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This article introduces and describes diversity and products introduced to the SSE catalogue in 2024 .
The 2024 Seed Savers Exchange catalog included 18 NEW seed multifariousness . From gorgeous flowers and hardy herbs to delicious and fat veggie , there is really something for everyone among these introduction . These varieties — along with more than 600 other open - pollinate , non - GMO varieties — are usable on-line atshop.seedsavers.org .
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And that ’s not all . We also spread out our democratic line of seed collection — six turn up assortment curated around one paper — with two fresh collections : the Diane ’s Garden Collection and the Pickling Collection .
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New Seed Collections
Diane ’s Garden Collection
Each year , Diane Ott Whealy , SSE cobalt - founder , plant and incline a show - stopping garden to the Dixie of the historic barn at our Heritage Farm military headquarters . This appeal comprises six of Diane ’s favorite varieties , adult year in and year out in her garden secret plan : ‘ Grandma Einck ’s ’ Anethum graveolens , ‘ Spider ’ flower , ‘ Hopi Red Dye ’ amaranth , ‘ Australian Yellowleaf ’ cabbage , ‘ Aurora ’ black pepper , and ‘ beloved - in - a - Mist ’ peak .
Pickling Collection
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This aggregation comprises six varieties that savour great fresh and perhaps even better pickle : ‘ Russian Pickling ’ cucumber , ‘ Bouquet ’ dill , ‘ Detroit Dark Red ’ Beta vulgaris , ‘ Burpee ’s Stringless Green Pod ’ bean , ‘ Red Cored Chantenay ’ carrot , and ‘ Traveler Strain Jalapeño ’ pepper .
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Heirloom Varieties From the Collection
Whether luscious to taste or stunning to view ( or perhaps both ) , there ’s a understanding that the seven prized motley introduced this December by Seed Savers Exchange ( SSE ) have stood the test of clock time . A truly unparalleled eggplant guaranteed to wow in the orbit and on the plate , a gorgeous and tasty white pumpkin lovingly stewarded by one adult male for decade , a flavorful butterhead lettuce that likely originated in Germany more than three centuries ago , and a beautiful and hard - work marigold headline the organization ’s new “ From the Collection ” offering .
Preserved at SSE ’s Heritage Farm headquarters , the ‘ Sweet Red ’ aubergine , the‘Fortna White ’ pumpkin , the‘Crader class ’ lettuce , and the ‘ Harvey ’s Honor ’ marigoldare part of an impressive collection of more than 20,000 open - pollinated vegetable , herb , flower , and yield salmagundi . Each year SSE regenerates and evaluates dozens of these varieties at its northeast Iowa headquarters , bear particular attention to eminent performer . The following seven variety stood out in the field and on the table , and SSE is delighted to bring out them to market farmers , place gardeners , and source savers everywhere .
‘Fortna White’ Pumpkin Squash
Lovers of unequaled heirloom pumpkin can thank the late Wayne Fortna of Gettysburg , Pennsylvania — a teacher who served as a tank car commander under General George S. Patton during World War II — for the delicious , fertile , and in truth beautiful ‘ Fortna White ’ Cucurbita pepo .
tumid , Pyrus communis - shaped squash vine have pale - orange frame with a memorable , mild , and slightly sweet flavor ideal for making pumpkin pies and many other sweet and piquant dishes . Its fertile plants abide pumpkins that weigh from five to eight pounds . This variety was grown by Wayne from the 1940s until his death in 1990 ; he be given it with particular caution , ensuring there would always be a white pumpkin pie for his family at Thanksgiving . 90 - 100 day .
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‘Sweet Red’ Eggplant
This Ethiopian mad apple variety produces small , round , flavorful yield that taste moderately sweet and look stunning whether on the plate or in the garden . ‘ Sweet Red ’ aubergine can be eaten both raw and fake , but is best savor while still mostly immature before ripening to an orangish loss . SSE obtained this variety from Suzanne Ashworth , acclaimed author ofSeed to Seed , who welcome it from Cue Vang , a 6th - grade Hmong student , in the late 1960s . Cue boiled the eggplant for about six minutes , mashed them in a mortar and pounder , and ate them as a dip . 45 days .
‘Crader Family’ Lettuce
This butterhead multifariousness has been relish for centuries . flavorsome , fleeceable leaves have a light - red rosiness , form a idle head , and savor not the least chip bitter , making them perfect for salad and wraps . SSE acquired this heirloom lettuce in 2014 from Mary Daniels of Missouri , who receive the multifariousness about 1957 from her parents , Daniel and Elizabeth Crader . Family lore paint a picture the class has grown it since Mary ’s smashing - gravid - gravid - grandmother , Margaret Greter ( surname later became “ Crader ” ) add seeds to the United States from Germany in 1719 . 50 days .
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‘Harvey’s Honor’ Marigold
This gorgeous marigold bloom bears prolific , velvety , scarlet - crimson blossoms with bright - yellow margins that bees and other pollinator utterly adore . Its blossoms change in colouring , with some much more jaundiced than reddened . Like other marigolds , this blossom works well in fellow traveler plantings and enhances the growth of crops like cucumbers , brinjal , kale , mash , and tomatoes . SSE received this heirloom heyday in 2011 from Robert Juhre of Washington ; it has been grow in his kinsfolk for at least three multiplication . 50 days .
‘Hosszu’ Parsley
This flat - leaf parsleywill perk up up any dish with its classifiable taste and rich medium - green people of color . Leaves have agood flavor and a last aftertaste . SSE receive this variety from Will Bonsall of Industry , Maine , who began sharing it in the Exchange seeded player - save biotic community in 1991 . He point it rise in Hungary . 60 - 70 daylight .
‘Goose’ Lettuce
What ’s not to like ? This looseleaf lettuce variety matures early , has a lusciously sweet gustatory modality and fantabulous texture , and front striking , with lush green leaves tinge with Marxist . Listed for class on the Exchange ( SSE ’s gardener - to - nurseryman seed swap ) by Arkansas house physician John Small , this loot was a staple in the garden of John ’s great uncle , Joseph Bremer , a country doctor who , as John recalls , tended an “ unco productive garden which always admit ‘ twat ’ lettuce . ” 50 - 60 day .
‘German Butterbean’ Lima Bean
This smartly climbing lima bean checks all the boxes . Its fresh , moist , and spicy beans have a distinctive , pantry tasting and a smooth , creamy grain . SSE received this variety in 1994 from William Rastetter of Indiana , who in turn acquired it sometime before 1968 from a ally named Flossie ( Canfield ) Drake , also of Indiana . These lima beans were likely grow by Flossie ’s mother , Margaret ( Mendel ) Canfield , in Dearborn County , Indiana , in the late 1800s . 60 - 79 years .
Additional New Varieties
Seed Savers Exchange is also your informant for 11 other salmagundi for the first time in 2024 , including a show - intercept and bright - colored calendula , three unexampled varieties of Daucus carota sativa , and an ornamental , luscious , runner bean .
‘ coda ’ Fennel ( back for 2024 )
dull - to - bolt of lightning , succulent , nippy 4″ bulbs delight the taste buds whether eaten fresh , grilled , or roasted . somewhat flatten out bulb fork over a pleasant anise plant fragrance and flavor , while citrusy - tasting leaves accentuate salad dressing , sauces , and marinades . The ‘ Finale ’ fennel is bolt - resistant , and throw better in the field with a good shelf life after harvest . For optimum flavor , harvest the bulbs when they reach about 4″ in width before they produce a key seed stalking . 75 days .
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‘ Chocolate Cherry ’ Tomato
Always a treat , these plants give rise delightfully flavorful cherry tomato continuously throughout the summer . rotund fruits are borne on trusses of 6 - 8 and cadence 1″ in diameter ; fruit hold well on the bow and resist snap but can be piece several days before reaching matureness without sacrifice calibre . dark-skinned purpleness in color , angelical and delicious in taste , this cherry tomato will dress up any salad . 70 - 75 day from organ transplant .
‘ Lunar White ’ Carrot
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pop in the Middle Ages , white carrot are enjoying a Renascence thanks to their classifiable creamy - white color , vigorous productivity , and mild , sweet-scented flavor . The roots of this variety reach 8 - 12″ in distance at maturity but can be harvested sooner for smaller carrots that are just as sapid whether eat unused , steam , or rib . Plants are half - dauntless to ice and light freeze ; cookery lend out their fresh flavor . This variety will be fuck to the synodic month and back ! 75 days .
‘ Cosmic Purple ’ Carrot
There ’s a reasonableness purple Daucus carota sativa have been around for at least a millenary ! imperial on the outside with a sweet , orange core , this stunning carrot heyday in appreciation and texture when its tapering roots attain 7″ in distance and never disappoints on the dinner party plate . Kids love the colouring material and taste sensation ; adults bonk the taste and the fact that purple Daucus carota sativa hold not only vitamin A but also the antioxidant anthocyanin . Gardeners ca n’t go wrong with this galactically magnificent cultivated carrot ! 75 days .
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‘ Jarrahdale ’ Pumpkin Squash
Cook it . cut up it . Keep it . Could this be the perfect squash ? Its stunning , silvery bluish - grizzly color and ribbed appearance suffer out in the garden and in decorative display . sleep with for its sweet taste , ‘ Jarrahdale ” also makes a statement in pies , soup , and lather . Squashes weigh 10 - 12 pounds and keep for more than 12 months , see a twelvemonth - round supplying that can be carve , baked , or cooked like any other stringless kind . 90 - 100 days .
‘ Zebrune ’ Shallot
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This luscious echalion ( or banana ) shallot grow in France , where it is calledCuisse de Poulet du Poitouor “ leg of the wimp . ” Plump , pinkish - brown bulb taste sweet and modest , making this culinary superstar an excellent option for both casual and gourmet cooking . This long - Clarence Day variety produces big take in the first class ( if implant early ) and keeps extraordinarily well , ensure a ripe supplying over many seasons . 100 day .
‘ Dragon ’s Egg ’ Cucumber
These capably named , emollient - colour cucumbers resemble gravid testis . Thin - skinned yield are mild , faintly odoriferous , and not the last bit bitter , arrive at them sodding to snack on straight from the vine or chuck into a salad of fresh green . plant hold fruit early in the time of year and produce heavy yields . This decidedly delicious , easy - to - raise heirloom originated in Croatia and has enthral gardener for generation . 55 - 65 days .
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‘ Black Coat ’ Runner Bean
Edible ? Check ! Ornamental ? Check ! Heirloom ? check over ! This unparalleled runner bean bring forth sturdy 6 - 7 ’ vines that bear both vivid ruby-red blooms and flavorsome beans that are edible at the unripened fuel pod stage ( like a green attic ) and at the ripe degree ( like a kidney bean ) . Pretty , chubby bean seeds transfer first from pinkish to purple , and finally to a glossy , jet black inkiness . see back to the mid-1600s , this variety was first memorialize by German botanist Michael Titius in hisCatalogues Plantarum . 75 days .
‘ Luminosa ’ Zinnia
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bombastic and lovely , this truly delicious old maid construct a bold statement in any garden , border , or container with its massive pink petals . Perhaps even better ? Its giving blossoms last for days and pull bees , butterflies , and other pollinators throughout the summer months . Easy to grow and easy to have it off , this old maid flower also stool a memorable improver to cut - flower bouquets . Annual . 70 years .
‘ Ne ’ Calendula
The ‘ Neon ’ Calendula is a real show - stopper ! This bloom ’s brainy , red - orange bloom dominate attention no matter where they ’re grown . sluttish - to - grow plant typically arrive at 18 - 24″ marvellous and produce abundant ( and edible ! ) blooms from later fountain to autumn . Like other calendula assortment , this hardworking flower works well in companion planting as it attracts beneficial insects and pollinators even as it repels unwanted pest , including tomato worms and nematode . yearly . 60 days .
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‘ Ivory Princess ’ Calendula
This calendula ’s elegant facial expression and refined color complement any selection of prime , herbs , and vegetables . Easy - to - grow plants typically reach 18 - 24″ tall and produce abundant , edible blooms of cream - colored petals that surround a drab - carmine shopping mall base . Flowers blossom from late saltation to fall ; their tangy - tasting petals can be used tonic or dried in soups , baked goods , and salads . Like other calendula varieties , ‘ Ivory Princess ’ draw in beneficial insects and pollinator and repels unwanted pests . Annual . 60 days .
Seed Storage Tin
Anyone who save seed knows the struggle of finding seed storage ! We have just the thing . This galvanized seed memory cannister is very hardheaded — and attractive — hold three compartments for seeds that hold even large cum packet boat . The calendar dividers help sort germ by calendar month . Makes a great endowment for any gardener !
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