Harris Seeds Publishes the 2012-2013 Home Garden Catalog

ROCHESTER, NY, December 21, 2012 (Press-News.org) The 2012-2013 Harris Seeds Home Garden Catalog introduces many new items, including new vegetable seed varieties such as Peppermint Swiss Chard, Relic Lettuce, Nature Bites Tomato, Chioggia Guardsmark Beet, Red Satin Radish, Indigo Rose Tomato and Honeynut Squash. New flower seed varieties include Jams 'N Jellies Blackberry Vinca (an All-America Selections award winner), Serena Waterfall Mix Angelonia, Pleasantly Blue Petunia Fuseables , Marbles Mix Four O' Clocks, Cheyenne Spirit Mix Echinacea (an All-America Selections award winner), Sophistica Lime Green Petunia, and Shock Wave Deep Purple Petunia. All varieties are of professional grade seed quality, guaranteed.

In addition to seed, the catalog also features garden ready transplants. Gardeners will find some of their favorite seed varieties available as live plants, including popular tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, broccoli, leeks, and onions. Newly offered this year are Pick of the Patch Transplants, featuring five unique varieties: Primo Red Tomato, Brandywine Tomato, Red Candy Tomato, Vanguard Pepper, and Orange Blaze Pepper. Gardeners can order a money-saving 15 Plant collection, or they can mix and match varieties. Harris Seeds is also offering an expanded selection of garden ready flower transplants, including Ride the WaveTM Petunia Plant Collection, Petchoa SuperCal Plant Collection, Shock Wave Petunia Collection, and Sunlovers Sunpatiens Plant Collection. Customers can also select individual flower varieties in 3 and 6 plant packages from an extensive listing at http://www.harrisseeds.com.

As interest in sustainable gardening grows, so does Harris Seeds' selection for organic gardeners. The new catalog includes 173 untreated and organic vegetable varieties, 108 untreated flower varieties, and eco-friendly gardening supplies.

The 2013 catalog also features new gardening supplies like energy efficient light stands, an expanded selection of heat mats, natural look hanging baskets, garden tunnel and wire kits, extra sturdy tomato and vegetable cages, organic fungicides, new insect control products, a Compost Tea Brewer, new weather stations, and more.

Harris Seeds has been a trusted supplier of vegetable seeds, flower seeds, seed starting supplies, and gardening supplies since 1879. Home gardeners will find time-tested favorite products in the catalog along with these exciting new introductions.

All products are listed on Harris Seeds' website at http://www.harrisseeds.com. Printed catalogs can be requested online or by calling (800) 544-7938.

The Harris Seeds Company began long ago in 1879 in the fertile Genesee Valley of Western New York. Over the next century, it became a leader in the development and distribution of flowers and vegetables for the home garden and professional grower marketplace. Located in Rochester, New York, the company specializes in high quality vegetable and flower seeds, plants and growing supplies. The company publishes over 500,000 catalogs every year, serving the home gardener and professional grower. Quality has been the hallmark of Harris Seeds for over 132 years. It was the very first company in America to test for quality germination and print the results on every package of seed sold. Harris Seeds places extreme importance in providing the finest products available, coupled with service that goes unmatched in the industry.