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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...

For single packets, click here 1939 AAS Winner. Southern variety whose lack of spines gives easy picking! Produces plants with straight, grooved, ...

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...

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! ...

For single packet-size, click here Old heirloom that many veterans consider the most productive, most flavorful of all varieties. Keep well picked...

For single packets, click here A dependable, reliable heirloom since 1924 with great versatility. Fruit is medium green, blocky, black-spined, cris...

For single packets, click here A Tennessee heirloom from the Cherokees. Strange, dusky rose-brown fruits with brick red interiors. Sweet, tangy fl...

For single packets, click here Also called "Old Homestead." Most popular pole variety famous for its distinctive tasty flavor. Tall, extremely pro...

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...

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

For single packets, click here A long, cylindrical, dark red beet yielding four times more slices than the typical round beet. Grows uniform, smoot...

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 ...

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...

For single packets, click here Reliable heirloom favorite producing an open, loose cluster of slightly crumpled blue-green leaves. Is tolerant of b...

For single packets, click here Hundred-year-old heirloom features snake-like markings on the purple-streaked, round, dark green pods that possess ...

For single packet-size, click here The classic “icebox” watermelon is very early, with round, almost black fruits featuring crisp, extra-sweet, jui...

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...

For single packets, click here A more rectangular, slightly later version of Roma. Bright red, meaty fruits with extra-high solids content. Ideal f...

For single packets, click here Heirloom favorite that tolerates drought better than most. Fruits are heavily netted, ribbed and solid with a small ...

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...

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...

For single packets, click here Popular, time-tested and reliable. A favorite of veteran gardeners who love its flattened, large, mild fruits. Near...

For single packets, click here Old heirloom dating to 1924 featuring unrivaled yields of delectable, uniform, smooth, crisp, lime green fruits with...