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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!

  • Bulk: Mary Washington Asparagus Seeds

    from $7.75

    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...

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  • Early Purple Sprouting

    $3.99

    Packet (100 seeds) For bulk sizes, click here60 days. Old English heirloom originally bred for over wintering. Planted in the fall, it grows slowly...

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    $3.99
  • White Yam Sweet Potato Plants | Ships Separately

    from $25.99

    Please do not order if you require delivery before April 15th. We will ship your plants after April 15th, just as soon as the weather has sufficien...

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    Bulk: San Marzano Tomato Seeds

    from $9.50

    For single packets, click here A more rectangular, slightly later version of Roma. Bright red, meaty fruits with extra-high solids content. Ideal f...

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  • Bulk: Italian White Sunflower Seeds

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    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...

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  • Bulk: Hale's Best Jumbo Cantaloupe Seeds

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

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  • Bulk: Early Wonder Beet Seeds

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    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...

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  • Bulk: Premium Late Flat Dutch Cabbage Seeds

    from $6.50

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

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  • Bulk: Double Yield Cucumber Seeds

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

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  • Georgia Rattlesnake Watermelon Seeds

    Bulk: Georgia Rattlesnake Watermelon Seeds

    from $8.25

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

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  • Bulk: Beefsteak or Red Ponderosa Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Popular, time-tested and reliable. A favorite of veteran gardeners who love its flattened, large, mild fruits. Near...

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  • Bulk: Vegetable Spaghetti Winter Squash Seeds

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    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...

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  • Cow Horn

    Bulk: Cow Horn Okra Seeds

    from $6.25

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

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  • Bulk: Little Gem Lettuce Seeds

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

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  • Bull Nose Bell Pepper Seeds

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here One of the first medium-full sized bells grown in the U.S., this crinkled nosed pepper was historically grown by Thomas ...

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  • Bulk: Southern Giant Curled Mustard Greens Seeds

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

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  • Bulk: Mortgage Lifter Tomato Seeds

    from $12.75

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

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  • Perfect Flame Hybrid Tomato

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here Packet (12 to 15 seeds) 68 days. Earliest to ripen in the series, producing perfectly uniform, blemish-free, 4-oz., sala...

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  • Bulk: Red Salad Bowl Lettuce Seeds

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    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...

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  • Bulk: Armenian Cucumber Seeds

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

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  • Bulk: Rutgers Select Tomato Seeds

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    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-...

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  • Bulk: Green Salad Bowl Lettuce Seeds

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    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. ...

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  • Rosa Bianca Eggplant Seeds

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here A stunning appearance featuring a rosy-purple, almost lavender-hued skin with subtle white streaks, makes this a visual ...

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  • Bulk: Yellow Sweet Spanish Onion

    from $8.50

    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...

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  • Bulk: Early Jalapeño Hot Pepper Seeds

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

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  • Bulk: Early White Bush Scallop Summer Squash Seeds

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

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  • Bulk: Acorn or Table Queen Winter Squash Seeds

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

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  • Bulk: Long Island Improved Brussels Sprout Seeds

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    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...

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  • Bulk: Waltham 29 Broccoli Seeds

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

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  • Bulk: White Icicle Radish Seeds

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    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...

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  • Bulk: Dill Seeds, Mammoth Long Island

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

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  • Bulk: Pineapple Tomato Seeds

    from $11.50

    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...

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  • Bulk: Golden Bantam (yellow) Corn Seeds

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

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  • Bulk: Giant Imperial Mix Larkspur Seeds

    from $8.25

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

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  • Bulk: Fordhook Giant Swiss Chard

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

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    Bulk: Vermont Cranberry Bean Seeds

    from $11.75

    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...

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