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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 packets, click here The country’s most popular variety due to its crisp, sweetly mild white flesh. Roots are nearly round, smooth, purpl...

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

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

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 Our best winter keeper – holds its quality for months! Huge, flattened, solid heads, blue-green outer leaves with cr...

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

For single packets, click here The traditional Southern heirloom strain grown by generations of gardeners, yet still found in supermarkets today. L...

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 packet-size, click here Pale yellow flesh breaks up into spaghetti-like strands when boiled for 20 to 30-min. and removed with a fork. T...

For single packets, click here Ancient heirloom purportedly originating with the Creek Indians of Mississippi and named for its uniquely twisted sh...

For single packets, click here A miniature green romaine with a blanched thick heart that remains a single-serving treat! Heirloom favorite. Days ...

For single size packets, click here Century-old Southern heirloom prized for its superior cold tolerance and excellent bolt resistance. Leaves are ...

For single packets, click here This famous classic maintains its widespread popularity due to its large, meaty, smooth, globe-shaped, rosy-pink fru...

For single packets, click here A wine red version of “Green Salad Bowl.” Deeply lobed, oakleaf, red leaves. Days to Maturity: 51 Sow Method: Start...

For single packets, click here Developed at Rutgers in the 1920s and still famous for its remarkable flavor and large yields of solid, meaty, deep-...

For single packets, click here Strange Middle Eastern heirloom also called ‘Serpent Cucumber’ or ‘Snake Melon” that looks and tastes like a cucumbe...

For single packets, click here 1952 AAS Winner. Mid green and slow to bolt, with pretty rosettes of wavy, rounded, crisp, sweet leaves. No heads. ...

For single packet-size, click here SKU: 558 110 days. Old heirloom capable of extremely long storage. Bulbs up to 1 lb. with straw-colored skin an...

For single packets, click here Starts whitish-green before ripening to pure white. White-fleshed, tender, succulent fruits. Early and productive. ...

For single packets, click here Time tested, open-pollinated version of Mucho Nacho, but even earlier and better in cool conditions. Deep-green, sau...

For single packets, click here Heirloom with dark-green, deeply ribbed skin and fine-textured golden-yellow flesh that sweetens in storage. Dry, me...

For single packets, click here A dependable, reliable performer for most of a century. A favorite of home gardeners due to high yields of sweet, su...

For single packet-size, click here An old Northeastern variety producing beautiful, dark blue-green heads. Uniform high yields with good color and ...

For single packet-size, click here Century-old heirloom with pure white roots that are mild and crisp. They stand firm but are best harvested while...

For single packets, click here A gigantic bicolor heirloom with orange and yellow fruits streaked with red both inside and out. Flesh is meaty, fir...

For single packets, click here Heirloom variety. Vigorous plants produce large umbrels covered with masses of seed.  Days to Maturity: 70 Sow Meth...

For single packets, click here An old heirloom originally introduced in 1902 that remains the favorite of many. Robust stalks yield uniform ears fi...

For single packets, click here Long, stately spires loaded with double blooms of dark blue, pink, carmine and white. Robust and floriferous. An hei...

For single packets, click here Old heirloom variety, most popular of all green Swiss Chards, with medium green, savored leaves accented with white ...

For single packet-size, click here This 300-year-old New England heirloom is probably the most beautiful of all dried beans, whether used as a fre...