1 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under the HEAVENLY SEEDlaw but LLC under grace. Romans 6:14 206 North Fork Drive, Anderson, South Carolina 29621 Telephone: 864-650-5306 WEB: www.heavenlyseed.net EMAIL: [email protected] 2017 Catalog Prices valid until 9-1-2017 Mike Watkins, Owner Welcome! Our goal is to provide the highest quality garden seed, ARTICHOKE Green Globe 88 days. Perennial Heirloom grown by flower seed, sweet potato plants and “Pussy Willow” cuttings at Thomas Jefferson. Sharp spines and globe-shaped heads. Transplant into affordable prices to home gardeners. Owner, Mike Watkins has over the garden after the last frost, cut back in the fall and mulch to protect from forty years of experience in the seed industry. Mike and his wife Pattie the cold. PKT (50) $2 manage and operate the family business. ASPARAGUS Mary Washington Heirloom introduced by USDA in Enclosed is information on vegetables, Heirloom vegetables, herbs, 1949. Spears are uniform, tender, thick, heavy, straight, dark green with flowers, sweet potato plants and pussy willow cuttings available for purplish tip. 3-4 years to establish, first picking in 2 years PKT (300) $2 spring 2017 planting. For more detailed descriptions of each variety, please visit our web site. GREEN BEANS Blue Lake 274 Snap (Bush) 54 days. Heirloom Excellent eating quality. Produces heavy yields of 6” pods containing white We are very happy to offer seed of several non-hybrid vegetable varieties seeds. Pods fill slowly retaining tenderness for a long period. Resistant to from the Heirloom Collection of Dr. David Bradshaw (Retired) Horticulture bean mosaic and is widely adapted. An excellent variety for canning and Dept., Clemson University. Professor, researcher, speaker and avid freezing. PKT (100) $2 ½ LB $5 gardener, Dr. Bradshaw has been collecting heirloom varieties for over fifty years. Contender (Bush) Heirloom 42 days. 1949 Clemson University & USDA release. Combination of good flavor, disease resistance, and high yields. Many of the varieties we offer were developed by state agricultural Has excellent fresh eating quality. Fairly hardy under adverse conditions. experiment stations and USDA plant breeders nationwide. We also offer Resistant to common bean mosaic virus (race 1) and tolerant of powdery several outstanding varieties released by private companies as well as mildew. PKT (100) $2 ½ LB $5 many varieties that have been organically grown. Look for the Organic and/or Heirloom following the variety name. All varieties are open- Dwarf Horticulture Taylor Bush (65 days) AKA "Speckled Bays" or pollinated unless designated “Hybrid”. Some hybrid seed may be treated "Cranberry Bean". Pre-1800 Heirloom. Thick and flat 5-6" pods are mottled with a fungicide to enhance germination. with red in the shell stage. Use as green shell bean or as a dry bean. Does ALL THE SEED WE SELL ARE NON GMO. well in cool climates. PKT (100) $2 ½ LB $5 All variety information presented is based on average performance compiled Golden Wax Bush 50-60 days. Flat yellow wax, fairly stringless pods. from numerous sources. Varietal performance can be expected to vary Good flavor, eat fresh or can. PKT (100) $2 ½ LB $5 depending on geographic location, time of planting, climate, soil and cultural practices. We suggest you contact your local extension agent to Mascotte (Bush) 2014 AAS Winner. Dwarf 16”-18” upright plants excellent determine if a variety is adapted to your area and for detailed planting for patio containers. 6” long round, stringless beans with medium green instructions. color. Resistance to anthracnose & pseudomonas. PKT (25) $2 Tolerance/resistance T/R indicates the ability of the plant to endure or Provider (Bush) 50 days. Pods are round, medium dark green. 5-6" pods, restrict the activities of a specific pest or pathogen. Some diseases can tender, low in fiber and slow to wilt. Performs well under temperature change from one year to the next; therefore T/R can vary from year to year. extremes. Excellent disease resistance. Compact 20” plants. Released Aggressiveness of the pathogen, amount of pathogen present, and 1965 by Clemson Univ/USDA. Organic PKT (100) $3 environmental conditions influence degree of T/R. New races or strains may also occur. Roma II (Bush) 59 days. A high yielding, disease-resistant, “Italian type” snap bean, Roma II is stringless, tender, meaty and flavorful. Has light All of our seed and plants are produced under strict standards to insure they green, smooth, flat 4-6 inch pods. Slow to develop seed and fiber, ensuring are true to type and have good germination. Sweet potato plants will be high eating quality for three weeks or longer. Superb for canning and shipped as noted in Mid-May to early June. Availability of all seed and freezing. PKT (100) $2 ½ LB $5 plants is subject to production and demand. In the event we are out of a variety we will substitute a similar variety or refund your money for that item. Royalty Purple Pod (Bush) 52 days. Produces 5” round, stringless, purple- Check our web page for updates on availability and changes. You podded snap beans. Plants have short runners and need either wide row may also order securely online using your credit card or PayPal spacing or a fence for climbing. Heirloom Organic PKT (100) $3 account. Thank you for your order! Tendergreen (Bush) 52 to 54 days. Heirloom introduced in 1922. Tolerant NOTE: PKT = Packet (approximate number of seed) to mosaic. Vines medium large, 18-20" tall. Pods 5-6" long, nearly round, If you have problems with any of our seed, please contact us! green, tender, stringless with rich flavor. Can or freeze. Dark purple seed mottled with tan. PKT (100) $2 ½ LB $5 Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15, KJV Build ye houses and dwell in them and plant gardens and eat the fruits of them. Jeremiah 29:5 1 Blue Lake Pole 65-75 days. Vigorous 7 ft. tall Heirloom made Oregon's Mountaineer White Half Runner 60 days. Use this Heirloom as snap Willamette Valley famous in the 1960s for canning beans. The straight, beans when young and shell beans at late maturity. Four inch, slender pods smooth, dark green 6” pods are crisp and stringless. Harvested at their are round, light green and fiberless at all edible stages. White seed have a peak, they are tender, meaty, and full of hearty, fresh bean flavor. Use fresh rich “beany” taste. PKT (100) $2 ½ LB $6 as snap or shell beans, canned, frozen or dried. PKT (100) $2 ½ LB $5 Organic PKT (100) $3 Pink Half Runner 50 days but many gardeners leave at least part of the crop on the vines for 85 days and watch the dark green pods slowly turn red Cherokee Trail of Tears Pole (Phaseolus vulgaris) 85 days. Heirloom also as they mature. A beautiful snap bean that can be enjoyed fresh off the known as Cherokee Black. Cherokee ancestors carried this bean over the vine, canned or dried. Peanut bean taste PKT (100) $2 ½ LB $6 Trail of Tears, the infamous winter death march from the Smoky Mountains to Oklahoma (1838-1839), leaving a trail of 4,000 graves. Green 6" pods State Half Runner 55-60 days. Short, 3' semi-vining plants produce 4" with purple overlay, shiny jet-black seeds. Good for snap beans and dry light green, short, flat oval, meaty but stringy tender pods that have a sweet, beans. Pole habit, snap or dry. PKT (50) $2 (200) $6 bean taste. Popular in the south as a shelling bean but may also be used as a snap or green bean. Can or freeze.. High yielding, bushy vines do not Greasy Cut Short Pole Bradshaw Heirloom Collection Source: Dick require staking. White seeded. PKT (100) $2 ½ LB $6 Baird, Pickens, SC. Cut Short beans are said to have derived their name because the seeds grow so closely together in the pods that the seed ends LIMA or BUTTERBEANS Cangreen Bush 68 days. Heirloom. are flattened or "cut short". This variety has a slick or "greasy" pod. Small, flat, light green seed. 1943 AAS winner. PKT (150) $2 ½ LB. $5 Excellent for fresh consumption, but in earlier times it was a favorite for drying as "leather breeches beans". Often seen strung like peppers on a Christmas Pole 85-90 days. Heirloom also known as the Calico Lima string hanging on the porch, the beans were soaked in water overnight to Bean. Introduced to the US in 1840. Long season lima bean grown primarily reconstitute before cooking slowly for hours with a ham hock for flavoring. for its beautiful seeds which are light cream color variegated in a deep Trellis this variety. Organic PKT (50) $3 (150) $6 maroon. Aggressive plants may reach heights of well over 10 feet and must be trellised. The plants produce an abundance of 4 - 6" pods containing 4 Juanita Smith Pole Bradshaw Heirloom Collection Mr. Oliver Ridley, or 5 beans. The beans can be used either shelled or dry and turn a pink- Mtn. Rest, SC grew this bean for almost 50 years after receiving it from brown color when cooked. The beans have a rich, buttery flavor which is Juanita Smith, who had grown it for 50-60 years before. He often planted milder than other lima bean varieties. PKT (50) $2 ½ LB. $5 them among his field corn to provide them a trellis. Plants produce an abundant crop of medium sized round beans with black & white appaloosa Fordhook 242 Bush 75 days. Heirloom All America Selection 1945.