baby beets make 250 sds - $20.35 500 sds - $31.40 Performs exceptionally well under cool excellent eating and harvesting them helps 1,000 sds - $53.85 (26A8) conditions. Rich, delicious bean flavor. promote the growth of the remaining beets. Each of the above: (15Z8) 2 oz. - $6.90 1/2 oz. - $6.90 1 oz. - $10.50 ASPARAGUS 4 oz. - $10.50 8 oz. - $17.15 2 oz. - $17.15 4 oz. - $35.30 1,500 sds/oz 1 LB. - $32.30 - $ 8 oz. - $62.50 (11Z8) For the best germination, soak seeds in warm JADE BUSH II - 7516 water for 4-6 days before sowing.