Salsa Collection
Item Details
Item Details
Walla Walla Onion
Large, round bulbs boast sweet, mild, juicy flesh. Famous for its mild flavor, this long-day sweet onion is the only northern onion ever to match the quality of the popular Vidalia types. Well-grown bulbs can reach 2 pounds apiece and will store 2-3 months
- 90 days from transplant
- Conventional
- Long-day onion
- Bulbs grow to 2 pounds
- Globe-shaped, solid bulbs
- Can store 2-3 months
This variety works for:
- Fresh eating
- Baking
- Sautéing
- Soups
Moonglow Tomato
Winner of Seed Savers Exchange’s 2007 Tomato Tasting. Uniform bright orange globes with solid flesh, few seeds, and mild sweetness. Excellent keeper.
- 85 days from transplant
- Organic
- Winner of SSE’s 2007 Tomato Tasting
- Uniform, orange globe-shaped fruit
- Mild sweet flavor
- Solid flesh with few seeds
- Excellent keeper
This variety works for:
- Fresh eating
- Sauce
- Roasting
- Canning
- Freezing
Jalapeno (Traveler Strain) Pepper [Hot]
From Seed Savers Exchange member Larry Pierce of Cabool, Missouri. Named Traveler because Larry carried this seed with him when he moved to Oklahoma, Wyoming, and then Missouri. Sturdy plants covered in cylindrical fruits that average 3" long. Fruits ripen from green to bright red.
- 70-90 days from transplant
- Conventional
- Best-selling hot pepper
- Hot pepper
- Cylindrical fruits grow to 3 inches
- Peppers ripen from green to bright red
This variety works for:
- Fresh eating
- Roasting
- Salsa
- Pickling
- Drying
Hungarian Heart Tomato
First listed in the 1991 Seed Savers Exchange Yearbook by Jerry Muller of Alabama. He acquired the variety in 1988 from Ed Simon of Pennsylvania. Simon stated it was brought to the United States in 1901 from a village 20 miles from Budapest. Huge pink oxheart fruits weigh upwards of one pound. Very few seeds and almost no cracking. One of our favorites for fresh eating, canning, and for making roasted tomato sauce.
- 85 days from transplant
- Conventional
- Indeterminate - Fruit ripens throughout the season
- Very few seeds
- Pink fruits grow up to 1 pound
- Resistant to cracking
- Great for fresh eating, canning, and for making roasted tomato sauce
This variety works for:
- Fresh eating
- Sauce
- Paste
- Roasting
- Canning
Purple de Milpa Tomatillo
The tomatillo that grows wild in Mexican cornfields. Very small (¾") purple-tinged fruits borne on 3-4' tall plants. Fruit typically does not burst through husk when ripe. Sharp flavor preferred by some cooks over other tomatillos.
- 70-90 days from transplant
- Organic
- Purple-tinged fruits grow to less than 1 inch
- Plants grow to 3-4 feet
- Does not burst through husk when ripe
This variety works for:
- Fresh eating
- Salsa
- Freezing
Cilantro
The fresh leaves of this herb, commonly known as cilantro, are used in a variety of Asian and Latin cuisines, but its seeds are also collected and used as a spice called coriander. Successive sowings of this annual herb, which bears umbels of white flowers before it sets seed, will ensure a steady supply of its edible leaves throughout the season.
- 50-55 days to first leaf harvest, 90-120 days for seed
- Organic
- Annual plants grow to 1-2 feet tall
This variety works for:
- Fresh eating
- Dried seeds
Grow your own salsa, straight from your own garden. Mix and match tomatoes and peppers and find your signature combination`. Collection contains one packet of each variety:
- Walla Walla Onion
- Cilantro
- Moonglow Tomato
- Purple de Milpa Tomatillo
- Jalapeño Traveler Strain Pepper
- Hungarian Heart Tomato
Please note: In the event of a seed packet shortage, we will substitute a variety. Rest assured—you're still getting six great varieties!