Hudson Valley Seed Library
2012 Catalog
Welcome to our catalog for the 2012 growing season. It features over 150 varieties of seed, 60 of which were grown locally. With your support, we can continue to grow, package, and celebrate heirloom and open-pollinated varieties of garden seed right here in upstate New York. Browse our catalog by navigating the categories to the left or by using our full catalog quick-order page below.
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Arugula
Arugula : Bright and potent green, delectable in the cooler months.Add:
Arugula : Roquette into taste heaven with fast-growing and plentiful arugula.Add:
Wild Arugula : Smaller, punchier, and hardier than standard arugula, the wild strain is beautiful and delicious.Add:
Asian Greens
Baby Bok Choy : A diminutive and tender Bok Choy which has an extreme cuteness quotient.Add:
Bok Choy : The stir-fry green par excellence.Add:
Komatsuna : Extremely cold hardy, ultra-mild Asian mustard green. Almost as sweet as spinach, but even easier to grow.Add:
Mibuna : The smooth cousin of Mizuna.Add:
Mizuna : Crunchy, mildly tangy, deeply serrated greens.Add:
Red Giant Mustard : Tangy, upright, giant-leaved, and deeply hued.Add:
Savoy-Leaved Tatsoi : Just like regular Tatsoi, but with flair.Add:
Tatsoi : These fast-growing, melt-in-your-mouth greens will have you saying "Tat's Soi Delicious!"Add:
Tatsoi : Spirals of succulent, spoon shaped leaves love the cool fall air.Add:
Beans
Blue Lake Pole Green Bean : From home(l)y to gourmet.Add:
Dragon's Tongue Bean : White and purple speckled flat beans are treat to look at and eat.Add:
Hank's X-tra Special Baking Bean : A regional heirloom from Ghent, New York.Sold Out!
Ideal Market Green Bean : Big vines yield loads of medium-sized green beans.Add:
Pencil Pod Yellow Wax Bush Bean : Polish off these flavorful wax beans.Add:
Provider Bush Green Bean : Big, delicious harvests--reliable and well flavored.Add:
Provider Green Bean : Reliable high yields of sweet, plump and crisp snap beans.Add:
Royalty Purple Pod Bean : Deep purple-hued pods are tender and delicious.Add:
Scarlet Runner Bean : Pretty and pretty tasty. Brilliant flowers bloom continuously on vigorous vines.Add:
Beets
Cylindra Beet : Home cooks rejoice! An easy to peel uniform, tasty beet.Add:
Detroit Dark Red Beet : The standard open-pollinated red beet.Add:
Early Wonder Tall Top Beet : The name says it all!Add:
Ruby Queen Beet : A royal red root, befit for a queen.Add:
Sugar Beet : Grow your own sugar.Add:
Brassicas
Purple Vienna Kohlrabi : Out of this world in looks and taste. Any way you dice it, it's delicious.Add:
Purple Vienna Kohlrabi : Out of this world in looks and taste. Any way you dice it, it's delicious.Add:
Broccoli
Di Ciccio Broccoli : Old-fashioned Italian heirloom from the 1800s.Add:
Green Sprouting Calabrese Broccoli : 1800s Italian-American HeirloomAdd:
Piracicaba Broccoli : For a sweet, long-lasting crop, think Piracicaba.Add:
Piracicaba Broccoli : Tufts of broccoli stay sweet all season: delicious in summer and fall, it can be harvested through early December.Add:
Spring Broccoli Raab : A turnip by any other name.Add:
Cabbage
Danish Ballhead Cabbage : Big flat dream cabbages--broad and welcoming cruciferous pillows.Add:
Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage : Two of the most loved and famous stars to come out of Jersey are Bruce Springsteen and this cabbage.Add:
Red Acre Cabbage : This red variety grows quickly and easily into tight, compact heads.Add:
Red Express Cabbage : The high-speed train of open-pollinated cabbages.Add:
Carrots
Danvers Carrot : Broad-topped deep orange roots, blocky with a strong taper.Add:
Kaleidoscope Carrots : A crunchy rainbow hued mix of carrots.Add:
Parisian Carrot : Compact little carrots are ideal for container culture.Add:
Red-Cored Chantenay Carrot : Fat reddish roots; sweet, crisp, and wonderful for winter storage.Add:
Scarlet Nantes Carrot : From the banks of the Loire River to your garden, give or take a few hundred years.Add:
Chard
Rainbow Chard : Colorful, edible landscaping selection. Add:
Rainbow Chard : A mix of chards in jewel-toned hues lead to an abundant, colorful harvest.Add:
Corn
Ashworth Sweet Corn : Warning: Although delightfully sweet when eaten off the cob, this corn cannot be used to make high fructose corn syrup.Add:
Calico Popcorn : Multicolored cobs make festive fall decoration and gourmet popping corn.Add:
Cucumbers
Double Yield Cucumber : This high-yielding cuke does double duty.Add:
Early Fortune Cucumber : Add:
Lemon Cucumber : Looks like a lemon but tastes like a cucumber!Add:
Lemon Cucumber : Looks like a lemon but tastes like a cucumber!Add:
Marketmore 76 Cucumber : A recent classic; the prototypical slicer.Add:
Muncher Cucumber : What's a burpless cucumber?Add:
Muncher Cucumber : Munch away on these tasty cucumbers.Add:
Eggplant
Apple Green Eggplant : Early, delicately flavored, light-green delights.Add:
Black Beauty Eggplant : Big, traditional, club-shaped: a winner for traditional Italian dishes.Add:
Ping Tung Eggplant : Long bright purple fruits are easily make it from garden to table.Add:
Rosa Bianca Eggplant : Lavender streaks on white skin reveal a tasty eggplant flesh beneath.Add:
Rosa Bianca Eggplant : Lavender streaks on white skin reveal a tasty eggplant flesh beneath.Add:
Fennel
Florence Fennel : Crunchy, licorice flavored bulbs can be used as a vegetable or an herb.Add:
Florence Fennel : Crunchy, licorice flavored bulbs can be used as a vegetable or an herb.Add:
Flowers
Baby's Breath : Add:
Bachelor Button Polka Dot Mix : Feathery button-size blooms of true blues, whites, and pinks.Add:
Balloon Vine : This old fashioned ornamental vine gives the gardener love right back.Add:
Blue Cornflower : As qunitesential as crayola.Add:
Blue Flax : Add:
Borage : A beautiful blue bloom is edible and loveable.Add:
Calendula : This medicinal plant offers pretty yellow blooms that heal.Add:
Calendula officinalis : Bright, golden blooms and a tantalizing, cleansing aroma--and very easy to grow!Add:
Gift Zinnia : These striking red blooms make perfect presents.Add:
Good Bug Blooms : A great mix for garden borders and beneficial bugs.Add:
Heavenly Blue Morning Glory : Add:
Johnny Jump-Up : Seeds are beginnings.Add:
Love in a Mist : These ethereal blooms will brighten the garden and the seed pods will enliven the home.Add:
Mammoth Gray Stripe Sunflower : The quintessential giant sunflower, towering and delightfully ragged by late summer.Add:
Maximilian Sunflower : Even for the most simple of flowers, there is a verdant wealth of information.Add:
Moon Flower : Fragrant white blooms are best enjoyed at dusk.Add:
Painted Daisy : Bright, fun, long lasting blooms.Add:
Pumila Mix Zinnia : Slightly wild-looking zinnia with bright blooms in warm colors.Add:
Scarlet Flax : Beautiful, deep red blooms jut upward en masse.Add:
Spider Flower : A stunning, spindly floral garden delight.Add:
Starflower : Indulge in nature's geometric delights with this stellar garden flower.Add:
State Fair Zinnia : Prize-worthy blooms in a mix of red, pink, purple, yellow and orange.Add:
Strawflower : Bring the colors of summer into your home to keep your gardening dreams alive all winter.Add:
Sulphur Cosmos : Easy to grow, golden-bloomed, lacy-foliaged beauties.Add:
Sunflower Ornamental Mix : As diverse in stature, color, girth, and disposition as our amazing community of home gardeners.Add:
Sunflower Surprise : A sunny mix of sunflowers in varying heights and hues.Add:
Tiger Paw Aster : Stunning flower for the garden or a vase.Add:
Trailing Nasturtium : A spreading, bold variety with solid green leaves and brightly colored blooms.Add:
Variegated Nasturtium : Beautiful, edible, pastel blooms against alluring white-washed leaves.Sold Out!
Velvet Queen Sunflower : Maroon blooms add a splash of royal air to any garden landscape. Add:
Greens
Braising Mix : A mix of greens that taste great braised--with garlic and olive oil, with sesame oil and soy sauce, with sliced onions and cayenne--alwaysAdd:
Edible Amaranth Mix : A nutritious and delicious alternative to spinach in the hot summer months.Add:
Frisee Endive : Classic mesclun green.Add:
Garden Cress : Peppery, toothsome addition to salads and sandwiches.Add:
Garland Serrated Chrysanthemum : Also known as Shungiku.Add:
Mache : Add:
Ground Cherry
Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry : Irresistable, sweet, and unique--and pre-wrapped by mother nature!Add:
Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry : An easy to grow bushy plant provides delightful husked berries, adding uncommon flair to the garden.Add:
Herbs
Basil : Genovese : Pesto alla genovese. Best pesto basil there is.Add:
Basil : Thai : Add:
Basil Bouquet : Beautiful and delicious arrangement of Genovese, Lemon, Cinnamon, Purple, and Thai Basils.Add:
Basil: Cinnamon : A terrific aroma: the brightness of basil mixes with the round, warm tones of cinnamon.Add:
Basil: Dark Opal : Richly colored, intensely flavored--dramatic!Add:
Basil: Italian Large Leaf : Also known as Neapolitan Basil. One or two leaves on a tomato slice is pure heaven.Add:
Basil: Lemon : Bright and lovely citrusy basil.Add:
Chervil : Delicate flavor and texture: a sweet combination of anise and parsley.Add:
Chives : Tasty green straws and pretty purple flowers.Add:
Chives: Garlic : These greens make the best spring kimchi.Add:
Cilantro : A refreshing herb used in dishes world wide.Add:
Cilantro / Coriander : Indispensible in Asian and Mexican cuisine.Add:
Dill Bouquet : Ahh, the bouquet of pickle juice!Add:
Dill Mammoth Long Island : Use this dill in pickles and beyond.Add:
Dill: Mammoth : Use this dill in pickles and beyond.Add:
Marjoram : A sweeter, brighter cousin of oregano.Add:
Parsley: Forest Green : Overwinter this parsley in a cold frame to propagate your own old growth grove.Add:
Parsley: Gigante d'Italia : More than a garnish, this large variety is a bright and tasty herb.Add:
Parsley: Gigante d'Italia : More than a garnish, this large variety is a bright and tasty herb.Add:
Salad Burnet : Mild, cucumber-like flavor; a nice addition to any salad.Add:
Summer Savory : An easy to grow herb whose taste lives up to its name.Add:
Summer Savory : An easy to grow herb whose taste lives up to its name.Add:
Tarragon : Add:
Thyme : The thyme is right: it's evergreen, aromatic, and easy-to-grow.Add:
Kale and Collards
Dino Kale : Dark green and tender, this beloved kale variety is the sweetest of them all.Add:
Dino Kale (Garden Pack) : Crinkly, deep green kale of exceptional eating quality.Add:
Ragged Jack Kale : Flat, ragged leaves are perfect in sautes and soups.Add:
Red Russian Kale : Ragged Jack is rugged: reliable, delicious, and hardy, a sweet treat into the fall.Add:
Siberian Kale : Hardy, medium-frilled, long-leaved, productive.Add:
Vates Collards : Thick, tender, deep green, oval-shaped, upright leaves--sweet in the fall but delicious at any time.Add:
Lettuce
Amish Deer Tongue Lettuce : Amish deer love to lick this lettuce.Add:
Bibb Lettuce : Delicate, buttery, and fine.Add:
Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce : New York heirloom circa 1880Add:
Flashy Butter Oak Lettuce : Lettuce glam.Add:
Italienischer Lettuce : Add:
Ithaca Lettuce : A crunchy heading lettuce, developed in upstate New York.Add:
Magenta Lettuce : Tight, red-tinged lettuce that stands heat well.Add:
Mesclun Mix : A tasty collection of lettuce and other fresh-eating greens.Add:
North Pole Lettuce : Winter GreenAdd:
Parris Island Cos Lettuce : Why grow Parris Island? 'Cos it's heat-tolerant, determined, and delicious!Add:
Parris Island Cos Lettuce Selection : Poughkeepsie Farm Project likes this romaine-type lettuce...Add:
Prizehead Lettuce : Beautiful, pink-tipped, tender and crisp loose-leaf heirloom.Add:
Red Deer Tongue Lettuce : Tasty leaves lap the skyAdd:
Red Salad Bowl Lettuce : A bronze-red oak leaf lettuce.Add:
Royal Oakleaf Lettuce : Eat like a king.Add:
Spotted Trout Lettuce : This crisp speckled romaine looks good in the garden and on a plate.Add:
Spotted Trout Lettuce : A tender, sweet green romaine with red speckles.Add:
Tom Thumb Lettuce : Little softball-sized butterheads--appealing to people big and small.Add:
Ultimate Salad Bowl : A delightful blend of greens and lettuces brighten the salad bowl.Add:
Ultimate Salad Bowl : This USB won't plug into any port on your laptop, but it will burst with flavor when you upload it into a big salad bowl. Add:
Vivian Lettuce : "Veni, Vedi, Vici," announces Vivian. "All Hail Caesar Salads!"Add:
Melons
Banana Melon : Perfect for Northern localvores lamenting the lack of locally grown bananas.Add:
Iroquois Cantaloupe : Terrific traditional cantaloupe.Add:
Jenny Lind Melon : Sing the praises of this sweet melon, well suited to the northeastern climate.Add:
Jenny Lind Melon : Sing the praises of this sweet melon, well suited to the northeastern climate.Add:
Schoon's Hardshell American Melon : Big, sweet, juicy, creamy cantaloupes.Add:
Okra
Clemson Spineless Okra : A beautiful plant with plucky pods.Add:
Royal Burgundy Okra : Consider this summer delight an edible ornamental!Add:
Onions
Blau Gruner Leek : Blue-green winter leek.Add:
Evergreen Bunching Onions : A patch of this scallion is a year-long garden friend.Add:
Evergreen Scallion : A patch of this scallion is a year-long garden friend.Add:
Parsnips
Harris Model Parsnip : Tangy, sweet white roots--a delight of late winter and early spring!Add:
Peas
Green Arrow Shell Pea : Terrific shell pea: 8-10 peas per pod and easy to shell.Add:
Laxton's Progress Shell Pea : Plump pods grow on short vines.Add:
Sugar Snap Pea : The quintessential early summer treat, fresh off the vine or steamed briefly as a side dish.Add:
Peppers
Ancho Pepper : Ancho Haiku Warm, blocky anchos
So many on the tall bush
They're the head honchos.
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Bridge to Paris Pepper : Elegant, large, long sweet peppers.Add:
Cayenne Pepper : So hot it's used to make mace. Do not try this at home.Add:
Doe Hill Pepper : Early, huge yields of small- to medium-sized sweet and tangy fruits.Add:
Jimmy Nardello's Sweet Pepper : Rippling pods, abundant, snappy, and very sweet.Add:
Joe's Round Pepper : Beautiful plant festooned with green-to-yellow-to-red marble-sized hot peppers.Add:
King of the North Pepper : We'd like to give this sweet royal red pepper a crown.Add:
Matchbox Pepper : Tiny, spicy peppers are beautiful on the bush and dried.Add:
Matchbox Pepper : Small fruits in greens, yellows, and reds cover sprawling, low, bushy plants.Add:
Sweet Salad Pepper : Colorful, sweet, peppery, and highly ornamental.Add:
Sweet Salad Pepper : The fruits glow on this edible and highly decorative pepper.Add:
Tam Jalapeno Pepper : Mild, high-yielding jalapenos--ideal for pickling, for starting a stir fry, for spicing up any dish.Add:
Radishes
Cherry Belle Radish : Little red radishes--juicy, delicately flavored, and fast.Add:
China Rose Winter Radish : Add:
Easter Egg Radish : Pastel and pleasant little egg-sized roots.Add:
French Breakfast Radish : Not just for dinner!Add:
German Giant Radish : Big, mild, tender, red roots.Add:
Round Black Spanish Radish : Attractive, dramatic roots with a great radish flavor.Add:
Sparkler Radish : Beautiful, bicolor radishes pack a pleasant bite.Add:
Watermelon Radish : A fun favorite: white skins hide bright red interior.Add:
Spinach
Bloomsdale Spinach : Cold hearty spinach can be sown in early spring and again in November for a spring harvest.Add:
Bloomsdale Spinach : "Bloomsdale" was the name of the 1847 seed farm of the Pennsylvania based D. Landreth & Company.Add:
New Zealand Spinach : A satisfying spinach substitute for the summer months.Add:
Summer Squash
Benning's Green Tint Patty Pan Squash : Don't let the looks fool you, this summer squash has the best flavor out there.Add:
Benning's Green Tint Patty Pan Squash : Patty pan, patty pan scalloped squash, make me a stir fry that's got some panache.Add:
Cocozelle Squash : Yellow and green striped zucchini with a full summery flavor.Add:
Costata Romanesca Zucchini : Gorgeous green ribbed squash give summer dishes pizzazz.Add:
Costata Romanesca Zucchini : Flavorful striped zucchinis are good eating even when big.Add:
Early Summer Crookneck Squash : Prolific yellow squash marks the height of summer bounty.Add:
Early Yellow Crookneck Squash : Exceedingly prolific and useful little yellow squashes.Add:
Ronde de Nice Summer Squash : Little round treats--awfully Nice!Add:
Tomatillo
Puebla Verde Tomatillo : Salsa verde--con sabor!Add:
Tomatoes
Amish Paste Tomato : These plump rectangular fruits are reliable and delicious--and huge!Add:
Aunt Ruby's German Green Tomato : When is a green tomato a ripe tomato? Ask Aunt Ruby!Add:
Black Krim Tomato : "Czerno Krimski" hails from the Isle of Krim in the Black Sea off the coast of the Crimean peninsula in the Ukraine. Add:
Black Plum Tomato : Don't be glum, it's not really a plum, but it is a fruit you can grow in your garden.Add:
Blue Beech Tomato : A great saucer for all seasons!Add:
Brandywine (Pink) Tomato : The love apple that coined a word.Add:
Cherokee Purple Tomato : Add:
Cosmonaut Volkov Tomato : This tasty, round red tomato is out of this world.Add:
Cosmonaut Volkov Tomato : This tasty, round red tomato is out of this world.Add:
Fox Cherry Tomato : Perfect, plump, salad-sized red tomatoes.Add:
Fox Cherry Tomato : Giant little tomatoes provide tons of fruit and plenty of versatility.Add:
Garden Peach Tomato : Just peachy. Really.Add:
Glacier Tomato : Add:
Goldie Tomato : Heirloom tomato perfection-a sweet, yellow, slicing tomato.Add:
Goldie Tomato : Electric Kool-Aid low-acid tomatoAdd:
Green Zebra Tomato : A popular garden tomato ripens yellow-green with exotic green stripes.Add:
Isis Candy Shop Tomato : Isis Candy tomato in a variety of shapes and colors.Add:
Mama Leone Tomato : Old-time Italian paste tomato, Mama's cooking!Add:
Mortgage Lifter Tomato : This big tomato comes with a boastful name. Add:
New Yorker Tomato : Open tomato season with this early red variety.Add:
New Yorker Tomato : For the garden that never sleeps: a variety that wastes no time.Add:
Opalka Tomato : Add:
Ox Heart Tomato : Seeds with heart.Add:
Polish Linguisa Tomato : Sausage shaped, tomato flavored.Add:
Principe Borghese Sun Dried Tomato : Eat tomatoes all winter long.Add:
Prudens Purple Tomato : Pretty early. Pretty pretty. Pretty completely delicious.Add:
Rose de Berne Tomato : This Swiss Miss makes a great all-round tomato.Add:
Rutgers Tomato : When is an heirloom not an heirloom?Add:
Striped Cavern Tomato : A colorful caving experience.Add:
Striped German Tomato : A bicolored classic: yellow-washed red fruits are soft and sweet.Add:
Tiny Tim Tomato : Well suited for tiny growing spaces.Add:
Ulster Germaid Tomato : Unusual Hudson Valley tomato available nowhere else.Add:
Yellow Pear Cherry Tomato : Little yellow pears cover big plants like strings of (delicious) holiday lights.Add:
Turnips and Rutabagas
Cape Cod Rutabaga : Or is it a Turnipabaga?Add:
Golden Globe Turnip : Delicious round yellow-fleshed turnip.Add:
Peg's Rutabaga : From Peg's garden--a rutabaga that happily overwintered in the ground.Add:
Purple Top White Globe Turnip : Traditional turnip with a purple ring on top.Add:
Watermelon
Blacktail Mountain Watermelon : A watermelon for short seasons.Add:
Sugar Baby Watermelon : Early maturing watermelons yield a sweet summer harvest in the Northeast. Add:
Sugar Baby Watermelon : Early maturing, sweet, compact watermelons with bright red, flavorful flesh.Add:
Winter Squash
Big Max Pumpkins : Really big pumpkins.Add:
Blue Hubbard Squash : "Cucurbitacean - a person who regards pumpkins or squash with deep, often rapturous love." FromAdd:
Burgess Buttercup Squash : Sweet and tidy little buttercups.Add:
Connecticut Field Pumpkin : Quintessential New England. Send us your Jack O' Lantern stories and photos.Add:
Delicata Squash : Delightfully delectable dirigible delicata.Add:
Green-Striped Cushaw : Big, mild winter squashes with green and yellow stripes.Add:
Long Island Cheese Pumpkin : Big round squash are the color and shape of a wheel of cheese. Superb for pie making.Add:
Long Island Cheese Pumpkin : This big squash resembles a wheel of cheese in color and shape, but has superb flavor for pies and soups.Add:
New England Pie Pumpkin : Perfect for pies.Add:
Waltham Butternut Squash : A winter staple: fill a cool closet with butternuts and you'll have squash until spring.Add: