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Heirloom Seeds

It’s amusing that Heirloom Vegetables are a current craze in home gardening, yet no one knows what heirloom vegetables are! One of the truest definitions is that an heirloom is a variety that has been selected, re-selected and handed down from one family member to another for many generations. Another definition places a date point on the variety. Some purists say a variety must be at least a hundred years old to be a true heirloom, while less strict experts state that an heirloom must have originated before 1951, the year that marked the widespread introduction of hybrid varieties to home gardeners.

While heirloom tomatoes are our most popular, virtually any vegetable we sell, from “A” to “Z,” contains at least one or two heirloom varieties. Our “Ping Tung Long” Aubergine hails from Taiwan; our “Black Beauty” Zucchini is just another of the numerous heirlooms we offer.

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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: Pineapple Tomato Seeds

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    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: Giant Belgium Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Massive fruits  that have been reported at nearly 5-lbs. – a serious contender for “world’s largest tomato!” Sweet f...

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  • Bulk: German Pink Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here One of the two German heirlooms introduced into America in 1883 that later started the heirloom-laden ‘Seed Savers ...

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  • Bulk: Black Krim Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here An unusual Russian heirloom featuring beefsteak sized fruits with unique colors of violet, brown and purple-red tha...

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  • Bulk: Red Brandywine Tomato Seeds

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    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: Chef's™ Choice Orange Hybrid Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here 2014 AAS Honors. Bright, glowing orange skin on a big, beefsteak-size fruit with old-timey flavor! New hybrid bred f...

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  • Bulk: Buckbee's™ Abraham Lincoln Tomato Seeds

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  • Bulk: Yellow Pear Tomato Seeds

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    For single packet-size, click here Extremely popular heirloom features clear yellow, pear shaped fruits with a “garden candy” sweet taste and few s...

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  • Bulk: Mrs. Maxwell's Big Italian Heirloom Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here One of the earliest of the beefsteak types, producing one pound, reddish-pink fruits with remarkable flavor. Seed fr...

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  • Bulk: Italian Tree or Climbing Trip-L-Crop Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Fast-growing plants may reach 15 to 25 ft. and yield 2 to 3 bushels per plant. Extra-large, meaty, bright-red fruits...

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  • Bulk: Box Car Willie Tomato Seeds

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  • Bulk: German Johnson Pink Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here The most highly treasured heirloom pink in the Carolinas and Virginia, where its mild tomato flavor and superior yie...

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  • Bulk: Pink Brandywine, Sudduth's Strain Tomato Seeds

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    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: Hillbilly Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here A West Virginian bi-colored, large beefsteak. Showing an unusual yellow-orange color with red streaks, fruits are ro...

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  • Bulk: Kellogg's™ Breakfast Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Striking deep orange fruits that are meaty, solid and weigh up to a pound. Flesh has a marvelous rich flavor with ju...

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  • Bulk: Carbon Tomato Seeds

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    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: Jersey Devil Tomato Seeds

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    For single packets, click here Old heirloom with tapered, bright red fruits shaped like a banana pepper. Exceptionally productive plants yield soli...

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  • Bulk: Old German Tomato Seeds

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    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: Polish Paste Tomato Seeds

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

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  • Bulk: Mr. Stripey or Tigerella Tomato Seeds

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    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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  • Bulk: Black Brandywine Tomato Seeds

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    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

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    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: Grandma's Pick Hybrid Tomato Seeds

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    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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