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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: Mexican Sour Cucumber Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Rare heirloom, just rediscovered, that yields heavy crops of fruits looking like tiny water-melons that fall off the...

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  • Bulk: Chioggia Beet Seeds

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

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  • Bulk: Jenny Lind Cantaloupe Seeds

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    For single packets, click here 150-year-old heirloom features unusual, juicy, delightfully sweet, lime-green flesh in a turban-shaped fruit. Vigoro...

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  • Bulk: Moon & Stars Watermelon Seeds

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    For single packets, click here The legendary Van Doren strain that’s reasonably early with medium-large fruits and very sweet, flavorful, bright r...

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  • Bulk: Bull's Blood Beet Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Deep burgundy leaves are harvested early. Sweet leaves grow a foot long with a clean, crisp flavor. Scarlet roots wi...

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  • Bulk: Kellogg's™ Breakfast Tomato Seeds

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

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  • Bulk: Blue Hubbard Winter Squash Seeds

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

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  • Bulk: White Wonder Cucumber

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    For single packet-size, click here SKU: 393 58 days. Old heirloom that remains popular for both slicing and pickling, especially whole and chunk p...

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  • Bulk: Lacinato Kale Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Also called "Nero di Toscana" or Dinosaur Kale." Italian heirloom with dark, sweet, succulent, heavily crinkled, blu...

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  • Bulk: Jimmy Nardellos Non-Bell Pepper Seeds

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    For single packets, click here One of the sweetest heirlooms from the Balsilicata region of Italy. Superb for frying, these bright red fruits taper...

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  • Bulk: Zebrune Shallot Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Banana type shallot sporting a pinkish brown coat that protects the fine white flesh carrying a delicate gourmet fla...

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  • Bulk: Bush Crop Cucumber Seeds

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

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  • Bulk: Lemon Drop Hot Pepper Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Intensely hot, lemon-flavored heirloom used as a seasoning in its native Peru. Bright yellow fruits are nearly seed...

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  • Bulk: Chinese Giant Bell Pepper Seeds

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

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  • Bulk: Hollow Crown Parsnip Seeds

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

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  • Bulk: Zesty Mesclun Mix Seeds

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    PakPlus (250 seeds) | Propak (500 seeds) For single packets, click here Tangy mix of lettuces and pungent greens like arugula to add spiciness to s...

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  • Bulk: Calico Indian Corn Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Highly decorative heirloom variety with kernels in shades of red, yellow, orange, blue, white and purple. Ears make...

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  • Bulk: Carbon Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Certainly one of the “blackest” varieties we offer and it's nearly as large as “Cherokee Purple,” the standard of e...

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  • Bulk: Jersey Devil Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Old heirloom with tapered, bright red fruits shaped like a banana pepper. Exceptionally productive plants yield soli...

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  • Bulk: Old German Tomato Seeds

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

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  • Bulk: Polish Paste Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here A remarkably versatile Polish heirloom that produces mild, sweet fruits, which are ideal in sandwiches, salads, eve...

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  • Bulk: Mr. Stripey or Tigerella Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here The favorite bi-colored heirloom along the Atlantic Seaboard, from Baltimore to Savannah. Long cherished for its lar...

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  • Bulk: Amish Deer Tongue Lettuce Seeds

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    For single packets, click here An ages-old, classic heirloom variety that has been around for over 100 years! Popular amongst gardeners in the Penn...

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  • Bulk: Ailsa Craig Exhibition Onion Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Blue-ribbon size giant onions! Pale yellow skin with mild, very sweet flesh from globes. Perfect for fresh uses like...

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