The Family Garden Collection

Dragon Carrot

This carrot’s beautiful red-purple exterior provides a striking contrast to its yellow-orange interior and light yellow core. A treat for the eye when sliced, its sweet, almost spicy, flavor makes this carrot a home gardener’s favorite and a best-seller at specialty and farmers’ markets. Considered the most refined purple carrot available, it was bred by Seed Savers Exchange member John Navazio.

• 90 days
• ±24,500 seeds/oz
• Conventional
• Best-seller
• Red-purple skin
• Yellow-orange interior
• Exceptionally sweet, almost spicy

This variety works for:

• Fresh eating
• Steaming
• Boiling
• Soup
• Storage

Bloomsdale Spinach

Developed in 1874 by D. Landreth & Sons seed company of Philadelphia. Vigorous upright plants with dark green, glossy, savoyed leaves. Fine quality, very tender, excellent flavor. Quick growing variety with heavy yields. Well adapted for late spring or summer plantings, slow to bolt.

• 39-60 days
• Organic
• Dark green, glossy, savoyed leaves
• Tender leaves with excellent flavor
• Quick growing and productive
• Slow to bolt

This variety works for:

• Fresh eating
• Sautéing
• Baking
• Canning
• Freezing

Gill's Golden Pippin Squash

This flavorful acorn squash may be among the first to show up on your table each fall. The fruits of this historic variety produce flesh that is pale orange, moderately sweet in flavor, and a bit variable in shape. Its vining plants are quite productive and yield relatively early-maturing fruits that measure 4-5" long and 3½ -4" wide, and weigh 1-1 ½ pounds. Gill Brothers introduced the variety in 1952.

• Organic

Blondkopfchen Tomato

(aka Little Blonde Girl) East German variety obtained by Seed Savers Exchange from Gatersleben Seed Bank. Small golden yellow 1" fruits borne in giant clusters, excellent sweet taste. Enormous yields and rarely a cracked fruit. Bears until frost.

• Organic
• Indeterminate - Fruit ripens throughout the season
• Giant clusters of golden-yellow, 1 inch fruits
• Excellent sweet flavor
• Rarely a cracked fruit
• Enormous yields

This variety works for:

• Fresh eating
• Roasting
• Drying

Tom Thumb Pea

At 8" tall, this aptly named dwarf pea is ideal for container gardening and is very frost-tolerant. Originating in England and introduced in the United States in the mid-19th century, there were several strains of this variety; over time, further reductions in height and time to maturity were achieved, leading to the pea we know as Tom Thumb today.

• 50-55 days
• ±2,000 seeds/lb
• Conventional
• Shelling pea
• Plants grow to 8 inches
• Good for container gardening
• Able to withstand hard frosts

This variety works for:

• Fresh eating
• Stir-fry
• Roasting
• Freezing

Teddy Bear Sunflower

(H. annuus) Beautiful double 4-6" golden-yellow blooms are great for cut flowers. Makes an excellent border in front of larger sunflowers. A favorite with children.

• Organic
• Annual flowers
• Plants grow to 18-24 inches tall
• Golden yellow double blossoms are 4-6 inches across
• Great for cut flowers
• 75 days

Gardening is for everyone and every age. Grow together with these family-centric varieties, and enjoy both the bounty of your collective labors and the family stories behind these treasured varieties. Collection contains one packet of each variety:

• Dragon Carrot
• Bloomsdale Spinach
• Gills Golden Pippin Squash
• Blondköpfchen Tomato
• Tom Thumb Pea
• Teddy Bear Sunflower

Please note: In the event of a seed packet shortage, we will substitute a variety. Rest assured—you're still getting six great varieties!