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Notes From the President
The seed varieties for sale by the Denali Seed Company have been tested in
Alaska to assure our customers that these varieties will perform well under
arctic and sub-arctic growing conditions. All the seed varieties in our collection
will mature in most locations in Alaskan when planted immediately after the
last frost, which in most areas is around the first of June.
The test trials for our
varieties are conducted by the University of Alaska at its Agricultural Research
Stations in Fairbanks and Palmer and by the Denali Seed Company in selected
gardens throughout Alaska.
At Denali Seed, we rate
our varieties a little differently than most seed companies. Most ratings
tell you the number of days to harvest but growing conditions in Alaska are
different than in other parts of the country because of the long summer days and cool soils so
the traditional ratings are not relevant when gardening in Alaska. What
we've done is rate our varieties according to their maturity in Alaska and
rate them as first early, early, mid season or late when grown in Alaska.
These ratings are used throughout this guide. We've tested our varieties in
cold soils, under cool nights and during long summer days. We feel that our
method gives the Alaskan gardner useful information they won't find anywhere
else.
Our varieties
are tested and chosen for their performance under Alaska's long days and cool
soils and our selections and recommendations are made without reguard to their
being open pollinated, heirloom or hybrid varieties. All hybrid varieties
in our collection are identified in their variety descriptions and all other
varieties are open pollinated varieties. A hybrid variety is
a variety that has two different male and female parents which cross pollinate
and grow and produce seed naturally. The resulting new variety
has best characteristics from both parents and more vigorous than either parent.
Open pollinated varieties have the same male and female parents which cross
pollinate to produce identical offspring. Heirloom
varieties are open pollinated varieties that have been grown by gardners a
very long time usually since the 1800's. Denali Seed does not sell genetically
modified varieties commonly refered to as GMO's.
Our garden seed is always
field-fresh, and at Denali we go to great lengths to assure our customers
the best quality available. The seed for our Alaska proven varieties are grown
on farms in several western states and imported from comparable cool regions
of northern Europe. The genetic qualities for
our varieties remain unchanged even when the seed is grown in a warmer climate.
Because seed crops
are subject to many conditions of nature and events beyond our control, at
times some of the varieties listed will not be available.
The quantity
of seed in our seed packets will be enough to plant the average home garden.
If you intend to do a lot of canning or freezing, more than one seed packet
may be needed.
Thank you for choosing
varieties from Denali Seed Company! We appreciate your business and will continue
to supply the quality seed your deserve as we have for over 30 years.
Reg Yaple
Denali Seed Company
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#17 Alaska Bouquet, Cut Flower Mix,
Net Weight: 1g, Price: $1.49
An easy-to-grow garden of annuals for cutting. A selection of favorite
Alaskan flowers of various heights and types in a wide range of brilliant
colors. A garden that will be attractive all summer and provide a constant
supply of flowers for cutting. Ideal for beds, borders and wild spots.
#27 Alaska Scatter Garden, Cut Flower Mix,
Net Weight: 1g, Price: $1.49
An easy to grow garden that is a collection of flowers that when
the seed is scattered on the soil as soon as the garden has been prepared
in the spring will bloom by mid summer in most regions of Alaska. A collection
that includes Bachelor Button, Calendula, Calif. Bluebells, Calif Poppy, Candytuft,
Godetia, Gypsophila, Johnny Jump-up, Nemophila, Shirley Poppy and Spurred
Snapdragon depending on seed availability and provides an attractive mix of
colors and flower forms throughout the summer. Ideal for use in borders, a
mass planting or wild spots and provides cut flowers through out the blooming
period.
#37 Alyssum, Carpet of Snow, Net Weight:
400mg, Price: $1.49
A quick-growing dwarf compact variety, 4 inches high, spreading to 10-12 inches.
A very popular annual that quickly produces masses of lovely and very fragrant,
tiny, white blossoms from early summer to frost. The spreading plants are
excellent for use as an edging or as a ground cover as they are striking in
a mass planting. Superior clusters of snow-white flowers bloom all summer.
Easy culture, likes sun but will tolerate partial shade.
#117 Bachelor Button, Polka Dot Mix, Net Weight:
900mg, Price: $1.49
This dwarf, 16 to 24 inch variety produces an abundance of bright, long stemmed,
double flowers in blue, purple, white, pink and red held above silvery foliage
and is showiest when planted in masses. An ideal garden plant with uniform
bushy growth that remains neat and covered with bloom all summer. It blooms
by mid summer when planted directly in the garden in Alaska. An old fashion
favorite that is very easy to grow and is perfect for a child's first garden.
Provides excellent long lasting cut flowers. Easy to grow. Prefers full sun.
#497 California Blue Bells, Net
Weight: 275mg, Price $1.49
A showy, easy to grow, 9 to 16inch hardy annual that is native to the western
US and adapts well to a cultivated garden. The compact plant likes cool weather
and is covered with clusters of one inch blue, bell shapped blossoms by midsummer
when planted directly in the garden in Alaska. Grows well in a container,
is good in a border, will form an annual ground cover and atracts bees to
a garden.
#178 California Golden Poppy, Net Weight: 300mg,
Price: $1.49
An easy to grow, compact, 12 to 14 inch western wildflower with finely
cut, lacy, blue-green foliage covered with bright orange cup shaped flowers
2 inches across on stems to 20 inches that bloom until the first hard freeze.
They are very showy in mass plantings, prefers full sun.
#157 Canary Bird Vine, Net
Weight: 1.7g, Price: $1.69
A graceful vine that has finely cut foliage and beautiful rich canary-yellow-fringed
flowers that appear from a distance to be miniature canary birds. Plants prefer
a well-drained soil and will grow in partial shade. Caution: care must be
taken to avoid root injury when started as transplants.
#177 Candytuft, Dwarf Fairy Mixed, Net Weight:
700mg, Price: $1.49
The compact, uniform plants bear a profusion of large, showy multi-flowered
heads in shades of pink, rose, carmine, crimson, lavender, purple and white.
Easy to grow and excellent for beds, edgings and rock gardens. The 10 to 12-inch
plants thrive in Alaska's cool summer temperatures.
#197 Cosmos, Sensation Mixed,
Net Weight: 650mg, Price: $1.49
An exceptionally weather-resistant 4-foot annual with graceful lacy
foliage. The large daisy-like blooms are in shades of pink, rose, crimson
and white with yellow centers. A mass planting makes a lovely background and
provides excellent cut flowers. Very easy to grow.
#237 Dahlia, Early Bird Mixed, Net Weight: 300mg,
Price: $1.49
A compact, early blooming variety with many double to semi-double
flowers in shades of red, yellow, orange and white. A show-stopper in any
garden.
#217 Forget-Me-Not, Dwarf Cynoglossum,
Net Weight: 650mg, Price: $1.49
Chinese Forget-Me-Not is a very easy plant to grow, producing an
abundance of small clear blue blossoms on loose, branching sprays above the
foliage. This strong dwarf 12 to 16-inch plant is lovely in beds, borders
and rock gardens. It thrives in almost any garden soil.
#337 Gypsophila, Covent Garden,
Net Weight: 1.5g, Price: $1.49
Also known as "Baby's Breath", the 2-foot bushy plants
produce innumerable small, misty flowers that appear as a light cloud. Graceful
for bouquets. An easy-to-grow annual.
#578 Lavatera, Pink and White Mixed,
Net Weight: 750mg, Price: $1.49
A stunning upright annual that grows to 3 feet and is covered with
large to three inch, glistening, pink hollyhock-like flowers from midsummer
to frost. Grows quickly and easily and is very tolerant of wet conditions.
Use along fences, walls and in wildflower gardens.
#257 Livingstone Daisy, Mixed Colors, Net Weight:
200mg, Price: $1.49
A low-spreading succulent with thick dark green tongue-shaped leaves
forming a dense carpet covered with 1 1/2 to 2-inch daisy-like flowers in
vibrant shades of rose, crimson, buff, pink, primrose and golden apricot.
Requires full sun for blossoms to open.
#377 Lobelia, Crystal Palace, Net Weight: 100mg,
Price: $1.49
The dainty 6-inch fairylike plants are just the thing for making
a strip of blue along walkways or around flower beds. Intense dark blue flowers
accent the dark foliage for a very pleasing effect. Shade-tolerant.
#397 Lobelia, Trailing Sapphire, Net Weight:
100mg, Price: $1.49
A trailing plant with dark reddish-green foliage, producing dark
blue flowers with a white eye. Very showy and is excellent in hanging baskets.
Does well in and prefers shade. Blooms throughout the summer.
#457 Marigold, Crackerjack,
Net Weight: 400mg, Price: $1.49
Earliest to bloom, bearing fully double flowers up to 5" across
even under adverse conditions. The bushy 2 1/2-foot tall plants display blossoms
in shades of yellow, orange, and gold in full view above the foliage. Prefers
a warm location in full sun.
#477 Marigold, Petite Mix, Net Weight: 400mg,
Price: $1.49
Lovely double flowers 2 inches across, rising above husky little
10-inch plants that bloom from seed in 8 weeks. Color ranges from yellow to
orange, red and mahogany plus colorful 2-color combinations. Prefers a warm
location in full sun. Very compact and free-flowering.
#38 Nemesia, Carnival Mix,
Net Weight:150mg, Price: $1.69
Dwarf 8-inch compact plants are smothered with large blooms in a
wide range of colors which include cream, orange, yellow, white, crimson,
mauve and red shades. Compact plants are great for container plantings and
gardens in cool shaded areas.
#58 Nemophelia, Baby Blue Eyes, Net Weight:
250mg, Price: $1.49
A fine annual Western wildflower that prefers a partially shaded
site. The 8 to 10-inch plants bear a profusion of single bell-shaped bright
blue flowers up to 1 inch with white centers. Plants are dwarf, delicate,
and showy, making a good low border or bed.
#78 Pansy, Swiss Giant Mix,
Net Weight: 125mg, Price: $1.69
Pansies are one of the best loved and most alluring of all garden
flowers. This Swiss variety has very large flowers produced on long, sturdy,
erect stems in a wide color range. The beautiful blooms are large, colorful,
delicately fragrant, and come in a wide variety of colors. The compact plants
are excellent in beds, borders, in an edging and in pots and window boxes.
Pansies make excellent cut flowers. Grows best in cool weather. An easy to
grow perennial grown as an annual in Alaska. Must be started as transplants.
#118 Petunia, Multiflora, Colorama, Net
Weight: 100mg, Price: $1.69
The medium-sized 12-inch plants bear an abundance of showy single
flowers in mixed colors. The flower size of the multifloras is smaller than
the grandifloras, but has the distinct advantage of holding up better during
inclement weather and is quicker to return to full flowering. Our strain has
shown very good garden performance. One of the most popular garden flowers.
#258 Scarlet Runner Bean, Net Weight: 1/2oz,
Price: $1.49
An annual climber that grows to 6 feet producing brilliant scarlet
flowers, followed by green shell beans that are excellent for table use in
late summer.
Requires a warm, sunny location and will produce shell beans only
in the warmer areas of Alaska.
#278 Schizanthus, Angel Wings Mixed, Net Weight:
300mg, Price: $1.49
Also known as Butterfly flower, it is often referred to as the poor
man's orchid. This splendid annual branches freely, growing to 12-14 inches
high, bearing hundreds of delicate orchid-like blooms in a rich mixture of
light pink, salmon, carmine, scarlet, lilac and purple, most with exotic markings
in the throats. Spreads to 10 inches. Easily grown and blooms over a long
period of time.
#218 Shirley Poppy, Double Mix, Net Weight:
300mg, Price: $1.49
An old-time favorite, this easy-to-grow 18-inch plant produces a
high percentage of double blooms in shades of salmon, pink, rose and scarlet.
Prefers full sun and is a very showy garden plant.
#298 Snapdragon, Dwarf Magic Carpet, Net Weight:
150mg, Price: $1.49
Dwarf ball-shaped plants 8 inches tall that are engulfed with masses
of bloom, making them excellent for beds and low borders. Must be started
indoors. Prefers a sunny location. Mixed colors.
#338 Stock, Dwarf Ten Week Mix,
Net Weight: 250mg, Price: $1.49
This highly desirable branching strain will grow to a height of 12
to 15 inches with a very high percentage of double flowers. The heavy multiflowered
spikes of fragrant blossoms are in the colors of red, rose, dark blue, white,
pink, and azure blue. This showy variety thrives in Alaska's cool summers.
Easy to grow.
#378 Sunflower, Mammoth Grey Stripe,
Net Weight: 3.6g, Price: $1.49
This easy, fast-growing gigantic 6 to 9-foot plant produces an immense
8 to 14-inch flowerhead with many single golden petals surrounding a large
dark center that matures into sunflower seeds. These plants thrive in almost
any soil, requiring little moisture. As sun lovers, they require a warm sunny
location and may not mature seed in all parts of Alaska. The large, tasty
seed attracts wild birds.
#398 Sweet Pea, Knee High Mix, Net Weight: 3g,
Price: $1.49
A bushy, attractive knee-high plant that doesn't require support.
The plants are smothered with brilliantly colored, delightfully perfumed flowers
on 12-inch stems, making them good for cut flowers. Plants like full sun,
cool temperatures, and well-drained fertile soil.
#438 Viola, Cornuta, Net Weight:
150mg, Price: $1.69
The plants are more compact with smaller flowers than pansies. Violas
like cool weather and produce an abundance of pansy-like flowers in a wide
range of colors on stout 6 to 8-inch plants. Sow early indoors for a show
of color until frost if the old blossoms are removed.
#358 Strawflower, Tall Double Mix, Net Weight: 400mg, Price: $1.49
Long sturdy stems up to 24 inches long adorned with showy foliage and clusters of bright double blooms in a wide range of colors, including yellow, white, pink, red, magenta and orange, interspersed with beautiful bi-color blooms. Harvest while in full bloom and hang upside down to dry. Also perfect as a cut flower.
#96 Forget-Me-Not, Mysotis, Net Weight: 250mg, Price: $1.49
An 8 to 10-inch biennial that readily reseeds and is grown as if it were a perennial. The small bright blue flowers are very effective in mass displays and borders. Prefers shady, moist areas and is planted 8 inches apart. Blooms from June through August.
#736 Achillea ptarmica, The Pearl, Net Weight: 100mg, Price: $1.69
A very hardy, easy to grow, 16 to 30 inch perennial with ferny grey-green foliage that is fragrant when touched. The elegant, white, double, one inch blossoms are borne profusely in loose sprays on long stems from June through out the summer. Used in perennial borders and rock gardens. A long lasting cut flower and excellent dried for winter arrangements.
#216 Alpine Aster, Aster alpinus, Net Weight: 125mg, Price: $1.69
A hardy, attractive, easy to grow, 9 to 12 inch perennial that is native to North America. The low spreading plant is covered with daisy-like, 1 1/2 to 2 inch blossoms in a soft blue with a yellow center. The flowers are held above the dark green, lance-shaped basil leaves and bloom in early summer. Because of its small size it is a fine plant for rock gardens and for edging a perennial bed.
#46 Columbine, McKana's Giant Mix, Net Weight: 150mg, Price: $1.69
An early summer 24 to 30-inch perennial with long-spurred blooms in an exceptional range of colors and bi-colors. Foliage is graceful and fernlike. An excellent background plant that tolerates light shade. Ideal for cutting.
#76 Delphinium, Pacific Giants, Net Weight: 100mg, Price: $1.69
These strong 60-inch plants have been the industry standard for cutflowers. Their showy spikes are covered with mostly double blooms that measure up to 3 inches across and have contrasting light and dark "bees". Blooms are in dramatic shades of pink, rose, lavender, and both light and dark blues.
#136 Iceland Gartford Giants, Net Weight: 125mg, Price: $1.69
A popular native perennial poppy that attains the height of 18 inches with large, brightly-colored single flowers in shades of orange, red, salmon, yellow and white. Will flower the first year when grown from transplants.
#376 Jacob's Ladder, Polemonium caeruleum, Net Weight: 125mg, Price: $1.69
A very hardy, attractive, easy to grow, 18-24 inch perennial that grows wild in North American. The deeply cut ladder-like foliage is on long stems that bear many loose clusters of dainty, sky blue, cup-shaped, inch blossoms accented with yellow stamens from early summer on. An excellent plant in a perennial border and rock garden.
#116 Johnny Jump-Up, Helen Mount, Net Weight: 150mg, Price: $1.69
Dwarf 7-inch plants, producing an amazing number of beautiful purple and yellow bicolor 1-inch blooms. Flowers ravishingly throughout the growing season.
#16 Lychnis, Maltese Cross, Net Weight: 200mg, Price: $1.69
A very showy 18 to 24-inch plant covered with bright scarlet maltese
cross-shaped florets in large flower heads. Excellent for cutting and borders.
Extremely hardy in the North.
#156 Oriental Poppy, Scarlet, Net Weight: 200mg, Price: $1.69
They provide a glorious display of large (to 6 inches) bright orange-scarlet
blooms with a purplish-black base in June. This 2 1/2-foot perennial does
best in full sun and does not take a move well. The large plants need room,
and with feeding get larger and showier each year. .
#56 Shasta Daisy, May Queen, Net Weight: 250mg, Price: $1.69
Graceful 30 to 36-inch plants producing a profusion of showy single
2 to 3-inch pure white blooms with a yellow center. Very hardy but the flowers
are smaller in size than some of the newer varieties. Excellent for cutting.
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#196 Wildflower Mix, Arctic Summer, Net Weight: 2g, Price: $1.69
A beautiful array of easy to grow annual and perennial wildflowers that will produce an explosion of color all summer in a wide variety of flower types. Perfect for a wild area or to accent a landscape and will provide excellent cut flowers. Prefers a sunny location.
CHINESE PARSLEY (YUEN SAI)
#11 Variety: Slo-Bolting (Cilantro), Net Weight: 2g, Price: $1.49
This easy-to-grow herb produces dainty parsley-like leaves that are distinctly flavored and spicier tasting than parsley. The fresh leaves of this herb are commonly used to flavor oriental dishes, including stir fries.The aromatic and flavorful seeds are known as coriander and are used in potpourris and to flavor pastries, beans, stuffing, sausage and mexican dishes. Grows well in a container both indoors and out. High in vitamins and minerals.
CHIVES, GARLIC (GOW CHOY)
#111 Variety: Garlic Chives, Net Weight: 500mg, Price: $1.49
A garlic-scented perennial herb that overwinters in much of Alaska. It is grown for its flattened leaves, which are chopped up and used as a seasoning, adding zest to many dishes. The plant is also very attractive in the garden because it produces rose-purple flowers. Chives may be started indoors, then planted in the garden. The culture is the same as for onions. The plants are hardy and require no special attention. Chives can also be grown midwinter in a sunny window.
SNOW PEAS, EDIBLE-PODDED
#51 Variety: Dwarf Grey Sugar, Net Weight: 3/4oz,
Price: $1.29
This variety is just slightly later than Dwarf Grey Sugar. The fleshy, sweet, tender edible pods are 4 1/2 inches long by 3/4 inch wide and are best just before the peas begin to swell. The flavor of garden-fresh edible-podded peas is vastly superior to those found in the market as the sugar starts turning to starch almost immediately after picking. The wonderfully flavored unshelled pods, which are stringless, brittle, and succulent, are a mainstay in any stir fry. Edible podded peas like cool weather and produce continuous yields of large flat pods until the first frost. This variety produces vigorous 28-inch vines that don't need trellising and produce a high yield of 2 pods per cluster. Peas thrive in the moist cool weather found in Alaska.
SCALLION
#131 Variety: He-Shi-Ko, Net Weight: 1.5g, Price: $1.49
This variety produces long, slender, silvery-white mild flavored bulbless stalks. When direct-seeded in the garden, harvest can begin in about 60 days. This midseason variety produces only fresh green onions, and does not form bulbs. Does not overwinter in the far North.
ORGANIC VARIETIES
#219 Variety: Organic Herb, Basil, Italian,
Net Weight: 350mg, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for a very popular annual herb with bright green,
smooth, two to four inch oval leaves that are mild and fragrant. The 18 to 24
inch, many branched plants have small flowers that range in color from white
to purplish. The aromatic leaves are used fresh or dried to flavor vinegar,
soups, stews, salads, in Italian recipes and as an attractive garnish. In Alaska
basil grows best as a container plant.
#229 Variety: Organic Herb, Cilantro,
Net Weight: 2.5g, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for an open pollinated variety of cilantro,
a member of the carrot family that is harvested for its leaves which are used
both fresh and dried. This annual herb has an unmistakable strong, sharp scent
and taste that has become a popular part of the American diet. It is widely
used in Mexican, Caribbean and Asian cooking and is indispensable for homemade
garden salsa. It looks like flat Italian parsley, which in fact it is related.
The fresh leaves are called cilantro and when the plant goes to seed, the seed
is called coriander which is used in curry powder.
#19 Variety: Organic Beet, Cylindra, Net
Weight: 4g, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seeed for a main season, heirloom variety that has
small reddish-green tops and produces uniform, smooth, long cylindrical roots
that grow up to 6 inches long by 2 inches in diameter and are excellent for
slicing. The flavorful, dark red roots grow almost entirely underground and
have good interior color without zones or rings. This bolt resistant variety
is excellent for gardens in Alaska and can be harvested early for greens and
baby beet slices.
#59 Variety: Organic Broccoli, Nutri-bud, Net
Weight: 450mg, Price: $2.29
Organic seed for an early, open pollinated broccoli, one of the finest
non hybrid varieties available. The vigorous two foot plants produce large,
tight 4 to 6 inch, dark green central heads over a long season with a moderate
production of side shoots. The plants are high in free glutamines one of the
building blocks of protein making this variety very nutritious. Broccoli grows
exceptionally well in Alaska's cool summers.
#99 Variety: Orgainc Cabbage, Red Express,
Net Weight: 900mg, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for a super early, open pollinated variety that
was bred for northern climates and produces small, solid, dark red, oval heads
weighing 2 to 4 pounds on compact plants. The uniform, crisp, tender heads are
very flavorful and taste great when eaten fresh or cooked. The heads are relatively
split resistant and much earlier than standard varieties.
#139 Variety: Organic Carrot, Chantenay Red Cored,
Net Weight: 1g, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for a heavy producing, main season variety that
has stump-rooted, broad shouldered roots that grow to 7 inches long by 2 inches
in diameter with flesh that is deep red-orange to the center. The smooth, tapered,
fine grained roots have a fine flavor and crisp flesh. This variety has large
tops and grows well in a wide variety of soils including heavy soil. This heirloom
variety grows well in Alaska and is excellent when winter storage is desired.
#179 Variety: Organic Cucumber, Muncher,
Net Weight: 2g, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for a main season variety that produces medium-green,
tender, burpless fruits that will grow to 9 inches long by 3 inches in diameter
on strong, vigorous vines. Fruits are non-bitter and remain tender at all stages
of development. Harvest fruits young, 2 to 3 inches for processed pickles and
allow fruits to mature for slicing. Resistant to mosaic virus. This prolific
producer grows well in a greenhouse in Alaska but requires hand pollination
for maximum production.
#259 Variety: Organic Head Lettuce, Great Lakes 118,
Net Weight: 1g, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for a main season, open pollInated variety that
produces large cabbage-like heads with thick, broad, slightly crumpled leaves
that is sure to head. This widely adapted variety is very hardy and can be planted
as soon as the ground can be prepared in the spring for an early crop of mild,
flavorful leaves before the heads form. An excellent cold climate variety for
Alaskan gardens.
#299 Variety: Organic Leaf Lettuce, Red Salad Bowl,
Net Weight: 1g, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for an early, large, upright, non-heading variety
with long, wavy, deep-lobed, bronze leaves formed in a fast growing rosette.
The red-bronze leaves are decorative, keep well and can be harvested over a
long season without getting bitter. This very slow bolting variety is excellent
for Alaska's long summer days.
#269 Variety: Organic Gourmet Salad Blend,
Net Weight: 1g, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for open pollinated varieties of lettuce to
produce greens of varying leaf types and colors, both red and green depending
on availability, for a gourmet salad. A mixture of salad greens that grow great
in Alaska's cool weather, can be grown in a container, will be ready to start
harvesting in just 40 to 50 days and will provide fresh greens over a long season.
#349 Variety: Organic Onion, Evergreen Bunching,
Net Weight: 850mg, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for a main season, open pollinated, bunching
variety grown for its long slender clusters of mild flavored, bulb-less, 4 to
9 inch silver-white stalks with dark green tops. This hardy, slow bolting variety
will provide fresh green onions that are tender and flavorful until the ground
freezes. Will not over-winter in Alaska.
#359 Variety: Organic Pea, Progress Net
Weight: 3/4oz, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for an early, open pollinated, large podded,
dwarf variety that produces dark green, plump 4 1/2 by 3/4 inch pods containing
8 to 10 apple-green peas. The medium dark green 10 to 20 inch vines have heavy
foliage. This very productive variety grows well in Alaska, is great when used
fresh or canned and is an excellent freezer variety.
#399 Variety: Organic Radish, Cherry Belle,
Net Weight: 3.5g, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for an early, round, smooth, red-skinned variety
that grows to 3/4 inches across when mature and produces a crisp, white, firm,
good flavored roots. This All American Selections variety often produces the
first radishes in spring.
#379 Variety: Organic Radish, Sparkler,
Net Weight: 3.5g, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for a main season variety that has bright scarlet
skin with white on the lower third, is round and grows to 1 1/4 inches in diameter.
The sweet, juicy, white flesh has a snappy flavor. The plant has medium-sized
tops and is harvested 4 to 5 days later than the first early varieties. An excellent
variety for Alaskan gardens.
#409 Variety: Organic Radish, White Icicle,
Net Weight: 3.5g, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for an early white variety that produces solid,
crisp, juicy, icicle shaped roots that have a thin, tender skin and a very mild
flavor. Best when harvested young.
#449 Variety: Organic Spinach, Bloomsdale,
Net Weight: 2.5g, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for an early, cold-resistant, open-pollinated
variety that produces vigorous, semi-upright plants that grow quickly and produce
large quantities of thick, flavorful, crumpled, glossy, dark green leaves. The
plants of this slow bolting variety will hold 3 to 5 days after they are mature
before they start to go to seed. For the best quality harvest early. Excellent
fresh, canned or frozen.
#459 Variety: Organic Squash, Black Beauty Zucchini,
Net Weight: 2.5g, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for a very early, open pollinated zucchini that
provides high yields of dark green, cylindrical, smooth, glossy fruits that
are best when harvested from 6 to 8 inches long by 2 inches in diameter and
are produced on a vigorous, open, upright bush for easy harvest. The fruits
are creamy-white, firm, very tender and have a fine flavor. Excellent for freezing.
#499 Variety: Organic Swiss Chard, Ruby Red,
Net Weight: 1.8g, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for a main season, quick growing variety that
produces deep crimson stalks with contrasting dark green, crumpled leaves with
deep crimson veins produced over a long season and is both good flavored and
ornamental. Cook stalks like asparagus. The nutritious leaves are a colorful
addition to a salad and delicious cooked like spinach. Swiss Chard is easiest
and most successful green grown in Alaska. The plants are so attractive they
are a favorite when mixed in a flower garden.
#539 Variety: Organic Tomato, Early Tanana,
Net Weight: 125mg, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for one of the first tomato varieties developed
in Alaska. This cold tolerant, open-pollinated variety will set fruit at 45
degree F night temperatures. The compact, mounded, 24 to 30 inch plants set
large quantities of 2 to 2 1/4 inch, light red, low acid, mild flavored fruits
when night temperatures are low making it an outdoor variety in the warmer locations
of Alaska. Makes an excellent container plant where it is too cool to grow tomatoes
outdoors.
#579 Variety: Organic Tomato, Sweetie Net Weight:
125mg, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for an early, everbearing, open-pollinated variety
that produces clusters of 15 to 20 very sweet 1 to 1.5 inch, globe shaped fruits
that have a sugar content of between 12 and 14 percent. The large, tall, indeterminate
vines must be grown in a greenhouse in Alaska. Excellent when eaten fresh or
used to make juice or preserves without adding sugar.
#619 Variety: Organic Turnip, Golden Globe
Net Weight: 3g, Price: $2.29
Organic certified seed for a mid-season to late, heirloom turnip with
medium sized cutleaf tops and yields golden-yellow, 3 to 4 inch globes that
are sweet, tender and mild with a very fine flavor. Roots store well and are
good when cooked for mashing. The tops of the plants removed by thinning are
excellent for greens. Performs well in Alaskan gardens.
#552 Variety: Boltardy, Net Weight: 4g, Price: $1.49
A very bolt resistant variety that tolerates cold soils during germination and produces a high yield of high quality globe-shaped roots with deep red, ringless flesh and smooth skin. Stores well. Midseason
#32 Variety: Ruby Queen, Net Weight: 4g, Price: $1.49
AAS Winner. A round, bright red, well-shaped beet with a small taproot. The tops are a medium dull green, 10-12 inches tall. A mid-season variety when grown in Alaska that is excellent for home use.
#52 Variety: Green Goliath, Net Weight: 1g, Price: $1.49
An early, cold resistant, open pollinated variety that produces large, 3 ½
to 4 inch, blue-green, tight heads over a three week period followed by many
side shoots after the main head has been cut. A early season variety that is
excellent both fresh and frozen. This variety will produce a late season crop
in most areas of Alaska when the seed is planted directly in the garden.
#72 Variety: Munchkin, Net Weight: , Price: $1.49
An early, compact, dwarf, open pollinated variety, ideal for container gardens, that produces full sized 4 to 5 inch heads, the size you see in stores and good sized secondary heads later in the season. The small 12 inch plants produce high quality, deep blue-green, domed shaped heads with medium fine beaded florets. A delicious, easy to grow vegetable, one of the most nutritious, that is excellent both fresh and frozen.
#112 Variety: Catskill, Net Weight: 1.3g, Price: $1.49
Dwarf, compact plants produce an abundance of large, but not uniform, firm, dark green sprouts of the highest quality. Sprouts have a mild cabbage-like flavor but are more tender and tasty.
#152 Variety: Golden Acre, Net Weight: 1.5g, Price: $1.49
An early-maturing grey-green variety with very firm round heads of good texture and quality that are uniformly 6 to 7 inches in diameter. The heads are very solid and uniform with few outer leaves. Plants are compact and may be grown close together.
#132 Variety: O-S Cross, Net Weight: 200mg, Price: $1.98
A HYBRID that under Alaska's growing conditions produces giant exhibition heads that are 3-4 feet across and weighing 70 plus pounds. A truly remarkable cabbage.
#172 Variety: Gold King,
Net Weight: 2g, Price: $1.49
We recommend this high-quality table carrot. This early carrot is a
heavy-shouldered, tapered variety of fine quality and attractive appearance.
The roots are smooth with a rich orange color, good flavor and an indistinct
core. Midseason.
#212 Variety: Little Finger, Net Weight: 2g,
Price: $1.49
An early gourmet variety that produces ½ inch by 3 inch cylindrical,
blunt roots with deep orange colored, tender flesh that has an extremely sweet
flavor, a very small core and smooth skin, often served whole on relish trays
as baby carrots. Excellent for container gardens.
#232 Variety: Royal Chantenay,
Net Weight: 2g, Price: $1.49
A broad-shouldered carrot with roots 5 inches long and 2 inches in
diameter. The slightly tapered roots have a bright orange crisp-textured flesh
and a fine flavor. An excellent storage variety. Late season.
#252 Variety: Scarlet Nantes, Net Weight: 2g,
Price: $1.49
The brightly colored, distinctively sweet and tender roots are approximately
6 inches long by 1 1/2 inch at the shoulder, cylindrical and crisp. The core
is inconspicuous, uniform, and reddish-orange throughout. A high-quality canning
carrot. Midseason.
#192 Variety: Sweetness II, Net Weight:
1g, Price: $1.98
A must for every garden, this new-generation supersweet HYBRID is an
early nantes-type carrot. It has a wonderful flavor, is very juicy, has great
texture, is very crunchy, and has excellent bright orange color. Sweetness produced
excellent yields of 6 to 8-inch very smooth, refined roots that are cylindrical
with very little tapering. This variety grows well in both mineral and organic
soils. Sweetness yields the kind of flavor and quality you can't find in the
supermarket. Midseason
#182 Variety: Touchon, Net Weight: 2g,
Price: $1.49
A main season, fine grained, coreless carrot that is bright orange
throughout with a bright orange skin. A tender Nantes type with roots that taper
to a stump end and are 1 1/4 to 1 ½ inches in diameter by 6 to 8 inches
in length. Excellent for forcing and a great home and market variety. Excellent
fresh and a good freezer variety
CAULIFLOWER
#272 Variety: Super Snowball,
Net Weight: 450mg, Price: $1.49
A very early variety that produces compact heads about 6 inches in diameter,
with medium deep curds, that are true white and weigh about 1 ½ pounds.
Will mature almost anywhere in Alaska. Not self-blanching, this variety
requires that the leaves be tied over the head if the curds are to remain
white. Excellent variety for home use and is good for freezing.
CELERY
#292 Variety: Utah 52-70,
Net Weight: 300mg, Price: $1.49
A main season, self-blanching variety that produces stalks that are 8 to
10 inches, thick, smooth and waxy and are medium green in color. The 28
to 30 inch plants have good heart development and dark green foliage.
#312 Variety: Vates, Net Weight: 2g, Price: $1.49
A relatively low-growing, compact variety that produces good yields of large, thick, smooth dark green leaves for greens.
#612 Variety: Yukon Chief, Net Weight: 1/2oz, Price: $1.69
A DENALI EXCLUSIVE A cold resistant, early maturing, all yellow variety that will germinate and grow in cold soils. The 3 to 4 foot stalks produce 6 to 7 inch slightly tapered ears that are moderately filled with 12 rows of kernels. Developed at the University of Alaska Research Station. Earliest variety in Alaska. Very early.
#382 Variety: Beit Alpha F-1,
Net Weight:2g, Price: $1.69
A HYBRID, burpless, Beit Alpha-type cucumber that is gynoecious, producing
only female blossoms. It sets fruit in good quantities without pollination,
making it ideal for greenhouse production. An exceptionally fine cucumber used
for either pickling or slicing. Its smooth skin is non-bitter. Flesh is crisp
and burpless. Fruit can be picked at any stage up to 7". For slicing into
salads, fruit should be picked at 5" to 7" for best texture and flavor.
The slender fruits have soft, smaller seeds than American varieties, a plus
for pickling. When pickled the flesh is not as crisp as the American varieties,
but has an excellent mild flavor with no bitterness. The processed pickles keep
very well. This very early variety is a full week ahead of American-type slicers.
A pollinator variety has not been added to the seed but will produce fruits
without pollenation in a greenhouse. When this variety is planted outdoors it
is recommended that Morden Early be planted as a pollinator to produce
male blossoms which will improve production. This variety will produce well
in an unheated greenhouse that is cool, in the upper 40s and 50s at night.
#372 Variety: Morden Early, Net Weight: 2g,
Price: $1.49
An early, cold tolerant combination pickle or slicer that produces
medium sized 5 to 7 by 2 inch fruits on short, compact vines. Fruits do not
hold well on vines, turn yellow early. Will grow outdoors in Alaska in a favored
warm location. Developed at the Morden Experimental Farm in Manitoba, Canada.
Midseason.
EUROPEAN GOURMET SALAD MIX
#632 Variety: Gourmet Salad Mix,
Net Weight: 2g, Price: $1.49
A blend of healthy and flavorful lettuces and other salad greens that
have been very popular in Europe for a long time. These blends have become increasingly
popular with gourmet cooks in the US and provide a real adventure in dining.
A mixture that includes iceberg, romaine, butterhead and red leaf lettuce, spinach,
mache, curly endive, radicchio, arugula and cress depending on availability.
A mixture of salad greens that does best in Alaska's cool weather, can be grown
in a container and is ready for harvest in just 40 to 50 days and provides fresh
greens for several weeks.
LETTUCE, HEAD
#472 Variety: Great Lakes 659,
Net Weight: 1.5g, Price: $1.49
Produces a medium-sized, dark green firm head with outer leaves that are large and frilled. Cap leaves are heavy and tight, giving protection against adverse weather. The uniform heads are resistant to tip burn. Tolerates more cold than other varieties. Late.
#652 Variety: Ithaca, Net Weight: 1.5g,
Price: $1.49
An early, medium, 5 to 51/2 inch, well wrapped, firm, medium dark green head, with upright frilled leaves that does well in both muck and upland soils. Tip burn and black rot resistant. Midseason.
LETTUCE, BUTTERHEAD
#432 Variety: Buttercrunch,
Net Weight: 1.5g, Price: $1.49
A small butterhead of excellent quality with smooth, soft, very tender
leaves. The outer leaves are very dark green with inner leaves blanched to a
golden yellow. Resistant to bolting. Midseason.
LETTUCE, LEAF
#532 Variety: Salad Bowl,
Net Weight: 1.5g, Price: $1.49
An AAS winner with large, deeply lobed, medium green non-heading leaves. Variety is slow to bolt. Excellent for home use. Early.
#452 Variety: Grand Rapids, Net Weight: 1.5g,
Price: $1.49
Leaves are light green, tender, sweet and crispy with margins that are lightly frilled and deeply cut. Resists bolting and is well-adapted to low light intensities so it may be used for winter greenhouse forcing. Early.
#512 Variety: Ruby, Net Weight: 1.5g,
Price: $1.49
AAS Winner. A leaf lettuce with bright green, filled leaves shaded with intense red. The leaves are crisp, sweet, and succulent, making it a gourmet delight. Early.
LETTUCE, ROMAINE
#492 Variety: Romaine, Parris Island Cos,
Net Weight: 1.5g, Price: $1.49
A romaine type that produces a midseason, medium to large, 9",
slightly savoyed, dark green head that is slow to bolt and shows tolerance to
tip burn.
MUSTARD
#572 Variety: Southern Giant,
Net Weight: 2.4g, Price: $1.49
The large, vigorous, hardy, cold resistant plants have a spread of
18 to 24 inches and is an early curled type. The large bright green leaves have
crumpled, frilled edges and mild but mustardy flavor. This slow to bolt variety
is excellent for home and market gardens.
BUNCHING ONION
#33 Variety: Evergreen Bunching, Net Weight: 1.5g, Price: $1.49
A green bunching onion grown for its long, slender mild flavorful white stalks. Does not form bulbs. Midseason.
PARSNIP
#53 Variety: Hollow Crown, Net Weight: 2g, Price: $1.49
Roots are hollow-crowned, uniformly tapered, 12 inches long with a 2 1/2 to 3-inch shoulder. Late.
PEPPER
# 73 Variety: King of the North, Net Weight: 350mg, Price: $1.69
This early variety sets good numbers of dark green, meduim sized, 3 to 4 lobed fruits under adverse, cool growing conditions. Will set fruits outdoors in warm interior gardens . Excellent for greenhouse cultures, as it will not sunburn easily. Except in the warmest Alaskan locations, it requires protection from the cold at night.
PUMPKIN
#93 Variety: Small Sugar, Net Weight: 3g, Price: $1.49
One of the earliest pumpkins, produces firm, fine textured, orange-yellow, sweet, flesh excellent for pies. The 6 to 7 inch fruit weighs 6 to 7 pounds and makes a delightful, small, dark orange jack-o-lantern. To assure maturity in Alaska must be started 4 to 5 weeks ahead in individual plastic pots then after the last frost carefully transplant to the garden avoiding root injury, roots injure easily. Late
RADISH
#113 Variety: Champion,
Net Weight: 5g, Price: $1.49
A round, crisp, solid, brilliant scarlet red radish that produces excellent
crops under cool-weather conditions. Best when young. Early.
#133 Variety: Cherry Belle, Net Weight:
5g, Price: $1.49
AAS winner. An early round, smooth, red-skinned radish 3/4-inch across
with crisp, white, firm flesh. Best when young. First Early.
#153 Variety: Early Scarlet Globe, Net Weight:
5g, Price: $1.49
An ideal early garden radish maturing at the same time as Cherry Belle.
The roots are a slightly elongated globe in shape, with crisp white flesh and
a scarlet-colored skin. An excellent spring variety. Early.
#173 Variety: French Breakfast, Net Weight: 5g,
Price: $1.49
This unique early variety has a small, slender, oblong, blunt tap root
that is crisp, tender, white, and juicy with skin that is rose-scarlet, shading
to white at the tip. A top quality radish with a distinct, mildly pungent flavor.
The tops are short, roots show above ground and the root quality is best when
harvested young.
RUTABAGA
#253 Variety: American Purple Top, Net Weight: 1.8g, Price: $1.49
Produces roots 4 to 6 inches in diameter, nearly globe-shaped with light yellow, firm, good-textured flesh. The skin is yellow with a purple top. Stores well. Midseason
SPINACH
#283 Variety: Bloomsdale Long Standing, Net Weight: 4g, Price: $1.49
An early, cold-resistant, open-pollinated variety whose vigorous semi-upright plants grow quickly and produce large quantities of thick, flavorful, crumpled, glossy, dark green leaves. The plants of this slow bolting variety will hold 3 to 5 days after they are mature before they start to go to seed. For the best quality harvest early. Excellent fresh, canned or frozen.
#273 Variety: Melody F-1, Net Weight: 3g, Price: $1.69
AAS Winner. The large semi-erect HYBRID plants produce large, thick, semi-savoyed, dark green leaves that are held well off the ground. This variety produces a good crop before going to seed. Very early.
SQUASH
#323 Variety: Black Beauty Zucchini, Net Weight: 3g Price: $1.49
A midseason, open polenated zucchini that provides very good yields of dark green, cylindrical, smooth, glossy fruits that are best when harvested at 7 to 8 inches long, produced on a vigorous, open, upright bush for easy harvest. Produces well in Alaska
#293 Variety: BC-2 Zucchini F-1, Net Weight: 2g Price: $1.98
An early maturing, heavy yielding HYBRID zucchini that produces large quantities of high quality, long, cylindrical, shiny dark green to black fruits depending on the light intensity with very small blossom scars. The vigorous, compact plants are open and almost spineless making them easy to harvest. This variety performs well and produces fruit early in cool climates.
#313 Variety: Blackjack Zucchini F-1, Net Weight: 2g, Price: $2.29
A HYBRID zucchini-type squash yielding very dark green, cylindrical, smooth glossy fruits on a vigorous upright bush that provides good cover. Heavy yields of excellent dark green 7-8 inch fruits. This variety germinates best of all zucchinis in cold soils. Earliest.
#353 Variety: Early Prolific Straightneck, Net Weight: 3g, Price: $1.49
AAS Winner. A heavy-yielding bush type squash that produces creamy yellow, buttery-flavored fruits that are best when harvested 4 to 6 inches long. Early Prolific Straightneck is a very early, prolific, easy-to-grow variety, but not as tolerant to cold soils as Blackjack zucchini.
SWISS CHARD
#373 Variety: Fordhook Giant, Net Weight: 2.3g, Price: $1.49
This desirable bolt-resistant variety has crumpled leaves that are
dark green with a white rib. Excellent for home use. The easiest to grow and
best green for Alaska. Midseason.
TOMATO
Greenhouse Varieties in Alaska
#473 Variety: Tropic, Net Weight: 100mg, Price: $1.49
Tropic is a proven all-purpose tomato that does well under greenhouse conditions. Needs night temperatures in the fifties to set fruit. The vigorous, productive, indeterminate plants need staking and yield an abundance of large 6 to 8-ounce high quality, flavorful, red fruits. Resistant to Gray Leaf Spot, Fusarium Wilt Race I and Verticillium Wilt.
Outdoor Varieties in Alaska
#573 Variety: Polar Beauty, Net Weight: 100mg, Price: $1.69
A DENALI EXCLUSIVE A early maturing large fruited variety developed by plant breeder John Holm of Fairbanks, Alaska, is a very cold tolerant, determinate, 24 to 36 inch plant that sets fruit when the night temperatures are only in the 40's producing large quantities of large, high quality, solid, meaty, 4 to 6 ounce, bright red, smooth, flavorful, globe-shaped fruits. This variety has proven to be the best large fruited garden variety for Alaska and matures only 12 days after Polar Baby. Must be started indoors 8 to 10 weeks before the last frost.
#593 Variety: Polar Star, Net Weight: 100mg, Price: $1.69
A DENALI EXCLUSIVE This early maturing variety developed by plant breeder John Holm of Fairbanks, Alaska, is a very cold tolerant, determinate, 24 to 30 inch plant that sets fruit when the night temperatures are only in the 40's producing large quantities of high quality, solid, meaty, 3 ounce, bright red, smooth, flavorful, slightly pointed fruits. This variety has proven to be an outstanding garden variety for Alaska and matures 8 days after Polar Baby. Must be started indoors 8 to 10 weeks before the last frost.
#453 Variety: Sub-Arctic 25, Net Weight: 100mg, Price: $1.98
A DENALI EXCLUSIVE A first early variety, Sub-Arctic 25 introduced by plant breeder John Holm of Fairbanks, Alaska is very cold tolerant, setting heavy yields of high quality, solid, meaty, 2 to 4 ounce, bright red, flavorful, smooth globe shaped fruits when the night temperatures are only in the 40's. The plants are compact and produce their first blossoms very early and matures fruit 5 days later than Polar Baby. This compact variety is excellent for a container garden. Seeds must be started indoors 8 to 10 weeks before the last frost.
TURNIP
#513 Variety: Purple Top White Globe,
Net Weight: 3.5g, Price: $149
The smooth, handsome, uniformly globe-shaped roots are snowy white
on the underside, changing to a bright purple on top. Midseason.
#493 Variety: White Egg, Net Weight: 3g,
Price: $149
Turnips are very easy to grow and yield both nutritious, tasty greens
and high quality roots. Turnip greens are one of the most nutritious foods available.
This variety produces 17 inch, medium green, cut leaf tops and fast growing
2 to 4 inch pure white, mild, sweet, tender, fine grained roots. The roots grow
partially above ground giving the crown a green tint. An excellent garden and
market variety.
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