For the Historian

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...

For single packets, click here Another heirloom to appreciate! Prolific producer of easy to pick, deep green, extra-large heads on sturdy tall plan...

For single packets, click here Thick green leaves are strongly scented and are widely used to flavor tomato sauce, meat, fish, salads and Italian d...

For single packets, click here Also called "Red Meat." Features a watermelon-rose interior that looks like a watermelon when sliced! Roots are larg...

For single packets, click here Mrs. Maxwell’s Big Italian Heirloom Beefsteak Tomato Seeds produce large, richly flavored fruits that have become a ...

For single packets, click here Sweet, plump, stringless, flavorful pods hold their peak quality on the vine even with a delayed harvest. Heirloom w...

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...

For single packets, click here The most highly treasured heirloom pink in the Carolinas and Virginia, where its mild tomato flavor and superior yie...

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...

For single packets, click here Hybrid vigor means heavy yields of glossy, deep green sprouts spaced closely on a medium-sized plant. Sprouts are fi...

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, ...

For single packets, click here The Amish, long considered authorities on heirlooms, first grew Brandywine in 1885. Now, 135 years later, these priz...

For single packets, click here Also called "Climbing Trip-L-Crop." Fast-growing plants may reach 15 to 25 ft. and yield 2 to 3 bushels per plant. E...

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...

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

For single packets, click here A West Virginian bi-colored, large beefsteak. Showing an unusual yellow-orange color with red streaks, fruits are ro...

For single packets, click here Consider this favorite for main-cropping due to its outstanding quality and exceptional yields. Meaty, crack-resista...

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

For single packets, click here The classic morning glory, with its exceptionally popular ‘true blue’ flowers, one of Nature’s rarest colors. Intens...

For single packets, click here Named after the Greek sun god, this easy to grow, uniquely colored heirloom is equally as attractive as it is tasty!...

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

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

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

For single packets, click here An old yellow heirloom that remains unbeatable for both home-gardener and market-grower use. Husky plants grow tall ...