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COMMON GOOD FARM 2024 VARIETAL INFORMATION 
Tomatoes --- Peppers -- Eggplants


UPDATES on available varieties IN PROGRESS

VARIETAL INFORMATION for peppers, tomatoes, eggplant from ANTICIPATED varieties; some may not be available until mid-May; some are limited quantity. Just tomato/pepper/eggplant varieties are listed here because there are so many & often folks have a specific interest, but we also have  flowers, herbs, cabbage, broccoli, chard, kale, collards, lettuces, melons, zucchini, summer squash, cucumbers, melons...and more!  We try & update the list based on plantings and varietal selections for the year! This list is the most complete at the time!

No neo-nics! Certified organic and certified Biodynamic!

PRO-TIP #1: Not all heirlooms tomatoes are funky looking! Don't miss out, slicers and pastes can be heirlooms too!
PRO-TIP #2: DETERMINATE (bush) types of tomatoes fruit earlier (mid-late July, sometimes earlier!) and are usually about 3-4' tall & benefit from a small cage or staking. They fruit heavily for a period of time & then slow down or stop altogether.  INDETERMINATE (vining) tomatoes are the classic tall tomatoes that need more support & begin to fruit later (about the time determinates stop/slow down), but will typically continue until frost. SEMI-DETERMINATES won't get quite as tall & fruit somewhat earlier than the late season tomatoes. IF you have room, put in both!


We focus on open-pollinated, HEIRLOOM varieties from organic non-gmo seed. All are grown from seed on the farm…certified organic & certified Biodynamic. More info about the farm at www.commongoodfarm.com 

FIND A PDF OF THE LAST YEAR'S VARIETAL INFORMATION HERE!
 
DETERMINATE/BUSH (short season) TOMATOES
  • Bellstar HEIRLOOM Dwarf, early plum variety perfect for short seasons & concentrated harvests. Plants are covered with round fruit measuring 2-2.5" in diameter. Smooth, fleshy interior is great for sauce, processing or fresh eating. LOVE THIS ONE in a good year! N/A 2025
  • Celebrity F1 Medium-large, 7-8 oz., flavorful red slicer ripens early/mid-season. Widely adapted. High resistance to tomato mosaic virus. Vigorous determinate.
  • Crimson Sprinter HEIRLOOM Brilliant candy-apple red color. Medium-sized 5 - 7 oz fruits are abundant & ripen nicely on the vine.  Notably high lycopene content.  Holds well due to its thick skin. Semi-determinate. Earlier than Celebrity.
  • Djena Lee’s Golden HEIRLOOM This Minnesota HEIRLOOM won first prize in the Chicago World's Fair in the 1930's. Prolific clusters of light yellow-orangish 5 oz. fruits.
  • Fireworks HEIRLOOM 5 -7 oz. red fruits; yields well & early. Open pollinated. One of our best & most consistent early producers. Seed saved from our own farm.
  • Heinz HEIRLOOM  produces bounties of 3-4 oz paste/roma tomatoes…great for ripening close together. Great sauce flavor LIMITED for 2024
  • Iron Lady F1 blight resistant, dense juicy flavorful red slicer…produces well typically for shorter windows, repeatedly. LIMITED for 2024
  • Medford HEIRLOOM Big, round, crack-resistant field tomatoes with good disease resistance. Perfectly rounded, solid uniform fruits with rich tomato flavor. Plants have good leaf cover & prefer a cage over staking. Bred by the late Dr. Tex Frazier of Oregon State University. Not the earliest determinate, but solid producer of nice fruits.
  • Mountain Princess HEIRLOOM nice red tomatoes on more compact plants…earlier variety & favorite. A nice tomato from Appalachian Mountains!
  • Myona - Red paste, with a long history. Determinate
  • Nova F1 Paste determinate paste/plum type – wonderful tomato that keeps producing!
  • Orange King
  • Oregon Spring Produces 4” oval red slicers developed at Oregon State University. N/A for 2025
  • Ranger F1 determinate paste, good tomato flavor…prolific! N/A for 2025
  • Roma VF HEIRLOOM Excellent paste open-pollinated tomato. Popular for canning or making sauce, juice or drying. Plum shaped fruit ripen to a bright red with meaty interiors.
  • Rutgers HEIRLOOM Long window of ripening -- 60-100 days.  Semi-determinate. Good for canning, also excellent fresh; large red 8-oz globes. Good yields & flavor, large vines.Quite nice!
  • Siletz HEIRLOOM one of our quickest to produce…nice red slicer, some on the larger size for fruits, good flavor. The non-flashy name undersells this gem!
  • Taxi Great yellow tomato for short season. Grows to about 2 feet tall. Expect heavy yields of mild, non-acid light yellow tomatoes for 3-4 weeks…hint of pink in centers. N/A for 2025
INDETERMINATE/VINING/LONG-SEASON TOMATOES
 
SLICERS & PASTE/ROMAS
  • Amish Paste HEIRLOOM produces an abundance of thick-fleshed, acorn-shaped fruits weighing 8 oz. Few seeds; excellent sauce tomato.
  • Black Prince HEIRLOOM Mahogany brown fruit with unusual brown shoulders becoming orange-red at blossom end. Rich fruity flavor. Smooth, rich, fruity tomato flavor. 3-5 oz., 3” fruits show less cracking.
  • Chef's Choice - a nice orange slicer with reliable production N/A for 2025 
  • Couer di Bue - 
  • Moonglow is great similar choice, as is
  • Cosmonaut Volkov HEIRLOOM Reliable producer, even in colder summers. Deep red, slightly flattened 8 – 10 oz. fruits with sweet rich flavor.
  • Gilbertie Paste HEIRLOOM Long, slender shape with characteristically green shoulders & a slight crook in the neck. Narrow fruits are on average 7” long & 10-12 oz. Flesh is very solid, with a beloved rich flavor that makes excellent sauces & soups. Very small seed cavity. N/A for 2024
  • Golden Delight – HEIRLOOM Heavy, early set of deep golden-yellow 5-8 oz. round fruits. Low acid, mild but excellent flavor. Good tomato for people who have trouble with digesting the acid in red tomatoes. N/A 2025
  • Green Zebra HEIRLOOM True green tomato with green striping. A delicious, tangy salad tomato, shows ripeness as as fruit develops yellow blush, accentuating darker green stripes. Lots of 3-4 oz fruits.
  • Hungarian Heart HEIRLOOM Brilliant reddish-pink oxheart type fruits are enormous—frequently exceeding 1#. firm & meaty like all oxheart types—great for paste, canning or fresh use. Rich tasting, solid flesh across each hefty slice! Originated outside of Budapest, Hungary around 1900. Basically a beefsteak but an oxheart too!
  • Japanese Trifele Black Pear-shaped fruit has green-streaked shoulders, deepening to a burnished mahogany & a darkened, nearly black base. Meaty interior has similar shades & complex flavor 
  • Jersey Devil HEIRLOOM Prolific producer of paste/roma type tomatoes. Not very seedy, meaty & great flavor.
  • Jaune Flamme HEIRLOOM Excellent smaller yellow tomato, with some fruity zippy flavors. Very productive. Think Sungold cherry all grown up! N/A 2024
  • Moonglow Nice producer of orange fruits, does well in Nebraska climate & has great flavor! This is a nice tomato, especially if you want a mid-season orange.
  • Moskovich Red HEIRLOOM Early producing & grows fast, great slicer…so pretty & nice red tomato balance. No cracking, slightly flattened globes. Just all around lovely. Semi-determinate
  • Nebraska Wedding HEIRLOOM Listed in the 1983 Seed Savers Exchange Yearbook by Dorothy Beiswenger of Crookston, MN. Reliable producer of stunning 4" round fruits with glowing orange skin.
  • Nepal HEIRLOOM Soft, meaty red fruits. Excellent tomato flavor with medium acidity. Yields well; 10 oz fruits…one of our field favorites.
  • Opalka Paste HEIRLOOM It’s said the seed originated in Poland circa 1900. Beautiful set of 3 - 6" red paste tomatoes on vigorous wispy vines. Excellent flavor & few seeds make this a perfect processing tomato. Fruits hold well on the vine. Limited for 2024
  • Orange You Glad Does well in Nebraska, thicker skin, lower acid. All around good tomato. Dehybridized Orange Blossom -- Also have Orange King (very similar)
  • Peron HEIRLOOM great red slicer, does well every year for us in the field. Fruits are wonderful for fresh eating or canning. Semi-determinate…we use as a indeterminate planting. Also called Peron Sprayless.
  • Persimmon HEIRLOOM Dates back to the mid-1800s & is right at home in short-season gardens. Light orange & good flavor. Bear big beefsteak-size fruit with few blemishes…beefsteak size but more slicer with firm skin & structure.
  • Pink Boar Nice size 4 oz gem is pinkish-wine colored with metallic green stripes…great for fresh eating! (Sort of a cherry!)
  • Redfield Beauty HEIRLOOM Historic variety introduced circa 1889 by H.G. Hastings & Co. of Interlachen, Florida. Flattened pink 3" fruits with excellent full flavor. Vigorous, very productive plants. N/A for 2024
  • Ruth’s Perfect HEIRLOOM Mid-season favorite red slicer, 7 oz. fruits on sturdy plants. From Ruth Zinniker, Biodynamic farmer.
  • Salvatore's Select - solid red indeterminate paste. Really nice San Marzano type.
  • San Marzano HEIRLOOM Superior paste with high solid content, heavy yields, excellent for canning & sauce. 5-6 oz. fruits, about 3” long.
  • Sheboygan Paste - Nice size indeterminate paste/roma, prolific.
  • Speckled Roman HEIRLOOM Wonderful flavor & deep red meaty paste tomato…great for sauce! N/A for 2025
  • Tiren F1 Paste San Marzano type; Developed in Italy, Tiren produces meaty, 5-6 oz. fruits with the classic San Marzano appearance. Great flavor for sauce. High resistance to fusarium wilt, tomato mosaic virus. N/A for 2025.
  • Marmalade (or Sunkissed) (previously Sunkist/Sunkissed) Very nice producer of high quality fruits…they just keep going! SEMI-DETERMINATE We love these! N/A 2025 -- See Orange You Glad and Orange King.
  • Super Lakota HEIRLOOM (like Super Sioux) Large, red, juicy, great slicer! Thick walled, 6 – 8 oz fruits. Old fashioned flavor…one of our farm favorites! Developed at Nebraska Experiment station in 1944.
  • Sweet  ‘n’ Bright (Hellfrucht) HEIRLOOM A small salad tomato, classic tomato flavor with great disease resistance for early & mid-season harvest with cascades of bright red glossy 2-3 oz. round fruit. N/A for 2024
  • Valencia HEIRLOOM Sunny orange fruits; thick-walls, meaty interiors & few seeds. Mid-season tomato with good texture. Slow food Ark of Taste listing. Underappreciated nicely flavored tomato!
  • Wapsinicon Peach HEIRLOOM Slightly fuzzy pale-yellow skin & fruity, balanced flavor. Firm fruits have a blush tint when ripe & hold well on & off the vine. Named by Dennis Schlicht for the Wapsipinicon River in Iowa. N/A for 2025
BEEFSTEAK TOMATOES – indeterminate/long-season/vining varieties          
  • Black Krim HEIRLOOM Originally from the Isle of Krim on the Black Sea. Deep rich black-red color; yields 3 – 4” flattened beefsteak fruits with deep green shoulders. Intense, slightly salty taste; for fresh eating or cooking.
  • Brandywine HEIRLOOM Big & beautiful! This classic variety was one of the first to bring recognition to the HEIRLOOM label. Known for its perfect balance of sugars & flavor. Dark pinkish-red flesh is smooth & juicy, so make sure to have a napkin handy! Fruits are very large, weighing 1 lb or more. Pick just before ripe to avoid cracking. Potato-leaf variety.
  • Carbon - Dark beefsteak with that deep, rich flavor. LIMITED for 2025
  • Cherokee Purple HEIRLOOM Famously rich flavor & texture make this a colorful favorite. Medium-large, flattened globe, 12 oz fruit. Color is dusky pink with mahogany & dark shoulders. Multilocular interior ranges from purple to brown to green. Relatively short vines.
  • Crnkovic Red HEIRLOOM Brought to the US by Yasha Crnkovic. Good yields of pink beefsteak fruits, weighing up to 1# each. Fruits have near perfect shoulders that almost never crack. Great full tomato flavor.
  • Copia orange/yellow & pink beefsteak with deep flavor & large fruits…a cross with Green Zebra & Marvel Stripe varieties. Big in size & flavor!
  • German Johnson HEIRLOOM Vigorous, higher-yielding Brandywine type with excellent flavor. Sets deep pink excellent  fruits with lots of deep, acidic tomato flavor & a rich texture. A farm favorite!
  • German Pink HEIRLOOM One of the tomatoes that originally ignited the heirloom movement in America, this variety originated in Bavaria. It made its US debut in 1883, brought here by Michael Ott, a great-grandfather of Seed Savers Exchange co-founder Diane Ott Whealy. A potato-leaf variety (with rugosa leaves) gives high yields of 1-2 lb, nearly seedless fruit. 
  • Gold Medal - bicolor beefsteak -- good producer & gorgeous!
  • Hillbilly HEIRLOOM Gorgeous bi-color beefsteak tomato, great for slicing. Beautiful yellow 1 pound fruits are streaked with red on the blossom end. Sweet & juicy. Decent producer.
  • Kanner Hoell HEIRLOOM Reverend C. Frank Morrow of Minnesota. In his donation letter, Reverend Morrow states that the variety originated in Germany & has been in his family since 1916. Red beefsteak fruit 4-5" in diameter, 1½ lbs. Double fruit common. Good flavor, low acid, moderately sweet. N/A for 2025
  • Kellogg Breakfast HEIRLOOM  --  A nice orange beefsteak with good flavor & some acidity.
  • Mortgage Lifter HEIRLOOM 1-lb pink fruits have a delicious, rich, sweet taste. This variety has become very popular in recent years & was developed by M.C. Byles of Logan, West Virginia. After crossing varieties for 6 years & selecting the best, he introduced this beauty that he named Mortgage Lifter in the 1940s, after he sold plants for $1 each & paid off the $6000 mortgage on his house.
  • Purple Calabash HEIRLOOM One of the most interesting looking & complex tasting tomatoes you can grow. Cinderella pumpkin-shaped tomatoes are about 3”x 1 ½’ tall & deeply ribbed. Light green-purple at the shoulders with dark purple at base & dark purple interior. Very complex deep tomato flavors. 
  • Striped German great yellow & pink beefsteak…nice flavor! More yellow than pink/red, the marbled interior looks beautiful sliced. Complex, fruity flavor & smooth texture. Medium-tall vines bear 12+ oz. fruit.
  • Yellow Brandywine HEIRLOOM Similar flavor, appearance and plant habit to the famous Brandywine, with large gold fruits. Golden flesh is smooth, juicy & delectable with relatively low acids. Pick just before ripe to avoid cracking. Potato-leaf foliage.
CHERRY TOMATOES
  • Atomic Grape larger cherry fruits, deep purple with green striping. Nice flavor & prolific!
  • Bing Cherry Exceptional flavor is sweet with a rich tomato flavor, well-balanced acid & thin skin. Plants are loaded with clusters of medium sized, 1” red cherry tomatoes. Indeterminate
  • Black Cherry Vigorous regular leaf plants covered in clusters of 1" round cherry tomatoes. Dusky purple-black fruits bursting with rich flavor—sweet & complex. Indeterminate
  • Blush Elongated cherry that is large enough to slice, yet still small enough for snacking out of hand....really just a big snack size! Beautiful golden with pink streaking...excited to offer this as a new variety on the tables in 2023. Indeterminate plants produce 2 ½ inch long, 1 ¼ inch wide tomatoes.
  • Bumblebee varieties:  all variations of striped nice-size cherry tomatoes. Great flavor, no cracking & a delight to pick & eat! N/A 2025
  • California Sunshine -- Golden orange cherry tomato from Biodynamic seed. Similar to Sungold but maybe better?
  • Chadwick’s Cherry HEIRLOOM Nice size prolific cherry tomato named after Alan Chadwick, long time seed saver.
  • Igleheart Yellow similar to Sungold…open pollinated, small, prolific. N/A 2025.
  • Indigo Rose Deep red-purple color with deep flavor. Larger size cherry.
  • Lemon Drop HEIRLOOM Seed originally from Florida Seed Savers Exchange member J. T. Sessions, who found this growing on Snow White Cherry plants. Heavy sets of ½-¾" yellow-green cherry tomatoes. Refreshing tart-sweet flavor. N/A for 2024
  • Lucky Tiger - striped, grape type with larger fruits...less acidic & beautiful coloring. Limited for 2024.
  • Matt’s Wild HEIRLOOM Small fruits on prolific huge vines!
  • Nova F1 Grape New variety, with the golden-yellow similar to Sungold but as a grape type for less cracking. N/A 2023  :: Have other grape options for 2024!
  • Peacevine heavy yields of many fruited clusters. Red fruit; excellent flavor. An occasional orange fruit will appear. Named for its high content of gamma amino butyric acid, a calming body sedative. Like a non-hybrid Sweet 100!
  • Red Pear HEIRLOOM red, pear shaped…good tomato flavor & very prolific!
  • Red Pearl – nice red indeterminate grape. N/A 2025
  • Red Robin - very compact red cherry; great for a patio pot. Available soon 2025
  • Ruby Crush – determinate type, red grape N/A 2025
  • Snow White Cherry just like it says! A very pale yellow cherry with a tart-sweet flavor. Really good!
  • Sungold F1 Wonderful fruity flavor; yellow-orange, very sweet. Yields heavy, best for home garden & fresh eating!
  • Sweetie Sweet & red & prolific! Disease resistant with great tomato flavor! (Also Sweet 100)
  • Yellow Pear HEIRLOOM Solid producer of yellow, mild-tomato flavored fruits…yellow & pear shaped.
  • Valentine F1 – indeterminate red grape - nice flavor!
  • Washington Cherry nice clustering red cherry tomato with good tomato flavor & hints of sweetness. DETERMINATE (or semi-) cherry (though more semi-determinate in growth habit we have found in our field trials).
DWARF TYPES
  • Patio Choice - compact determinate yellow cherry; limited 2025
  • Tidy Treats Neat, compact tomato for tight spaces. Tasty and high-yielding, with a tidy habit tamed with a standard tomato cage. Good snacking size and sweet. Only recommended for container growing. Dwarf indeterminate.

EGGPLANT
  • Beatrice F1 – lovely rounded fruits, not very seedy, violet in color. Great for a beginning gardener. N/A 2025
  • Black Beauty (mostly have Florida High Bush as standard option for 2020!) Early maturing northern variety, classic shaped oblong fruits. Most plants set 3 – 4 fruits each. SIMILAR: Diamond, Florida High Bush, Nubia, Michal & others possible. Diamond & Michal less seeded.
  • Fairytale F1 Bush type with classic deep purple fruits; great for containers or raised bed or in an open garden. N/A 2025
  • Florida High Bush Solid producer of Black Beauty-type fruits...does well in Nebraska conditions and we find it holds better before getting bitter.
  • Listadia di Gandia One of the most beautiful eggplants. A specialty purple striped Italian eggplant with an oval egg shape. Petite fruits sit nicely in the palm of your hand. Plants are very productive & fruits are tender & delicious, averaging 6-8” long. Skin is thinner than most Italian types. SIMILAR: Violetta Lunga.
  • Little Finger Slender 4 - 6 in. fruit with a glossy black skin. Harvest when fruit is young & cook quickly for delicate flavor. The benefits of a traditional eggplants combined with the Oriental shape oblate fruits.
  • Nadia F1 Narrower classic deep color fruits; solid producer. N/A 2025
  • Patio Baby F1 bush type with smaller deep purple fruits; great for patio, smaller gardens & containers. SIMILAR: Hansel, Gretel.  Patio Baby only in 2025.
  • Ping Tung Asian, long purple variety. Consistent producer of 8” narrow fruits. SIMILAR: Orient Express, Long Purple
  • Rosa Bianca nice size deep pink/light purple fruits. 
  • Snowy Eggplant  Somewhat smaller version of white-skinned eggplant. Think traditional eggplant with mild flavor & white skin. N/A 2025
  • Violetta di Lunga pretty striped fruits, narrower in shape than Black Beauty.                    

PEPPERS - HOT: SWEETS: BELLS
 
BELL PEPPERS
  • California Wonder Prolific plants produce large thick-walled fruits. Deep green color will turn red when left to mature. SIMILAR: Wisconsin Lakes, Yankee Bell, Ace
  • Golden California Wonder Light yellow bell. SIMILAR Golden Star
  • Iko Iko Purple & yellow peppers ripening to tangerine & red. N/A for 2023
  • Jupiter Green bell, nice large size. Good flavor & lovely to pick in the field & garden. SIMILAR: Olympus N/A 2023
  • King Crimson Early pepper are medium-sized & blocky. SIMILAR: Ruby King
  • King of the North Sturdy plants, green-to-red bell. One of our farm favorites.
  • Madonna solid gold/deep yellow pepper producing good size, medium-walled fruits. N/A 2023
  • Napoleon nice size deep green fruits LIMITED for 2023.
  • Olympus similar to Jupiter…thick walled, larger fruits. N/A 2023
  • Orange Bell nice producer of lovely fruits. 
  • Purple Beauty nice producer of medium purple fruits
  • Purple Star Thick-walled peppers that are fully purple when ripe. Nice flavor turning deep purple-red. N/A 2025
  • Ruby King earlier fruit set turning to red peppers with time. N/A 2025
  • Staddon's Select -  solid producing blocky bell.
  • Sweet Chocolate a smaller bell with a slightly sweet, complex flavor. Harvest when chocolatey brown. Great for roasting.
  • Wisconsin Lakes Nice looking pepper…will turn red over time on the plant. Earlier fruit set.
  • Yankee Bell Open pollinated. Blocky 3-4 lobed fruits are medium sized & a bit smaller than some hybrids. Good quality & uniformity.
SWEET & SPECIALTY PEPPERS
  • Apple - good flavor, smaller fruits with prolific fruit set. Rounded, red.
  • Goddess Banana HEIRLOOM An extremely popular pepper. Large, pointed fruits measure 6-7" & 1½". The mild yellow peppers will turn brilliant red if left on the plant. A favorite for pickling or fresh eating.
  • Carmen F1 A beautiful pepper of the Italian "bull's horn" (corno di toro) type with great flavor. Carmen has a lovely, sweet taste for salads & roasting, especially when partially or fully red-ripe. Tapered fruits avg. 6" long x 2 ½ " wide, 5 oz.& ripen from green to deep carmine red. N/A for 2023
  • Corno di Toro HEIRLOOM Italian variety known for the horn shape. Sweet flavor of red mature fruits.
  • Cornito Gaillo green-to-yellow fruits with medium-long oblate shape, like a half-size Carmen, but yellow. N/A 2025
  • Cornito Rosso a half-size Carmen or a nice change from Lipstick. N/A 2025
  • Feher Ozon HEIRLOOM Stout juicy sweet peppers start white, ripening to yellow, orange then red. Great sub early on for green peppers. High yields. Smaller fruits. Traditionally dried for paprika. Can have a slight hint of warmth sometimes.  We love this pepper!
  • Lipstick Pointed thick-walled 4” fruit. Use fresh or roasted. Nice flavor…we think sweeter than Carmen, just smaller in size.
  • Sheepnose Pimento HEIRLOOM Ohio heirloom from the family of SSE member Nick Rini dating back to at least 1940. Tomato-type peppers are exceedingly flavorful with sweet juicy flesh. Very meaty, good for canning. Shishito Small mild Japanese pepper for roasting, pan-frying, grilling. Harvest when green. Very limited.
  • Stocky Red Roaster Italian frying pepper. Sweet attractive thick walled 4-6” long & 2” wide. N/A 2025
 
HOT PEPPERS
  • Alma paprika a smaller pale yellow fruit with just a hint of warmth…very nice. A definite farm favorite.
  • Anaheim  Long mildly hot peppers traditionally roasted green, used for chiles rellenos or for drying & stringing in dried red ristras.
  • Ancho Nice pepper for roasting, salsas & stuffing! Bell peppers shape.
  • Aurora similar to Bolivian Rainbow…grows into a lovely bush with intense multi-colored fruits. N/A 2025 but similar fruit types available.
  • Black Hungarian Highly ornamental & useful in the kitchen. Green foliage is highlighted by purple veins & beautiful purple flowers. 3 - 4" fruits similar in shape to Jalapenos, but black ripening to red. Medium-hot with good flavor.                                     
  • Bolivian Rainbow Rainbow-colored fruits, about 1 in. in size. Very hot! Some are deep yellow, deep purple, orange & red as they mature.
  • Bulgarian Carrot fruity, orange, prolific, HOT!
  • Beaver Dam –
  • Cayenne  - Joe’s Long & also Ring of Fire Classic cayenne shape & heat. 2-3 ft. plant produces an abundance of hot, straight, tapered, 4" fruits. Excellent quality. Good dried or fresh. Red when ripe. SIMILAR Red Flame, Georgia Flame, Kimchi Pepper (cayenne type)
  • Carolina Reaper THE HOTTEST PEPPER! (or is there another one…someone’s trying to up the heat game out there!?) REALLY – HANDLE FRUITS WITH & EATING WITH CARE!
  • Fatalii darn hot!
  • Fish HEIRLOOM green & white striped smaller oblong fruits on plants that have variegated leaves. Nice heat. N/A 2025
  • Ghost Pepper/Jhut Bolokia: SUPER HOT!
  • Habanero, Magnum Super hot! Avg. 2" x 1 1/4", wrinkled fruits ripen from dark green to light orange.  May be used fresh or dried. Key ingredient in Jamaican "jerk" sauces. Prolific yields in most summers. 
  • Habanero, Hot Paper Lantern
  • Hot Claw Good heat, grows upright on the plant in clusters…picked yellow, orange or red. N/A 2025
  • Hungarian Hot Wax  a yellow-green long pepper with mild-medium heat…great for eggs, salsa & anything in between!
  • Jalapeno, Early  Hot Jalapeno with early ripening & hot bite. Blunt peppers can be eaten dark green or wait until red. (also have El Jefe Jalapeno & others)
  • Jalapeno, El Jefe (also Jalafuego & Craig’s Grande, Jedi, Trifuno)
  • Jalapeno, Pot-A-Peno -- compact type
  • Korean Dark Green (Gochugaru) THE go-to hot pepper for Kimchi. High yields of small peppers; harvest red.
  • Little Elf - N/A  2025
  • Pichan  small fiery hot pepper…can be brought in potted up & grown as a small tree. Seed handed down from Mexico stock.
  • Rooster Spur similar to Bolivian Rainbow or Aurora…grows into a lovely bush with intense multi-colored fruits, but green foliage, and fruits are slightly longer & colors are more oranges and reds and yellows. N/A 2025
  • Seven Pot yellow - N/A 2025
  • Serrano, Hot Rod : SIMILAR Surano
  • Trinidad Scorpion – LIMITED – second or third hottest pepper there is. N/A 2025
 
PEPPER TYPE                    SCOVILLE UNITS – heat index            
  • Alma paprika                  0 - 100
  • Anaheim                            500 ~ 2,500
  • Ancho                                 1,000 – 2,000
  • Ancho poblano                             3,000
  • Beaver dam                     500 –  1,000
  • Black Hungarian          1,000 – 2,000
  • Bolivian rainbow         20,000 – 40,000+
  • Bulgarian carrot          2,000 ~ 5,000
  • Fatalii                                     over 250,000
  • Feher Ozon Paprika                               0 – 100
  • Fish                                       5,000 – 10,000
  • Hot claw                            5,000 – 30,000
  • Hungarian hot wax    4,000 – 9,000
  • Jalapeno                            2,500 – 9,000
  • Magnum orange habanero  150,000 – 325,000
  • Naga Jolokia "Ghost Pepper"  1,020,000 ~ 1,578,000
  • Pichan                                    30 – 60,000
  • Ring of fire cayenne 30,000–50,000
  • Serrano                              8,000 ~ 22,000
  • Trinidad maruga scorpion     150,000 - 2,200,000
  • Carolina Reaper               HOTTEST                                                                    commongoodfarm.com :: Raymond, NE

annual organic plant sale -- 2025 

OUR ORGANIC PLANT SALE OPENED APRIL 12, 2025. Open daily 10 - 6 through mid-July 2025.

Find us at 17201 NW 40th St, Raymond NE 64828. Watch for the black & yellow plant sale signs!

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We love growing our healthy certified organic vegetable & herb plants for fellow gardeners! Folks come from near & far for their new-er favorites they have discovered through us.

A fairly expansive - but possibly incomplete listing of tomatoes, peppers & eggplant varieties for plants are listed on this page. Not all varieties of tomatoes, peppers and eggplant are available at all times, as we cycle through several plantings but try and keep a wide range available!
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We feature a wide variety of plants -- focusing on vegetables & herbs, as well as some flowers. We have lots of heirloom & open-pollinated varieties. We grow many of our favorites from our own field production because of reliability, taste and productivity, as well as other favorites that are consistent producers for the home garden. And of course unique varieties that you will not find in any garden store! All grown right here, using our own compost for our greenhouse potting mix for a solid foundation to get things started!

We offer a wide range of veg starting with cool season crops -- broccoli, cabbages, sprouting broccoli, cauliflower, napa cabbage, kohlrabi...getting into greens like lettuces, chard, kale, collards and rounding the season out with multiple plantings of cucumbers, zucchini, melons, winter squash, peppers, tomatoes, eggplants and much more!

Our plants are certified organic & certified Biodynamic. Started from seed in our on-farm greenhouse, where else in Nebraska can you get such a wide-range of certified organic vegetable planting stock...great quality, grown right here!

Questions about what we have available? Contact us! We love to help you grow your own wonderful garden!