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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.

  • 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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  • 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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  • Golden Ball Turnip

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    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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  • Bulk: German Giant Radish Seeds

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    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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  • Evergreen Tomato Seeds

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    For bulk sizes, click here 72 days. A mid-size beefsteak that stays green on the inside, even when fully ripe! Exterior turns a lovely grapefruit y...

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  • Bulk: Tenderette Bean Seeds

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    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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  • Bulk: Purple Top White Globe Turnip Seeds

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    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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  • Speckles Butterhead Lettuce

    Speckles Butterhead Lettuce

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    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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  • Boston Pickling Cucumber Seeds

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    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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  • Rosso Sicilian Tomato Seeds

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    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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  • Jarrahdale Pumpkin Seeds

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    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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  • Bulk: National Pickling Cucumber Seeds

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    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

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    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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  • Bulk: Kentucky Wonder Bean Seeds

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    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

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    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: Cylindra Beet Seeds

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    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

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    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: Connecticut Field Pumpkin Seeds

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    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: California Wonder Bell Pepper Seeds

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    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: Georgia Southern Collard Seeds

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    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: Rattlesnake Bean Seeds

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    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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  • Bulk: Sugar Baby Watermelon Seeds

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

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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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  • 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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  • 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: 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: San Marzano Tomato Seeds

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    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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  • Georgia Rattlesnake Watermelon Seeds

    Bulk: Georgia Rattlesnake Watermelon Seeds

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

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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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  • Bulk: Premium Late Flat Dutch Cabbage Seeds

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    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: 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: 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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  • Cow Horn

    Bulk: Cow Horn Okra Seeds

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    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: 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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  • 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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