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: Detroit Dark Red Beet Seeds
from $5.25| /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
from $5.75| /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
from $6.25| /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
from $8.25| /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
from $8.50| /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
from $6.50| /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
from $6.75| /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
from $13.25| /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
from $9.75| /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
from $11.75| /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
from $6.25| /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
from $15.75| /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
from $5.50| /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
from $7.25| /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
from $7.50| /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
from $10.50| /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
from $6.25| /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
from $7.75| /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
from $7.25| /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
from $7.75| /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
from $9.50| /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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Bulk: Georgia Rattlesnake Watermelon Seeds
from $8.25| /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
from $5.75| /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
from $6.50| /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
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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