Seed Packets

Black Spanish Round is a very hardy fall and winter radish with firm white flesh and thin, nearly black skin. The flesh is crisp and pungent, and t...

Golden Acre produces compact 5 to 7 inch heads weighing 3 to 4 pounds, and its small size allows for closer spacing in the garden. The variety is r...

Azoychka is a prolific Russian heirloom tomato celebrated for its ability to produce an astonishing 40–50 fruits per plant — the medium-sized yello...

Japanese Black Trifle Tomato is a stunning pear-shaped Russian heirloom — small 3–5 oz fruits with dramatic coloring that shifts from deep mahogany...

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...

Purple Dragon Fruit is a stunning vining cactus that's as spectacular in bloom as it is in fruit — the enormous, luminously fragrant night-blooming...

Sugar Drip is one of the earliest-maturing sorghum varieties for the South and one of the most widely grown in the southern mountains. Growing 6–8 ...

Eden Gem (Rocky Ford) is a classic muskmelon derived from the old 'Netted Gem' variety, which itself came from a chance seedling of 'Nutmeg.' The 4...

Bull's Blood is best known for its mild, dark leaves, typically harvested young for vibrant salad mixes even before the roots fully mature. The lea...

Dating to before 1880, Seven Top is a popular Southern variety grown for winter greens rather than its roots, which are woody. Leaves grow 18 to 22...

A striking heirloom dry bean with bold maroon-on-white spotted pods and seeds — as beautiful as it is delicious. Rich, full-bodied flavor with a cr...

Dark Orange Muscat Tomato is a striking heirloom cherry variety with deep, richly pigmented orange-to-amber fruits and a complex, slightly floral f...

Clemson Spineless is a classic All-America Selections winner producing 4–7 foot plants with few side-branches and ribbed pods up to 8 inches long. ...

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...

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...

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...

Principe Borghese (Solanum lycopersicum) is an Italian heirloom specifically bred for sun-drying, retaining more flavor when dried than most other ...

Mizuna Mustard is a light, feathery Japanese green with deeply serrated, delicate leaves and a mild, subtly sweet flavor with just a hint of mustar...

Cuostralee Tomato is a vigorous French heirloom with impressive, 1–3 pound fruits and a deeply satisfying, full-bodied tomato flavor that balances ...

A local favorite in Cajun country since the 1950s and introduced in 1989 by Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, this dwarf-type variety grows 2-1/2 to...

Bowling Red Okra has been grown by the Bowling family of Virginia since the 1920s and was rated one of the best varieties in the Kerr Center's tria...

Rouge Vif d'Etampes — French for "deep red" — has been available in the United States since 1883 and is prized for its beautiful, rich orange color...

Lemon Cucumber produces crunchy, round yellow fruits on vigorous 7-foot vines, with a flavor that is excellent, never bitter, and old-fashioned wit...

Edmonson is a family heirloom from Kansas dating to 1913, and one of the hardiest cucumbers available, with good resistance to disease, insects, an...

Yellow Pear is an heirloom dating to before 1800, producing pear-shaped yellow tomatoes about 1½ by ¾ inches with a mild flavor. Plants are very pr...

This Italian heirloom, known in France since around 1850, produces egg-shaped fruits 5 to 7 inches long in purple with irregular white stripes — a ...

Introduced from France in the late 1800s, Chantenay Red Core is a blocky, broad-shouldered variety with a blunt tip, about 5½ inches long and 2½ in...

This Danish heirloom produces rich red beets celebrated for their tender sweetness in a distinctive 6 by 2 inch carrot-shaped form. Their unique cy...

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...

Dating to before 1880, this classic round white turnip grows to about 5 inches in diameter with bright purple coloring around the top where it is e...

Dating to before 1865, White Icicle produces mild-flavored, white, carrot-shaped roots up to 4 to 5 inches long. It remains milder than other radis...

Stone Mountain is a Southern heirloom from 1923 that was a commercial bestseller through the 1930s and 1940s, producing slightly oval fruits averag...

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, ...

Brought to the Americas from Africa during the slave trade and grown by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, Whippoorwill was once the standard variety ...

The purple-black seeds of this sunflower are traditionally used by the Hopi people as a natural dye source, especially for coloring baskets, and th...

A standout heirloom from Crimea with smoky, wine-rich flavor and a gorgeous, complex color — deep green shoulders fading into dark purple-red flesh...

Everglades Cherry produces sweet, dark pink, ½-inch fruits similar to Matt's Wild Cherry but with a pinker color and some differences in flavor.

A Virginia and North Carolina heirloom, Big Red Ripper is a good-flavored table pea with 10-inch pods containing as many as 18 large peas per pod. ...

Orange Oxheart Tomato is a stunning Virginia heirloom with the distinctive heart-shaped form of an oxheart tomato in a warm, glowing orange — the l...

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...

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...

Zinnia Peruviana Yellow, introduced in 1994 by SESE, bears single 1½-inch diameter blooms that open yellow and age to a softer light yellow on plan...

Rainbow Broomcorn is a gorgeous ornamental sorghum growing 7–8 feet tall, producing colorful sprays in shades of red-bronze, brown, black, and burg...

Tromboncino is an Italian heirloom summer squash with light green fruits that grow long and curve to a bell at one end, best harvested at 8–10 inch...

North Georgia Candy Roaster is a rare Appalachian heirloom from the early 1900s, historically used in candy roaster pie at Thanksgiving feasts, wit...

Cocozelle is a pre-1934 Italian zucchini with long, cylindrical fruits that are dark green with light-green stripes when young and turn yellow at m...

Petunia Old Fashioned Vining dates to the early 1900s and is ever-blooming and far hardier than modern varieties, continuing to flower into fall wh...

Cosmos Mona's Orange, introduced in 1990 by SESE from a family heirloom originating in southern California, produces radiant orange, mostly single-...