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: Giant Imperial Mix Larkspur Seeds
from $8.25| /For single packets, click here Long, stately spires loaded with double blooms of dark blue, pink, carmine and white. Robust and floriferous. An hei...
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Bulk: Hungarian Yellow Hot Wax Pepper Seeds
from $7.75| /For single packets, click here Also called "Hot Banana." Banana-shaped, light yellow, 6 to 8-in., medium hot fruits are perfect for pickling. Compa...
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Bulk: German Pink Tomato Seeds
from $8.50| /For single packets, click here One of the two German heirlooms introduced into America in 1883 that later started the heirloom-laden ‘Seed Savers ...
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Bulk: Red-Cored Chantenay Carrot Seeds
from $6.75| /For single packets, click here Heirloom favorite with large, broad-shouldered, stump-rooted carrots. Color is red-orange throughout with a tender, ...
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Bulk: Lazy Housewife Bean Seeds
from $15.50| /For single packets, click here One of the great heirlooms loved for its ease of shelling or snapping. All purpose variety can be used as a snap, sh...
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Bulk: Musquee de Provence Pumpkin Seeds
from $8.75| /For single packets, click here Also called Fairy Tale. French heirloom renowned for its remarkable eating quality and its striking, burnished golde...
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Bulk: Black Diamond Watermelon Seeds
from $6.25| /For single packets, click here A full-season heirloom that’s the preferred round variety in the South. Flesh is bright red, firm and extra sweet. ...
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Bulk: Black Krim Tomato Seeds
from $12.75| /For single packets, click here An unusual Russian heirloom featuring beefsteak sized fruits with unique colors of violet, brown and purple-red tha...
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Bulk: Danish Ballhead Cabbage Seeds
from $6.50| /For single packets, click here Old reliable main-crop heirloom unbeatable for kraut. Round, solid, blue-green heads with mild, sweet flavor that st...
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Bulk: Shogoin Turnip Seeds
from $6.50| /For single packet size, click here A Japanese variety used for both its roots and the tops. Beautiful, round, smooth, white roots that can be pickl...
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Bulk: Nobel Giant Spinach Seeds
from $7.25| /For single packets, click here Old heirloom that’s our largest variety. Dark green, rounded, smooth to slightly crumpled, succulent, tender leaves...
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Bulk: Anaheim Chili Hot Pepper Seeds
from $7.50| /For single packets, click here Ideal for cooking specialty chili dishes. These mildly hot, 2-celled fruits have thick, dark-green flesh that ripens...
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Bulk: North Georgia Candy Roaster Winter Squash / Pumpkin Seeds
from $10.75| /For single packets, click here Whether called a winter squash or a pumpkin, these banana-shaped fruits are pink with a blue tip and weigh a nice a...
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Bulk: Jacob's Cattle Bean
from $6.50| /SKU: 095 For single packets, click here Also called Trout Bean or Coach Dog Bean. 85 days. An exceptionally old heirloom that's our best New Englan...
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Bulk: Black Beauty Eggplant Seeds
from $6.75| /For single packets, click here Reliable, dependable heirloom known for high yields of large fruits with a deep purplish-black color. Tall, upright...
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Bulk: Red 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: Heirloom Cutting Mixture Lettuce Seeds
from $7.75| /For single packets, click here With a legacy mixture of tried and true varieties, we bring a balanced blend of “cut and come again” lettuces. Each ...
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Bulk: Iceberg Lettuce Seeds
from $7.25| /For single packets, click here Heirloom with light-green, crinkled, fringed outer leaves and crisp, near-white inner leaves. Medium to large heads ...
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Bulk: Large and Small Ornamental Mix Gourd Seeds
from $11.75| /For single packets, click here A blend of 60% small ornamental mix and 40% large ornamental mix. For the arts-and-crafts fanatic. Days to Maturity...
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Bulk: Stringless Green Pod Bean
from $5.15| /For single packet-size, click here SKU: 044 Also called “Burpee’s Stringless.” 50 days. Ancient heirloom from 1894 with round, brittle, 5 to 6-in. ...
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Bulk: Peach Melba Nasturtium Seeds
from $8.25| /For single packets, click here Also called "Strawberries and Cream." Bright, peachy cream blooms with four big strawberry blotches at the base of e...
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Bulk: Golden Greek Pepperoncini Pepper Seeds
from $8.25| /For single packets, click here The rare and prized Greek strain found pickled in gourmet produce departments. Huge yields of thin, golden-green fr...
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Bulk: Chef's™ Choice Orange Hybrid Tomato Seeds
from $9.50| /For single packets, click here 2014 AAS Honors. Bright, glowing orange skin on a big, beefsteak-size fruit with old-timey flavor! New hybrid bred f...
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Bulk: Copenhagen Market Cabbage Seeds
from $6.50| /For single packets, click here European heirloom that withstands bursting better than any other variety. Prolific yields of light green, uniform, s...
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Bulk: Corno di Toro Red Pepper Seeds
from $7.50| /For single packets, click here Classic Italian heirloom “Horn of the Bull” from Naples, with a special sweet taste and great versatility, fresh or ...
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Bulk: Thumbelina Carrot Seeds
from $8.50| /For single packet-size, click here 1992 AAS Winner. A 100-year-old heirloom that recently won the prestigious AAS Award for its sweet, crunchy text...
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Bulk: Crosby's Egyptian Beet Seeds
from $6.25| /For single packets, click here German heirloom with large, dark red, flattened beets that are early and super-sweet. Beets grow mostly above the s...
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Bulk: Parris Island Lettuce Seeds
from $5.75| /For single packets, click here Noted for its crisp leaves and sweet flavor. Attractive, large heads have deep-green outer leaves to protect the whi...
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Bulk: Buckbee's™ Abraham Lincoln Tomato Seeds
from $9.25| /For single packets, click here Introduced in 1923 by H.W. Buckbee Seeds of Rockford, Illinois to honor its greatest son. Huge, meaty fruits, descr...
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Bulk: Snowball Self-Blanching Cauliflower Seeds
from $7.50| /For single packet size, click here Old heirloom with curling, self-wrapping leaves to protect the brilliant white curds from summer’s sunlight and ...
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Bulk: Yellow Pear Tomato Seeds
from $11.25| /For single packet-size, click here Extremely popular heirloom features clear yellow, pear shaped fruits with a “garden candy” sweet taste and few s...
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Bulk: De Cicco Broccoli Seeds
from $7.25| /For single packets, click here Classic Italian heirloom introduced to America in the 1890s. One of the best for multiple cuts. Slice the main head ...
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Bulk: American Purple Top Rutabaga Seeds
from $5.50| /For single packets, click here Round roots are yellow with a purple top and are early and sweet. Creamy-yellow flesh turns orange when cooked. Good...
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Bulk: Watermelon Radish Seeds
from $8.75| /For single packet-size, click here Also called "Red Meat." Features a watermelon-rose interior that looks like a watermelon when sliced! Roots are...
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Bulk: Mammoth Melting Sugar Pea Seeds
from $10.50| /For single packets, click here Sweet, plump, stringless, flavorful pods hold their peak quality on the vine even with a delayed harvest. Heirloom w...
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Bulk: Mild Mesclun Mix Seeds
from $7.75| /For single packets, click here Colorful blend of lettuces and other greens like mild endives for that special gourmet salad. Cut every 2 wk. for an...
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Bulk: Wisconsin SMR 58 Cucumber Seeds
from $6.50| /For single packet-size, click here Popular old heirloom continuously produces huge yields of deep green, crisp, sweet cukes as long as they are kep...
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Bulk: Mrs. Maxwell's Big Italian Heirloom Tomato Seeds
from $12.25| /For single packets, click here One of the earliest of the beefsteak types, producing one pound, reddish-pink fruits with remarkable flavor. Seed fr...
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Bulk: Pink Beauty Radish Seeds
from $9.25| /For single packets, click here Ancient heirloom that becomes our only rosy-pink radish, with a mild taste and crisp white flesh. Roots are round, ...
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Bulk: Box Car Willie Tomato Seeds
from $9.75| /For single packets, click here Consider this favorite for main-cropping due to its outstanding quality and exceptional yields. Meaty, crack-resista...
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Bulk: Italian Tree or Climbing Trip-L-Crop Tomato Seeds
from $9.25| /For single packets, click here Fast-growing plants may reach 15 to 25 ft. and yield 2 to 3 bushels per plant. Extra-large, meaty, bright-red fruits...
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Bulk: Ozark Giant Pepper Seeds
from $6.75| /For single packets, click here Beautiful heirloom sweet peppers are prolific and tasty and larger than California Wonder, Smooth skins with thick,...
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Bulk: Heavenly Blue Morning Glory Seeds
from $8.75| /For single packets, click here The classic morning glory, with its exceptionally popular ‘true blue’ flowers, one of Nature’s rarest colors. Intens...
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Bulk: German Johnson Pink Tomato Seeds
from $12.50| /For single packets, click here The most highly treasured heirloom pink in the Carolinas and Virginia, where its mild tomato flavor and superior yie...
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Bulk: Pink Brandywine, Sudduth's Strain 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: Hillbilly Tomato Seeds
from $12.50| /For single packets, click here A West Virginian bi-colored, large beefsteak. Showing an unusual yellow-orange color with red streaks, fruits are ro...
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Bulk: Golden Self-Blanching Celery Seeds
from $7.50| /For single packets, click here An old yellow heirloom that remains unbeatable for both home-gardener and market-grower use. Husky plants grow tall ...
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Bulk: Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage Seeds
from $6.50| /For single packets, click here Still one of the best early varieties, with pale green, pointed heads with a great sweet flavor. Smaller size allows...
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