Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

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Speckled Swan Gourds From the Garden Thick, dipper-shaped fruit...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:35:37 -0500

Speckled Swan Gourds From the Garden

Thick, dipper-shaped fruit that resemble swans with their necks curved, great for crafts. These large gourds have speckles when green. Unique.

Zinnia here at Baker Creek For more information regarding our...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:33:56 -0500

Zinnia here at Baker Creek

Our Annual May Festival in Full Swing at Bakersville. For more...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:26:00 -0500

Our Annual May Festival in Full Swing at Bakersville.

Turkish Orange eggplant from our garden. This beautiful...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:16:17 -0500

Turkish Orange eggplant from our garden.

This beautiful heirloom eggplant comes from Turkey. The 3, round fruit are best cooked when they are green to light orange. It has very sweet and flavorful flesh which imparts a strong, rich flavor to any dish. The small plants yield well.Very ornamental looking.

Golden Giant Amaranth at our farm. Attractive golden-colored...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:03:00 -0500

Golden Giant Amaranth at our farm.

Attractive golden-colored flower heads produce up to 1 lb of white seed per plant, making this a very heavy producer. Plants grow to about 6’ and are easy to grow.

Beating the heat. Early morning in the garden at Baker Creek...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:48:55 -0500

Beating the heat.

Early morning in the garden at Baker Creek Seed Co.

Banana Melon from our garden. Banana-shaped fruit, smooth yellow...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:39:00 -0500

Banana Melon from our garden.

Banana-shaped fruit, smooth yellow skin and sweet, spicy salmon flesh. 16”-24” long, 5-8 lbs. It was listed in 1885 by J. H. Gregory’s Catalogue, which said “When ripe it reminds one of a large, overgrown banana… It smells like one, having a remarkably powerful and delicious fragrance.” This is one of my all- time favorites, being very sweet and great for specialty markets.

A Pink Brandywine Tomato at Baker Creek. The most popular...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:23:41 -0500

A Pink Brandywine Tomato at Baker Creek.

The most popular heirloom vegetable! A favorite of many gardeners, large fruit with superb flavor. A great potato-leafed variety from 1885! Beautiful pink fruit up to 1-1/2 lbs. each!

Gelber Englischer Custard Summer Squash from the garden. Clear...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:10:30 -0500

Gelber Englischer Custard Summer Squash from the garden.

Clear lemon-yellow fruits are a patty-pan type, but with a bizarre twist. Fruits are oddly flattened—impossible to describe. Productive bush plants yield over a long season if kept picked. Recommended for cooler climates like the Pacific Northwest. This unique variety originated in Gatersleben, Germany. Described in Amy Goldman’s book “The Compleat Squash.”

Radishes from our Garden For more information regarding our...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:02:24 -0500

Radishes from our Garden

Sasha With Bright Jewels Flowered Cactus Zinnias at Baker...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:54:00 -0500

Sasha With Bright Jewels Flowered Cactus Zinnias at Baker Creek

Unique flowers have pointed petals. Large and attractive, these come in many colors; really popular in the 1950’s.

Dav Kaiser with a barrel of watermelons from our garden. For...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:45:46 -0500

Dav Kaiser with a barrel of watermelons from our garden.

Ananas Noir Striped Tomato from the garden last summer A most...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:17:00 -0500

Ananas Noir Striped Tomato from the garden last summer

A most exciting new tomato, it is wonderful in every way. This unusual variety was developed by Pascal Moreau, a horticulturist from Belgium. The multi-colored, smooth fruit (green, yellow and purple mix) weigh about 1 1/2 lbs. The flesh is bright green with deep red streaks. Everyone loves their superb flavor that is outstanding, being both sweet and smoky with a hint of citrus. The yield is one of the heaviest we have ever seen!

Rouge Vif D’ Etampes Pumpkin here at baker creek. Most...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:57:00 -0500

Rouge Vif D’ Etampes Pumpkin here at baker creek.

Most beautiful, flattened, and ribbed large fruit are a gorgeous deep red-orange. A very old French Heirloom, this was the most common pumpkin in the Central Market in Paris back in the 1880’s. The flesh is tasty in pies or baked. Like summer squash, this one can also be picked small and fried. As a bonus, it’s a good yielder.

Processing tomato seeds at Baker Creek. For more information...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:43:00 -0500

Processing tomato seeds at Baker Creek.

Beautiful assorted radishes grown here at Baker Creek. For more...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:40:00 -0500

Beautiful assorted radishes grown here at Baker Creek.

A delicious Ping-Tung Eggplant cake served at our...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:35:00 -0500

A delicious Ping-Tung Eggplant cake served at our restaurant.

Albino Bullnose Sweet Pepper Beautiful, blocky 3-4” peppers are...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:26:00 -0500

Albino Bullnose Sweet Pepper

Beautiful, blocky 3-4” peppers are a lovely cream color. They have a nice mild, sweet flavor and ripen to a beautiful redish-orange. It produces loads of fruit from early summer until frost on very compact, dwarf plants. It is very popular here at Baker Creek and much used in our restaurant. This is one of the first varieties I read about when I first became interested in heirloom seeds.

Bianca di Maggio Onion Flat, Italian cipollini” variety....

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:20:00 -0500

Bianca di Maggio Onion

Flat, Italian cipollini” variety. These delicious, small white onions command a high price at specialty markets. Very sweet and mild, used in Italy for pickling, grilling and in salads.