Vegetables

Variety: "Incantatore"Type: Rosso di Treviso TardivoDays to Maturity: 100-110 (Cichorium intybus) In our opinion, the forced winter chicories represent the absolute pinnacle of grace and culinary joy in the radicchio family. Distinctively elegant in appearance, “Incantatore" has long slender burgundy leaves with pure white mid-ribs that curl fancifully inwards at the...

*This seed is offered as part of the "Gusto Italiano Project", a collaborative partnership between Uprising Seeds, Italian breeders Smarties.Bio, and the Culinary Breeding Network. Certified organic seed is grown in Italy by Smarties.Bio, Chioggia, It.* Variety: "Beatrice"Type: Variegato di CastelfrancoDays to Maturity (slot): 90 days (mid) (Cichorium intybus) Named...

*This seed is offered as part of the "Gusto Italiano Project", a collaborative partnership between Uprising Seeds, Italian breeders Smarties.Bio, and the Culinary Breeding Network. Certified organic seed is grown in Italy by Smarties.Bio, Chioggia, It.* Variety: "Lentiggini"Type: Variegato di CastelfrancoDays to Maturity (slot): 110 days (late) (Cichorium intybus) Named...

*This seed is offered as part of the "Gusto Italiano Project", a collaborative partnership between Uprising Seeds, Italian breeders Smarties.Bio, and the Culinary Breeding Network. Certified organic seed is grown in Italy by Smarties.Bio. Variety: "Mirabella"Type: Variegato di CastelfrancoDays to Maturity (slot): 65 days (extra early) (Cichorium intybus) Named after...

*This seed is offered as part of the "Gusto Italiano Project", a collaborative partnership between Uprising Seeds, Italian breeders Smarties.Bio, and the Culinary Breeding Network. Certified organic seed is grown in Italy by Smarties.Bio. Variety: 'Acquerello'Type: Variegato di ChioggiaHarvest Time (slot): Feb-March (Extra-late) / 120+ Days (Cichorium intybus) Over the...

*This seed is offered as part of the "Gusto Italiano Project", a collaborative partnership between Uprising Seeds, Italian breeders Smarties.Bio, and the Culinary Breeding Network. Certified organic seed is grown in Italy by Smarties.Bio. Variety: "Delta"Type: Variegato di LusiaDay to Maturity (slot): 90 (mid) (Cichorium intybus) Radicchio Variegato di Lusia,...

*This seed is offered as part of the "Gusto Italiano Project", a collaborative partnership between Uprising Seeds, Italian breeders Smarties.Bio, and the Culinary Breeding Network. Certified organic seed is grown in Italy by Smarties.Bio. Variety: "Sorgente"Type: Variegato di LusiaDay to Maturity (slot): 60 (extra-early) (Cichorium intybus) The "Variegato" types are...

Variety: 'Rosa Isontina'Type: GorizianaHarvest: Nov-January plus ~2 weeks forcing (Cichorium intybus) From the foothills of the Dolomites, tucked up against Slovenia in the northeast corner of Italy comes one of the most beautiful and celebrated of the chicories of the Friuli-Venizia Giulia. The agricultural areas around the border town of...

(Raphanus sativus) While I’ve never actually seen anyone eat them for breakfast (we eat them like this any time of the day!), they are traditionally split lengthwise and drizzled with butter or olive oil, a sprinkle of salt, and served as a simple but elegant appetizer or palate cleanser between dishes...

(Raphanus sativus) We do tend to drift toward the unusual, but there is something entirely satisfying about a classic look done well. Very uniform and high-quality red round radishes with good heat tolerance and low incidence of sponginess as they increase in size. After years of growing mixed-color bunches for...

(Raphanus sativus) Sow em’ in late Summer and harvest in the Fall because they’ll bolt if you don’t! There’s nothing better than going to the garden in the Fall to enjoy vegetables that are holding perfectly in the cool shortening days and not suffering because you haven’t yet gotten around...

(Allium fistulosum) Ishikura Long Winter is a classic Japanese winter-hardy bunching onion with long white stalks and sturdy, upright dark green leaves. Of a handful of winter varieties we trialed recently, Ishikura was our favorite. Lovely diced as a garnish or left whole and roasted, it is a valuable allium...

(Allium cepa) We have been growing this OP shallot for almost 20 years now and for a long time it was the only OP shallot from true seed available. Red-skinned, Dutch-style shallots are on the larger side and very productive. While we find the dutches to be somewhere between storage...

(P. sativum) Everyone loves these very sweet and very productive shelling peas showing excellent resistance to both enation and powdery mildew! Long pods hold up to 10 peas and grow on 24” vines that do not need staking but certainly benefit from it. Wonderful for snacking out of hand or...

(P. sativum) Bred by Jim Bagget of OSU for northwest gardens, Cascadia is a tremendous snap pea. The 2.5-3’ vines produce an early abundance of sweet, plump pods comparable in quality to the venerable Sugar Snap. We found these to be productive, easy to care for, and the best tasting...

(P. sativum) Sugar Ann is our first snap pea out of the garden every year. Dwarf vines grow to only 2’ and do not require support. Medium-sized pods offer excellent sweet eating. Our favorite of the early varieties and deserving of a place in anyone’s garden to celebrate the first...

(P. sativum) Sugar snap needs no introduction!! Bred by visionary pea breeder Calvin Lamborn at Gallatin Valley Seed in the 1970s, it introduced the public to a whole new class of pea, the edible-podded snap pea. Few even bother to argue that it is still the best tasting, over 40...

(P. sativum) This rare beauty comes to us from the collection at Seeds Savers Exchange. Almost worth growing for its blooms alone, the bi-color pink and purple flowers rival some sweet peas we’ve seen! The sweet and crunchy flat pods are a gorgeous lemon yellow, and are best picked young, at...

(P. sativum) Here’s a success of the NOVIC (Northern Organic Vegetable Improvement Coalition) trialing project whose goal is, in part, to increase the availability of organic seed for varieties suited to organic production systems. In the 2013 Oregon pea trials, they threw in a couple of snow peas to look...

(P. sativum) We trialed this almost 20 years ago on recommendation from our good friend Heather Tiszai, one of her favorites from the old Abundant Life Farm in Port Townsend, and have continued to be delighted by its vigor, sweet taste, and productivity year after year since. Beautiful bi-color purple/pink blooms...

A farm original and the first out-of-the-closet, open pollinated “red” spinach on the market. Beaujolais is a striking magenta-red veined spinach that is just beautiful in a salad mix or on its own. Its veins glow much in the way baby chards do but with a milder and sweeter flavor....

Savoyed spinach has a bit of an old-school feel to it. No one is really breeding new savoyed hybrids or putting much work into improving the OPs...the modern industrial food system has little use for the deep ruffles and folds of these types. As a baby leaf, it is harder...

After years of searching and trialing, we finally connected with a great strain of this venerable Italian variety. Impressively huge, smooth dark green leaves show excellent cold hardiness and vigor. Suitable for salad mix size, but really excels for fall and winter bunching. Triangular shaped leaves are tender and delicious....

(Allium cepa) Originally selected from “Early Yellow Globe” by commercial onion growers in NY, New York Early is a dependable yellow storage variety. Medium-sized, uniform, tight bulbs with tender flesh provide excellent storage into spring.100 days. Long day. WG Packet: 100 Seeds [split] Growing Info SOWING: Sow indoors from late...

(Allium cepa) With several storage onions we grow and love already, we weren’t sure we needed another in our catalog, but Rijnsburg impressed us so much that we ended up saving the best bulbs from the harvest and producing seeds. Dutch bred, and reasonably well known in Europe, it is...

(Allium cepa) This has been our absolute favorite storage red for years. From Northern Italy comes this unusually shaped flat-topped onion with very attractive bronze-red skin. A first-rate OP storage onion that is medium-sized, very productive, and uniform. In a 2014 storage onion trial done by the Organic Seed Alliance, under...

(Allium cepa) If you’ve ever grown onions from Dutch sets before, chances are you’ve already grown Stuttgarter. For many years, it was the industry standard for set production. The somewhat flattened, medium-sized bulbs have a very attractive glossy bronze skin and excellent storing firm flesh. In a storage onion taste...

(Fragaria vesca) These have been one of the most talked-about plants on the farm these past few years. While they are easy to miss amidst the wild tangles of fantastical plant forms that are Uprising Seeds' home farm, on a warm summer day, even with eyes closed, they are easily...

(Cucurbita pepo) We first learned of this Ukrainian summer squash when our friend Mary, farmer for the (now closed) acclaimed Willows Inn restaurant on nearby Lummi Island, asked us to help her find seed. The kitchen had grown fond of the variety for a dish they served, but the one...

(C. Pepo) A variety that needs little introduction, Yellow Crookneck has been in the commercial seed trade in the US for nearly 200 years and likely predates that by quite a bit. When we grew for fresh market, we’d display all our summer squashes mixed together and, without fail, someone...

(Lupinus albus) I am surprised by the number of people I talk to who aren't familiar with Lupine as a food crop, even those deep down the rabbit hole of unusual regional foods. We first encountered them on the coast of Portugal almost two decades ago, where the large seeds...

 (Allium cepa) Sweet Spanish type, long day, voluptuously round, yellow globe onion known to perform well in shorter, cooler seasons. Named after an island of solid rock off the coast of England and originally introduced in 1887 by David Murray, gardener for the Marquis of Ailsa. Averages 1-2# (we have...

(Allium cepa) Also known as “torpedo” on account of their elongated shape, Red Long is a superb old variety from Calabria in Mediterranean Southern Italy, a region famous for its sweet onions. We’ve been growing these forever, and bunched fresh at the market, they earned a loyal following amongst our customers....

(Allium cepa) This is southern Oregon grower Don Tipping of Siskiyou Seeds' selection of the classic Walla Walla Sweet onion, the most famous of the northern adapted sweets. Very large, slightly flattened bulbs are juicy, mild, and very sweet. We have heard tales of people eating these like apples. The...

(Capsicum annuum) This wonderful pepper comes to us from our friends at Hudson Valley Seed Library in upstate New York and is the product of a long chain of farm-based seed work. Originally disentangled from the hybrid frying pepper “La Paris” at the biodynamic Kimberton CSA in Kimberton, PA, it...

(Capsicum anuum) If you’ve ever seen Edward Weston’s pepper still lifes from the 1920s (if not, you should look them up), this is the pepper subject he dreamed of! A study in organic form and beauty, the 4” fist-sized fruits wrinkle and twist in sinewy ripples and waves. Its thin-walled flesh...

(Capsicum annuum) A 19th-century family heirloom from the Appalachian town of the same name (population 75) in Highland County, VA, Doe Hill reminds us of a sunset orange version of a sheepnose pimento-type mini bell. Averaging about 5 lobes, it has surprisingly thick flesh for its diminutive size and just...

*Not as Rare as it used to be!* (Capsicum annuum) Stroll past a kitchen window in Serbia in October, and there’s a good chance the smell of roasting red peppers’ll greet you. Across the Balkans, fall is the time for making ajvar. This thick, deliciously rich, tangy, savory spread preserves the...

*Ark of Taste Heirloom* (Capsicum annuum) Sweet frying peppers brought to the states in 1887 from the village of Ruoti in Southern Italy. Shiny red, thin-walled, richly sweet, and perfect for roasting or frying (or just nosh them raw and see if you can stop!). Slather them on crusty bread...

(Capsicum anuum) A variety native to Ukraine, 'Lesya' was an absolute knockout for us a few years back, hanging heavy with thick-walled, sweet fruits perfect for roasting or eating raw. The shape is adorable: plump and round with a protruded, pointy blossom end. Look up this variety online and you...

(Capsicum annuum) This popular Polish variety is well-known to European growers. It is a lobed, bell-type producing heavy sets of thick-walled fruit that ripen from green to bright yellow/gold. The compact plants have a good upright habit and don’t generally require staking. We don’t tend to grow many bells anymore,...

(Capsicum annuum) Every season, we get particularly excited about a handful of new varieties, and this unassuming little sweet pepper was recently near the top of that list. A specialty of Bulgaria, this heart-shaped, pimiento-type pepper ripens from green to bright red with very thick walls and wonderful sweet flavor,...

(Capsicum annuum) Hailing from Provence in the south of France, this wavy, thin-walled, orange beauty was one among many of the stars of a pepper trial at the home farm several years ago. Amazing in terms of productivity, it seemed like every time we turned around it had a new...

(Capsicum annuum) A tremendous sweet pepper hailing from the Spanish/Mediterranean Island of Mallorca. Very long, 3 inch wide, 10+ inch long fruits with sweet, thick flesh ripen from pale green to bright red. Traditionally used in the making of Sobrassada (pork sausages) of the islands they are well suited for eating...

(Capsicum annuum) Another gem from Wild Garden Seed, this pepper has caused a stir in the seed world the past couple of years as it bested OPs and hybrids alike in trials on both coasts, for yields and quality. It got the nod and is playing in the big leagues...

(Capsicum annuum) This prolific, thin-walled sweet pepper, introduced in the US by friend and fellow seedsman Mehmet Oztan of Two Seeds in a Pod, is yet another excellent Turkish cultivar from their collection that has found a lasting place in both our farm production and our kitchen. Thin-walled peppers don't...

(Capsicum annuum) We first came across this gem when Lane Selman of the Culinary Breeding Network started throwing "Variety Showcase" events back in 2014(!). Anne Berblinger of Gales Meadow Farm had brought it to feature at her table, and I remember just standing and looking at it, thinking, "Of course!...

(Beta vulgaris) The classic red chard variety, with striking ruby red petioles and veins contrasting against dark green savoyed leaves, is picture perfect! As a baby leaf, it is also a vibrant red stemmed addition to salad mix.55 days. NF Packet: 100 seeds [split] Growing Info SOWING: Sow indoors 4-6...