Vegetable Seeds Seeds For Sale In Boston

Purple-rose flowers in spring. New research shows that it relieves the symptoms of hay fever and other seasonal allergies without the drowsiness that antihistamine drugs cause. Traditionally used since the Middle Ages for whooping cough and as a mucus-reducing...

Eyewash is reputed to strengthen weak eyes. Striking brilliant blue blossoms, infused in water, have both curative and calming action for nervous disorders.

Spicy caraway seeds add European character to all cabbage dishes, including coleslaw and especially sauerkraut. Traditionally used in ryebread, buns and cakes, as well as in soups and stews.

Superb variety, excellent for Vietnamese and Thai cooking. Strongest scent and flavour of all the Thai basils.

Purplish foliage. (Licorice basil) Originally from Persia, this gem has an endearing sweet anise fragrance and flavour.

Uniform, compact, erect form, 25-30cm/10-12in high with medium-large to large leaves. Fresh leaves burst of lemon when squeezed. Fresh chopped leaves are also interesting in salads, soups and stews.

(Pitcher sage; Blue sage; Kansas sage) Tall azure-blue sage of the American prairies with aromatic, astringent, and tonic properties. Herbalists today use it as a detoxifier, especially in support of Lyme disease and other chronic illnesses.

Has high concentration of solasodine, a starting material for the manufacture of cortisone and sex hormones. Bitter fruits are used in Indian curries. Also used for flatulence, sore throat, and toothache.

Flavour and odour is pungent, not sweet like the true root-propagated strains. Useful for tea, for medicinal purposes. Variety commonly sold as peppermint or spearmint.

Easy to grow in well-drained soils in full sun. Tolerates drought and will self-seed. The roots were regarded by the Navajo and Pawnee Indians as a ‘life medicine' and a panacea.

Seeds used like regular caraway except this annual strain is superior for commercial production. Also seeds do not shatter when mature making them much easier to harvest. Sow Mar/Apr for harvest in Aug/Sept.

Intermediate resistance to powdery mildew. Round-shaped fruit that have an attractive burnished-orange color, slight ribbing, and large firmly rooted handles. The fruit are approximately 7" in diameter and have a good weight for their size.

Tell your customers: Jet Star is a low acid tomato. Jet Star tomato plants produce big yields of large, clean fruit, quite free of cracks and scars, in the second early season. Globe-shaped fruit with bright, attractive color inside and out have a pleasant...

Said to remove freckles. Roots produce a red dye. (Cleavers) Fresh juice or infusion is applied to skin diseases and eruptions with good success.

Up to 40cm/16in with showy white flowers appearing in late spring or early summer. Prefers moist, shady locations. Leaves are used in salads, sandwiches and any dish where a garlic flavour is desirable.

This tall perennial sunflower puts on a spectacular show in August and September with masses of large yellow-gold flowers. Native of the Great Plains, and now naturalized throughout much of North America, it was used by the Sioux and the Lacota for food.

(Azabu-tade; Cultivated smartweed) Popular Japanese herb used for sushi. Served on sashimi (sliced raw fish), tempura, and sushi. This herb has lots of potential for experimentation!

A decoction of leaves was used for pneumonia, and an infusion was widely used for coughs and colds, fever, sore throat, and runny nose. The foliage has a strong pungent aroma and bitter taste owing to the presence of camphor and terpenoids.

Fruit measures 1-1/2" to 2" across and are hot. Large Red Cherry hot peppers produce large numbers of smooth, dark green to cherry red fruit.

Thumpkin was bred by the breeder of Wolf pumpkin Chris Awald from North Collins, NY. Deep oblate shaped fruit with good ribbing are produced on vigorous full-size vines. Like Wolf, this variety needs room to grow.

Fruits are dark green maturing to red. Still a reliable producer today. It quickly became popular among growers because of its improved resistance to tobacco mosaic virus and because its extra bushy foliage helps protect fruits from scalding caused by...

Used for all respiratory problems including asthma, bronchitis, excess mucus, and cough. Flowers reach 30cm/12in. While leaves form ground-hugging mats. European native with neat rosettes of hairy leaves and lemon-yellow flowers.

Drinks containing oil of anise remain transparent until water is added, causing the oil to "bloom" in a milky white or pale green clouds called a louche. Best known for flavouring liqueurs such as anisette, ouzo, absinthe and sambuca.

The sweet, tapered fruit ripen from light green to red. A hybrid sweet banana pepper that is vigorous, disease resistant and sets big yields on upright, compact plants.

Straight, classy, highly uniform, 8" dark green fruit are set on disease resistant vines. Yields and quality get high grades. For years Dasher II has proven itself as a dependable hybrid slicer in major cucumber growing areas.

This species is the medicinal cousin of the tropical jujube fruit. Studies show that the seeds have a tranquilizing and hypnotic effect, and are analgesic and anticonvulsive. They are said also to nourish muscles and enrich bone marrow.