Cultivar Varieties

Amethyst Glow is a semi-evergreen cultivar of Akebia quinata, the chocolate vine, notable for its winter-purpled five-leaflet foliage and fragrant spring flowers occasionally followed by sausage-shaped purple fruit.

Amish Paste is a heirloom paste tomato preserved by Wisconsin Amish communities, valued for its unusually large, variably shaped fruit and its versatility from sauce making to fresh slicing.

Arkansas Traveler is an open-pollinated heirloom tomato valued for deep pink, sweet-tart fruit.

Aunt Ruby's German Green is an heirloom tomato that ripens green rather than red, prized for fresh eating and recognized as a heritage variety at risk of disappearing.

Azoychka is a Russian heirloom tomato brought to the United States by Seed Savers Exchange co-founder Kent Whealy in the mid-1990s, valued for its smooth yellow fruit and prolific, early harvest.

Beefmaster is a large-fruited American beefsteak tomato valued for its meaty slices and its reputation as one of the most disease-resistant varieties available.

Better Boy is a hybrid indeterminate tomato bred by John Peto from the heirloom Teddy Jones variety, known for its heavy-bearing vines and large, classic-flavored slicing fruit.

Big Beef is a large-fruited beefsteak tomato bred by Colen Wyatt and introduced in 1994, valued for its old-fashioned flavor and broad disease resistance that make it a dependable garden variety.

Black Beauty is a heritage bush zucchini whose glossy, near-black skin and creamy white flesh helped it earn an All-America Selections award and lasting popularity among home gardeners.

Black Beauty is a large-fruited eggplant cultivar with glossy, dark purple-to-black skin, introduced by Burpee in 1902 and long considered the standard-bearer for classic eggplant size and quality.

Black Cherry is a dark-fruited cherry tomato bred in Florida in the early 2000s, known among black tomato varieties for its dusky purple-brown color and rich, sweet flavor.

Black Krim is a heirloom tomato originating from Crimea's Black Sea coast, notable as the first black-fruited tomato commercially available in the United States, introduced in 1990.

Black Prince is a Russian heirloom tomato originally grown in Siberia, since spread to gardens across Europe, the USA, and Central Asia.

Bloomsdale Long Standing is a 1925 heirloom spinach valued for its crinkled, dark-green leaves, cold tolerance, and long-standing place in home gardens.

Blue Hubbard is a blue-gray, oval winter squash of Cucurbita maxima developed in early twentieth-century New England, prized as a substantial keeper squash with rich, sweet flesh.

Blue Lake 274 is an open-pollinated bush green bean grown for its six-inch, white-seeded pods, offering crisp texture, prolific yields, and a compact habit suited to small gardens.

Brandywine is a late-1800s American heirloom tomato whose name traces to a waterway in Chester County, Pennsylvania, valued for richly flavored, large beefsteak fruit despite slow, low-yielding growth.

Buttercrunch is an heirloom butterhead lettuce cultivar recognized as an All-America Selections winner in 1963, valued for its reliable performance across a wide range of growing conditions in home and market gardens.

California Wonder is a classic heirloom bell pepper valued for its large, sweet, thick-walled fruit and long history in home gardens since the late 1920s.

Calypso is a pickling cucumber variety bred at North Carolina State University, grown for its dark green, uniformly shaped fruit suited to both pickling and fresh eating.

Celebrity is a hybrid slicing tomato bred in the 1980s and honored with an All-America Selections award, known among home gardeners as a dependable, disease-resistant variety suited to a wide range of growing conditions.

Cherokee Purple is a beefsteak-type heirloom tomato traced to Cherokee origin, named and brought to market in the 1990s by tomato historian Craig LeHoullier.

Cherry Belle is a compact, round, cherry-red radish valued for its crisp white flesh and mild flavor, recognized as a 1949 All-America Selections winner and long grown as a benchmark variety for home salad gardens.

Chioggia is an Italian heirloom beet, cultivated since around 1840 near Venice, prized for the candy-striped pink-and-white rings revealed when its roots are sliced.

Copra is a hybrid, long-day storage onion grown for its round, dark-yellow-skinned bulbs and thin necks, valued for combining a bold onion flavor with notable sweetness.

Corvair is a slow-bolting spinach cultivar known for its tender, flavourful leaves and reliable yields, making it a favoured choice for succession plantings from fall through spring in warm climates.

Cosmonaut Volkov is a Ukrainian heirloom slicing tomato named after a cosmonaut who died returning from the world's first space station, valued for its rich, tangy flavor and steady production through cool summers into fall frost.

Costata Romanesco is an Italian heirloom zucchini (Cucurbita pepo) traditionally grown in Italy for both its fruit and its edible male blossoms, valued for its distinctive character among summer squash.

Costoluto Genovese is an Italian heirloom tomato prized for its flattened, deeply ribbed fruit and robust, tangy flavor, grown since the early 19th century for both fresh eating and sauce making.

Cream Form is a cultivar of Akebia quinata, the chocolate vine, distinguished by its cream-white, night-fragrant flowers and vigorous twining habit.