SEEDS FROM BULGARIA
AND OTHER COUNTRIES

SEED SWAP / SEED EXCHANGE

My Seedlist
Last updated: 15 Feb. 2013		 GIANT PUMPKINS Seed exchanges / Seed swaps
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Harvested Latin name/Syn. Common Name(s) Short info
My scion list here
2012 Abelmoschus esculentus Okra Varieties
OUT MI-5 - Variety from Sri Lanka. Small plant - 30-40 cm. 10-15 cm. green pods. image
Red - Red podded, but this is not 'Red Burgundy' image
2010 Acmella oleracea (syn. Spilanthes oleracea) Toothache Plant, Paracress Edible leaves cause unique feeling in the mouth.
2 varieties - green leaved and reddish leaved
More info
2012 Agastache spp. Korean Mint; Giant Hyssop, Anise Hyssop Mix of 6-7 accessions, most are of Agastache rugosa, less of Agastache foeniculum 
commerc. Allium porrum Leek Variety:
Starozagorski Kamush - Most popular leek variety in Bulgaria. With no special care stalk easily grows to 65+ / 25+ cm./in. (leaves excluded) and about 5 / 2 cm./in. thick. Excellent leek taste. Very old heirloom turned in commerce.
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  Amaranthus spp. Amaranth - Variety 'Alegria' - grain type. Probably A. tricolor 2012
- Edible leaf type (Callaloo) 2007
- Variety 'Tender Leaf' - Taiwanese edible leaf variety. Very good. 2010
 2012 Apios americana American Groundnut Only tubers.
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commerc. Apium graveolens rapaceum Celeriac Spice; Root diameter up to 13 cm.
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2006 Arctium lappa Burdock (cultivated) Cultivar:
Shirohada
More info
OUT Arum maculatum Lord-and-Ladies An ornamental plant 
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OUT Basella alba Indian/Malabar Spinach Leaf vegetable.
image and info

Beta vulgaris Beet Albino Vereduna 2008
Chioggia 2009
Forono 2008
Golden 2008
Note: Pure seeds
2005 Brassica juncea Mustard Leaf vegetable.
Cultivar:
Red Giant
More info
2008 Brassica oleracea var. acephala Kale Lacinato
Red Russian
Note: Pure seeds
2010 Campanula rapunculus Rampion Root vegetable.
  Capsicum spp. Pepper some images here

Capsicum annuum varieties:
Albino - - non-pungent 2012
Alma Paprika - medium hot 2012
Alma Paprika - non-pungent 2012
Chimayo - medium hot 2011
Feher Kos - non-pungent 2011
Georgescu Chocolate - non-pungent 2012
Ñora - non-pungent. Pure seeds. 2011
Parnas - non-pungent 2012
Permagreen - non-pungent 2012
Sweet Chocolate - non-pungent 2012

10+ Bulgarian varieties. Commercial seeds. Mostly non-pungent (sweet non-bell) annuums. images and descriptions on request.

Capsicum baccatum varieties:
Aji Cristal - mild to medium hot OUT
Champion - non-pungent to mildly hot OUT
Lemon Drop - hot OUT
Rain Forest - mildly hot 2012

Capsicum chinense varieties:
7 Pot / 7 Pod - among the hottest 2012
7 Pot 'Brain' - among the hottest 2012
7 Pot 'Jonah' - among the hottest 2012
Tobago Sweet Scotch Bonnet - non-pungent to mildly hot. 2012
Trinidad Scorpion - among the hottest 2012
Trinidad Scorpion 'Butch T' - among the hottest 2012
Trinidad Scorpion Sweet - medium hot 2012
Trinidad Perfume - non-pungent to mildly hot. OUT
Trinidad Seasoning - medium hot OUT
Trinidad Seasoning #2 - medium hot 2012
White Bullet - hot OUT

Thai Hot (Thai Bird) - very hot 2006 (C. frutescens) OUT
2012 Cercis siliquastrum Judas tree An ornamental tree (quite attractive)
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2009 Chenopodium ambrosioides Epazote Spice
2008 Glebionis coronaria, Chrysanthemum coronarium Garland Chrysanthemum, Shingiku Edible Chrysanthemum
variety: Tiger Ear
 
 Cicer arietinum Chick pea Cultivar:
Besvirino (Assyrian brown garbanzo from Besvirino) - large seeded 2011
Black seeded - large black seed 2012
Brown Popping - large seeded, black mottled brown 2012
Kali Chana - small brown seeds, Indian variety 2012
  Citrullus lanatus Watermelon Varieties:
Blacktail Mountain 2012
Cream of Saskatchewan 2012
Early Canada 2012
Golden Midget 2005
Ledmon 2007
Marmeladnii (Marmalade like)- Russian variety 2011 more info
Orangeglo 2012
Petite Yellow OUT
Pivnichne Syaivo - Ukrainian ultra early variety (60-65 days). Good taste. 2009 images
Podarok Solntza (Sun's Gift) - Russian variety. Early. Very good taste. images
Royal Golden OUT
Skarb - Ukrainian mid-late variety. Very good to excellent taste. 2009 images
Snejok (Snowball) - Ukrainian mid-late variety. Very good to excellent taste. 2012 images
Sweet Siberian OUT
Tzin Kan Syao Huan (or something like that) - Chinese yellow flesh. 2011
Wilson Sweet 2012
Yanusik - medium size, dark green rind, yellow flesh. Very good to excellent taste. Ukrainian variety 2012
Yellow flesh Moon and Stars 2012
Zyao Shu Jin Lyao Shi (or something like that) - Chinese yellow rind. Good to very good taste. 2009 images

NOTE: Controlled pollinations (hand pollinated)
  Cornus mas Cornelian cherry Fruit-tree (large fruit form)
For description of the Bulgarian cultivars of Cornus mas - CLICK HERE
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OUT #1   Fruit size (very large): up to 4.3 cm.(1.69 in.) long
fruit weight: up to 12 g.
Taste: ripe fruit - too astringent to be eaten.
fully ripe fruit - sweet
My Photo
2012 #2   Fruit size (very large): up to 4 cm.(1.57 In.) long
fruit weight: up to 10 g. 
Taste: ripe fruit - astringent, but can be eaten.
fully ripe fruit - sweet
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OUT #3 (wild)   Fruit size: up to 2 cm.(0.79 In.) long 
fruit weight: up to 3 g.
Taste: ripe fruit - astringent, but can be eaten.
fully ripe fruit - sweet
My Photo
2010 #4   Large fruited
This produces the earliest fruits (followed by #1; next is #3 (the wild) and last #2 - about month after #4).
Taste: ripe fruit - too astringent to be eaten.
fully ripe fruit - sweet
2012 Crataegus pentagyna   Shrub / small tree with edible fruit.
More info
2011 Cucumis anguria Gherkin,  West Indian Gherkin Vegetable.
West Indian Gherkin
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2011 Cucumis ficifoilus I was assured it's Cucumis ficifoilus. Similar to C. anguria.
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  Cucumis melo Melon Cultivars:
Bereginya - Ukrainian veriety more info 2011
Carosello Barese - melon used as cucumber OUT
Charentais OUT
Early Oriental 2007
Golden Sweet OUT
Ineya - This variety is a national standard in Ukraine. Short oval fruit - 1-2.4 kg./2.2-5.2 lb. Orange-yellow, smoot, thin skin (first fruits can be netted). White-green flesh. Very sweet, excellent taste (though not as flavorful as some other varieties). When fresh picked, flesh can be crisp (but sweet and tasty) 2012 image
Iranian Chess - Mid early. White flesh. Very good to excellent taste. image OUT
Lada - Russian variety. Very good to excellent taste. image
Orange Flesh Honeydew 2007
Prescott Fond Blanc OUT
Sakata's Sweet OUT
Sin-I-Li-Sha-Bay 302 (or something like that) - Cinese. Crisp. Tastes like sweet cucumber. 2009 image
Snowy White #2 - Chinese variety. East Asian type. Small, round to pear shaped, up to 1/2 kg. / 1 lb. White skin and flesh. Very sweet. Very good taste. Very early 2008 image
Spear 2007
Yujanka - Russian variety more info 2011

NOTE: Controlled pollinations (hand pollinated)
2011 Cucumis metuliferus Kiwano, African Horned Cucumber Tastes like a mix of lemon and cucumber (refreshing).
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  Cucumis sativus Cucumber Cultivar:
Chinese Long White (this is not the original name) - White, 25-30 cm. / 10-12 in. All purpose. Excellent flavour. Chinese variety. - image 2012
Suyo (Suyo Long, Soo Yoh) 2012
  Cucurbita argyrosperma, syn C. mixta Cushaw squash Japanese Pie 2010

NOTE: Controlled pollinations (hand pollinated)
  Cucurbita maxima Squash, Pumpkin Cultivars:
Argentine - Good to very good taste. image 2011
Australian Butter - Very good to excellent taste. 2012
 Blue Hubbard - Very good to excellent taste 2011
Blue Kuri - Very good to excellent taste. OUT
Chestnut - Semi-bush. Very good to excellent taste. image OUT
Galeux d'Eysines (Galeuse d'Eysines)  - Average quality OUT
Gold Nugget - Bush. Good to very good taste. 2012
Guatemalan Blue Banana - Average taste 2011
Jdana - Earliest Ukrainian maxima squash variety of high quality. Average weight 6-9 kg. / 13-20 lb. Grey-blue skin. Thick red-orange, stringless flesh. Quite moist and surprisingly sweet with very good flavour. For early variety it is quite good raw, backed, steamed. Powdery mildew resistant (I think only on paper). Average keeper. image 2012
Jubilee - Ukrainian variety. So called improved 'Jdana', but latter than Jdana. Quite moist and surprisingly sweet with very good flavour. image OUT
Lakota - Good to very good taste 2007
Lesnoi Oreh (Forest Nut) - Russian variety. Very good to excellent taste. Looks and tastes very much like Red Kuri/Potimarron (maybe same variety) 2009
Marble - Very good to excellent taste image 2012
Meruhen - Very good to excellent taste. 2011
Nagidobosi - Hungarian variety. Very good taste image 2012
Navajo Gray Hubbard - Very good to excellent taste. image 2011
Golden Hubbard - Very good taste 2012
Pastila-Shampan (Fruit candy Champagne) - From Russia. Initially I thought that this may be a French variety imported in Russia, but now I know it's a Russian variety. - Average weight 3-4 kg. / 6.5-9 lb. Pink or bicolour skin - pink and grey-blue. Medium thick, orange flesh. Advertised as having vanilla aroma, and surprisingly sometimes it really has a touch of vanilla/milk flavour, when steamed (when baked loose that flavour and becomes much like 'Pink Banana')! Very good to excellent taste image 2011
Pink Banana - Very good taste 2011
Potimarron - Very good to excellent taste 2009
Rainbow - Very good taste 2009 image
Sdobnaya Pyshka - Rusian variety. Quite sweet, but too moist and stringy (when baked/steamed) to my liking. One of the best tasing when raw. images 2012
Sweet Meat - Very good taste OUT
Oregon Sweet Meat - Significantly improved Sweet Meat. Very good to excellent taste image 2012
True Green Hubbard - big, very good to excellent flavor, average sweetness image 2012
Warted Green Hubbard - Very good to excellent taste 2007
Zolotaya Grusha (Golden Pear) - Russian variety. Very good to excellent taste. Looks and tastes very much like Red Kuri/Potimarron (maybe same variety) 2009

NOTE: Controlled pollinations (hand pollinated)
  Cucurbita moshcata Butternut, Musky squash Cultivars:
Butterbush - Very good taste. 2012
Choudo Iudo - From Russia. Most beautiful squash I have seen. Very good taste as raw. Baked and steamed - too stringy and moist, also too strong (for my taste) musky aroma. 2009 images
Hidemi - Very good taste. 2011
Musquee de Provence - Good to very good taste 2012
Sucrine Du Berry - Mediocre taste 2012
Sweet Papaya - Very good taste. 2010
Tahitian Melon - Good to very good taste. 2010
Tromboncino Rampicante - The taste is mediocre, but still the variety is interesting 2012
U-Man #4 - Chinese bush variety. Good taste. images
NOTE: Controlled pollinations (hand pollinated)
  Cucurbita pepo Field Pumpkin Cultivars:
Baby Pam - Good to very good taste 2012
Gill's Golden Pippin - Very good to excellent taste. 2011
Hamlet - Ukrainian naked seed variety. Semi-bush plant. Round flattened fruit. Average weight 2.5-4 kg. / 5.5-9 lb. Light green to white, naked seeds. High oil content. Seed yield not very high. Taste of fruit is mediocre. image (on the right) 2011
Honey Boat - Very good to excellent taste. 2011
Melonette Jaspee de Vendee - Good to very good taste. 2010
Spaghetti - Mediocre taste. 2008
Styrian - Naked seed. The flesh quality is mediocre. image (on the left) 2011
Sugarloaf Delicata - Very good to excellent taste. 2012
Sweet Dumpling - Very good to excellent taste. 2012
Table Gold - Average taste. 2008
Thelma Sanders Sweet Potato - Very good to excellent taste. 2012
Winter Luxury Pie Good to very good taste. 2008
NOTE: Controlled pollinations (hand pollinated)
OUT Cyclanthera pedata Achoccha, Korila Vegetable.
The taste is beany-cucumber like.
More info
OUT Cyperus esculentus var. sativus Chufa, Tigernut Excellent hazelnut-like flavor. Seedless, will send dried tubers (soak and sow).
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 Daucus carota Carrot Varieties:
Cosmic Purple 2012
Parmex OUT
Thumbelina OUT
Yellowstone 2012

Pure seeds
2011 Eruca sativa Arugula, Rocket, Rocquette, Rocket lettuce Salad plant.
Ask Fragaria vesca Wild strawberry Has very aromatic (much more than common Strawberry) edible fruits 
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Ask Fragaria vesca 'Semperflorens' Alpine strawberry Fruit
Special trade - plant Fragaria viridis Green strawberry Strawberry with green fruit.
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OUT Geranium macrorrhizum Thick-rooted cranesbill An ornamental plant with very fragrant leaves. Prefer semi shade. 
Excellent ground cover. 
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OUT Helleborus odorus Hellebore, Bear-s-foot An ornamental plant. As ornamental is rare, but I think that is quite attractive.
images and info
OUT Hippophae rhamnoides Sea Buckthorn For description of some (mostly old) Russian cultivars - CLICK HERE.
Lagenaria siceraria Gourd Canteen - 7-8 mm. walls. image (the tree on mid-right) 2011
Froggy - 4-5 mm. walls. image (on left) 2012
Gakhaa - 2-3 mm. walls. image (on right) 2011
Legendary Bottle - 3-5 mm. walls. image (the tree on left) 2011
Middle Bottle - 2-3 mm. walls. image (on right) 2010

Grown under isolation
OUT Leucojum aestivum Summer snowflake, Loddon Lily Flower
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OUT Lotus tetragonolobus
syn. Tetragonolobus purpureus		 Asparagus pea Vegetable - Considered to be a gourmet food, but for me when RAW tastes like a grass.
More info
2008 Malva verticillata 'Crispa' Chinese Mallow Edible leaves.
More info
 2012 Melothria scabra Melothria Edible small fruits that looks like watermelons. Cucumber-like taste.
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2011 Mespilus germanica Medlar Fruit-tree - small fruited form (excellent taste), has superior taste than the large fruited form.
fruit size - up to 3.5 cm. wide; 4.5 cm. long
tree - up to 6-7 m. high
For comparison the large fruit form has:
fruit size - up to 6-7 cm. wide; 3.5 cm. long
tree - up to 2 - 2.5 m. high
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More info

cuttings
special trade

 Morus alba 'alba' White mulberry Fruit-tree (common form - has white fruits). Taste: excellent - very sweet - NOT insipid.
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cuttings
special trade

 Morus alba f. ? Purple White mulberry Fruit-tree (form with purple fruits)
Taste: excellent - very sweet (same as form Alba)

cuttings
special trade

 Morus alba 'tatarica' Black White mulberry, Russian 
mulberry		 Fruit-tree (form with black fruits)
Taste: excellent - mildly acide (my favourite form)
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cuttings
special trade

 Morus alba 'Pendula' Weeping White Mulberry A very attractive ornamental Fruit-tree.
A weeping form - up to 4-5m. (13-16 ft.) high and 5m. (15 ft.) wide. Fruit - black.
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 Ocimum spp. Basil Australian wild (Ocimum tenuiflorum) 2010
Cinnamon 2008
Holly 2008
Kivumbasi Lime (Ocimum canum) 2010
Lemon 2008
Lemon, Mrs. Burns 2010
Lemon, Sweet Dani
Lime 2010
2012 Origanum vulgare hirtum Greek Oregano Great aroma and flavour.
  Physalis ixocarpa Tomatillo, Mexican Husk Tomato Vegetable.
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2012 #1   - Large fruited (pale yellow when ripe).
OUT #2   - Medium fruited (purple when ripe).
2012 #3   - 'Arbuznii OF' - Russian variety, large to very large, pale yellow when ripe
2007 #4   - 'Mramornii OF' - Russian variety, medium large to large, bi-color purple/pale yellow when ripe
2010 #5 - Purple-fleshed (when very ripe)
2012#6- 'Plaza Latina' - giant
2012 Physalis peruviana Cape gooseberry, Goldenberry, Poha Fruit
5 varieties (seeds received from different sources)
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  Physalis pruinosa / Physalis pubescens Strawberry tomato / Ground cherry Fruit.
Aunt Molly's 2012
Iziumnii 2012
New Hanover 2012
Pineapple 2012
Yantar 2007
Zolotaya Rossyp 2007

Also 3 unnamed varieties (seeds received from different sources) 2007-2009

More info - Physalis pruinosa
More info - Physalis pubescens
2010 Porophyllum ruderale Bolivian Coriander Culinary herb with particular flavour (not similar to Cilantro)
cuttings
special trade		 Prunus cerasifera 'atropurpurea'
syns. Prunus cerasifera pissardii 
Prunus pissardii		 Red-leaved Cherry Plum Seeds OUT
Cuttings for grafting - Special trade

A very attractive ornamental Fruit-tree. 
A red/purple-leaved form.
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  Prunus cerasifera
syn. Prunus myrobalana,
Prunus divaricata		 Cherry Plum, Myrobalan Fruit-tree
The average yield varies from 50 to over 100 kg. (some forms) per tree.
For description of the Bulgarian cultivars of Prunus cerasifera - CLICK HERE
More info
cuttings
special trade		 #1   Seeds OUT
Cuttings for grafting - Special trade

fruit size: medium to large
taste: very good 
colour: red
high yielder
My photo
cuttings
special trade		 #2   Seeds OUT
Cuttings for grafting - Special trade

fruit size: medium to large
taste: very good
colour: blue (red with blue coating)
cuttings
special trade		 #3   Seeds OUT
Cuttings for grafting - Special trade

fruit size: medium to large
taste: very good
colour: black (very dark red)
My photo
cuttings
special trade		 #4   Seeds OUT
Cuttings for grafting - Special trade

fruit size: small to medium
taste: good
colour: Yellow
2010 Pycnanthemum pilosum Hairy Mountain Mint The leaves has strong Menthol aroma
OUT Pyrus pyraster
(Pyrus communis ssp. communis, 
Pyrus communis var. pyraster)		 Wild Pear Fruit-tree 
Has aromatic fruits (up to 3.5cm. in diameter (1.34in.)). When fruit is overripe taste is very good - before then is astringent. 
More info
OUT Ruscus aculeatus var. aculeatus Butcher's broom Evergreen ornamental plant. Height: up to 60cm. (2ft.). 
Prefer: full shade
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OUT Ruscus hypoglossum   Evergreen ornamental plant. Height: up to 60cm. (2ft.). 
Prefer: full shade 
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2010 Salpichroa origanifolia Pampas Lily-of-the-Valley Has small white edible fruits with nice flavour image
OUT Sium sisarum Skirret, Crummock Edible roots.
More info
  Solanum lycopersicum
syn. Lycopersicon esculentum		 Tomato
42 Days ultra early, det. image (the left one) 2011
Abakanskiy Rozovyi pink, oxheart OUT
Anna Russian pink, oxheart OUT
Arkansas Traveler dark pink 2009
Aunt Gertie's Gold ogarange, large 2007
Aunt Ginny's Purple pink, large to very large 2006
Aunt Ruby's German Green green OUT
Auriga orange, high caroten 2011
Bear's Claw red 2009
Berdskii Krupnii Russian variety, red, semi-determinate image 2011
Big Rainbow bi-color (yellow - red) 2006
Big Sungold yellow-orange cherry 2010
Big Yellow 888 yellow-orange, medium large Chinese variety. Very good taste image (to the left) 2010
Black Altai dark brown-red 2008
Black Pineapple / Ananas Noir bi-color (green - red) 2009
Black Cherry dark purple 2008
Black Ethiopian dark brown-red 2008
Black from Tula dark red-purple 2008
Black Krim dark red-purple 2006
Black Oxheart image (the middle top one) 2010
Black Plum dark red 2008
Black Prince dark red OUT
Black Sea Man dark brown-red 2005
Brandywine pink, large to very large 2010
Brandywine, Black purple, large 2009
Brandywine, Cherry pink, large cherry size 2005
Brandywine, Platfoot yellow - orange, large to very large 2005
Brandywine, Sudduth's pink, large to very large 2010
Brandywine, Yellow yellow - orange, large to very large 2008
Brandywine Red, Landis red, round 2007
Brown Cherry dark red to brown, plum shaped 2005
Carbon dark red to brown 2011
Caspian Pink pink 2006
Cherokee Chocolate dark brown-red OUT
Cherokee Green green 2008
Cherokee Purple purple 2009
Chinese News pink image (on the left) 2011
Climbing Trip pink, large to very large OUT
Debarao Black dark brown-red 2006
Debarao Giant Russian variety, red image image (middle) 2011
Delicious red, large to very large OUT
Dikaya Roza (Wild Rose) pink 2011
Dr. Wyche's yellow 2011
Elberta peach red, striped, fuzzy fruit and plant 2006
Eva purple ball dark pink to purple 2011
Evergreen green 2010
Gail's Sweet Plum Good taste image (the top left corner one) 2009
German Red Strawberry red, large to very large 2011
Ghost Cherry pale yellow to white, fuzzy 2006
Giraffe Russian variety long keeping variety, yellow-orange image (on the left) 2011
Gold Medal bi-color (yellow - red), large to very large 2011
Golden Pineapple bi-color (yellow - red), large to very large 2011
Golden Treasure yellow (winter storage type) 2009
Gospoja Udacha (Mrs. Good Luck) Russian variety, pink, det. image  2011
Great White pale yellow to white OUT
Green Bell Pepper green, striped, hollow 2010
Green Giant green 2009
Green Grape (det.) green, cherry size 2010
Green Pineapple green OUT
Green Sausage green, striped, det. 2010
Green Velvet Amber-green 2009
Green Zebra green, striped 2010
Hawaiian Pineapple yellow - orange OUT
Huan U (Topaz) New Chinese variety. Small yellow, golden striped, pointed plum. Beautiful. Good to very good taste. Indet. image 2008
Hugh's yellow 2011
Improved Mau Fen 802 Chinese. Pink, fuzzy fruit. Very fuzzy plant. Good to very good taste image (the left one) Not very stable! OUT
Japanese Trifle Black dark red 2008
Kalman's Pink pink, roma type OUT
Korol Gigantov (King of the Giants) red, large to very large. Very good to excellent taste. Russian variety image (top right) 2010
Kubinskyi Chernyi Peretz (Cuban Black Pepper) Received from Ukraine. Good taste. image (the right one - dark, pepper shaped) 2010
Libanaise Des Montagnes pink-red, big to very big, late Very good taste image (to the right) 2010
Lillian's Yellow yellow 2006
Limmony yellow 2006
Long Keeper red-orange (winter storage type) 2011
Lucky Heart bi-color, oxheart 2007
Lutescent red, has yellow leafs 2010
Maharaja's Gold From Ukraine. Very good to excellent taste. image (the yellow one) 2010
Malinovii Vikonte Ukrainian, determinate. Very good taste. image (the left pink one) 2011
Marianna's Peace pink 2011
Marizol majic bi-color (yellow - red), cherry OUT
Marizol Purple dark pink to purple 2011
Marvel Striped bi-color (yellow - red), large to very large 2006
Matina red, large cherry size 2006
Medvejaya lapa (Bear's Paw) Popular Russian variety. Very good to excellent taste. image (the pink one) 2009
Mexican Honey red cherry OUT
Moldovan Green green 2005
Nastenka Russian variety, pink, det. image (on the right) 2011
Nepal red 2010
Neves Azorean Red red, large to very large 2010
Nyagous dark red-brown OUT
Oaxacan Jewel bi-color (yellow - red) OUT
Orange Strawberry orange 2011
OSU Blue Fruit High anthocyanin variety. Mediocre to very good taste image (The right one. Some ripe and some unripe fruits. The color can't develop in greenhouse) OUT
Paul Robeson dark red 2006
Peach pale yellow, fuzzy 2009
Peron red 2011
Persimmon orange 2010
Peruanische Beuteltomate orange, medium large. Good taste image 2010
Petrusha-ogorodnik Russian variety, pink, det. image (on the left) 2011
Pineapple Striped bi-color (yellow - red), large to very large 2011
Pink Peach pink, fuzzy 2011
Pink Potato Top pink 2008
Planeta (Planet) Russian variety, red. image (on the right) 2011
Plum Lemon yellow, looks like lemon 2010
Polish pink 2011
Polish non-acid pink 2007
Polish Egg red 2006
Polyarnik red, early 2011
Praleska red, early 2011
Principe Borghese red, det. OUT
Pruden's Purple pink, large to very large 2009
Pudovik Russian variety, pink, semi-det. image (on the left) 2011
Purple Calabash dark purple 2011
Purple Price purple 2006
Purple Russian purple-brown 2010
Purpur Isonica purple-brown (similar to Purple Russian, but not same) 2010
Red Grape red, grape size and shape OUT
Red Pear red, small, pear shaped 2011
Red Zebra red, striped 2006
Reisetomate (Garlic tomato) red (weird variety) 2011
Rozoviy Myod (Pink Honey) pink hearth shaped, medium large to large. Russian variety. Determinate. very good to excellent taste. image OUT
Rozoviy Slem (Pink Helmet) Russian variety, pink, det. image (on the left) 2011
Russian Persimmon orange 2009
Schimmeig Creg red, striped 2006
Schimmeig Striped Hollow red, striped, hollow 2010
Sevryuga red, large to very large. Very good to excellent taste. Russian variety image (top left) OUT
Silvery Fir Tree red, carrot like leafs, det. 2006
South American Banana red, paste 2009
Spears Tennessee Green green 2006
Stick / Locke red, unique 2007
Striped German bi-color (yellow - red), large to very large 2008
Stump of the World pink-red 2009
Sutton White white to pale yellow 2011
Sweet Thing Grape red, grape size and shape. Very good taste image (to the right) 2010
Sweetie red cherry OUT
Tiger like red, striped 2006
Tiger Tom red, striped, similar to Tigerella 2009
Tigerella red, striped 2009
Tlacolula Ribbed pink-red 2006
Tomatito de Jalapa red, semi-wild (very good late blight resistance). Good taste image (the red one to the left) 2010
Transparent pale yellow 2007
Turandot red. OK taste from Russia image  2007
Tzi Bi U (Violet Jasper) New Chinese variety. Small purple, round to plum shaped, striped/speckled tomatoes. Beautiful. Very good taste. Indet. image 2008
Ukrainian Velmoja (Ukrainian Noble) pink, medium large to large. Determinate. Good to very good taste. Got the seeds from Ukraine as 'Velmoja'. There is a such Russian variety, but this one turned to be different than the Russian one, so I named it'Ukrainian Velmoja' (note: it's stable, I grew it more than 1 time) image (far left) 2010
Vorlon red-brown OUT
White Beauty white to pale yellow 2010
White Oxheart pale yellow to white 2011
White Queen pale yellow to white 2010
White Tomesol white to pale yellow 2006
Yabloki na snegu (Apples on snow) Russian ultra-early determinate variety. Acceptable taste. image (the middle one) 2009
Yasenichki Yabuchar red, round-oblate 2011
Yellow Bell yellow 2011
Yellow Dusya Ukrainian. Very good taste image (the yellow one) OUT
Yellow Pear yellow, small, pear shaped 2010
Yellow Ruffled yellow OUT
Yellow Speckled Roma yellow (striped) 2008
Yellow Stuffer yellow, like bell pepper 2009
Yellow-out Red-in bi-color 2007
Yubileyny Tarasenko red, egg-shaped with a pointed end 2007
Zagadka Prirodyi (Nature's Mistery) From Russia. Very good taste. Maybe it is just renamed well known bi-color variety, or maybe not.... hard to tell image (the left one) 2009
Zebra bi-color (yellow - red) 2006
Zigan dark pink-purple OUT

NOTE: Most of these varieties are not grown under isolation, so off-types are possible.
  Solanum tuberosum Potato The first 3 are old French purple-fleshed varieties. Virus free in 2003. Will send cherry sized tubers:
La Patraque - Purple skin and flesh. Non-uniform shape and size. Used for puree. Good taste. Big plant. Late.
Negresse - Purple skin and flesh. Non-uniform shape and size. Used for frying. Good taste. Big plant. Late.
Vitelotte Noire - Purple skin and flesh. Non-uniform shape and size. Salad type. Good taste. Big plant, stems can grow up to 1.8 m. / 6 ft. Late.
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Valfi - Czech variety. It's earlier, higher yielding and has softer texture when boiled/baked than the above ones. Good taste. image
2011 Solanum viride syn. Solanum uporo Cannibal's Tomato More info
  Sorghum bicolor Sorghum Varieties:
White Popping Sorghum (White Tarahumara Popping Sorghum) - pops like popcorn. 2009
Sweet Sorghum - 'Iowa Sweet' 2011
Sweet Sorghum - 'Sand Mountain' 2012
Sweet Sorghum - variety name unknown - brown seeded 2011
Sweet Sorghum - variety name unknown (from Bulgaria) - black seeded 2011
OUT Staphylea pinnata Bladder nut Shrub / small tree with edible seeds
Taste: not bad (similar to Pistachio, but overall not as good)
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2012 Tragopogon porrifolius Salsify Root vegetable.
variety: Fiore Blu
2011 Trigonella caerulea Blue Fenugreek Spice
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OUT Trigonella foenum-graecum Fenugreek Spice
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  Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis Yard-long Bean 3-Feet-Long - Pole. Long green pods 2012
Metro - Pole. Long green pods 2012
Red Noodle - pole, long purple pods 2010
Stickless Wonder - semi-bush, medium long green pods Taiwanese variety 2012
~U Tya Changdou - bush, medium long green pods Chinese variety 2011
  Zea mays Corn, Maize Varieties:
Blue Jade - sweet 2012
Cochiti Pueblo - popcorn 2010
Double Red - Red sweet corn bred by Alan Kapuler (not fully stable, but quite enough) images 2012
Hopi Chinmark - flour 2011
Hickory King Composite - large dent 2010
Maiz Concho -  flour 2010
Oaxacan Green - dent 2011
Virginia Gourdseed - unusual kernels with dent-like type of endosperm 2010 image

I'm looking for seeds/plants of:

MOST WANTED:

Apios americana - American Groundnut
Apios fortunei
Apios priceana - Price's Potato-bean
Asimina triloba - Pawpaw (any with high quality (tasty) fruit)

Bamboos hardy to at least -18 C / 0 F

Crataegus spp. - any hawthorn species with relatively large and good tasting fruit

Oxalis tuberosa - Oca (day length neutral varieties only)

Solanum muricatum - Pepino Dulce (with tasty fruit)

Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) varieties: Dingess Yellow, Excel, Ginseng Red, Korean Purple, Mahon, Maryland 810, Nancy Hall, Oklamex Red/Oklahoma Red, Old Kentucky, Purple, Regal,Violetta

Fruit trees (scions): only really good varieties.

WANTED:

Root Parsley - Bartowich Long (good tasting varieties)

Maize/Corn (Zea mays):
Aztec Red Flour
Cuzco Gigante / Paraccai-Sara / Giant-seeded maize
Cuzco Gigante Amarillo / Yellow-seeded Cuzco maize
Cuzco Morado
Laurie (Sh2)
Parching Black Cherry
Parching Lavender Mandan
Parching Red Mandan
Rhode Island White Cap a.k.a. Narragansett Indian Flint
Saccsa / Peruvian variegated maize
Sahuarita
White Sugar (Sh2)

Potatoes: Eigenheimer, Karin, Mehlige Muhlviertler, tastiest varieties

Rice (Oryza sativa) - flavourful, coloured and/or dry-land (upland) varieties

Agastache neomexicana / Agastache pallidiflora ssp. neomexicana var. neomexicana - New Mexico Giant Hyssop
Allium ampeloprasum - Wild leek cultivar: 'Elephant Garlic'
Amelanchier alnifolia - Juneberry / Saskatoon berry cultivars
Amelanchier laevis - Allegheny shadberry
Amelanchier lamarckii - Apple serviceberry
Amelanchier stolonifera - Quebec berry
Arctium lappa - Burdock cultivar: Salada Musume

Berberis aristata - Chitra

Carya glabra megacarpa - Coastal pignut hickory
Carya illinoinensis - Pecan (selected variety, zone 5/6)
Carya laciniosa - Shellbark hickory cultivated
Carya ovalis - Sweet pignut
Carya ovata - Shagbark hickory cultivated
Carya pallida - Sand hickory
Castanea dentata - American chestnut
Castanea henryi
Castanea pumila - Chinquapin
Castanea pumila ashei - Chinquapin
Cornus mas - Cornelian cherry (Dwarf, Pyramidal, White-fruited, other large fruited)

Diospyros virginiana - American persimmon high quality fruit (excellent taste)

Juglans ailanthifolia - Japanese walnut
Juglans ailanthifolia cordiformis - Heartseed walnut
Juglans nigra - Black Walnut (thin-shelled)

Lonicera caerulea - Blue Honeysuckle, Hascap, Hascup cuttings or seeds of named varieties

Medeola virginiana - Indian cucumber root
Microseris lanceolata - Murnong / Yam Daisy
Morus spp. variety 'Pakistan' (cuttings)

Passiflora incarnata - Maypop (clone with tasty fruit)
Perideridia gairdneri - Yampa
Physalis chenopodifolia
Physalis viscosa - Sticky ground cherry
Pinus edulis - Rocky Mountain pi񯮼on
Pinus koraiensis - Korean nut pine
Plectranthus amboinicus/Coleus amboinicus - Broadleaf thyme/Spanish thyme/Cuban oregano (plant)
Podophyllum peltatum - American mandrake
Prunus consociiflora - Chinese wild peach
Prunus pseudocerasus - Cambridge cherry
Prunus simonii - Apricot plum

Quercus macrocarpa - Burr oak (cultivar: 'Sweet Idaho' or variety with sweet acorn (edible raw))

Ribes divaricatum - Coastal black gooseberry
Ribes pauciflorum
Ribes procumbens
Rubus occidentalis - Black raspberry

Smallanthus sonchifolius (syns. Polymnia sonchifolia, Polymnia edulis) - Yacon
Solanum centrale - Bush tomato
Solanum chippendalei
Solanum cleistogamum
Solanum ellipticum
Solanum petrophilum
Solanum uporo - Cannibal's Tomato
Sorbus domestica - Service tree

Tasmannia lanceolata - Mountain pepper
Tasmannia stipitata - Dorrigo pepper
Thymus spp. - Thyme varieties: Lemon Thyme, Caraway Thyme, Lavender Thyme, Orange Thyme, Oregano Thyme, Rose Geranium Thyme ect. (plants)
Toona sinensis - Chinese Toon

Zizania aquatica (Zizania palustris) - Wild rice (shatter-resistant variety)

Also I'm looking for:
- Unusual (and tasty) edible plants (especially fruits), unusual culinary herbs, and for very unusual (and tasty) cultivars of usual species.

bg_seeds@yahoo.com

NOTE: I do not sell seeds

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