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Also called "Nero di Toscana" or Dinosaur Kale." Italian heirloom with dark, sweet, succulent, heavily crinkled, blue spruce-colored leaves. Excell...

Heirloom variety. Vigorous plants produce large umbrels covered with masses of seed. Days to Maturity: 70 Sow Method: Start Indoors / Direct Sow ...

Old heirloom variety, most popular of all green Swiss Chards, with medium green, savored leaves accented with white veins and wide, white stems. ...

Sweet, plump, stringless, flavorful pods hold their peak quality on the vine even with a delayed harvest. Heirloom with a distinctive, meltingly sw...

Also called "Red Meat." Features a watermelon-rose interior that looks like a watermelon when sliced! Roots are large, white-skinned with greenish ...

An old Northeastern variety producing beautiful, dark blue-green heads. Uniform high yields with good color and excellent cold resistance. Ideal fr...

European heirloom that only gains in popularity! Loads of blooms in shades of ivory white to a creamy primrose, each with a dark brown center and c...

Starts whitish-green before ripening to pure white. White-fleshed, tender, succulent fruits. Early and productive. Days to Maturity: 54 Sow Method...

A remarkable 300-year-old heirloom grown here by Native Americans before Europeans arrived! Fruits are large, deep-orange, globe-shaped, a little f...

Kentucky Wonder Pole Heirloom Bean Seeds bring a time-tested, flavor-rich classic to your garden. Also known as Old Homestead, this is one of the m...

Grow asparagus from seed and start harvesting the second year! Plants sown in the spring are ready for light harvest the following spring and a nor...

Mrs. Maxwell’s Big Italian Heirloom Beefsteak Tomato Seeds produce large, richly flavored fruits that have become a favorite among heirloom tomato ...

Old heirloom with curling, self-wrapping leaves to protect the brilliant white curds from summer’s sunlight and to blanch them automatically! Pure ...

Whether called a winter squash or a pumpkin, these banana-shaped fruits are pink with a blue tip and weigh a nice amount. Smooth, deliciously sweet...

Heirloom that’s the earliest and best flavored, producing mature roots. Fine-grained white flesh is mild and sweet. Best in a deep, loose soil. Da...

Dark tomatoes rule! To capitalize on the current craze, our breeders crossed Cherokee Purple with Carbon to create a robust purple beefsteak with i...

Colorful blend of lettuces and other greens like mild endives for that special gourmet salad. Cut every 2 wk. for an ongoing harvest! Days to Matu...

A blend of 60% small ornamental mix and 40% large ornamental mix. For the arts-and-crafts fanatic. Days to Maturity: 100 - 130 Sow Method: Start ...

1992 AAS Winner. A 100-year-old heirloom that recently won the prestigious AAS Award for its sweet, crunchy texture and wide adaptability. Small, g...

Red Brandywine Tomato is one of the most cherished heirlooms of all time, renowned for its rich, balanced, old-fashioned flavor and impressive, mea...

European heirloom that withstands bursting better than any other variety. Prolific yields of light green, uniform, solid heads. Perfect for late Ju...

1952 AAS Winner. Mid green and slow to bolt, with pretty rosettes of wavy, rounded, crisp, sweet leaves. No heads. Days to Maturity: 44 Sow Method...

A West Virginian bi-colored, large beefsteak. Showing an unusual yellow-orange color with red streaks, fruits are rough, firm, sweet, fruity and mi...