Heirloom Seeds
It’s amusing that Heirloom Vegetables are a current craze in home gardening, yet no one knows what heirloom vegetables are! One of the truest definitions is that an heirloom is a variety that has been selected, re-selected and handed down from one family member to another for many generations. Another definition places a date point on the variety. Some purists say a variety must be at least a hundred years old to be a true heirloom, while less strict experts state that an heirloom must have originated before 1951, the year that marked the widespread introduction of hybrid varieties to home gardeners.
While heirloom tomatoes are our most popular, virtually any vegetable we sell, from “A” to “Z,” contains at least one or two heirloom varieties. Our “Ping Tung Long” Aubergine hails from Taiwan; our “Black Beauty” Zucchini is just another of the numerous heirlooms we offer.
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Bulk: Mexican Sour Cucumber Seeds
from $11.50| /For single packets, click here Rare heirloom, just rediscovered, that yields heavy crops of fruits looking like tiny water-melons that fall off the...
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Bulk: Chioggia Beet Seeds
from $7.50| /For single packets, click here A breathtaking Italian heirloom featuring alternating bright pink and white rings. Its round, candy-red, sweet roots...
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Bulk: Jenny Lind Cantaloupe Seeds
from $8.75| /For single packets, click here 150-year-old heirloom features unusual, juicy, delightfully sweet, lime-green flesh in a turban-shaped fruit. Vigoro...
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Bulk: Moon & Stars Watermelon Seeds
from $9.50| /For single packets, click here The legendary Van Doren strain that’s reasonably early with medium-large fruits and very sweet, flavorful, bright r...
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Bulk: Bull's Blood Beet Seeds
from $6.75| /For single packets, click here Deep burgundy leaves are harvested early. Sweet leaves grow a foot long with a clean, crisp flavor. Scarlet roots wi...
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Bulk: Kellogg's™ Breakfast Tomato Seeds
from $11.50| /For single packets, click here Striking deep orange fruits that are meaty, solid and weigh up to a pound. Flesh has a marvelous rich flavor with ju...
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Bulk: Blue Hubbard Winter Squash Seeds
from $8.25| /For single packets, click here Also called "New England Hubbard." Old heirloom features long vines with excellent yields of powdery blue-gray, oval...
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Bulk: White Wonder Cucumber
from $6.25| /For single packet-size, click here SKU: 393 58 days. Old heirloom that remains popular for both slicing and pickling, especially whole and chunk p...
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Bulk: Lacinato Kale Seeds
from $10.25| /For single packets, click here Also called "Nero di Toscana" or Dinosaur Kale." Italian heirloom with dark, sweet, succulent, heavily crinkled, blu...
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Bulk: Jimmy Nardellos Non-Bell Pepper Seeds
from $8.25| /For single packets, click here One of the sweetest heirlooms from the Balsilicata region of Italy. Superb for frying, these bright red fruits taper...
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Bulk: Zebrune Shallot Seeds
from $8.50| /For single packets, click here Banana type shallot sporting a pinkish brown coat that protects the fine white flesh carrying a delicate gourmet fla...
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Bulk: Bush Crop Cucumber Seeds
from $10.25| /For single packets, click here Our only heirloom bush pickler has been used for containers and small gardens for years. Sweet, crisp cucumbers are ...
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Bulk: Lemon Drop Hot Pepper Seeds
from $8.75| /For single packets, click here Intensely hot, lemon-flavored heirloom used as a seasoning in its native Peru. Bright yellow fruits are nearly seed...
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Bulk: Chinese Giant Bell Pepper Seeds
from $9.25| /For single packets, click here Perhaps our mildest sweet bell. Chinese heirloom with huge, thick-walled, tapered fruits that ripen from green to br...
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Bulk: Hollow Crown Parsnip Seeds
from $6.75| /For single packets, click here Heirloom that’s the earliest and best flavored, producing mature roots. Fine-grained white flesh is mild and sweet. ...
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Bulk: Zesty Mesclun Mix Seeds
from $7.75| /PakPlus (250 seeds) | Propak (500 seeds) For single packets, click here Tangy mix of lettuces and pungent greens like arugula to add spiciness to s...
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Bulk: Calico Indian Corn Seeds
from $12.75| /For single packets, click here Highly decorative heirloom variety with kernels in shades of red, yellow, orange, blue, white and purple. Ears make...
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Bulk: Carbon Tomato Seeds
from $12.50| /For single packets, click here Certainly one of the “blackest” varieties we offer and it's nearly as large as “Cherokee Purple,” the standard of e...
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Bulk: Jersey Devil Tomato Seeds
from $17.50| /For single packets, click here Old heirloom with tapered, bright red fruits shaped like a banana pepper. Exceptionally productive plants yield soli...
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Bulk: Old German Tomato Seeds
from $11.25| /For single packets, click here Perfect as a slicer, these huge, orange-red, boat-shaped, meaty fruits. First grown by the Mennonites in Va., this h...
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Bulk: Polish Paste Tomato Seeds
from $10.50| /For single packets, click here A remarkably versatile Polish heirloom that produces mild, sweet fruits, which are ideal in sandwiches, salads, eve...
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Bulk: Mr. Stripey or Tigerella Tomato Seeds
from $12.50| /For single packets, click here The favorite bi-colored heirloom along the Atlantic Seaboard, from Baltimore to Savannah. Long cherished for its lar...
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Bulk: Amish Deer Tongue Lettuce Seeds
from $7.25| /For single packets, click here An ages-old, classic heirloom variety that has been around for over 100 years! Popular amongst gardeners in the Penn...
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Bulk: Ailsa Craig Exhibition Onion Seeds
from $6.95| /For single packets, click here Blue-ribbon size giant onions! Pale yellow skin with mild, very sweet flesh from globes. Perfect for fresh uses like...
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Bulk: Black Brandywine Tomato Seeds
from $11.50| /For single packets, click here The Amish, long considered authorities on heirlooms, first grew Brandywine in 1885. Now, 135 years later, these priz...
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Bulk: Ping Tung Long Eggplant Seeds
from $9.50| /For single packets, click here Taiwanese heirloom that is our most disease resistant variety, producing glossy, dark lavender fruits. Flavor is mil...
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Bulk: Red Pear Tomato Seeds
from $11.25| /For single packets, click here A bright red, earlier version of Yellow Pear, pear shaped fruits with a “garden candy” sweet taste and few seeds. ...
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Bulk: Banana Cantaloupe Seeds
from $6.75| /For single packets, click here An old heirloom novelty tapering at the ends like a banana. Flesh is creamy white to salmon, spicy, super-sweet and ...
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Bulk: Boston Pickling Cucumber Seeds
from $6.25| /For single packets, click here Prized heirloom for its perfect pickling size, thin bumpy skin, and slightly sweet flavor. They're ideal for making ...
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Bulk: Grandma's Pick Hybrid Tomato Seeds
from $13.25| /For single packets, click here Top seller at farmers’ markets due to its old-timey, heirloom flavor and huge, beefsteak-like, deeply lobed fruits!...
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Bulk: Savoy Perfection Cabbage Seeds
from $4.65| /SKU: 259 For single packets, click here 92 days. Flattened, large, blue-green leaves densely crumpled in the savoy manner. Round heads weigh 6 to 8...
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Bulk: Bird House Gourd Seeds
from $11.75| /For single packets, click here Long, tapering toward the stem end. Tan, smooth and hard-shelled at maturity. Days to Maturity: 120 Sow Method: S...
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Bulk: Golden Ball Turnip
from $3.95| /For single packets, click here 60 days. 150-year-old heirloom with globe shaped golden-amber roots. Yellow flesh is sweet, tender and mild and cook...
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Bulk: Yellow Brandywine Tomato Seeds
from $11.50| /For single packet-size, click here The Amish, long considered authorities on heirlooms, first grew Brandywine in 1885. Now, 135 years later, these ...
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Bulk: Purple Russian Tomato Seeds
from $9.25| /For single packets, click here Plum-shaped Ukrainian heirloom. Sweet-flavored, solid, meaty fruits are ideal for sauces and pastes. Days to Maturi...
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Bulk: Opalka Tomato Seeds
from $8.50| /For single packets, click here SKU: 788 85 days. A Polish heirloom with flavor so sweet that many cooks add no seasoning to its sauce. A season-lo...
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Bulk: Beauty King Tomato
from $10.75| /For single packets, click here Wild Boar Series Brad Gates, owner of Wild Boar Farms hand picks his varieties based on exceptional flavor and stunn...
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Bulk: Aunt Ruby's German Green Tomato Seeds
from $12.25| /For single packets, click here Huge fruits begin bright green and mature light green blushed with yellow. Sweet, juicy, spicy flavor. Excellent fo...
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Bulk: Costoluto Genovese Tomato Seeds
from $11.75| /For single packets, click here Wonderful old Italian heirloom imported directly from Naples. Large, deep red fruits are deeply ribbed, hearty and f...
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Bulk: Early Scarlet Globe Radish Seeds
from $5.50| /For single packets, click here The well-known heirloom in both the home garden and commercial market that is prized for its vibrant, brilliant red ...
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Bulk: Listada de Gandia Eggplant Seeds
from $9.50| /For single packets, click here Italian heirloom considered the most beautiful of all eggplants, with a purple base and creamy white stripes. Lovely...
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Bulk: Marianna's Peace Tomato Seeds
from $13.25| /For single packets, click here Features unbeatable tomato flavor – a perfect balance of acidity and sweetness. Fruits are deep-pink, meaty and lar...
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Bulk: Parisian or Paris Market Carrot Seeds
$8.50| /SKU: 315 For single packets, click here 57 days. French heirloom that is bright orange, almost perfectly round, and about as big as a ping-pong bal...
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Bulk: Bulgarian Carrot Chile Pepper Seeds
from $9.50| /For single packets, click here An heirloom with a fruity but very hot flavor and glowing orange, carrot-shaped fruits. Adds brilliant color and int...
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Bulk: Golden Sweet Snow Pea Seeds
from $14.25| /For single packets, click here A rare and unusual heirloom variety recently rescued from a village market in India. Starts with a spectacular displ...
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Bulk: Jarrahdale Pumpkin Seeds
from $8.25| /For single packets, click here A distinctive heirloom variety celebrated for its unique appearance and superb culinary qualities. The slate-gray, r...
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Bulk: Golden Globe Turnip Seeds
from $6.50| /For single packets, click here Dating back to the mid-1800’s, this heirloom turnip boasts lovely golden-amber skin surrounding an amber interior fl...
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Bulk: Stupice Tomato Seeds
from $12.75| /For single packet-size, click here European heirloom with superior earliness and high tolerance to cold temperatures. Heavy yields (up to 85 fruit...
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