The new crop of seed catalogs have started to fill the mailbox and the cover photos alone are enough to keep a gardener going through many snow-bound days.

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The armful of seed catalogue that have already make it offer the promise of a vegetable garden brim with every sort of fruit , vegetable , herb and flower imaginable . There are even some that a nurseryman could n’t have dreamed of a few years ago , like sweet corn meant to grow in container .

The first catalogue to come came from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds . Previous catalog covers featured the original artwork of Debbie Gettle , mother of company founder Jere Gettle , but this catalog features something different .   For the 2013 edition , a conclusion - up of three gross ‘ Senorita Pink ’ zinnias helps promote the old bungalow garden flower variety that are part of Baker Creek ’s compelling heirloom vegetable contrast .

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Another former arrival is the Burpee catalogue . In an strange move , the party has featured its new ‘ SuperSauce ’ hybrid tomato on the cover depict in actual sizing . The Lycopersicon esculentum , bill as the universe ’s largest sauce tomato , is 5 ½ inches marvelous and 5 inch wide . Burpee say these 2 hammer tomatoes get gallons of seedless sauce from each flora .

Burpee is also provide the ‘ On Deck ’ intercrossed sweetened corn that was breed for container growing . The instructions recommend planting 9 seeds per 24″ container . Expect to harvest maize in about 2 months .

Tomato Growers Supply Company selected a photo of a stack of ‘ Dagma ’s Perfection ’ tomatoes for its cover . These bi - non-white fade tomatoes are an heirloom diverseness that ’s pale yellow with light red striping . Tomato Growers Supply is offer 10 new tomato varieties and 8 raw peppers , including the famed Bhut Jolokia ‘ Ghost Pepper ’ that ’s one of the hottest peppers in the world .

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The catalogue from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange features a colorful illustration of gnome harvesting veggie from a phantasy garden of raise seam . The idea for this twelvemonth ’s catalogue is “ Saving the Past for the Future . ” This year Southern Exposure is offer 24 new heirloom and constituent varieties , including a few that have been missing from the catalogue for many age . These include ‘ Lady Godiva ’ pumpkin vine and ‘ Aunt Mary ’s ’ sweet corn .

The belated catalog to arrive is from Jung Seeds & Plants and the cover establish off five of its new offerings . These let in ‘ Nikki Green ’ bush beans and ‘ Somerset ’ seedless grapes . For the 2013 season , Jung has total the Might ‘ Mato melodic phrase of graft tomato varieties and Mighty Veggies pepper and eggplant diverseness . Grafted vegetables are experience for their disease resistance and higher yields .

link to inspection and contact information for these , and many other popular seed company catalogs , can be found on theBumper Crop of Seed Catalogspage .

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The arrival of an armful of seed catalogs signals the start of the 2013 vegetable gardening season.Photo/Illustration: Jodi Torpey

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