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Enjoy 25% Off Seeds through November 24th! Exclusions apply.
Enjoy 25% Off Seeds through November 24th! Exclusions apply.

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: Carbon Tomato Seeds

    from $12.50

    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 e...

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  • Bulk: Old German Tomato Seeds

    from $11.25

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

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  • Bulk: Boston Pickling Cucumber Seeds

    from $6.25

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

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  • Bulk: Polish Paste Tomato Seeds

    from $10.50

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

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  • Bulk: Amish Deer Tongue Lettuce Seeds

    from $7.25

    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...

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  • Bulk: Mr. Stripey or Tigerella Tomato Seeds

    from $12.50

    For single packets, click here The favorite bi-colored heirloom along the Atlantic Seaboard, from Baltimore to Savannah. Long cherished for its lar...

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  • Nantes or Coreless Carrot Seed Tape

    from $3.25

    Seed Tape is designed to offer a labor and cost-effective solution to growing consistent, quality products! Instructions | Simply unroll and cut to...

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  • Bulk: Ailsa Craig Exhibition Onion Seeds

    from $6.95

    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...

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  • Bulk: Ping Tung Long Eggplant Seeds

    from $9.50

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

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  • Bulk: Black Brandywine Tomato Seeds

    from $11.50

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

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  • Bulk: Red Pear Tomato Seeds

    from $11.25

    For single packets, click here A bright red, earlier version of Yellow Pear, pear shaped fruits with a “garden candy” sweet taste and few seeds.  ...

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    Bulk: Alma Paprika Pepper Seeds

    from $7.75

    For single packets, click here Thick-walled, mildly peppery, sweet, cherry-type peppers are unbeatable eaten fresh or for drying and grinding for p...

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    Bulk: Banana Cantaloupe Seeds

    from $6.75

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

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  • Bulk: Grandma's Pick Hybrid Tomato Seeds

    from $13.25

    For single packets, click here Top seller at farmers’ markets due to its old-timey, heirloom flavor and huge, beefsteak-like, deeply lobed fruits!...

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  • Bulk: Early Fortune Cucumber Seeds

    from $7.25

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

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  • Bulk: Savoy Perfection Cabbage Seeds

    from $4.65

    SKU: 259 For single packets, click here 92 days. Flattened, large, blue-green leaves densely crumpled in the savoy manner. Round heads weigh 6 to 8...

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    Bulk: Opalka Tomato Seeds

    from $8.50

    For single packets, click here SKU: 788 85 days. A Polish heirloom with flavor so sweet that many cooks add no seasoning to its sauce. A season-lo...

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  • Bulk: Golden Ball Turnip

    from $3.95

    For single packets, click here 60 days. 150-year-old heirloom with globe shaped golden-amber roots. Yellow flesh is sweet, tender and mild and cook...

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  • Bulk: Bird House Gourd Seeds

    from $11.75

    For single packets, click here Long, tapering toward the stem end. Tan, smooth and hard-shelled at maturity. Days to Maturity: 120 Sow Method: S...

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  • Detroit Dark Red Beet Seed Tape

    from $3.25

    Seed Tape is designed to offer a labor and cost-effective solution to growing consistent, quality products! Instructions | Simply unroll and cut to...

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  • Bulk: Purple Russian Tomato Seeds

    from $9.25

    For single packets, click here Plum-shaped Ukrainian heirloom. Sweet-flavored, solid, meaty fruits are ideal for sauces and pastes. Days to Maturi...

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  • Bulk: Beauty King Tomato

    from $10.75

    For single packets, click here Wild Boar Series Brad Gates, owner of Wild Boar Farms hand picks his varieties based on exceptional flavor and stunn...

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  • Bulk: Early Scarlet Globe Radish Seeds

    from $5.50

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

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  • Bulk: Yellow Brandywine Tomato Seeds

    from $11.50

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

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  • Bulk: Aunt Ruby's German Green Tomato Seeds

    from $12.25

    For single packets, click here Huge fruits begin bright green and mature light green blushed with yellow. Sweet, juicy, spicy flavor. Excellent fo...

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  • Bulk: Parisian or Paris Market Carrot Seeds

    from $4.85

    SKU: 315 For single packets, click here 57 days. French heirloom that is bright orange, almost perfectly round, and about as big as a ping-pong bal...

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    Bulk: Jarrahdale Pumpkin Seeds

    from $8.25

    For single packets, click here A distinctive heirloom variety celebrated for its unique appearance and superb culinary qualities. The slate-gray, r...

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  • Bulk: Costoluto Genovese Tomato Seeds

    from $11.75

    For single packets, click here Wonderful old Italian heirloom imported directly from Naples. Large, deep red fruits are deeply ribbed, hearty and f...

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    Bulk: Caspian Pink Tomato Seeds

    from $11.75

    For single packets, click here The first tomato to beat Brandywine in taste tests! This Russian heirloom features heavy sets of pink-skinned fruit...

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  • Bulk: Marianna's Peace Tomato Seeds

    from $13.25

    For single packets, click here Features unbeatable tomato flavor – a perfect balance of acidity and sweetness. Fruits are deep-pink, meaty and lar...

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  • Bulk: Bulgarian Carrot Chile Pepper Seeds

    from $9.50

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

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  • Bulk: Listada de Gandia Eggplant Seeds

    from $9.50

    For single packets, click here Italian heirloom considered the most beautiful of all eggplants, with a purple base and creamy white stripes. Lovely...

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    Bulk: Ancho 101 Hot Pepper Seeds

    from $9.25

    For single packets, click here Due to an unexpected Crop Failure, this item will not be available for the 2024 season. We apologize for the inconve...

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  • Bulk: Golden Sweet Snow Pea Seeds

    from $14.25

    For single packets, click here A rare and unusual heirloom variety recently rescued from a village market in India. Starts with a spectacular displ...

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  • Bulk: Golden Globe Turnip Seeds

    from $6.50

    For single packets, click here Dating back to the mid-1800’s, this heirloom turnip boasts lovely golden-amber skin surrounding an amber interior fl...

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  • Bulk: New Zealand Spinach Seeds

    from $9.75

    For single packets, click here Also called "Tetragonia." While not a true spinach, this variety thrives in hot weather and produces non-stop from s...

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  • Bulk: Bull Nose Bell Pepper Seeds

    from $6.25

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

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  • Bulk: Stupice Tomato Seeds

    from $12.75

    For single packet-size, click here European heirloom with superior earliness and high tolerance to cold temperatures. Heavy yields (up to 85 fruit...

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  • Speckles Butterhead Lettuce
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    Bulk: Speckles Butterhead Lettuce

    from $3.95

    For single packet size, click here 50 days. Sweet-flavored Amish heirloom with apple-green leaves flecked with reddish-brown polka dots. Dense, bib...

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    Bulk: Sparkler White Tip Radish Seeds

    from $5.85

    For single packet size, click here SKU: 570 25 days. Glistening white tips extend halfway up the roots to the intense red color of the tops. Crisp...

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    Bulk: Cuore de Toro (or Bull's Heart) Tomato Seeds

    from $11.75

    For single packets, click here A gigantic Italian oxheart-type heirloom with abundant, large, deep pinkish-red fruits. Offers lots of appealing, s...

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  • Cherokee Wax Bean Seeds

    $3.99

    For bulk sizes, click here A popular heirloom flat-podded wax bean that is vigorous, early, meaty, and rust-proof. Superb home-garden variety that ...

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    $3.99
  • Bulk: Early Purple Sprouting

    from $4.65

    PakPlus (300 seeds) | ProPak (600 seeds) For single packets, click here60 days. Old English heirloom originally bred for over wintering. Planted in...

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  • Bulk: Cherokee Wax Bean Seeds

    from $9.75

    For single packets, click here A popular heirloom flat-podded wax bean that is vigorous, early, meaty, and rust-proof. Superb home-garden variety t...

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    Bulk: Ananas Noire or Black Pineapple Tomato Seeds

    from $8.95

    For single packets, click here A variant of our popular “Pineapple” opposite, but with a deep purple, green-shouldered exterior splashed with pinki...

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    Bulk: Turkish Orange

    from $6.45

    For single packet-size, click here PakPlus (300 seeds) | ProPak (600 seeds)  80 days. Old Turkish heirloom that looks more like a tomato than an eg...

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  • Bulk: Rosa Bianca Eggplant Seeds

    from $11.25

    For single packets, click here A stunning appearance featuring a rosy-purple, almost lavender-hued skin with subtle white streaks, makes this a vis...

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  • Orange Bell Pepper Seeds

    from $3.99

    For single packets, click here For bulk sizes, click here Simply one of the best orange bell peppers around! Sweet, vibrant orange fruits have a c...

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    from $3.99