Good Seed Vegetables

Open-Pollinated, Heirloom & Homestead Seeds

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Contender beans are an early compact green bean that require no staking.  It is reliable and the green beans are very tasty.  These green beans are stringless and do well in our cool climate.  49 days.  (18 grams)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Kentucky Wonder, aka Old Homestead, is a delicious and prolific green bean.   It is a heirloom dating from 1864 and still a great bean.  It has a brown seed and a smooth stringless 7" pod.  Kentucky Wonder has stood the test of time.   It is a pole bean and requires staking.  65 days.  (18 grams) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This soybean is a very exciting addition to our collection.  The bean is steamed or boiled, pod and all, and the bean is eaten from the shell as a snack.   In Japan they are called endame and are a favorite snack and very nutritious.  I am a great fan.   I hope you like them too.   These 2’ tall plants are an early bearer that will do well in northern gardens.   75-85 days.  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This is the first shelling bean that we have offered.  It is very difficult to grow dried beans in our cool climate, yet these were very successful.   They are yellow, medium sized beans with good flavor and do well where summers are cool and short.   Needs to be staked.  75 days.  (5 grams) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Old world shell bean variety with huge seeds.  Likes cool weather and is a very dependable yielder.  Fava beans are also called broad beans, and may be enjoyed fresh, dried or processed.  Frost hardy, cool weather plant; performs poorly in hot weather.  75 days.  (18 grams)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This is one of those multi-use plants.  It is a beautiful red-flowered vine and quickly covers fences, walls and trellises.  It is also edible, and a nitrogen fixer.  It is a heirloom plant from pre-1700, was popular in colonial times.  A hot weather crop, Scarlet Runners need poles, trellises or other support to grow on as these beans are excellent climbers.  80 days.  (18 grams)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This is the classic beet.  Round, red and vigorous with tasty greens and roots.nbsp; An heirloom, first introduced in 1892.  This beet will last all winter in the root cellar.  Grows well in cool climates and on alkaline soils.  60 days.  (5 grams) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This is a beet for beet green enthusiasts.  The Beets are great but the greens are sublime, tall greens with abundant, shiny red-veined leaves.  The beets are red and slightly flattened.  45 days.  (5 grams) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

These beets are a long beet, shaped like a carrot but stouter.  They are good for pickling and slicing.  They are about 6-8 inches long and grow well in cool climates and alkaline soils.  The young leaves and thinnings are a good source of nutritious, early greens.  They store well.  55 days.  (5 grams)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

De Cicco is very early for the first cutting and, after cutting the main head, produces many side shoots for later harvest.  An old Italian type producing good sized, blue-green heads.  Very productive.  Like other members of the Cabbage tribe, broccoli needs cool weather and a fertile soil with temperatures around 45-65 degrees F and good moisture retention.  48 days.  (1 gram)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Large tightly packed heads, dark blue-green in color.  Good choice for a later harvest.  65 to 90 days.  Like other members of the Cabbage tribe, broccoli needs cool weather and a fertile soil with temperatures around 45-65 degrees F and good moisture retention.  80 days.  (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Brussels sprouts are the hardiest of the cabbage family.  They were developed in Belgium in the 1700's .  They survive the cold better than the heat.  This variety, also called Catskill, grows to 20” tall with sprouts over 1 inch across.  They bear a heavy crop of firm sprouts over an extended period of time.  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Heirloom cabbage from 1840.  Tight green coneheads up to 3 lb.  The heads are pointed and shaped like upside down cones.  One of earliest cabbages of the season in the English countryside.  Sweet and tender.  Cabbages are shallow rooted, heavy feeding, cool weather plants, and prefer temperatures between 50-75 degrees.  (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This hard deep red cabbage is an excellent keeper.  I usually don't bother with starting indoors.  Cabbage to me is a winter vegetable and in the spring and Summer I eat other greens.  By direct seeding in the garden, the heads do not grow quite as big but I like a slightly smaller head of cabbage.  They are very compact heads and store well.  (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This Heirloom variety dates from 1887 and is an excellent cabbage.  I use cabbage as a winter green and this cabbage keeps very well without splitting and lasts through winter into spring.  The heads are around 7 lb, round and blue-green.  Excellent in stir-fries and cole slaw.  105 days.  (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This heirloom carrot dates from 1870 although it has been often improved.  This variety is a coreless variety .  It is my favorite for flavor and juiciness.  Nantes is a handsome scarlet carrot, cylindrical and blunt shaped.  It is a good keeper and retains its flavor in storage.  70 days.  (2 grams) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Chantenay carrots are famous for their sweet flavor that holds up well in cooking. It is large, thick and blunt, it pulls easily and stores well in the root cellar, and also grows well in heavy soils. An heirloom that is originally from France, I feel it is the best choice for the homestead.  70 days.  (2 grams) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Solid packed, white, very early with good head quality.  Early Snowball is a short plant and is an heirloom from 1888.  Can tolerate light frost at the beginning and end of the season.  Doesn't do well in hot weather.  Cauliflower are shallow rooted, heavy feeding, cool weather plants, preferring temperatures between 50-75 degrees.  Early crops can be started indoors and fall crops can be direct seeded.  50 days.  (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Small colorful ears of corn.  Ears are 4" or so depending on growing conditions.  This corn has a good mix of light and dark colors and is a colorful addition to winter decorations.  The corn can also be ground and added to soups, breads and cereals.  103 days.  (8 grams) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This heirloom corn dates from 1853, has 8 rows of kernels and is a sweet old-fashioned corn with a lot of corn flavor.  It tastes like corn and not like sugar.  The ears are about seven inches with large kernels.  89 days.  (18 grams) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This popcorn is very beautiful and adds to all sorts of dried arrangements.  I often put it in arrangements with garlic and the two offset each other.  It is also a good popper and it is fun to strip the cob of kernels to and pop them right up.  They have small ears, three inches long, that do resemble large strawberries.  90-100 days.  (10 grams) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Large colorful ears, mixes of reds, yellows and purples.  Can be used as a decoration and then ground for cornmeal and used in cereals and cornbread.  Ornamental corn is the type of plant that we love at Good Seed.  It looks very colorful for holiday sea.  110 days.  (15 grams)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This cucumber deserves its Latin name: Cucurbit melo.  Although it can grow very large, it does not get bitter and is very tasty.  It is better eaten when around a foot long.  Armenians are grey  green and slightly ribbed.  Trellising will create a straighter fruit.  65 days.   (2 grams) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Garlic chives - the plant of many names.  Chinese leeks is one though they do not resemble the leek at all.  They are smaller than garden chives, their leaves are flat and they have a charming white flower.  They are a perennial and once established, provide flavor for many years.  (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Red Orach is a favorite here at Good Seed.  It is very easy to grow and once established will reseed itself.  It is up before the spinach in the spring and provides quite a colorful addition to spring salads and soups.  We now have Red Orach growing as an edible weed in our garden.  Later in the season it develops into 3-4' tall plant with attractive seed head, nice in dried bouquets.  (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

If you are a pak choi fan then you will like tatsoi.  It grows a lot faster.  Lots of greens on small white stalks and is used much like pak choi.  It does well in our cool springs and can handle frosts.  Tatsoi is great in stir-fries and soups.  You can harvest and eat the baby plants in salads.  Mature plants excellent in stir fries and soups.  45 days.   (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Arugula, an ancient Mediterranean salad green also known as Roquette.  Leaves have a spicy, peppery flavor.  If you like arugula, you love it and the flavor is totally unique.  Quick growing, and thrives in cool weather. 40 days. (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Mizuna is a very fast growing and quite attractive Japanese green.  it produces a rosette of deeply lobed, tender greens.  You can start it in the very early cool days of spring.  The term mustard may fool you.  It is a mild flavored green, good in salads and steameded.  40 days.  (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Pak Choi is one of the most popular vegetables in China and a major stir fry ingredient.  It is a brassica and an extremely nutritious, mild, tender, and delicious food.  It has thick succulent white stems and green thick leaves.  Like all the brassica, Pak Choi likes rich soil, a steady supply of water and cool weather.  60 days.   (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

French sorrel is another plant that you need only buy seed for once. It comes up early in the Spring, and has a light, lemony taste. 50 days.   (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This kale is attractive and tasty.  The red-purple leaves and green stems look good enough to eat, and they are! They can be eaten raw in salads long before the plant reaches maturity.  They can be steamed and put in soups after the plant matures.  Very rich in vitamins and minerals.  50 days.   (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This compact variety of kale has a blue green color and is quite attractive. We harvest the bottom leaves as the plant grows and it gradually comes to look like a palm tree with greens above a long stalk  60 days.   (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This is a green that I associate with the South yet it is a very hardy green, doing well in our northern climates.  We have decided to carry it due to popular demand.  There are some real collard lovers out there.  It is dark-green colored and full of vitamins.  Good cooked like you spinach but has a distinctive flavor.  60 days.   Annual  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This leaf variety is the earliest lettuce, producing light green leaves that are very tender.  Good for that early greens hit that will satisfy till later greens mature.  An heirloom that has been producing the first green of spring for a long time.  Lettuce is a cool weather crop and spring is its time to thrive.  It can be sown as soon as soil is ready to work.  It is a shallow rooted, heavy feeder, and likes consistent watering.  It thrives on ample organic matter and nutrients close to the surface.  46 days.  (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

An elderly woman spotted Deer tongue in my garden and remembered it from her childhood.  She remembered it as not bitter and slow to bolt.  This heirloom lettuce has tongue shaped outer leaves with reddish edges.  Delicious and very succulent! Plant every two weeks for continuous supply.  45 days.   (1 gram)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Larger and later than Black Seeded Simpson, savoy-type lime green leaves:  slow to bolt and stands heat well.  An All American selection.  This is a very fast growing and delicious lettuce, Lettuce is a cool weather crop and spring is its time to thrive.  It can be sown as soon as soil is ready to work.  It is a shallow rooted, heavy feeder, and likes consistent watering.  It thrives on ample organic matter and nutrients close to the surface.  46 days.  (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Romaine, or Cos, features long upright dark green leaves with thick crisp white stems.  Romaine is a very sweet lettuce and it is the lettuce for Caesar Salad.  Romaine is a good keeper and is popular for market gardeners.  78 days.   (1 gram)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Rouge d'Hiver is a very attractive Romaine lettuce with green leaves and red tips. It is slow to bolt and has large heads and does well in cool weather.  45 days.   (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Red Sails is a beatifully colored leaf lettuce with an open head and red-bronze color.  This is an early loose leaf type of lettuce and is slow to bolt .  Great color and flavor in early spring salads.  45 days.   (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This is my favorite.  Thick leaves and excellent sweet taste.  The modern standard by which other varieties are measured.  The large well packed heart is delicious.  Lettuce is a cool weather crop and spring is its time to thrive.  It can be sown as soon as soil is ready to work.  It is a shallow rooted, heavy feeder, and likes consistent watering.  It thrives on ample organic matter and nutrients close to the surface.  70 days.   (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

We at Good Seed have fallen for Forellenschuss Lettuce. It is an absolutely beautiful lettuce both in the garden and the salad bowl. This heirloom romaine lettuce from Austria is speckled and has a crisp texture. It has very good flavor and does well in early spring being cold tolerant.  55 days.   (1 gram)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

The melon for those with limited hot weather.  The earliest melon in the North.  These orange fleshed cantaloupe melons get to 3 lbs and have a netted skin.  Medium-rooted, heavy feeding, hot weather vines.  75 days.   (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This watermelon is the one that we have been searching for to grow in our cool northern climate.  It is a fast growing short season variety and produces 8 to 10 lb. melons (8" to 9" round). It is flavorful. juicy, and crisp textured with thin skins. Blacktail mountain keeps well and has very red flesh.  70-75 days.   (1 gram) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

The standard curly parsley, packed with vitamins and iron.  I believe that a handful of raw parsley each day will keep the doctor away and will do amazing things for your skin.  Moss curled is a triple curled parsley and leaves are dark green and compact.  Shallow rooted, heavy feeding, frost tolerant leafy vegetable, parsley is slow to germinate.  It needs 3 weeks of moisture in a well drained soil.  Some sort of covering is desirable.  Some people put a board over the row for two weeks.  I use a mulch and remove most of it after two weeks.  Try planting a late summer crop and it will over winter and give you a very early spring green.  85 days.   (1 gram)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

These edible pod peas are eaten while they are young, flat and sweet.  They are good raw right off the vine and are a standard in vegetable stir fry.  Dwarf grey sugar is a prolific producer and an heirloom from 1882.  Peas are a nitrogen fixing, cool weather plant.  For best results use an innoculant.  65 days.   (18 grams)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

When I first moved to the country, old-timers told me about Green Arrow peas.  They are a high yield shelling pea with strong vines to 28".  They have 4" long pods with 11 peas per pod.  I have yet to find a shelling pea that I like more than Green Arrow.  70 days.   (18 grams)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

These hot Jalapeno peppers are on a sturdy bush and are prolific.  They are good raw or for pickling.  73 days.  (.5 grams)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This is a hot little pepper, about 1 inch long.  These peppers grow very well in pots and have a long season.  We pick them from the plants all winter  They are colorful and add zest to anything in which you want a little (or a lot) of heat.  I use them to keep up my health in the winter and if I feel a little under the weather, these guys (along with garlic) are the medicine for me.  They also dry easily. 60 days (.5 grams)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This heirloom pepper from Romania has been very productive pepper for us.  It was very prolific and did well in this past cool Summer.  We made a lot of delicious stir fries with this pepper adding color and flavor.  The antohi is also a good salad pepper.  It is four inches long, two inches across and tapered.  We recommend it highly.  Seed organically grown.  50-70 days.   (.5 grams) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Lipstick is our favorite sweet pepper, it is very prolific and does well in our cool climate. It is very red and is delicious. The plants are compact . They are very good in salads and cooked dishes. We freeze a lot and put in many dishes all winter.  50-70 days.   (.5 grams) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Cherry Belles are the classic red radish and one of the fastest foods you can grow.  Our kids love them right out of the garden and they are fun for kids to grow since they give such quick results.  Easy to grow cool season crop.  22 days.   (4 grams) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Bloomsdale is the classic open-pollinated spinach with very good flavor.  Leaves are dark green and lightly curled.  For earlier greens, plant in the fall, cover with a light mulch, and remove the mulch in the early spring.  45 days.   (4 grams)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Diamond eggplant is purple to almost black and grows 6" to 9" long by 2" in diameter. They have a firm texture and are not bitter. Diamond eggplant originates from Ukraine. It is an early eggplant with a compact structure and very prolific.       Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This beautiful Zucchini will provide plenty of Summer food and does well in short and cool Summers.  The secret of Zucchinis is eat them small.  Search through the plants each day and harvest inch in diameter zukes.  If you don't let them get big, you not only solve the over quantity problem, you have a longer harvest and besides, the little ones taste better.  A warm weather plant that needs good fertility.  53 days.   (4 grams) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Golden yellow summer squash.  Looks so colorful in the garden and in the kitchen.  These squash are 5" long and provide good eating till frost.  58 days.   (4 grams)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Standard large "jack-o-lantern" type up to 20 lbs.  Pumpkins are actually squash and are grown like winter squash.  Connecticut Field pumpkin is an heirloom, decorating homes since the 1700"s.  Just an old-fashioned pumpkin.  A warm weather plant that needs good fertility.  115 days.   (7 grams) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This is a small sweet pumpkin that is great for pies and Jack-o-lanterns.  The fruit is round and flattened on the end which is convenient for sitting on a shelf or in a window.  They weigh about 6 lb.  and are good keepers.  They are not so much to deal with as a Connecticut Field Pumpkin.  110 days.   (4 grams) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This is my favorite winter squash with dark sweet meat and an edible skin.  They are also a very good size for a meal for one or a side dish for several.  It is also a good keeper.  Delicata is a cylindrical, cream-colored squash with green stripes and weighs about a pound or two.  100 days.   (4 grams)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This unique squash gets its name because of its spaghetti-like insides.  You can steam or bake this squash and scrape out the pulp and use in pasta recipes.  I have a friend that grows just spaghetti squash and uses it as a mainstay of the winter diet.  Ours grows to a 3-5 lb oblong squash.  A warm weather plant that needs good fertility.  95 days.   (4 grams) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This is a yummy, modern, turban shaped fruit up to 4 lb.  The orange flesh is sweet and custardy.  This is just the size for dinner and the seeds are also a good treat toasted and eaten as a snack.  Does well in cool areas and for some folks the only winter squash that they can grow.  A warm weather plant that needs good fertility.  100 days.   (4 grams)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Butternut is an orange-fleshed sweet squash with a small seed cavity.  It is an excellent keeper and a nice size for a meal.  It weights up to 4 lbs. and seems to get better flavored with storage.  95 days.   (4 grams) Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This is one of those multiple use plants that are so useful in a homestead garden.  The tender greens can be used in salads or in soups.  The seed is white in red to yellow seed heads and is a very tasty grain.  Quinoa has all sorts of possibilities to liven your diet and increase your nutrition.  This was the main grain of the Incas.  It grows 5-6 feet tall and can be an exciting addition to your garden.  100 days.  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Chard is an old-world vegetable closely related to the beet.  One sowing can provide greens all season.  Our Rhubarb chard, also called Ruby Red, with it's deep red stalk and veins, is a beautiful plant growing in the garden and it is good for you, too.  Moderately deep rooted and a heavy feeder.  59 days.   (3 grams)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

This heirloom tomato is originally from Czechoslovakia. It is a 2"- 2 1/2" tomato, producing early in clusters on potato leaf vines that are indeterminate. It is smooth, round, bright red and delicious. It is also disease resistant and produces abundantly.  55 to 70 days.   (.5 grams)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Oregon spring is an early , medium-sized tomato that is determinate and on a compact plant that makes it good for container growing.  It has deep red color and can produce its first fruits of the season without pollination, resulting in the early fruit being seedless.  It is developed for cool climates and has a good flavor.   Annual.   (1 gram)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Early Rouge is a determinate that ripens early and is consistant enough and reliable for a market tomato. It is a very high quality tomato with good flavor. 65 days.  (.5 grams)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page

Small tomatoes on compact plants that do well in a pot on a patio or in the garden, Moscow bush is tasty and early.  The stout plants need no staking.  Our seed is organically grown. 58 days.   (.5 grams)  Top of Page | Back to Vegetable Page