So what did I order? I went through my wish list and compared it to the seeds available from these two companies, and then I found some interesting varieties, and added to the order. Here's what I picked out:
From Adaptive Seeds I ordered:
Starfire Tomato - this one has been on my wish list for quite a while
Humboldtii Wild Pink Tomato - this one has been on my wish list for a few years
Beers bush dry bean - on my wish list due to the interesting name
Brightstone bush dry bean - on my wish list because it's so pretty
Whipple bush dry bean - on my wish list because we have a local lake with the same name
Pisarecka Zlutoluske bush snap bean
Cerise Oak Leaf Lettuce
Romulus Lettuce
Smile Lettuce
Morgana Lettuce
Hyper Red Rumple Waved Lettuce
Sweet Freckles Melon
Lower Salmon River winter squash
Canada Crookneck winter squash
Black Futsu winter squash
I only picked out 15 varieties from this seed company, largely due to the fact that their pricing is higher than the other company. (15 packets with free shipping averages out to $3.58 per packet for the varieties I chose). I do love that they offered free shipping - likely because my total was over $50.
I also placed a (significantly larger) order with Heritage Seed Market (specifically Bunny Hop Seeds). If you're looking for interesting tomato varieties... you won't find a better selection than this shop. I've wanted to place an order for a while but never had the funds. I'm excited to support this company. I ordered:
Piennolo del Vesuvio - which has been on my wish list since I started my wish list
Dwarf Egypt Yellow - from my wish list
Dwarf Pink Opal - from my wish list
Barossa Fest (dwarf) - from my wish list
Blue Ridge Black - from my wish list
Clackamas Blueberry - from my wishlist
Fruit Punch - from my wish list
Gobstopper - from my wish list
Little Lucky - from my wish list
Mamie Brown's Pink - from my wish list
Muddy Waters - from my wish list
Serendipity / Sarandipity - from my wish list
Thorburn's Terra Cotta - from my wish list
Post Office Spoonful - I'm most excited for this one due to it's story
Sleeping Lady
Dwarf Barossa Moon
Dwarf Bendigo Drop
Dwarf Grandpa Gary's Green
Broad Ripple Yellow
Kazachka Cherry
Kazachka Cherry Purple
Cereza Amarilla (Yellow Cherry)
Versalkie (Versaviya)
Early Ssubakus Aliana
Cherriots of Fire
Mini Parvula
Glovel
Plate of Chateaurenard
Yellow Radiance
Glossy Rose Blue
Bushy Chabarovsky
Stripes of Yore
Esmeralda Golosina
Borgo Celano
Gru Vee
Cascade Village Blue
Dark Tiger
Pinky Blast
Opal Essence
Wheatley's Frost Resistant
Beauty Mark
Dark Queen
Sokolades
Lover's Lunch
Irish Liqueur / Irish Liquor
Lumos
Blue Dawg
Cappuccino
Cape Teaser
D. Steel
Groovy Tunes
Kangaroo Paw Red
Little Red Riding Hood
Mermaid
Skykomish
Xanadu Green Goddess
Elephant's Ear Pepper
Ferenc Tender Pepper
Karmen Pepper
Kamo Eggplant
Despite paying postage, these packets averaged out to $1.78 per packet (I ordered 60 varieties).
As if those weren't enough, I found another online seed vendor that I have purchased from before. I went through their availability list and picked out twenty five varieties I wanted to try. Unfortunately, this vendor only sells in quantities of 10, 15, 20, or 30. The price for one 10-pack and one 15-pack was one penny less than just buying a 30-pack, so I picked out five more varieties to try. Coming from the online seed vendor will be (these are all tomatoes):
Golden Nugget
Martino's Roma
Garden Peach
Dr Carolyn White
Hard Rock
Saint Pierre
Snow White - the seeds in my collection produce yellow fruit, I suspect they're mislabeled, so I'm trying new seeds
Fluted Pink
Pink Ping Pong
Costoluto Fiorentino - was on my wish list
Little Sun
Pink Boar
Indigo Blue Berries
Basket Vee
Pink Tiger
Blush Tiger
Burgundy Traveler
Indian Stripe
Sweet Carnernos
Elberta Peach
Balcony Red
Mountain Gold
Sweet Pea (currant)
Golden Sunrise
Marianna's Peace
Red Zebra
Peacevine
Eva Purple Ball
Red Robin
Brandywine Yellow
With shipping these seeds averaged out to just 88-cents per variety. Granted there's only 15-20 seeds per pack, but that's really all I need to try them.
All in all, I purchased 105 varieties, mostly tomatoes, and I hope I'm done with my seed shopping for this year because yikes! That's a lot!