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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.

  • Bulk: Detroit Dark Red Beet Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Heirloom variety that’s most popular and most reliable. Dark green leaves with red veining and large, deep red, perf...

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  • Bulk: Clemson Spineless Okra Seeds

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    For single packets, click here 1939 AAS Winner. Southern variety whose lack of spines gives easy picking! Produces plants with straight, grooved, ...

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  • Bulk: Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Old heirloom variety that is early, extremely slow to bolt and very tolerant of hot weather. Stands 2 weeks longer t...

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  • Bulk: German Giant Radish Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Also called "Parat." A German import that grows to the size of a baseball, yet stays sweet and crisp, never pithy! ...

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  • Bulk: Tenderette Bean Seeds

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    For single packet-size, click here Old heirloom that many veterans consider the most productive, most flavorful of all varieties. Keep well picked...

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  • Bulk: Purple Top White Globe Turnip Seeds

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    For single packets, click here The country’s most popular variety due to its crisp, sweetly mild white flesh. Roots are nearly round, smooth, purpl...

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  • Bulk: National Pickling Cucumber Seeds

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    For single packets, click here A dependable, reliable heirloom since 1924 with great versatility. Fruit is medium green, blocky, black-spined, cris...

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  • Bulk: Cherokee Purple Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here A Tennessee heirloom from the Cherokees. Strange, dusky rose-brown fruits with brick red interiors. Sweet, tangy fl...

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  • Bulk: Kentucky Wonder Bean Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Also called "Old Homestead." Most popular pole variety famous for its distinctive tasty flavor. Tall, extremely pro...

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  • Bulk: Amish Paste Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here No one knows gourmet cuisine better than the Amish, who give us this terrific heirloom for sauces and canning. Meat...

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  • Bulk: Cylindra Beet Seeds

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    For single packets, click here A long, cylindrical, dark red beet yielding four times more slices than the typical round beet. Grows uniform, smoot...

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  • Bulk: Red Peter Hot Pepper Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Not for the prudish, the mature shape of this devilish heirloom always turns heads! Pods are blunt-ended, long, and ...

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  • Bulk: Connecticut Field Pumpkin Seeds

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    For single packets, click here A remarkable 300-year-old heirloom grown here by Native Americans before Europeans arrived! Fruits are large, deep-...

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  • Bulk: California Wonder Bell Pepper Seeds

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    For single packets, click here The perfect stuffing pepper, setting the standard for open-pollinated peppers years ago. Its medium-sized, 3 to 4-lo...

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  • Bulk: Georgia Southern Collard Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Reliable heirloom favorite producing an open, loose cluster of slightly crumpled blue-green leaves. Is tolerant of b...

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  • Bulk: Rattlesnake Bean Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Hundred-year-old heirloom features snake-like markings on the purple-streaked, round, dark green pods that possess ...

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  • Bulk: Sugar Baby Watermelon Seeds

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    For single packet-size, click here The classic “icebox” watermelon is very early, with round, almost black fruits featuring crisp, extra-sweet, ju...

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  • Bulk: Mary Washington Asparagus Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Grow asparagus from seed and start harvesting the second year! Plants sown in the spring are ready for light harvest...

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  • Bulk: Hale's Best Jumbo Cantaloupe Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Heirloom favorite that tolerates drought better than most. Fruits are heavily netted, ribbed and solid with a small ...

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  • Bulk: Italian White Sunflower Seeds

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    For single packets, click here European heirloom that only gains in popularity! Loads of blooms in shades of ivory white to a creamy primrose, each...

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  • Bulk: San Marzano Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here A more rectangular, slightly later version of Roma. Bright red, meaty fruits with extra-high solids content. Ideal f...

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  • Georgia Rattlesnake Watermelon Seeds

    Bulk: Georgia Rattlesnake Watermelon Seeds

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    For single packets, click here The traditional Southern heirloom strain grown by generations of gardeners, yet still found in supermarkets today. ...

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  • Bulk: Double Yield Cucumber Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Old heirloom dating to 1924 featuring unrivaled yields of delectable, uniform, smooth, crisp, lime green fruits with...

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  • Bulk: Premium Late Flat Dutch Cabbage Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Our best winter keeper – holds its quality for months! Huge, flattened, solid heads, blue-green outer leaves with cr...

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  • Bulk: Beefsteak or Red Ponderosa Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Popular, time-tested and reliable. A favorite of veteran gardeners who love its flattened, large, mild fruits. Near...

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  • Bulk: Early Wonder Beet Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Our earliest beet has choice tall tops – one of the best for greens, but its deep red roots are also ideal for pickl...

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    Bulk: Cow Horn Okra Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Ancient heirloom purportedly originating with the Creek Indians of Mississippi and named for its uniquely twisted sh...

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  • Bulk: Vegetable Spaghetti Winter Squash Seeds

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    For single packet-size, click here Pale yellow flesh breaks up into spaghetti-like strands when boiled for 20 to 30-min. and removed with a fork. T...

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  • Bulk: Little Gem Lettuce Seeds

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    For single packets, click here A miniature green romaine with a blanched thick heart that remains a single-serving treat! Heirloom favorite. Days ...

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  • Bulk: Southern Giant Curled Mustard Greens Seeds

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    For single size packets, click here Century-old Southern heirloom prized for its superior cold tolerance and excellent bolt resistance. Leaves are ...

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  • Bulk: Mortgage Lifter Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here This famous classic maintains its widespread popularity due to its large, meaty, smooth, globe-shaped, rosy-pink fru...

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  • Bulk: Red Salad Bowl Lettuce Seeds

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    For single packets, click here A wine red version of “Green Salad Bowl.” Deeply lobed, oakleaf, red leaves. Days to Maturity: 51 Sow Method: Start...

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  • Bulk: Armenian Cucumber Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Strange Middle Eastern heirloom also called ‘Serpent Cucumber’ or ‘Snake Melon” that looks and tastes like a cucumbe...

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  • Bulk: Rutgers Select Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Developed at Rutgers in the 1920s and still famous for its remarkable flavor and large yields of solid, meaty, deep-...

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  • Bulk: Early Jalapeño Hot Pepper Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Time tested, open-pollinated version of Mucho Nacho, but even earlier and better in cool conditions. Deep-green, sau...

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  • Bulk: Yellow Sweet Spanish Onion

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    For single packet-size, click here SKU: 558 110 days. Old heirloom capable of extremely long storage. Bulbs up to 1 lb. with straw-colored skin an...

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  • Bulk: Green Salad Bowl Lettuce Seeds

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    For single packets, click here 1952 AAS Winner. Mid green and slow to bolt, with pretty rosettes of wavy, rounded, crisp, sweet leaves. No heads. ...

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  • Bulk: Early White Bush Scallop Summer Squash Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Starts whitish-green before ripening to pure white. White-fleshed, tender, succulent fruits. Early and productive. ...

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  • Bulk: Long Island Improved Brussels Sprout Seeds

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    For single packets, click here A dependable, reliable performer for most of a century. A favorite of home gardeners due to high yields of sweet, su...

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  • Bulk: Acorn or Table Queen Winter Squash Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Heirloom with dark-green, deeply ribbed skin and fine-textured golden-yellow flesh that sweetens in storage. Dry, me...

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  • Bulk: Waltham 29 Broccoli Seeds

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    For single packet-size, click here An old Northeastern variety producing beautiful, dark blue-green heads. Uniform high yields with good color and ...

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  • Bulk: Golden Bantam (yellow) Corn Seeds

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    For single packets, click here An old heirloom originally introduced in 1902 that remains the favorite of many. Robust stalks yield uniform ears fi...

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  • Bulk: Dill Seeds, Mammoth Long Island

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    For single packets, click here Heirloom variety. Vigorous plants produce large umbrels covered with masses of seed.  Days to Maturity: 70 Sow Meth...

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  • Bulk: Pineapple Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here A gigantic bicolor heirloom with orange and yellow fruits streaked with red both inside and out. Flesh is meaty, fir...

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  • Bulk: Vermont Cranberry Bean Seeds

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    For single packet-size, click here This 300-year-old New England heirloom is probably the most beautiful of all dried beans, whether used as a fre...

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  • Bulk: Charleston Grey Watermelon Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Old heirloom that combines superb eating quality with excellent disease resistance. Deep red flesh is crisp, solid ...

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  • Bulk: Fordhook Giant Swiss Chard

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    For single packets, click here Old heirloom variety, most popular of all green Swiss Chards, with medium green, savored leaves accented with white ...

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  • Bulk: Giant Belgium Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Massive fruits  that have been reported at nearly 5-lbs. – a serious contender for “world’s largest tomato!” Sweet f...

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