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: Beefsteak or Red Ponderosa Tomato Seeds
from $7.75| /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
from $6.25| /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
from $6.25| /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
from $7.50| /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
from $6.75| /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
from $6.50| /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
from $12.75| /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
from $5.50| /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
from $5.75| /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
from $10.75| /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
from $8.50| /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
from $8.50| /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
from $5.50| /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
from $7.25| /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
from $6.50| /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
from $7.50| /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
from $6.25| /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
from $11.50| /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
from $7.50| /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
from $11.50| /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
from $11.75| /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
from $6.25| /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
from $5.50| /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
from $10.75| /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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