Seedlings For Sale 2015

Update 5/7: 

We are completely sold out of plants for the 2015 season!  

Thank you all so much for another amazing seedling sale!

Melody Acres Hobby Farm

Organic Heirloom Seedlings 2015

Tomatoes

~ Pink Bumblebee (New) Extraordinarily beautiful rose-colored fruits with gold striping. Juicy and sweet with rich flavor perfect for caprese salads with basil, mozzarella and balsamic. Very versatile and sure to be a hit in mixed pints at CSAs and markets! Indeterminate • Resists cracking • 1.5” fruit.SOLD OUT

~ Gilbertie Paste  Rich, meaty and delicious! Beloved variety our customers praise year after year. Long, slender shape with characteristically green shoulders and a slight crook in the neck. Narrow fruits average 7” long with very solid, rich-flavored flesh that makes excellent sauces and soups. Very small seed cavity.SOLD OUT

~ Roma Productive plum tomato with great disease resistance! Vigorous and strong, producing heavy yields of picture-perfect, thick-walled fruit with deep red color and mild flavor. A good choice for a commercial variety, as well as in the garden. Determinate • Vigorous • 4-6 oz. SOLD OUT

~ Matt’s Wild - Cherry Copious quantities of small, deep red cherries with exceptional flavor. Matt’s keeps producing prolifically when every other tomato in the field is down for the count with Early Blight. Pick frequently as skin is thin and cracks easily. Trellis or let sprawl and naturalize. Shows moderate field tolerance to Late Blight. Indeterminate • .25 oz. SOLD OUT

~ Ralphie’s Oxheart – (Melody Acres Exclusive.)  Large prolific pink tomato with green shoulders.  Sweet meaty tomato with very few seeds.  It is not unusual for these tomatoes to get over 2lbs each!  Pick when just starting to turn pink and allow to ripen inside. This is hands down the best tasting tomato we sell!SOLD OUT

~ Dr. Oxheart (New- Melody Acres Exclusive!) – Mild tasting pink Oxheart, medium size. Old family heirloom seed from Italy were given to Melody Acres last year to germinate.  We are proud to offer such a rare heirloom in our collection. SOLD OUT

~ Yellow Melody Cherry Bright yellow cherries produce early and abundantly on compact plants. One inch fruits are juicy with mild, non-acidic flavor. Skin is thinner than similar varieties in our trials, yet more resistant to cracking. Developed by Dr. James Bagget at Oregon State University. Determinate • SOLD OUT

~ Orange Grape Orange with sensational juicy, sweet flavor. Finally an organic rival for the beloved Sungold! A medium-sized orange grape with slightly thicker skin than Sungold.  SOLDOUT

~ Indigo Rose Stunning edible and ornamental tomato that ripens to jet black with purple tinged foliage. Clusters of 6-8 firm ebony fruits. Vigorous and disease-resistant. Bred by Dr. Jim Myers through the high-flavonoid breeding program at OSU. PVP Semi-determinate • Good container variety • 2-2.5 oz SOLDOUT

~ Black Trifele  Striking, unique pear-shaped tomato with narrow green shoulders and purple-black color. A farmers’ market and garden favorite with smooth, meaty, velvety texture. Gourmet flavor is often described as dense, smoky, chocolatey. You may, for a moment, forget that you are merely tasting a tomato. Prolific, potato leaf plants. Indeterminate • Gourmet variety • Prolific • 4-6 oz..SOLD OUT

Peppers

~ Golden California Wonder Yellow Bell Deep orange, thick-walled with high yields and good fruit set in cool conditions. Sturdy, upright 22-30” plants are everbearing and pendant. Very similar to California Wonder with an earlier maturity date. One of the best open pollinated orange-yellow peppers available! Cool-tolerant • Early • 4-4.5” fruits.  SOLDOUT

~ King of the North Red Bell Reliable set of green to glossy red fruits in short seasons. Improved for a higher percentage of blocky, thick-walled, early ripening peppers each with three to four lobes. Known for its ability to produce good sized peppers in short, cool seasons. Strong plants support heavy yields. Early • Upright habit • 3-4” fruits. SOLD OUT

Tomatillo

~ Purple  Rare purple tomatillo with exceptional appearance and excellent distinctive taste. Much sweeter than the green types with superb flavor eaten fresh from the plant, grilled, or in salsa. Deep violet skin color bleeds into bright green interior flesh. Harvest after the papery husk has split, when fruits are golf ball-sized and skin has turned purple. Semi-determinate.SOLD OUT

Ground Cherry

~ Aunt Molly’s Sweet, tropical-tasting gold berries wrapped in paper husks add magic to your garden. Bushy plants grow 2.5-3’ tall. When ripe, the husk around the fruit becomes papery dry and the fruit falls off the plant to pick picked up from the ground. Some people place a tarp underneath the plants to make harvesting easier, but either way the husks keep the fruit clean. Trellis or let sprawl • Bushy, spreading habit. SOLDOUT

Eggplant

~ Listada di Gandia  Stunning magenta-striped Italian eggplant for a beautiful display. Very productive plants produce abundant tender, delicious fruits with unusually thin skin. Egg-shaped petite fruits fit in the palm of your hand and are great for smaller portions. Holds its color even at large sizes. Gourmet appeal • 3-5” fruit. SOLD OUT

~ Ping Tung Long Easy-to-grow Asian eggplants are long and slender with tender magenta skin. This variety can yield up to 20 fruits per plant and are vigorous and stress-tolerant. Slim fruits average 1-2” wide; plants should be staked for straight fruit. Very tender skin does not need to be peeled. Productive • 12-18” fruit. SOLDOUT

~ Little Finger Slender, petite eggplants fantastic for grilling. Dark purple skin is thin and tender. Flesh has a silky texture with few seeds and mildly sweet flavor needing very little cooking time. Harvest when fruit is young and glossy. A great variety for large containers! Early • Productive • 3-6” fruit.SOLD OUT

How we grow seedlings for you: All of our seed, soil, and fertilizer are certified organic.  All of our seeds are Non-GMO.  We never use any pesticide or anything that is not organic and natural on our plants. Each plant comes to you in an 18oz red plastic cup that you can clean and bring back to us when you pick up your plants next year.  We appreciate you recycling!

We believe in sustainable permaculture. Our collaboration with nature provides organic seedlings and food that give back to our health and the health of our planet. We are always learning and growing!

Thank you for shopping locally and sustainably!