Easy-to-Grow Favorites Collection
Item Details
Item Details
Provider Bean
Known as the most dependable early green bean, this easy-to-grow variety offers excellent flavor and is one of the best for freezing and canning. It germinates well in cooler soil, adapts to diverse soil and climate conditions, and is disease-resistant. Round, straight pods grow heavily on compact plants. Introduced in 1965 by horticulturist Dr. Hoffman of the U.S. Vegetable Laboratory in South Carolina.
- 50-55 days
- Conventional
- Bush bean
- Snap bean
- Excellent flavor
- Disease resistant
- Cool weather tolerant
This variety works for:
- Fresh eating
- Steaming
- Roasting
- Canning
- Freezing
French Breakfast Radish
(aka Radis Demi-long Rose a Bout Blanc) A very early market garden radish of French origin. Listed by J.M. Thorburn & Co of New York in 1870. Oblong and blunt, rose-scarlet with a white tip. White crisp flesh with a mildly pungent flavor. Sow in the spring or fall and pick when small.
- 20-30 days
- Organic
- Fall/winter and spring radish
- Oblong roots
- Dark pink roots fade to white
- Mildly pungent flavor
This variety works for:
- Fresh eating
Green Arrow Pea
(aka Green Shaft) An English main crop variety and standard home and market variety. Slim pointed pods are 4-5" long and contain 8-11 small deep green peas. Pods are almost always borne in doubles. Very heavy reliable production. Medium vines grow 24-28" tall.
- 62-70 days
- ±2,200 seeds/lb
- Organic
- Shelling pea
- Pods often borne in doubles with 8-11 peas each
- Vines grow to 28 inches
This variety works for:
- Fresh eating
- Stir-fry
- Roasting
- Soup
- Freezing
Bushy Cucumber
Produces bumper crops for fresh eating and pickling, with fruits seemingly growing overnight in peak season. A bush cucumber, this variety will take up only 2 or 3 square feet per plant. Introduced to American gardeners by Seed Savers Exchange in 1992, the variety originated in Russia, where its short vines (up to 5' long) and ease of growing made it perfect for dacha or second-home gardens near Moscow.
- 45-50 days
- ±900 seeds/oz
- Organic
- Short vines grow to 5 feet
- Good production
This variety works for:
- Fresh eating
- Pickling
Black Beauty Zucchini Squash
A 1957 All America Selections winner developed by John Scarchuk at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Compact everbearing bush plants are loaded with glossy green-black fruits with firm white flesh. Best eaten when under 8" long. Excellent variety for freezing.
- Organic
- Best-selling summer squash
- Summer squash
- Glossy, green-black skin
- Best when eaten under 8 inches
- Excellent variety for freezing
This variety works for:
- Steaming
- Sautéing
- Baking
- Roasting
- Soups
- Freezing
Seed Savers Exchange Lettuce Mixture
This well-balanced mix of cutting lettuces brings any salad to life. Consisting of tender Australian Yellowleaf, flavorful Forellenschluss, mild Lolla Rossa, striking Red Velvet, and at least four more of our favorite varieties, this cut-and-come-again mix will have a colorful salad on the table within weeks of planting.
- 40-45 days
- ±25,000 seeds/oz
- Conventional
- Best Seller
- Mixture Includes
- Amish Deer Tongue
- Forellenschluss
- Lolla Rossa
- Red Salad Bowl
This variety works for:
- Fresh eating
You can't beat fresh produce-especially if it comes straight from your own garden-and you can't go wrong with these proven varieties. Collection contains one packet of each variety:
- Provider Bean
- Bushy Cucumber
- SSE Lettuce Mixture
- Green Arrow Pea
- French Breakfast Radish
- Black Beauty Zucchini Squash
Please note: In the event of a seed packet shortage, we will substitute a variety. Rest assured—you're still getting six great varieties!