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An improved strain introduced before 1920, this variety has long been the standard for home and market use. The flesh is mild, yellow, fine-grained...

Aster Powder Puff Mixed Colors (Callistephus chinensis) bears fully double blooms in seven colors — white, pink, rose, peach, crimson red, sky blue...

Bachelor Button Pink is a cheerful and versatile edible flower with soft, luminous petite blooms in shades of blush and rose that are beautiful in ...

Bachelor's Buttons Black is a dramatic edible flower with deep, velvety purple-black blooms that look almost too striking to eat — yet are equally ...

Bachelor's Buttons Blue is the classic cornflower in its most iconic shade — a brilliant, vivid blue that has decorated gardens and wedding bouquet...

Bachelor's Buttons Mix brings together the classic cornflower in patriotic red, white, and blue — a cheerful, versatile collection of edible flower...

Bachelor's Buttons Red is a striking edible flower variety with vivid, fire-engine red blooms and a sweet, mildly spiced flavor with a subtle clove...

Bachelor's Buttons White is an elegant, understated edible flower with soft, pristine white blooms that are equally beautiful in a bridal bouquet, ...

Bianca Di Maggio is a beautiful Italian cipollini onion with distinctive flattened, ivory-white bulbs that are equally prized for their sweet, tend...

Black Nebula is one of the most dramatic carrots ever grown — its long, slender roots are so deeply pigmented they appear nearly black on the outsi...

Black Tip Wheat is a fascinating dual-purpose grain crop valued as much for its striking ornamental beauty as its culinary utility — the tall, grac...

Hungarian Blue Poppy produces beautiful bluish-purple flowers that give way to attractive pods filled with poppyseed for baking, and the pods can a...

An heirloom fava bean well suited to the Mid-Atlantic and further south, Broad Windsor grows on 2 to 3 foot tall plants that yield 6 to 8 inch pods...

This 1934 All-America Selections winner is a classic escarole with large, broad, dark-green outer leaves enclosing round, deep 12–16 inch heads tha...

Bronze Fennel is a decorative fennel with beautiful lacy bronze leaves, useful as an ornamental as well as a culinary sweet fennel. Medicinally, fe...

Calabrese is the original Italian broccoli — a hardy heirloom producing beautiful, deep blue-green heads with a clean, sweet flavor and satisfying ...

Pacific Beauty Calendula produces bright yellow-orange flowers about 3 inches across that are used as a food colorant, natural dye, and substitute ...

Champion Collard Greens is a vigorous, upright variety producing large, smooth, blue-green leaves with a robust, hearty flavor that mellows and swe...

Cherokee Purple is a pre-1890 Tennessee heirloom reportedly of Cherokee origin, introduced by SESE in 1993, and included in Slow Food USA's Ark of ...

Chives are one of the easiest and most rewarding herbs to grow, producing slender hollow leaves with a gentle, fresh onion flavor that brightens up...

Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) can be grown indoors or outdoors for year-round onion flavoring, and the chopped leaves and young flowers make a flav...

Large fruits up to 2½ inches — about the size of a golf ball — make this tomatillo easy to harvest and process, and the plants are highly productiv...

Cover Crop Mix is a complete blend of legumes, hardy grains, radishes, and mustards designed to replenish and revitalize garden soil between growin...

De Cicco produces a central head ranging from 3 to 6 inches in diameter, followed by side sprouts that extend the harvest period considerably. Medi...

Dragon Carrot is a strikingly beautiful heirloom with vivid red-purple skin concealing a bright orange interior streaked with hints of red — a cont...

This indeterminate heirloom originating from the Black Forest region of Germany was introduced in 1994 by SESE, passed down through Joe Bratka's gr...

Evergreen Bunching Onion is the original scallion — a clump-forming, non-bulbing variety producing tall, slender, dark-green stalks with a mild, fr...

Florence Fennel, known to Italian gardeners as Finocchio, has dill-shaped leaves with a distinctive licorice flavor and may produce bulbs that can ...

Garlic Chives feature leaves that are larger and flatter than common chives, with a pleasant garlic flavor well suited to salads and seasoning.

German Johnson is a popular heirloom from Virginia and North Carolina, long a favorite at farmers markets, and is one of the four parent lines of t...

German Winter Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) is a shrubby, evergreen perennial used as a flavoring for sauces, soups, meats, dressings, and bean dishes. I...

Giant McKenna Mix Columbine is an enchanting perennial wildflower with large, multi-colored, double-petaled blooms in a stunning assortment of purp...

Golden Boy Celery is a striking and unusual variety with brilliant golden-yellow stalks that are as visually appealing as they are delicious — mild...

Green Zebra was developed in 1985 by Tom Wagner and chosen by Alice Waters for the famous California restaurant Chez Panisse. The 3–5 oz fruits rip...

Hamburg Rooted Parsley is a fascinating dual-purpose heirloom at the intersection of root vegetable and herb — the parsnip-shaped roots carry a ric...

Hanson Improved Crisphead Lettuce is an old Maryland family heirloom with large, firm heads that are crunchier and more refreshing than standard ic...

Homegrown Iceberg Lettuce is a revelation compared to store-bought — the tightly bound heads release fresh, crisp, clean flavors with a wonderful c...

Iceberg Superior is the classic crisphead lettuce — forming large, dense, tightly packed heads with extraordinarily crisp, pale-green leaves and a ...

Italian flat-leaf parsley is the workhorse of the fresh herb garden — its bright, clean, slightly peppery flavor is the backbone of countless class...

This popular northern heirloom, thought to have been developed by Jacob Trout in Virginia, features large, kidney-shaped beans with maroon markings...

An OSSI variety developed from a stable cross of King Richard and Siegfried leeks by grower Beth Rasgorshek, King Sieg produces short, thick shanks...

Large Red is an heirloom with roots documented before the Civil War, appearing in the 1843 Shaker seed catalog from New Lebanon, NY as one of the m...

Larkspur Galilee Mix offers a beautiful blend of blue, pink, lilac, white, and rose flowers on tall 3-foot plants that make graceful cut flowers an...

Lemon Mint — actually a Monarda, not a true mint — is a dramatic addition to the herb garden with clustered towers of beautiful purple flowers that...

Lowland Wildflower Mix is a beautiful blend curated for moist, lowland areas near rivers, lake edges, and open woodland — a thoughtfully selected a...

This exceptional beet variety offers delightful sweetness and rich flavor, developed before the days of refrigeration. It is a superb keeper, holdi...

Mammoth Red Rock Cabbage produces beautiful, deep red-purple heads with a unique color that's as stunning in a summer slaw as it is braised with ap...

Waltham 29 Broccoli is a cold-resistant heirloom developed at the University of Massachusetts that excels at fall planting — producing large, firm,...