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Amaranth: Hopi Red Dye
$4.50Quick ViewA beautiful ancient grain reaches 4-6 feet, producing long, dark red foliage. Traditionally used on the Hopi Nation for grain, flour, and a natural food dye to color piki bread.
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Chinese Cabbage: Michihli
$5.50Quick ViewThe Chinese cabbage was mostly grown in the Yangtze River Delta region, but the Ming Dynasty naturalist Li Shizhen popularized it by bringing attention to its medicinal qualities.
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Herb: Cilantro, Mexican Coriander
$5.50Quick ViewCoriander grows wild over a wide area of Western Asia and southern Europe. It was brought to the British colonies in North America in 1670, and was one of the first spices cultivated by early settlers.
The ground seeds are the spice we know as Coriander.
The leaves from Coriander are called “Cilantro” in North America.
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Mexican Sunflower: Red Torch
$5.50Quick ViewShowy sunflowers (to 3” across) with orange to orange-red rays and orange-yellow disks bloom from mid-summer to fall.
Minimum 40 seeds
Germination 88% – June 2021
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Orach, green: Taos Mountain Spinach
$5.50Quick ViewAn orach or “mountain spinach” natively growing near Taos, New Mexico.
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Tomatillo: Zuni Pueblo
$5.50Quick ViewThe small sweet fruit have been semi-cultivated by the Zuni of northern New Mexico for more than a century.