Availability Updated on May 22, 2009
2009 Okra
(Mallow Family)
(Mallow Family)
ORGANIC CERTIFICATION UPDATE: We were able to get organic certification on part of our farm this year. This means we soon will be listing everything that we grow here at our farm as Certified Organic. We have many varieties in this year's catalog which are being offered as CERTIFIED ORGANIC. If the item is being offered as CERTIFIED ORGANIC, it will have an OG after the price of the seeds.
Return to seed category search page
Seed ordering information: read before ordering
Download and print seed order form [PDF format]
Okra culture: Plant after the soil is warm, usually when melons are planted. Do not plant in cold soil. Pick the pods when they are about as long as your little finger for top quality. Packets will contain 30 to 50 seeds (more on some varieties) which should plant a 25 foot row.
African: 80 days. Pods get large but still remain tender for eating. Pods have a slight red tint. Pkt. $1.50
Alice Elliot: 80 days. Good heat tolerant heirloom variety from Missouri/Oklahoma region. 4 foot plants, green pods. Pkt. $1.50
Burgundy: 80 days. Medium height with reddish plants with dark burgundy red pods. Plants are very attractive and work well as a border plant. Pkt. $1.50
Cherokee Long Pod: 80 days. 6 foot plants, produce long (to 15 inch) pods of light green color. Pkt. $1.50
Clemson Spineless: 70 days. Nice plants with heavy yields of pods. Pkt. $1.00
Cowhorn: 80 days. Long, tender pods on 4 to 5 foot plants. A southern heirloom. Pkt. $2.50
Dwarf Lee: 55 days. Short plants, less than 3 feet tall, producing a good amount of 6 to 7 inch tapered pods with slight ridges. Pkt. $1.50
Emerald: 60 days. Spineless, velvet type with tall plants, round, smooth, dark green 7 to 9 inch pods. High quality and yields well (even in the North). Pkt. $2.00
Evertender: 65 days. Not much foliage, but excellent and tender even up to 5" long. Plants end up getting about 6 feet tall here at season's end. Pkt. $2.25 OG
Granny Franklin: 80 days. Heirloom from Alabama, heavy yields, excellent for frying. Pkt. $1.50
James Hopper: 70 days. Medium height plants that produce tasty, 3 to 5 inch pods. Pkt. $2.50
Louisiana Short: 85 days. Rather late, but the plants are very stocky and have the shorter, fat pods. Plants tend to branch some and yield until a hard frost. This variety was sent to us by Darrell Merrill in Oklahoma where it was an heirloom passed on to him. Pkt. $1.50
Mammoth: 65 days. 4 to 6 foot tall plants which are an intense green color. Pkt. $1.50
My Joanie: 85 days. A late one, but a great one. Beautiful pinkish tint to the pods. An heirloom sent from a customer in Mississippi. Pkt. $2.50
Pentagreen: 70 days. Short plants produce high yields of long, thin pods. Pkt. $2.25 OG
Red German: 70 days. Multi-branched plant with short, fat pods with a hint of red. (Sold Out for 2009)
Red River: 75 days. 8 foot, very tall plants producing red pods on a red stalk. Very productive. Pkt. $2.00 OG (Sold Out for 2009)
Silver Queen: 80 days. Plants get up to 6 feet tall. Pods are whitish green in color. Pkt. $2.00
Star of David: 75 days. Very broad pods that are six sided. Must be used when young for best quality. Superb for fried okra. Pkt. $1.50
Stubby: 70 days. Short, fat pods. Rather productive for plant size. Pkt. $2.25
Texas Longhorn: 85 days. Texas heirloom producing a good yield of light green pods. (Sold Out for 2009)