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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.

  • Kentucky Wonder Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Also called "Old Homestead." Most popular pole variety famous for its distinctive tasty flavor. Tall, extremely producti...

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  • Connecticut Field Pumpkin Seeds

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

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  • Mild Mesclun Mix Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Colorful blend of lettuces and other greens like mild endives for that special gourmet salad. Cut every 2 wk. for an ong...

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  • Mary Washington Asparagus Seeds

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

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  • Hollow Crown Parsnip Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Heirloom that’s the earliest and best flavored, producing mature roots. Fine-grained white flesh is mild and sweet. Best...

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  • North Georgia Candy Roaster Pumpkin

    North Georgia Candy Roaster Winter Squash / Pumpkin Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Whether called a winter squash or a pumpkin, these banana-shaped fruits are pink with a blue tip and weigh a nice amount...

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  • Nobel Giant Spinach Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Old heirloom that’s our largest variety. Dark green, rounded, smooth to slightly crumpled, succulent, tender leaves with...

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  • Thumbelina Carrot

    Thumbelina Carrot Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here 1992 AAS Winner. A 100-year-old heirloom that recently won the prestigious AAS Award for its sweet, crunchy texture and ...

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  • Green Salad Bowl Lettuce Seeds

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

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  • Large and Small Ornamental Mix Gourd Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here A blend of 60% small ornamental mix and 40% large ornamental mix. For the arts-and-crafts fanatic. Days to Maturity: 10...

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  • Copenhagen Market Cabbage Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here European heirloom that withstands bursting better than any other variety. Prolific yields of light green, uniform, solid...

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  • Mrs. Maxwell's Big Italian Heirloom Tomato Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here One of the earliest of the beefsteak types, producing one pound, reddish-pink fruits with remarkable flavor. Seed from I...

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  • Snowball Self-Blanching Cauliflower Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Old heirloom with curling, self-wrapping leaves to protect the brilliant white curds from summer’s sunlight and to blanc...

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  • German Pink Tomato Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here One of the two German heirlooms introduced into America in 1883 that later started the heirloom-laden ‘Seed Savers Exch...

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  • Golden Greek Pepperoncini Pepper Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here The rare and prized Greek strain found pickled in gourmet produce departments. Huge yields of thin, golden-green fruits...

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  • Chioggia Beet Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here A breathtaking Italian heirloom featuring alternating bright pink and white rings. Its round, candy-red, sweet roots are...

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  • Opalka Tomato Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here SKU: 788 85 days. A Polish heirloom with flavor so sweet that many cooks add no seasoning to its sauce. A season-long s...

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  • Hillbilly Tomato Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here A West Virginian bi-colored, large beefsteak. Showing an unusual yellow-orange color with red streaks, fruits are rough,...

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  • Italian White Sunflower Seeds

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

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  • Ping Tung Long Eggplant Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Taiwanese heirloom that is our most disease resistant variety, producing glossy, dark lavender fruits. Flavor is mild an...

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  • Box Car Willie Tomato Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Consider this favorite for main-cropping due to its outstanding quality and exceptional yields. Meaty, crack-resistant, ...

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  • Crosby's Egyptian Beet Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here German heirloom with large, dark red, flattened beets that are early and super-sweet. Beets grow mostly above the soil, ...

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  • Red Brandywine Tomato Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here The Amish, long considered authorities on heirlooms, first grew Brandywine in 1885. Now, 135 years later, these prized v...

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  • Georgia Southern Collard Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Reliable heirloom favorite producing an open, loose cluster of slightly crumpled blue-green leaves. Is tolerant of both ...

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  • Cherokee Carbon Hybrid Tomato Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Dark tomatoes rule! To capitalize on the current craze, our breeders crossed Cherokee Purple with Carbon to create a rob...

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  • Pink Brandywine, Sudduth's Strain Tomato Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here The Amish, long considered authorities on heirlooms, first grew Brandywine in 1885. Now, 135 years later, these prized v...

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  • Lazy Housewife Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here One of the great heirlooms loved for its ease of shelling or snapping. All purpose variety can be used as a snap, shell...

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  • Parris Island Lettuce Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Noted for its crisp leaves and sweet flavor. Attractive, large heads have deep-green outer leaves to protect the white h...

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  • Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Still one of the best early varieties, with pale green, pointed heads with a great sweet flavor. Smaller size allows for...

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  • Red Salad Bowl Lettuce Seeds

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

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  • Beefsteak or Red Ponderosa Tomato Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Popular, time-tested and reliable. A favorite of veteran gardeners who love its flattened, large, mild fruits. Nearly se...

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  • Kellogg's™ Breakfast Tomato Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Striking deep orange fruits that are meaty, solid and weigh up to a pound. Flesh has a marvelous rich flavor with just a...

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  • Bush Crop Cucumber Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Our only heirloom bush pickler has been used for containers and small gardens for years. Sweet, crisp cucumbers are big...

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  • Giant Imperial Mix Larkspur Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Long, stately spires loaded with double blooms of dark blue, pink, carmine and white. Robust and floriferous. An heirloo...

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  • Chinese Giant Bell Pepper Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Perhaps our mildest sweet bell. Chinese heirloom with huge, thick-walled, tapered fruits that ripen from green to bright...

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  • Beauty King Tomato Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Wild Boar Series Brad Gates, owner of Wild Boar Farms hand picks his varieties based on exceptional flavor and stunning...

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  • Peach Melba Nasturtium Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Also called "Strawberries and Cream." Bright, peachy cream blooms with four big strawberry blotches at the base of each ...

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  • Jenny Lind Cantaloupe Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here 150-year-old heirloom features unusual, juicy, delightfully sweet, lime-green flesh in a turban-shaped fruit. Vigorous, ...

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  • Moon & Stars Watermelon Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here The legendary Van Doren strain that’s reasonably early with medium-large fruits and very sweet, flavorful, bright rose-p...

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  • Corno di Toro Red Pepper Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Classic Italian heirloom “Horn of the Bull” from Naples, with a special sweet taste and great versatility, fresh or gri...

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  • Pink Beauty Radish Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Ancient heirloom that becomes our only rosy-pink radish, with a mild taste and crisp white flesh. Roots are round, unifo...

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  • Musquee de Provence Pumpkin Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Also called Fairy Tale. French heirloom renowned for its remarkable eating quality and its striking, burnished golden-br...

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  • Blue Hubbard Winter Squash Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Also called "New England Hubbard." Old heirloom features long vines with excellent yields of powdery blue-gray, oval squ...

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  • Buckbee's™ Abraham Lincoln Tomato Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Introduced in 1923 by H.W. Buckbee Seeds of Rockford, Illinois to honor its greatest son. Huge, meaty fruits, described...

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  • Tenderette Bean Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Old heirloom that many veterans consider the most productive, most flavorful of all varieties. Keep well picked to main...

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  • Georgia Rattlesnake Watermelon Seeds

    Georgia Rattlesnake Watermelon Seeds

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

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  • Bird House Gourd Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Long, tapering toward the stem end. Tan, smooth and hard-shelled at maturity. Days to Maturity: 120 Sow Method: Start...

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  • Old German Tomato Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here Perfect as a slicer, these huge, orange-red, boat-shaped, meaty fruits. First grown by the Mennonites in Va., this heirl...

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