Article: How do you get pearl tomatoes? Green eggplant? you become a seed saver. (Seed Savers Exchange)

Surprises are a staple in Suzanne Ashworth's Sacramento vegetable garden. Peppers come in half a dozen colors and shapes; tomatoes range from pea-size to whoppers 6-1/2 inches across. Certain potatoes open to reveal yellow or blue flesh.

Although most of us have never seen or heard of many of the crops she grows, they are not new. They are among thousands of nonhybrid kinds once commonly available through standard seed companies, but now rapidly disappearing as hybrids take over the market. Where did these seeds come from?

All the uncommon vegetables here were tracked down through Seed Savers Exchange, a nonprofit group of gardeners dedicated to ...

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