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For the Historian

Our gift guides are here to make holiday shopping for gardeners personal and thoughtful. The 'Historian' collection is perfect for those who savor timeless flavors and heirloom varieties, with each seed offering a taste of tradition!

  • Banana Melon

    Banana Cantaloupe Seeds

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here An old heirloom novelty tapering at the ends like a banana. Flesh is creamy white to salmon, spicy, super-sweet and arom...

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    $3.99
  • Zebrune Shallot Seeds

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here Banana type shallot sporting a pinkish brown coat that protects the fine white flesh carrying a delicate gourmet flavor ...

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    $3.99
  • Stupice Tomato Seeds

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here European heirloom with superior earliness and high tolerance to cold temperatures. Heavy yields (up to 85 fruits per pla...

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    $3.99
  • Asian Delight Hybrid Eggplant Seeds

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here These pleasing elongated eggplants shine as glossy, bright purple fruits adorn the upright plants.  Perfectly tender ski...

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    $3.99
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    Tiger Hybrid Collard Seeds

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here Tiger’ is an improvement on the popular ‘Bulldog’ that’s earlier, more productive and brighter-green in color. Boasts up...

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  • Heirloom Cutting Mixture Lettuce Seeds

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here With a legacy mixture of tried and true varieties, we bring a balanced blend of “cut and come again” lettuces. Each pala...

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    $3.99
  • Bulgarian Carrot Chile Pepper Seeds

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here An heirloom with a fruity but very hot flavor and glowing orange, carrot-shaped fruits. Adds brilliant color and intense...

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    $3.99
  • Bulk: Clemson Spineless Okra Seeds

    from $5.75

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

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  • Yellow Brandywine Tomato Seeds

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here The Amish, long considered authorities on heirlooms, first grew Brandywine in 1885. Now, 135 years later, these prized v...

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    $3.99
  • Ozark Giant Pepper Seeds

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here Beautiful heirloom sweet peppers are prolific and tasty and larger than California Wonder, Smooth skins with thick, cri...

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    $3.99
  • Early Fortune Cucumber Seeds

    $3.99

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

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    $3.99
  • Bulk: Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach Seeds

    from $6.25

    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...

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    Ananas Noire or Black Pineapple Tomato Seeds

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here A variant of our popular “Pineapple” opposite, but with a deep purple, green-shouldered exterior splashed with pinkish-r...

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  • Speckled Roman Tomato Seeds

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here Packet (30 Seeds) 85 days. A striking, elongated, paste-type bi-color, with 5-in., orangey-red fruits featuring jagged y...

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  • Yellow Sweet Spanish Onion Plants | Ships Separately

    from $23.99

    110 days. An old heirloom known for its keeping ability. Bulbs up to a pound with straw-colored skin and white, mild, sweet-flavored flesh. Remarka...

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  • Bulk: German Giant Radish Seeds

    from $8.25

    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! ...

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  • Golden Ball Turnip

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here 60 days. 150-year-old heirloom with globe shaped golden-amber roots. Yellow flesh is sweet, tender and mild and cooks u...

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    $3.99
  • Bulk: Purple Top White Globe Turnip Seeds

    from $6.50

    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...

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  • Bulk: Tenderette Bean Seeds

    from $8.50

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

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  • Boston Pickling Cucumber Seeds

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here Prized heirloom for its perfect pickling size, thin bumpy skin, and slightly sweet flavor. They're ideal for making deli...

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    Speckles Butterhead Lettuce

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here 50 days. Sweet-flavored Amish heirloom with apple-green leaves flecked with reddish-brown polka dots. Dense, bibb-like h...

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  • Jarrahdale Pumpkin Seeds

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here A distinctive heirloom variety celebrated for its unique appearance and superb culinary qualities. The slate-gray, ribbe...

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    $3.99
  • Rosso Sicilian Tomato Seeds

    $3.99

    80 days. An Italian heirloom with crayfish-red, ribbed, 6- oz. fruits. Slices look like red-petaled flowers. Firm, meaty flesh is ideal for tomato ...

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    $3.99
  • Bulk: National Pickling Cucumber Seeds

    from $6.75

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

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  • Bulk: Cherokee Purple Tomato Seeds

    from $13.25

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

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  • Dragonfly Hybrid Pepper Seeds

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here 2022 AAS Winner. Recognized for producing high yields of exquisite purple peppers with notably thick, juicy, sweet walls...

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    $3.99
  • Bulk: Kentucky Wonder Bean Seeds

    from $9.75

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

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  • Bulk: Amish Paste Tomato Seeds

    from $11.75

    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...

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  • Bulk: Connecticut Field Pumpkin Seeds

    from $5.50

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

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  • Bulk: Cylindra Beet Seeds

    from $6.25

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

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  • Bulk: Red Peter Hot Pepper Seeds

    from $15.75

    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 ...

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  • Bulk: Georgia Southern Collard Seeds

    from $7.50

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

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  • Bulk: California Wonder Bell Pepper Seeds

    from $7.25

    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...

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  • Bulk: Rattlesnake Bean Seeds

    from $10.50

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

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  • Early Scarlet Globe Radish Seeds

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here The well-known heirloom in both the home garden and commercial market that is prized for its vibrant, brilliant red skin...

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    $3.99
  • Bulk: Sugar Baby Watermelon Seeds

    from $6.25

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

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