Vegetable Seeds Seeds For Sale In Salinas

Extracts used to treat herpes and skin rashes. (Carline thistle) Root is used as a liver, gall bladder and kidney tonic, and an ingredient in Swedish Bitters. Not invasive like other thistles; a protected wildflower in Germany.

The Iroquois used it as a ‘love medicine' and as a ‘smudging' herb to revive the unconscious. This showy North American native displays its deep violet flowers in the fall. Native people have used the roots of this plant for fever, catarrh and pain.

It is a big meaty beefsteak type, almost seedless, with smooth skin and a distinctive shape like a heart. The pink-red flesh is succulent and aromatic. (Oxheart tomato) For the true dirt cognoscenti this is the only tomato worth growing.

What happens is the mouth goes numb briefly, followed by an intense cooling sensation. (Paracress; Electric daisy) Trendy chefs and bartenders love to play with this fun new ingredient! The striking button-like flowers can be added to salads and cocktails...

In Chinese medicine, it calms the spirit and opens the flow of in the heart, which in western terms may be related to its sedative and tranquilizing properties. Much easier to grow than the North American species.

Yellow flowers bear bladder-like pods which when squeezed go off with a bang. Like true senna ( spp.), its leaves have purgative properties, but the effect is much less drastic. Attractive hardy Mediterranean shrub.

It is made by steeping the flowering tops of black wormwood in vodka or pure grain alcohol, producing a natural pale gold color. Also used to make Chartreuse, the famous liqueur made by the Carthusian monks in the mountains of France, Low mat-forming...

Ht. 30-90cm/1-3ft. Common in the dry plains and slopes of the American West. Likely because of its antiseptic properties, it was used by Native Americans like other sagebrushes to treat colds, diarrhea and sore eyes.

Grown for pods and young leaves used as vegetable and fodder. In a recent clinical trial Parkinson's sufferers treated with crushed seeds regained some mobility with fewer side effects than conventional drugs.

The fruit average about 1 lb. These miniature fruited Kabocha type squash have a medium green color with lighter stripes and their small size allows them to also be used for fall tabletop decorations.

Flowering stalks, young leaves and buds are delicious steamed, boiled or fried with other vegetables, meat or on its own. Start indoors in April or sow direct after last frost. Broccoli-like vegetable from China.

The roots have a crisp texture and a mild but subtly sweet flavorful taste. Harvest can begin when the roots reach 8" in length and harvest can continue right into early winter. April Cross has been the market leader for Daikon radishes, for years and...

It has shown improved netting, which is an important advantage for fall plantings or under stressful conditions where the netting can be weak. Aphrodite muskmelon stores and ships well after harvest and its salmon colored flesh is firm and sweet.

This improved variety offers Magic Lantern's great color and uniformity, plus a larger, more firmly rooted stem. Magic Wand has a larger vine than Magic Lantern, but it carries intermediate resistance to powdery mildew.

Fruit that have a blue colored rind and sweet, deep orange flesh. Blue Doll's flesh is good for pies, soups or canning. Blue Doll pumpkin has an exotic blue color to its blocky, deeply ribbed fruit.

Sage tea gargle is valuable for sore throat. Improved strain for commercial production. The main culinary varieties popular with onions for poultry stuffing and for flavouring rich meats like pork or duck.

Splendid golden-yellow fl. Tufts with large, bronze bracts.

It gets quite tall, up to 2m/6ft high, but then it produces long green tassels that swoop down for a striking tropical effect in the garden. Spectacular food plant often grown just for its ornamental value.

The growth is uniform, dark green in colour, and the leaves are bigger than the original. A new improved form of Gigante d'Italia, the old favourite of Italy. It also has shown to have some resistance to downy mildew.

Powdered leaves and flowers used in Switzerland to flavour and colour Schabzieger or Sapsago cheese. Near relative of fenugreek. Young seedlings as fresh greens with oil and salt.X6554

The fruits go from green to yellow, to orange and red as the fruits ripen, but they are best used when bright yellow. Good for stir-fries, stuffings, pickles, and raw in salads. Often called banana pepper, this is a milder version of the 'Hungarian Hot...

Its use dates to ancient Egypt where it was called "food of the kings." The plant has anticancer and anti-inflammatory properties, and is highly nutritious, even more so than kale.

It has good bolting tolerance and is superb for open field production, and ideal for heated greenhouse or cool high tunnel production. The bulbs grow on a high stalk and have slender purple petioles and medium vigorous purple leaves.

Upright and open bush plants produce good yields of dark green fruit that have attractive flecking, a shiny appearance and great eye-appeal. Esteem is a attractive zucchini that has the darker green color that markets now look for.

Its interior qualities are rated high for deep red flesh color, good seedlessness and a sweet flesh that is firm. The vigorous vine of Vagabond produces heavy yields of 14-17 lb. Vagabond has the look of a Crimson Sweet type watermelon but is actually...

Found throughout India where its seeds are used to make a popular milkshake called . Also used in Unani medicine for the control of intestinal worms, acidity and coughs. The seeds have no aroma or taste but they add to the cooling effect of the drink...

Navarro Romano beans sets its pods high in the plant, which keeps the pods off the ground and allows for easier hand harvest and a cleaner machine harvest. The fleshy pods are low in fiber, measure 5-1/4 to 5-1/2" in length, and have a sweet, rich Romano...