Seed Packets

This intermediate to long day Italian heirloom onion features sweet white flesh wrapped in vibrant red-purple skins. The flattened, barrel-shaped b...

Moss Curled Parsley (Petroselinum crispum), a variety dating to before 1865, is vigorous, high-yielding, and very uniform, with dark green, thickly...

An OSSI variety, this dark green heirloom kale from Tuscany dates back to the 1700s. Italians call it "cavolo lacinato," or curly kale, and it is k...

This popcorn variety produces white-kerneled ears averaging 2 per 8-foot stalk. The ears are 4–6 inches long with 26–28 rows of kernels, tapering f...

Long Island Mammoth Dill (Anethum graveolens) is the standard heirloom variety for flavoring pickles, soups, breads, stews, salads, and sauces. Its...

This Italian heirloom, cultivated since before 1840, features beautiful scarlet-red skin with interior rings of reddish-pink and white, creating a ...

This versatile butterhead lettuce delivers excellent flavor across seasons, holding up longer in the heat than Slo-bolt or Buttercrunch while still...

Golden Bush Scallop is a golden-yellow, plump Patty Pan squash that grows on space-saving bush plants. Prolific and hardy, the plants bear continuo...

A pre-1804 heirloom grown by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, this Boston-type lettuce forms medium-sized heads with light green leaves that fade to...

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

A pre-1915 heirloom with fully crinkled, dark green savoyed leaves, this is considered the most heat-tolerant spinach variety available and deliver...

This Texas heirloom, brought from Oklahoma by Marshall Crawford's family, is a fast-growing bibb lettuce known for its great flavor and exceptional...

Benning's Green Tint is considered one of the most beautiful and hardy varieties of Patty Pan squash. The saucer-shaped fruits have scalloped edges...

Also known as Big Tom or Yankee Cow Pumpkin, this pre-1700 cultivar of Native American origin remains one of the most popular varieties for large H...

A family heirloom given to Dustin Swanland by his Italian aunt and introduced in 2012 by SESE, this indeterminate variety produces delicious fruit ...

This upright loosehead lettuce produces slightly savoyed, triangular, round-tipped leaves with a succulent mid-rib, offering excellent sweet flavor...

Introduced in 1893 and improved by Gill Brothers Seeds by 1917, this heirloom Cucurbita pepo is prized for its deep orange, slightly netted skin an...

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

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...

Discovered in 1885 growing along a Virginia roadside, this lima bean variety is known for its early maturity and wide adaptability. The bushy 2-foo...

A purslane relative, this native of parts of the South and the Caribbean produces elegant panicles of 3/8-inch pink flowers alongside mild, succule...

This flavorful Hungarian heirloom produces sweet, stout parsnips measuring 5 to 7 inches long with smooth white skin. The short, thick roots are es...

Prized for its distinctively flavorful fruit and highly rated in taste trials, Brandywine has achieved a national reputation as the flavor standard...

This looseleaf variety produces very attractive large oakleaf-shaped leaves with reddish-brown tips. It offers high yields, cut-and-come-again harv...

This pre-1880 Southern heirloom is a longtime favorite for its large, bright green leaves with attractively curled edges. Cold tolerant and with go...

This rainbow-colored Cherokee Long Ear Small popcorn, a blend of several strains passed down through generations, offers both beauty and flavor. It...

This Italian heirloom, grown by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, produces pale green fruits up to 36 inches long, though they are best harvested at ...

Costata Romanesca is an Italian heirloom zucchini favored for its exceptional flavor, with heavily ribbed fruits striped in alternating light and d...

Early Prolific Straightneck is a 1938 All-America Selections winner bearing straight, lemon-yellow, slightly club-shaped fruits of excellent flesh ...

Detroit Dark Red is a widely adaptable beet with a rich, dark red color that extends even to its dark green foliage. It has excellent flavor, is su...

An English heirloom and longtime favorite for home gardeners, Green Arrow produces loads of 4 to 5 inch pods filled with plump, sweet, dark green p...

Texas Early Grano is a Vidalia-type onion and a good choice for the Mid-Atlantic and the South, best started in fall or winter and transplanted in ...

Black-Seeded Simpson is an old standard dating to around 1850 and one of the earliest loose-leaf lettuce types, well suited to early spring plantin...

Yellow Crookneck is an heirloom dating to around 1700, producing yellow, bulb-shaped fruits with a narrow, curved neck; skin becomes bumpy and wart...

Straight Eight is a highly dependable, high-yielding slicer that won an All-America Selections award in 1935. Fruits are very uniform, deep green, ...

Rouge d'Hiver is a French heirloom romaine dating to around 1840, with red and green leaves tipped in deep red that form semi-open heads with good ...

Tom Thumb is a pre-1850 miniature butterhead lettuce whose apple-sized heads are perfect for individual salads and make excellent use of limited ga...

Spaghetti Squash produces 9-inch pale yellow fruits whose flesh breaks up into spaghetti-like strands when cooked — simply boil the whole fruit for...

Red Cherry (Old Fashioned Red) is a pre-1840 heirloom — specifically the small red cherry, not the large red cherry commonly used as a salad tomato...

Early Wonder Tall Top features tall tops ideal for harvesting as nutrient-rich greens, along with small to medium-sized dark red roots excellent in...

Georgia Green collards are resistant to both heat and frost and grow well even on poor soil. The open, loose heads are best harvested after frost, ...

Hollyhock Black is a striking biennial growing to 6 feet tall with deep, nearly black flowers whose petals can be used to make a floral tea. It gro...

Sensation Mix is one of the earliest cosmos varieties, producing large single flowers in a mixture of white, pink, and purple on tall 4–5 foot plan...

Amish Paste is one of the largest sauce tomatoes available, with indeterminate, tall plants producing heavy yields of coreless, top-shaped fruits t...

Garden Huckleberry is a productive 18-inch plant bearing heavy yields of dull black berries at full maturity that keep very well both on and off th...

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...

An Italian heirloom selected by Italian gardeners and introduced to the seed trade between 1914 and 1918, Calabrese Green Sprouting broccoli produc...

Tokyo Long White is a Japanese heirloom bunching onion producing slim white shafts with upright blue-green tops that quickly grow up to 12 inches a...