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Long popular variety with good taste.

Sets fruit under heat or cold stress.

Big, red, Paragon type.

Good performer throughout the East and Midwest. A firm, smooth, shipping tomato. Similar to Paragon, but yields a higher percentage of large fruits for some growers.

  Days to Maturity or Bloom:   78

TRANSPLANTING OUTDOORS: Transplant into medium-rich garden or field soil 12-24" apart for determinate varieties, 24-36" apart for indeterminate, unstaked varieties, and 14-20" for staking. Water seedlings with a high-phosphate fertilizer solution. For earliest crops, set plants out around the last frost date under floating row covers.

Large red cherry with heavy yield.

The earliest shipping type red cherry tomato. Compact plant. Globe-shaped (no ovals!), 1-1 1/4 oz. fruits have a deep red color; thick-walled, meaty, and flavorful, with good keeping quality on or off the vine. Widely adapted. Developed by Washington State Univ. Determinate. Organically grown.

  Days to Maturity or Bloom:   60

TRANSPLANTING OUTDOORS: Transplant into medium-rich garden or field soil 12-24" apart for determinate varieties, 24-36" apart for indeterminate, unstaked varieties, and 14-20" for staking. Water seedlings with a high-phosphate fertilizer solution. For earliest crops, set plants out around the last frost date under floating row covers.

Deliciously sweet, bite-sized red tomatoes can be used in salads or served on toothpicks as appetizers. Tall, indeterminate vines provide bountiful harvest all season. High in vitamins A and C.

 Rutgers has proven itself for years to be highly productive. Large, attractive fruits with thick, solid flesh. Superior flavor, delicious in salads, unsurpassed for home canning. Indeterminate.

Start seed indoors in a sunny location 6 weeks prior to warm weather. Transplant outdoors in full sun when seedlings display 4-6 leaves and weather is warm. Seed can be sown directly into garden when soil is warm. Tomatoes cannot tolerate frost.

Very dark green for better health.

Darker green skin contains higher levels of lutein, a highly effective antioxidant. Open plants are high-yielding, producing glossy, smooth, cylindrical fruit. Concentrated fruit set, so plan for multiple plantings.

  Days to Maturity or Bloom:   48

Traditional early strain.

2-2 1/2" x 1", sausage-shaped, blunt fruits mature early; dark green changing to red. Earlier, but lower yielding, than Conchos or El Jefe. Widely adapted. Organically grown.

  Days to Maturity or Bloom:   60 green, 80 red ripe

TRANSPLANTING: Transplant out after frost when the soil is warm and weather is settled. Ideal seedlings have buds, but no open flowers. Set plants 12-18" apart in rows 24-36" apart, or 2 rows on poly/paper mulch, 18" between plants. Water-in transplants using a high phosphorus solution.

Popular for Tex-Mex dishes and for pickling, the dark green fruits can be left on the bush to mature to a fiery red color. Grows to a length of 3 inches.

Start seed indoors 8 weeks before planting outdoors. Keep seed moist in full sunlight. Transplant when 3 inches tall. Or, sow directly in garden in sunny location after frost danger is past. Plant 2 seeds every 18 inches. Thin to 1 plant every 18 inches when 3 inches tall. use a balanced fertilizer when 6 inches tall to increase production.

The extra-early, highly productive standard.

Amazing yields of medium-sized, 3 to 4-lobed, green bell peppers. Has apparent resistance to blossom drop even in adverse weather. Nearly every flower produces a pepper. Glossy green fruits turn red early. Ace commonly produces heavy crops for Northern growers who have had little success growing peppers before.

  Days to Maturity or Bloom:   50 green, 70 red ripe

TRANSPLANTING: Transplant out after frost when the soil is warm and weather is settled. Ideal seedlings have buds, but no open flowers. Set plants 12-18" apart in rows 24-36" apart, or 2 rows on poly/paper mulch, 18" between plants. Water-in transplants using a high phosphorus solution.

Early, big, high yielding.

Remarkably large-sized bell pepper for its earliness. Widely adapted.

  Days to Maturity or Bloom:   59 green, 79 red ripe

TRANSPLANTING: Transplant out after frost when the soil is warm and weather is settled. Ideal seedlings have buds, but no open flowers. Set plants 12-18" apart in rows 24-36" apart, or 2 rows on poly/paper mulch, 18" between plants. Water-in transplants using a high phosphorus solution.

The earliest slicer.

Matures several days ahead of the next earliest slicer. The relatively smooth, dark green, 8" fruits are free of striping and bitterness and have the best taste of the American type.

Plant Cycle:   (A)   Days to Maturity or Bloom:   48

The wild tomato with luscious taste.

These small cherry tomatoes are packed with more taste than you can believe. 5/8- 3/4", deep red, round fruits have a tender, smooth texture, and loads of sweet, full flavor. High sugar content (11º Brix). Though the taste is superior, it doesn't yield well and the fruits are soft, so grow on a trial scale at first. Teresa Arellanos de Mena, a friend of former Univ. of Maine AG faculty members Drs. Laura Merrick and Matt Liebman, brought seeds to Maine from her family's home state of Hidalgo in Eastern Mexico. It's the region of domestication of tomatoes, and where these grow wild. Matt gave us the seeds.

  Days to Maturity or Bloom:   60

Productive slicer.

High yields of beautiful, dark green, straight, 8-9" fruit over a long harvest season. Crisp, with fresh flavor. Resistant to the major cucumber diseases. Gynoecious (all female), with 10% pollinator added.

  Days to Maturity or Bloom:   52

Perennial. The silvery green leaves of sage are beautiful in the herb garden or adorning a wreath on the front door. And there's nothing better than stuffing made with sage, onion and breadcrumbs. Try sage with pork and wild game for a tasty treat.

Plant seeds in early spring in well-drained soil enriched with Lilly Miller Morcrop Vegetable Food or compost. Add lime to neutralize acid soil. Sow seeds sparingly, firm soil gently over the row and keep moist. Or start seeds indoors 6 to 8 weeks earlier and transplant to the garden.