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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...

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...

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

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

For single packets, click here Our first watermelon suitable for any of the Lower 48 States, even where nighttime temperatures fall as low as the m...

For single packets, click here Tangy mix of lettuces and pungent greens like arugula to add spiciness to salads. Days to Maturity: 45 Sow Method: ...

For single packets, click here Cool-weather substitute for lima beans in the North. Sow as soon as soil can be worked, as they don’t do well in hea...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

For single packets, click here Also called "Tigerella." The favorite bi-colored heirloom along the Atlantic Seaboard, from Baltimore to Savannah. L...

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 exce...

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

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

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

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...

For packet sizes, click here An heirloom garden favorite renowned for its quick growth and abundant harvests. This white-spined variety produces cr...

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...

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

For single packets, click here Taiwanese heirloom that is our most disease resistant variety, producing glossy, dark lavender fruits. Flavor is mil...

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